Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-19

There will be special communication
of the Grand Lodge at the new Masonic
Temple corner of New York avenue, 18th
and II streets northwest this evening at
s o'clock for the purpose of .dedicatng
the edifice to Masonry. The officers Of
| the Grand Lodge have been requested
to assemble in the library of the Masonic
| Temple, corner of 9th and streets
northwest promptly at 1880 o'clock.
| The doors of the Auditorium in the new
temple will be opened at 7:15 pm. and
the exercises will begin promptly at s
o'clock.
Past officers of the Grand Lodge and
specially invited guests who hold tickets
| for reserved seats will be admitted at
| the west door Of the new temple on IL
i st rect. All others will be admitted
| through the doors at the east end of
| the building
The Grand Lodge will hold it's third reg
ular communication in the new temple
| Saturday, September %, at the usual
| hour. for the transaction of such regular
business as may legally come before it.
The ninety-sixth annual session Of the
Supreme Council, Sovereign Grand In
| spectors General. Thirty-Third Degree,
of Scottish Rite Masons for the Northern
| Jurisdiction. was opened at Buffalo. N. Y,
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grand commander, delivering his annual
address. Reports Of the grand secretary
| general, James II. Codding of New York.
and the grand treasurer general, New
ton ID. Arnold of Providence. were read
A class of ffty-eight candidates received
the thirty-second degree. The grand
commanders report dealt with domestic
and foreign relations and the fact that
this has been record year In the growth
of membership
Judge Ivory G. Kimball of the Police
Court William Won Bayer. Louis n.
Thayer Edward Schirmer and T. Weimer
Reinohl were chased over the hot SANDS
of an imaginary desert Tuesday night
by Potentate Fulkerson and his delegated
chasers of Almas Temple, A A. 0. N.
NJ S., at Scottish Rite Cathedral, 1907 G
street northwest, at an abbreviated SEES
sion called for the purpose. After the
ceremonies the mobiles and their victims
adjourned to a nearby CASTS, "here neal
ing salves and ontments were applied in
order to enable Judge kimball to at least
report for duty next morning. 1t is
rumored that the potentate, owing to
sore hands omitted the usual welcome
to the caravan.
Jacobus Seneca Jones. who has filled a
few offices in the roster of Masonry, has
been designated by High Priest Roe Full
kerson as treasurer of Mount Vernon
Royal ATcQ 1HapleT, nv d, oue W tIie
permanent departure from the city OF
Past High Priest John S. Beach. who held
the office, as already noted in The Star.
The next meeting of the High Priests
| Association will be held October II. and
due announcement will be made of the
fact
| The communication of Hope Lodge. No
10. Friday. September %. will be the last
70 Ha hal nv ha lnIU in
the old temple. The first communication
to be held in the new temple will be
that of October 9.
| The following interesting statement is
furnished by the secretary of Federal
| Lodge No. 1. F. A. A. NJ. G. Y. At Lee
| in connection with the recent celebra tion
of the 115th birthday of the lodge:
Federal Lodge, No. l, r. \. A. NJ. had
its 10th birthday last Tuesday, Septem-
| Der 10 Its principal founder and first
master was James Hoban, designer and
constructor of the White House. which
was brown house till he restored il after
the British invasion of 1914, and painted
| the exterior to conceal the marks of the
| fire that destroyed all the consumabe
parts of the building. Hoban was also
! the builder of the Capitol. He had been
an architect of eminence at Dublin before
emigrating to the United States. His
principal assistants at the Capitol and
the White House were all Freemasons
| like himself. and were about equa ly COM
posed of Irish Catholics and Scotch Pres
byterians The coming of President
| Washington from Philadelphia to lay the