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same city In 1913. He received MS Scot-
| fish Rite degrees from the deputy for the
Supreme Council in Alabama. and was
elected a knight commander of the Court
of Honor October q, 1854, by the Supreme
Council December II, 1854, he was coro-
| neted an honorary inspector general OF
,, the thirty-t ird degree by Gen. Albert
Pike. at Montgomery. Ala, and October
1G. 1SSS, he was elected and crowned an
active sovereign grand inspector general
of the thirty-third degree by the Supreme
Council in Washington.
Among the. Masonic offices he has held
during his career, according to his
record in the office Of the secretary gen.
eral. are those of deputy grand master
and council of Alabama, grand prelate
OF the Grand Comnandery of Alabama,
chairman of the Grand Commandery COM
mittee on correspondence for ten years,
grand scribe of the Grand Royal Arch
Chapter of Alabama. high priest OF
Montgomery Royal Arch Chapter No
ton at Montgomery. The record also
shows he received the degrees of the
Royal Order of Scotland in the mother
lodge and chapter
Washington Masons, both those of the
Scottish and those of the York rite. are
perhaps best acquainted with the new
grand chancellor, Charles z. Rosenbaum
of Little Rock. Ark. 1t was Mr.. Rosen-
baum who had charge of the reorganiza-
ton of the local bodies of the Scottish
Rite several years ago which resulted in
the formation of an executive committee
for the joint bodies. of which Stirling
Kerr, jr.. deputy for the Supreme Coun-
eli in the District of Columbia, is chair
man.
This reorganization is said to have
given a new impetus TO Scottish Rite
Masonry in the District, and to have
started 1t on an era of uneXcelled pros
perlty. Mr.. Rosenbaum has shown the
strongest interest not only in the man
agement of the business affairs of the
bodies, it is said. but also In the degree
work. for the perfection of which he is
largely credited. FTe is grand senior war
den of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas past
grand commander of Knights Templar III
that state and d member of the board of
trustees of the Masonic Orphans Home
of Arkansas. and was for years its
president Besides being sovereign
is chairman of the executive committee
In charge of erecting the new temple
of the Supreme Council, at 18th and 8
streets northwest in this city; chairman
OF the committee on nominations In the
Supreme Council, a member of the finance
committee and treasurer of the board of
trustees of the New Age magazine.
Henry Moore Teller, the newly elected
grand prior of the Supreme Council was
born May %, 1880 at Granger i'll Ale
master Mason September ). 1859, in Dun
lap Lodge, No 81, of Illinois; a Royal
Arch Mason i'll Central Chapter, No. ., at
Denver, Col: royal and select master
I'm st. Johns Council, No. 81, and a
knight TeHplar in Central city Com
mandery of Colorado. He was coroneted
as honorary Inspector general April 20
1866. and crowned an active sovereign
grand inspector general October is. 1881
by the Supreme Council at Washington,
u {. He was master Of Central Lodge
No. q, formerly Clivington Lodge, of Col
orado. and served as grand master of
Masons of Colorado In 1867, being re-
elected in 1865. 1861. 1865, 1869. 1870, 1871
3s'2 and as grand commander of
knights Templar of Colorado at it's or
sarization. March 1. 1876. being COM
n,ander of Central City Commandery
from 1866 to 1875 He was admitted to
the bar and practiced in New York, Hi
nois and Colorado. He never held public
once until he was senator of the United
States from Colorado on the admission
of the state to the Union December i.
1876 serving until April Il, 1882, when
ne became Secretary of the Interior in
President .Arthur's cabinet He was
again elected to the Senate and took his
seat there March t. 1850 and was re-
elected and served until 1863. He was
made doctor of laws by Alfred Uni
yeTsity i'll 1856
Charles Francis Buck Of New ORLEANS.
! La. the neWl. elected grand minister OF
state of the Supreme Council was born
November ., 1911. at Dunheim. Baden.
germany: was elected knight commander
october -, lSSs, coroneted honorary in
spector general June lG 1891 and was
crowned an active sovereign grand in
spector general by. the Supreme Council
az Washington October &c. 1907 His
, Masonic record is the briefest in point of
| recital among the archives of the
Supreme Council
Arminius Lodge, No. %. announces the
~ NJ degree for its communication No
, Xember 4. and it's annual grand visitation
November Is .Arminius Lodge is the
only German Masonic lodge in the iuris-
oiction. and the work OF it's highest de-
gree Is said TO always draw a Jarc, at
tendance of Englishspeaking Masons.
Harmony Lodge No II will have tie
| grand visitation at O'Clock the evenina
OF November ~. at a special called for
the purpose. and its members will then
80 TO Dawson Lodge. No. Is. which will
| nave IT'S grand visitation at $50 O'Clock.
4 special program of entertainment is
| expected. =
Osiris Lodge. No. 26 will have its grand
Visltation at y Q clock the evening OF No
vemoer =, when its members at $50
clock. will 80 to Washington Centennial
Lodge. No. Ii. which will have its vista.
ton then and furnish a program of en-
tertalnment In lodgeroom No. l.
/
accepted an invitation 10 confer the M
NJ. degree for William r. Singleton
Lodge. No. 30. in Tenleytown. the even.
ing OF November u. Cars run there every
hiteeil minutes and large attendance 1.
expected OH the occasion
National Lodge. No. l., closed the Ma
| sonic year with a membership of 2e1 ::
net gain of Is. Twenty-Five candidate
we're initiated. twenty-nine passed an,
twenty-eight raised. while two affiliates
ana Two We're reinstated. The gross gal,
/ was thirty-two, but there were fiy,
deaths. seven dimits and seven losse
from other causes, making q total q
nineteen. The lodge will present the f. A
degree the evening of November 4, witt
the probability of special at & pm. TO
the F. c. degree. November is II will
have its grand visitation, and it's annua
| election December .
| one OF the pleasant incidents Of tn
| communication of Temple Noyes Lodge
| No y. Thursday evening was the intro
duction OF Edgar c. Snyder. the wei
SHOWN newspaper correspondent. as
| newly elected honorary member OF tn
lodge Senior Warden Leroy w. Her
ron, occupying the east at the time, CAV
| the new recruit n cordial welcome an,
| drew out pleasing but brief address
that won applause. Immediately after
ward Rev. William Tayloe Snyder, chap
| iafn OF the lodge, received quite an ova
| uon on his return from the Scottish Rit
vested with the new dignity of knigh
commander of the Cross OF Honor, (,
| which he was elected by the Suprem
1 Council. The lodge had it's annual yisi
tation, followed by the NJ. NJ. degree.