WHEREBY OUSTJL BROTHER AIAlY KNOW ANOTHER.

V o l u m e 4. PORTLAND, ME., JU LY 15,. 1901. No. 17.

Published quarterly by Stephen Berry, The Grand Master re-appointed May 29th, Claremont of Rockland and De Valois of Bro. Milton L. Merrill, of St. Albans, as Vinalhaven went to the Centennial of Amity No. 37 Plum Street, Portland, Maine. District Deputy Grand Master of the 22d Lodge at Camden. Twelve cts. per year in advance. District, Bro. Amos VV. Knowlton, of New­ Bradford of Biddeford went to Montreal Established March, 1867. - - 35th Year. burgh, having declined to accept the posi­ and Quebec. tion. Portland Commandery paraded in the A dvertisem ents S4.00 per inch, or $3.00 for city 24th and then spent the day at Cape half an inch for one year. Evening Star Lodge, of Watervliet, N. Y., celebrated its 75th anniversary June 11th, Cottage. No advertisement received unless the advertiser, or some member of the firm, is a Freemason in and Bro. Henry L. Palmer came from Mil­ St. Alban of Portland received Olivet good standing. waukee to attend it, he being the oldest Commandery of Lynn, with Grand Com­ living Past Master. He made a speech mander Winthrop Messenger and suite, A l.angh in CllinrcIi. which delighted the audience. gave them a sail in the bay and then a din­ ner at the Ottawa on Cushings’ Island. She sat on the sliding cushion, The dear, wee woman of four. A m it y L o d g e , N o. (5, of Camden, cele­ Dunlap of Bath went up the lake to the Her feet, in their shiny slippers, brated its centennial anniversary June 24th Hung dangling over the floor. Bay of Naples Inn. She meant to he good—she had promised— by a procession in which 800 joined, a ser­ And so with her big brown eyes. Forty members of Bethlehem and Augus­ vice over the grave of Gen. George Ulmer, She stared at the meeting house windows ta Lodges attended divine service at the And counted the crawling flies. a Revolutionary soldier, addresses in the Free Baptist Church, State St., Augusta, She looked far up at the preacher, Opera House by Ruel Robinson, Past Mas­ But she thought of the honeybees 23d. Droning away at the blossoms ter, and Charles T. Gallagher, Grand Master That whitened the cherry trees ; She thought of a broken basket of Massachusetts, a poem by George II. W here, curled in a dusky heap. EaMei-u l.o.iife Outeiiuial- Three sleek, round puppies with fringy ears Cleveland, followed by a banquet and a balT Lay snuggled and fast asleep. in the evening. Every lodge in the Ninth E a s t p o r t , June 26.— The centennial an­ Such soft, warm bodies to cuddle, district and two commanderies participated. niversary of Eastern Lodge, F. and A. M., Such queer little hearts to beat, of this city, was celebrated here to-day. Such swift, round tongues to kiss, Deputy Grand Master William J. Burnham Such sprawling, cushiony feet! Several Grand Lodge officers of Maine and She could feel in her clasping fingers was present, and we have heard that his The touch of the satiny skin New Brunswick were present, and nearly And a cold, wet nose exploring address was admirable. The dimples under her chin. every lodge in this district was represented. M ach ia s .— The Masonic liall at Machias The principal event of the day was the Then a sudden ripple of laughter Kan over the parted lips was burned Sunday May 26th, and was a dedication of a tablet, set in the corner So quick that she could not catch it With her rosv finger tips. total loss. The loss is estimated at $5000. stone of an old dwelling house in which the The people whispered, ■* Bless the child ! ” As each one waked from a nap. The insurance was : Harwood Lodge, $1000, meeting of the first lodge was held in 1801. But the dear, wee woman hid her face Washington Chapter, $400, Delta Lodge of The members of the local lodge and their For shame in her mother’s lap. —[Pittsburg 'Times.] Perfection, $300, Deering Council P. J., guests marched to the place in a body, and $100, St. Elmo Commandery, $425 on para­ after the dedicatory exercises were com­ MASONRY IN JTAINE. phernalia, $560 on uniforms, or $2,785 in pleted a banquet was served in the armory. aH. Harwood Lodge lost its charter. In the evening a reception was held in the Dunlap Chapter, Rose Croix. lodge rooms. Grand Master Alfred S. Kim­ Leander W. Fobes, Master; Charles I. In Oxford Lodge, Norway, June 4th, a ball was present and made a thirty minutes Riggs, S. W; Francis E. Chase, J. \Y. Grand Master’s jewel was presented to Gr. address, followed by P. G. M. Whitlock, of Master Alfred S. Kimball, by brethren of St. Stephen, N. B., and Rev. Bro. T. P. Red €ro*s of CoiiHtaiitine. Oxford Lodge and of Mount Tir’em Lodge St, John delivered a brief historical address. Millard F. Ilicks, Sovereign; Charles I. of Waterford, of which be is a member. Bros. Henry R. Taylor, of Machias, Moses Riggs, Viceroy; Henry P. Merrill, Sen. Tait, of Calais, and others also spoke. Gen.; Albert II. Burroughs, Junior Gen.; On May 31st, Bro. Warren O. Carney, Supt. of Masonic Hall, Portland, was pre­ Samuel F. Bearce, Rec. sented with a sum of money and a diamond Cushnoc Chapter, -of Augusta, gave a New Commandery. shirt stud, from a large number of tbe fra­ brilliant reception to Grand High Priest Grand Commander Farrington issued ternity who wished to recognize bis long and Frederick W. Plaisted, June 6th. The June 7th, the dispensation voted to St. faithful service. speakers were Past Grand Master W. S. Amand Commandery, at Kennelunk. The Choate, Grand Master Alfred S. Kimball, officers are : St. John’** Day. Grand Commander Clayton J. Farrington, Alinon J. Smith, Commander. Maine, Trinity, St. Omer and De Molay P. G. C. John W. Ballou, of Bath, P. G. C. Frank W. Bonser, Generalissimo. Commanderies, of tbe Kennebec Valley Albert M. Spear, of Gardiner, Orville D. George II. Randall, Capt. Gen. league, went to Boothbay Harbor June 22d, Baker, Joseph H. Manley, Rev. Chas. A. George C. Cousens, Recorder. and returned Monday night, tbe 24th. Hayden and Herbert M. Heath. 130 MASONIC TOKEN, JULY 15, 1901.

Kook*, Papers, etc. j their own Grand Lodge, in order that the ideal of a court cavalier and a welcome Bulletin No. 34, craft might be informed in relation to mat­ guest in the houses of the nobility, whence — Department of Labor, he was received and welcomed with open for May, treats of Labor Conditions in ters transpiring in the other jurisdictions. It arms. No one, therefore, was greatly sur­ Porto Rico, Social Economics at the Paris followed, as a matter of course, that the prised in court circles when it became known Exposition, etc. From Carrol D. Wright, committee would comment upon these mat­ that the young Queen had singled him out for a signal honor, and had commanded that Commissioner. ters with the view of sustaining the prin­ he attend the Court ball at Buckingham —The midsummer fiction number of the ciples of the Institution unimpaired, and Palace, which was to be given in honor of maintaining the universality of Masonry. her coronation. July Cosmopolitan contains the best story When, however, the night of the ball Bret Harte has written in a long time. The necessity of this kind of work hasiin- arrived and the “ Queen’s cotilion ” set was The well-known Jack Hamlin is the hero, creased with the growth and spread of formed, and the guests beheld Richard and he will be eagerly welcomed back by Masonry, but the primary object has con­ Vaux, arrayed in his brilliant court cos­ tinued to be information, and the secondary tume, take his place in it, a position that was the public. Desperado and gambler that supposed to be reserved for royalty alone, he is, theoretically we ought not to like him, object discussion. The topical form of re­ there was surprise aud excitement indeed. but he has that fine courage too rarely ports completely ignores the former and Then the music struck up and the gallant principal object, of which the latter is a young American threaded his way through met with in real life or in fict'on, and those the intricacies of the royal dance bearing who read “A Mercury of the Foothills” will mere incident. But it is said that these re­ himself with an air of grace and confidence probably lose sight of his faults in following ports are not read to any considerable ex­ that was wonderful to behold. The Queen tent. That they are not read as generally was seen to smile in gracious approval as the events which take place upon “ that he took her hand and led her through the heaven-kissing hill.” Katrina Trask’s story as they should be is equally true with the evolutions of the dance. And there was in the same number should be read by general statement that other masonic duties not a man present who would not have every woman. It is one of those homely are not as fully performed as they should given a coronet to win so coveted a dis­ be. In former times, it was deemed neces­ tinction. tragedies constantly going on in modern After that Mr. Vaux’s career was a se­ society. It is probably the cleverest piece sary for every mason to have a Monitor ries of brilliant social triumphs. In his can­ of work Mrs. Trask has ever done. R. K. which he should read and study; but now didacy for Congress in 1890 certain voters the Monitor is practically regarded only as in his district resented his having danced Munkittrick’s quaint New England coast with the Queen of England and used the yarn has a breeziness about it that makes an aid to the working officers, and the av­ fact against him as a reflection on his De­ it really refreshing. The July installment erage member gets his knowledge of it only mocracy. — [Philadelphia Press. ] of Egerton Castle’s story begins to raise the through them. In the same manner we curtain on the inevitable ruin which the have found that brethren, who desire to fit T lire c Y o u n g M aulers o f lVIa.souie Duke of Cluny’s weakness must bring on themselves for officers, read these reports l.odges. those who love him. Cosmopolitan, Irving­ and through them the craft reap a benefit. The “ Daily Record” of Helana, Mont., ton, N. Y., §1 a year, 10c. a number. “ We believe that every one who readsthis ! prints half-tone portraits of the Worship- — “ Abide with me," a sacred song by John report of Bro. Robbins will rejoice that he ■ ful Masters of three lodges in Helena, and Wiegard, with English and German words, has returned to the old plan, and will agree adds the following: published by Ignaz Fischer, 506 Adams that in it he gives a vast amount of in­ “ The three masonic lodges of Helena St., Toledo, Ohio. This is arranged for con­ formation to the craft in Illinois in relation now have at their heads, to start out the to what is transpiring in other jurisdictions, new year, the three youngest Worshipful tralto or baritone, but a soprano or tenor Masters in the state. Only a few times in edition was issued July 10th. It is a good which will give them material aid in the the masonic history of Montana have any and effective song. performance of many masonic duties, espec­ as young men been honored, and never be­ ially one of the chief duties—maintaining fore have three young men at the same time —The Trestle Board, of San Francisco, presided over the Helena lodges. All are Masonry according to the ‘original plan.’ ” which was suspended at the death of the on the sunny side of thirty, though they —[Drummond's Grand Lodcje report, 1900.] hold positions that the fraternity regards as proprietor, has resumed publication, the responsible to a high degree, and that, in first number of vol. 15 being dated July, some conservative communities, particularly and issued by a stock company, at §1 a We are indebted to the Hon. Eugene on the other side of the Atlantic, are re­ year. Elmer White is the editor. It keeps Hale, Senator from Maine, for the year book served for men who have journeyed long through life and have long been masons. well up to the former mark. of the Department of Agriculture for 1900. “ Cornelius Hedges, Jr., is a Master of Helena Lodge, No. 3, the oldest lodge of Only American Who Ever Danced C orrespondence R e po r ts. —“ We are the three. George W. Faust is Master of With the Queen—Kichard Vaux. Morning Star, No. 5, the next in age, and glad to find that he has abandoned the ‘ Top­ Mathias Staff is Master of Morning Star, ical Method ’ and returned to the style of “ Richard, lam told thee has been dan­ No. 9. Cornelius Hedges, the father of the cing with the Queen. I do hope, my son, reports which carry out the purpose for present Master of Helena Lodge, was Mas­ thee will not marry out of meeting.” ter of the same lodge before his son was which ‘ Committees on Foreign Correspond­ The good, old-fashioned Quaker sim­ born.” ence ’ were originally appointed. The orig­ plicity and distrust of royalty were never inal plan of Masonry contemplated one better exhibited than in these words of the mother of the late Richard Vaux. They Preparing For The Templar Conclave. Grand Master and one Grand Lodge. So were her first greeting to him on his return The masonic Home Journal, of Louis­ when it became necessary that there should home from the Court of St. James’s after ville, gives the Knights Templar this inter­ be more than one Grand Lodge, in order to his memorable exploit at the Court ball in Buckingham Palace, when he attained the esting information as to the elaborate deco­ keep the Institution a unit, correspondence rations that will greet the Knights at the distinction of being the only American who forthcoming Triennial Conclave. between the Grand Lodges was equally ever danced with Queen Victoria. Louisville will present an appearance of necessary. But experience proved that it It was in 1837. Mr. Vaux’s position as secretary to Mr. Stevenson, United States unparalleled brilliancy on the occasion of was not sufficient to maintain correspond­ Minister to the Court of St. James was in the 28tli Triennial Conclave of Knights ence between officials. So, very soon after Templar in August. Indeed, it is doubtful itself a noteworthy one, and brought him whether any American city has ever before the organization of Grand Lodges in the at once into social prominence in London, but his exceptional personal attributes, his made such elaborate plans for decoration United States, a committee was appointed brilliancy of conversation, charm of person, and illumination in honor of an event that to examine the correspondence from other will cover only four days’ time. Not alone exquisite manners, elegance of diction and will the scene be one of dazzling beauty, Grand Lodges, and report upon the same to gallantry of carriage made him the beau but the Knights are bending every effort to MASONIC TOKEN, - - JULY 15, 1901. 131 make the decorations as extensive as possi­ the hugh Templar flags of which about one E g y p t .— Lodge “ Severa” of Alexandria ble, and attempts are now being made to hundred will be used. These*'flags are 12x has established a masonic pharmacy with have all citizens join in the movement to 20 feet in dimensions, and constructed of the same title as the lodge. Six medical beautify their homes and grounds and dec­ white material, each with a single green men give gratuitous consultations, and the orate their places of business. cross of the order attached to its center. prescriptions are supplied with 80 per cent, The Conclave Decoration and Illumina­ The colors used in banners, flags and tem­ discount. 'The profits will be devoted to tion Committee is under the chairmanship plar emblems will be the five prevailing col­ the supply of medicines free to the poor. of Col. R. S. Brown, who has brought to ors of the order—-white, black, red, royal The principal success of this institution is the aid of the information he has gained by purple and green. Fairy lamps will play an due in a great measure to Bro. Adolph visits to and correspondence with the citi­ important part in the illumination of private Bartolo, the W. M. of the lodge.—[C a n a d i­ zens of many cities where events of national buildings and residences. A recent exhi­ an Craftsman.] importance have been held, a keen sense of bition of these lamps proved beyond doubt the original, novel and striking in wholesale their adaptability for residence and lawn — If Explorer Evelyn Briggs Baldwin decoration. Naturally the result, exempli­ decoration. The committee has also made reaches the north pole he is to perform a fied in the accomplishment of the plans of a request of all householders that they dec­ masonic ceremony and deposit on that long- the Decoration and Illumination Commit­ orate their yards with beds of flowers in de­ sought spot the masonic charms worn by tee, cannot be otherwise than effective and signs of Knights Templar crosses and other Explorer Kane whose name lives in history pleasing. appropriate devices. for his dashes into the far north. These The sum of about $25,000 will be devoted jewels were presented to Mr. Baldwin lately by the Knights Templar to decorations and S w e d e n .— The National Grand Lodge, of by the Kane Lodge of masons, at the illuminations. An amount scarcely inferior which His Majesty, King Oscar II, is M. W. Masonic Temple, with great ceremony. to this, it is believed, will be spent by firms G. M., embraces the whole of the lodges in Mr. Baldwin will sail to-morrow on the and private citizens. Attention will be the country, and consists of 5 Chapters, 12 Deutschland for Hamburg. Then he will directed impartially to making the city a St. Andrew Lodges, and 21 St. John Lodges. go to Sweden to superintend the reception wonderland of color and beauty by day and The total number of masons in Sweden is and reshipment of the supplies for the Bald- a dream of magnificent brilliancy after 10,985, of which 3,459 belong to the chap­ win-Ziegler expedition. They are to be nightfall. ters, 2,390 to the St. Andrew Lodges, and shipped on the Fritlijof from Tromsoe, Nor­ The most imposing feature in the list of 5,136 to the St. Jdhn Lodges.—[ C a n a d ia n way. While in Sweden he will confer with decorations will be the quadruple electric Craftsman.] Captain Andre, brother of the lost explorer, arch. Architect Clias. D. Meyer, Chair­ and arrange to search for him among the man of the Sub-Committee on Arches, is An amusing and perfectly true story ice floes of the Arctic circle. Mr. Baldwin now engaged in the completion of the work­ comes from Tientsin. The Masonic Hall expects to return to the United States in ing plans, and the constructiou of the struc­ was very much damaged by shells last about four weeks, after visiting Dundee, ture will begin about July 1st. The arch summer and after the bombardment was Scotland, where he will inspect the America, will be erected at the intersection of Fourth over it was occupied by Japanese troops. which is to be the flagship of the expedition. avenue and Broadway, and is so designed It appears that in the Third Degree of The expedition will leave New York on as to present a similar view from each of Masonry a skull and crossbones are em­ June 10th. It has not been decided which the four approaches. A crown of gold and ployed; and these horrifying properties vessel will be taken on the trip to Europe. a cross of red will surmount the dome of were in a chest in the hall, with a pall. — [New York Journal.] the arch, immediately over the center of The Japanese soldiers found them, and the converging thoroughfares. By a me­ knowing nothing of Masonic secrets or cere­ D u k e of Connaught Grand .Tinnier. chanical appliance the cross and crown will monies, came to the conclusion that they London, July 18.—Eleven thousand Eng­ be kept constantly revolving. were the ghastly evidence of a murder, lish Freemasons yesterday attended the in­ The upper tip of the slightly inclined which they duly reported to their colonel, stallation of the Duke of Connaught as Gr. cross will be SO feet from the ground. who ordered the relics to be reverently Master of the United Grand Lodge in suc­ Great piers will rise from each of the four buried. This was done, and now the Free­ cession to Edward VII. Albert Hall was corners of the curbing, and heroic figures m a so n s of Tientsin, who have recovered thronged with members of the Grand Lodge of standing and mounted Knights in ancient and repaired their hall, cannot find where past and present and with the Masters and armor will guard each approach. The their precious properties were deposited, Wardens of English lodges, as it was in magnificence of the structure will be brought and have to do the best they can with the 1875, when the Prince of Wales was placed out at night under the gleam of 5,000 in­ cast-off skeleton of a boxer.—[Rangoon Ga­ on the masonic throne. The ceremonial candescent lamps. ze tte .] was virtually the same as at the installation The parks in front of the Jefferson coun­ of the Prince of Wales, and was most sol­ ty courthouse and the adjacent streets will At the recent session of the Toronto emn and impressive. The Grand Lodge be converted into a “ floral square” for Methodist Conference, Robert Jones, of Eg- officers entirely filled the orchestra and cho­ conclave week, with two floral arches as linton, sprung a resolution to the effect that rus seats. The Duke of Conuaught was the centers of attractions. The little park purity should be maintained in pulpit as welcomed by a fanfare of truinphets and has already passed under the hands of the well as in the pew, and to that end no min­ the national anthem was sung by an enor­ landscape gardener, and is set out in beds of ister of the Methodist church should have mous gathering. He was installed by Earl plants and flowers woven into Templar em­ any connection with the order of Freema­ Amherst, pro-grand master, assisted by the blems and designs. One floial arch will be sons. The motion was greeted with laugh­ Earl of Warwick, Deputy Grand Master. located at the intersection of Fifth and Jef­ ter and ruled out of discussion on the The Duke made an excellent address, and ferson streets and the other at Sixth and ground that it should first be considered by referred to the fact that for many years the Jefferson. The space between will be con­ the memorial committee. Mr. Jones in royal family had been closely associated verted into a court of honor, where flowers submitting to this ruling pointed out that with Freemasonry, George IV, William will shed their perfume by day and electric in 1842 a similar resolution had been passed IV, Edward VII, the Duke of Kent, the lights will enliven the scene by night. by the conference and he would like to see Duke of Cumberland, the Duke of Sussex, Each arch will be about forty feet high it enforced. Later the committee reported the Duke of Albany and the Duke of Clar­ and covered entirely with growing plants against the resolution.—[Canadian Crafts­ ence having been connected with it. and flowers, thus providing two unique con­ m a n .] servatories spanning one of the busiest The Masonic Tinker. thoroughfares in the city. It is probable Montreal Freceptory, Knights Templar, that a fountain will play over the center of of Montreal, Canada, are to be the guests The masonic tinker is not an exclusive each arch, vari-colored lights to convert the of Trinity Commandery of this city, Thurs­ product of the nineteenth century, but from water into a shining rainbow after dark. day, August 22d, on their return trip from time immemorial he has cudgeled his brain Still another arch is intended for the in­ the meeting of the Sovereign Grand Lodge to leave his impress upon the work, possibly tersection of Main and First streets. This of Canada, at St. John, N. B. They are because he really thought he could improve is to be called Templar’s arch, and will be to be accompanied by the fife and drum it; yet more than likely, influenced more about thirty feet high. It is to be erected corps of the Fifth Royal Scotch-English or less by vanity. The objection to the by a wealthy visiting commandery. Regiment. In the party will be about 100, masonic tinker does not arise from the fact Every building in the center of the city including the Grand Master and many that he introduces changes, but because his will, of course, be handsomely decorated, other officers of the Grand Priory of Cana­ changes work no improvement. One who special attention being paid by Chairman da. They will be the guests of the com­ is capable is always slow in attempting to Brown and the members of his committee mandery here during the day. Elaborate improve that which is good, while the igno­ to the customhouse, city hall, courthouse, preparations will be made to hospitably en­ ramus is ever ready to reduce a good thing horse show building and similar structures. tertain them during their stay.—[K e n n eb ec to the level of his own mental capacity.— One of the most effective designs will be Journal, Augusta.] [Missouri Freemason.] 132 MASONIC TOKEN, JULY 15, 1901.

We have received the announcement of with appropriate ceremonies. The Masonic M asonic . T o k e n , the marriage of James Isaac Buchanan, 111. Temple was burned some time ago, and the PORTLAND, MAINE. Deputy for Pennsylvania, to Miss Eliza new building is to occupy the site of the old one. The Grand Officers were present and STEPHEN BERRY, - - PUBLISHER. Macfarlane, of Pittsburgh, and we tender our congratulations. conducted the ceremonies. T en Years in a V olume. We are indebted to Bro. Harry R. Virgin Franci* A. dark. for a copy of the Eulogies on the Hon. Jos. Bro. Francis N. Clark, a charter member ESTABLISHED MARCH, 1867. Y. Hodsdon, in the senate, March 14th, of and Past Master of Arion Lodge, No. 162, Volume 4 commenced July 15, 1897. which his own was the leading address, and F. & A. M., of Goodwin’s Mills, died at his a fitting tribute to his friend and brother. residence in Dayton, May 7, 1901, after a MAINE MASONIC TEXT BOOK. short illness. The cause of his death was The American Tyler has removed from heart clot following phlebitis. Bro. Clark By J osiah H. D rummond, P. G. M. Detroit to Ann Arbor, Michigan. was the oldest son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth In cloth, Library Edition, by mail, §1.40 The Grand Dieta of Mexico dissolved it­ M. Clark, and was born in Dayton, May 23, In leather tuck, for pocket, 1.50 self April 30th, giving up its jurisdiction to 1838. He was made a mason in Moderation the Grand Lodge of which it specifies 3 ; Lodge at West Buxton, Me., April 21, 1864, Every craftsman studying the work needs the Grand Lodges of the City of Mexico, and became a charter member of Arion the new edition for the changes in the mon­ that of the State of Coahuila, and that of Lodge at Goodwin’s Mills in 1871, when the itorial. the state of Tamaulipas. lodge was organized. He served as J. S. in Every Master needs the new edition for In view of this action the Grand Lodge of 1871, S. D. in 1873, and was Master of the the latest decisions regarding masonic law. Texas has withdrawn its recognition of lodge in 1874-5-6. He also served as Secre­ Brethren in other jurisdictions will find Mexican Masonry. tary in 1879 and 1880, when ill health com­ this invaluable, because it contains the best pelled him to resign. exposition of masonic law by the ablest W ashington.—The Grand Lodge of Bro. Clark was a prominent and highly masonic jurist in the world. Washington, at its annual communication esteemed citizen, and has served his town June 11th, withdrew its recognition of in official capacities for several years. He Secretaries should instantly report the Grand Lodge of Hamburg, re-affirmed was town clerk for three years in 1874, the election of officers, if they have not its adherence to Grand Lodge sovereignty, 1875 and 1876, and chairman of the select­ done so, that communications, &c., may elected H. L. Kennan, of Spokane, Grand men in 1883 and 1884. He also served on be sent to the proper addresses. Master, Thomas M. Reed, of Olympia, Gr. the S. S. Committee and asSupt. of Schools Secretary, and made P. G. Master Stephen for a number of years and was the Republi­ Any lodge officer or member of the Grand J. Chadwick, chairman of the Committee can candidate for Representative to the Lodge can obtain a copy of the Constitution on Correspondence. This will probably Legislature in 1867 and 1871 and again in by remitting the postage, a three cent stamp, win back a full recognition from all Ameri­ 1874, but his party then being in the to the Grand Secretary. can Grand Lodges. It was under Bro. minority h e was not elected. Last summer Any member of the Grand Chapter can Chadwick’s lead that the false steps were he was' census enumerator for Dayton and obtain the Constitution of that body in the retraced, and he is a courteous writer. Lyman. same way. Bro. Clark was twice married and is sur­ When the World 1 . F u ll. vived by his second wife and two children, GRAND LODGE OF MAINE, An article in the July Cosmopolitan, by Ethel M. and Melville N. Clark, both the F. «5c A. Masons. J. Holt Schooling, demonstrates by statis­ children of his first wife. He was for many tics that if the population of the world goes years a successful teacher In the public O ffice of the Grand Secretary, on increasing at the rate of one per cent, as schools, and later was engaged in trade at P ortland, July 15, 1901. in the last century, that the world will be Clark’s Mill in partnership with his brother, A special Communication of the Grand full in 350 years, so that in A. D. 2250 there J. W. Clark, retiring from the firm only a Lodge will be held at Millinocket, on Thurs­ will be a population of over fifty-two mil­ few years ago, since which time he has de­ day, August 1, 1901, at 7.30 r. m ., for the lions of millions, or 1,001 persons to the voted his attention to farming. Constitution of Nollesemic Lodge, No. 205. square mile, which will be almost twice the During the rebellion he served in the L'. The Grand Master will be pleased to have density of Belgium’s population at the S. Navy and drew a pension for disabilities the aid of as many Grand Officers as conven­ present time. With our present views of caused by the service. The funeral services ience will permit, and each intending to be competition and the difficulties of making a were held at his late residence in Dayton, present will kindly notify him to that effect. livelihood, that is a hard problem for the May 9th, and was attended by a large dele­ By order of future, but probably time will solve it as it gation of masons, who performed the ma­ A lfred S. K imball has so many problems in the past. Nature’s sonic funeral ceremonies at the grave. Grand Master. Attest: plan to keep down over-population has been J. B. R. Stephen Berry, modified by civilization, so that it does not R oman Corner-Stones.— This is the Grand Secretary. work as with destructive insects and ani­ mals, and civilization must meet the com­ way in which Tacitus describes the laying Ex-Governor Hazen S. Pingree, of De­ ing conditions, if man must rely upon his of the corner-stone of the Capitol rebuilt by Vespasian: troit, who died in London, Eng., June 18th, own inventions it seems difficult, but if a “ On the eleventh day before the calends was a mason, and was also a native of kind Providence inspires new methods for of July, the sky being remarkably serene,’ Maine. new conditions, we may hope that our de­ the whole space devoted to the sacred struc­ scendants will find a way. ture was encompassed with chaplets and We regret to learn the death at Concord, garlands. Such of the soldiers as had N. II., on June 2d, of Caroline A. wife of The Grand Lodge of masons of New names of auspicious import, entered with­ George P. Cleaves, Past Grand Secretary of in the enclosure, with branches from trees Hampshire laid the corner stone of the new emblematical of good fortune. Then the New Hampshire. Masonic Temple at Lancaster, July 17th, vestal virgins in procession, with a band of MASONIC TOKEN, JULY 15, 1901. 133 boys and girls, whose parents, male and He was born in Newmarket, N. II. Nov. 21, j tory, and Grand Representative of Maine, female, were still living, sprinkled the 1837. He was a dealer in pianos. One died in Kansas City, June 18th. whole place with water drawn from living fountains and rivers. Helvidius Priscus, daughter survives him. R e v . F r e d e r ic k S. PYsh er died March the praetor, preceded by Plautius iElianus, J am es R. B a y l e y , Grand Master of Ore­ 13th, after three days’ illness of pneumonia. the pontiff, after purifying the area .by He was an Episcopal Rector at Hopkinton, sacrificing a swine, a sheep, and a bull, gon in 1861, and G. High Priest in 1868, and replacing the entrails upon the turf, died at Newport, May 24th. As he was Mass., and was formerly at St. Jolinsbury, invoked Jupiter, Juno and Minerva, and initiated in 1847, he must have been as old Vermont, and later at Deposit, N. Y. He the tutelar deities of the empire, praying as 75. was for several years the Vermont Templar that they would prosper the undertaking, and, with divine power, carry to perfection E d w a r d C. P a r m e l e e , Grand Secretary and Chapter correspondent, and an able a work begun by the piety of man; and of Colorado, who died May 10th, as reported and talented writer. He was a member of then Helvidius laid his hand upon the the Northern Supreme Council. wreaths that bound the foundation-stone in our last issue, was born in Waterbury, and were twined about the cords; at the Vermont, May 16, 1835, and was therefore same time, the magistrates, the priests, the 66 years old. A b y d o s . At the recent exhibition of an­ Senators, the Knights, and a number of tiquities obtained by Professor Flinders G eorge D. G o l d e n , Grand Master of citizens, with simultaneous efforts, prompt­ Petrie at Abydos, there was a table devoted ed by zeal and exultation, hauled the ponder­ Idaho, died of neuralgia of the heart at to relics of the early kings in the first Egyp­ ous stone along. Contributions of gold and Idaho Falls, May 17th. Pie was born in silver, and pieces of other metals, the first tian dynasty, and three tables and a window Norfolk Co., England, March 29, 1844. that were taken from the mines, that had seat are covered with prehistoric objects never been melted in the furnace, but in He had just returned from a visit to Maine. their native state, were thrown upon the antedating 5000 B. C. Seven of the eight foundation on all hands. The soothsayers W il l ia m T. B oardxMa n , Grand Master kings of the first dynasty are represented enjoined that neithe'r stone nor gold which of Montana in 1890, died at Butte, April 16. in the collection, and two of their prede­ had been applied to other uses, should pro­ cessors of even earlier antiquity, whose fane the building.” He was born in Brooklyn, N. Y,, June 27, names are not yet known. There are frag­ 1848. He was a mining expert and super­ ments of the royal drinking bowls, bits of intendent. slate and alabaster once used on kings’ ObitunrieM. tables; a piece of a crystal vase once han­ J oseph II. T hompson died at Minneapo­ G kokge W. S petii, Secretary of the dled by Mena, the founder of the Memphite lis, Minn, June 14th, aged 67. He was monarchy; worked flints, stone vases, car- Quatuor Coronati Lodge, died at Bromley, born in South Berwick, Me., Aug. 17, nelian beads and arrow-heads tipped with England, April 19th. He was born in 1834, and was made a mason in Bethlehem red, and examples of the carving and metal England, of German parentage, in 1847. working of seven remote reigns. To these Lodge, Augusta. He was Grand Treas­ He was a merchant and was once in Cuba, fragments from the first dynasty are added urer of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota for stone jars, clay sealings and other pottery but retired and devoted himseif to litera­ twenty-four years. He was a leading citi­ from the prehistoric period which preceded ture. the line of the mysterious Mena. zen of Minneapolis. He leaves a wife and It was in Abydos that the famous tablet C hristian F r e d e r ic k K n a p p , Senior P. one daughter, the wife of Bro. E. P. Capen, with the double series of twenty-six shields G. Commander of Pennsylvania, and Past formerly of Portland. of the predecessors of Raineses the Great Gr. Master of the Grand Council, died at was found and transferred to the British T heodore S. Parvin, the distinguished i Museum; and from the Palace of Memnon Bloomsburg, April 11th. He was born in and the Temple of (Osiris one excavator Besigheim-, Wurtemburg, Germany, Oct. Grand Secretary of Iowa, died at Cedar after another has carried treasures of arch­ 12, 1822. Rapids, June 28th, aged 84. He was born aeology to the European museums. Where in New Jersey, Jan. 15, 1817. He removed Mariette, Bankes, Amelineau and others F rancis L. P ett u s, Gr. Master of Ala­ to Iowa in 1838, at the age of 21, and be­ have harvested, Professor Flinders-Petrie bama, in 1890 and ’91, died in Montgomery, has been content to glean, and so thorough came private secretary to Gov. Robert March 6th, aged 42. have been his processes on ground described Lucas. He was elected Grand Secretary as exhausted that he has been able to fill J am es M. B r u n o id g e , Grand Lecturer of the Grand Lodge in 1844 at its organiza­ two large classrooms with a remarkable of Alabama died in Trinity, March 13th, collection of antiquities. He has found the tion, and has held the office continuously, missing links and practically completed the aged 89 yrs. 4 mos. 16 days. He had been except in 1852, when he was elected Grand chain of history of the most ancient of re­ a mason 63 years. Master. He was Grand Recorder of the corded dynasties, and he is going back to the reign of Mena a few centuries, and is S y l v e s t e r S. M u n g e r , Gr. High Priest Grand Encampment U. S. from 1871 to now piecing together the fragments which of Texas in 1870, died in Lampasas, 1886. He was the eldest Grand Secretary relate to an unknown race of earlier kings. March 26th. He was born in Colchester, in the country, and probably the ablest. These results have been accomplished by Conn., June 3, 1820, and was a lawyer. His work in establishing the great masonic reworking the material and earth heaps which had previously been turned over and C h a r le s H. C h e se br o , Gr. High Priest library at Cedar Rapids has won him much thrown away. A complete tomb, filled of Connecticut in 1892, died in Putnam, praise. with jars and vases, was also found near the Temple of Osiris, and a cemetery on April 18th. He was born in Mystic, Dec. G eo r g e B . W a t e r h o u se , Grand High the south side of Abydos was worked for 16, 1832. Priest of North Carolina in 1865, died' at sealings bearing the titles of various officials Passaic, N. J., June 19th. He was born in of the kings. In this way ancient history C h a r le s H. H o ld e n , Gr. Commander is reconstructed from ivory arrow points, of New York in 1878, died in Saratoga, Webster, Mass., Jan. 22, 1828. bits of carved slate, pieces of gold foil, and Springs, April 30th. He was born in Ar­ M o r tim er N y e , Grand Master of Indi­ fragments of potteries. The reign of a lington, Vt.; Jan. 28, 1825. ana in 1886, and Grand High Priest in 1885, king is filled out with something so trivial as a workman’s wage-roll preserved in pot- 6 S ir W a l t e r B ksant, the novelist, died died in La Porte July th, aged 63. He terjq or an earthern jar incised with hier­ at his residence in Hampstead, England, was Lieutenant-Governor in 1892. oglyphs, or a slate palette for eye-paint for royal eyes.—[ B ib lia .l June 9th, of influenza. He was born in L l o y d B. H ess, Gr. Master of the Grand 1836. He was a member of the lodge Council of Michigan in 1897, died in Grand I m po ster.—A man claiming to be a Quatuor Coronati. Rapids, June 10th. He was born in member of Village Lodge, No. 69, Collins­ Bloomsbury, Penn., Nov. 4, 1850. E dwin B a k e r , Grand Secretary of the ville, Conn., has been asking relief of Grand Lodge of Rhode Island since 1872, J am es R. S h e e h a n , Senior Grand War- j Amity Lodge, Camden, and of other lodges. died at Providence of paralysis May 15th. den of the Grand Lodge of Indian Terri- j He is not a member of Village Lodge. 134 MASONIC TOKEN JULY 15, 1901.

The Coming of Summer. to prove not necessarily a common origin that one of them, Ur-Shulpauddu, made- and communication of tendencies, but sim­ offering in the Temple of Nippur. A mist upon the mountain side. ply the orderly march of uniform law The greatest, however, of all the rulers That lifts at morn and melts to blue ; throughout the world. Not only Biblical of this dim and shadowy age was Lugal- A breathing freshness down the field And every wooded avenue. but evolutionary and social science will zaggisi, who appears to have been a verita­ Athwart the sky a sunlit wing, therefore eagerly await and welcome any ble Alexander. He was the son of Haran, That hides in orchard blooms away ; light that Professor Ililprecht’s find may mentioned in Genesis xii., 4. It is contended A low, delightful murmuring Among the branches all the day. throw into the dark corners of the past. by many Biblical students that many of the Up from the marsh at even fall [B ib lia .] facts in Genesis, reciting an invasion of the A choir of idlers call to me, Mediterranean seaboard from the Persian And lead me by their pensive strain Into a world of revery. D r ii in m ond’ft Lodge Stutintie.i, 1901. Gulf, were improbable. But the tableta Above the pines a bending moon show that the invader was Lugalzaggisi, Floods all the west in genial light; Grand who ruled in 4500 B. C. Sargon, who lived And Summer, hand in hand with June, Lodges. Members. Raised. Died. Comes down the vista of the night. 700 years later, also advanced to the Medi­ —[Herbert Randall.] terranean. At one time Lugalzaggisi ruled Alabama, 12,110 802 283 all the then known world. Arizona, 828 69 11 But after a while the Nippur of Lugal­ £j§p=The following lodges pay ($1 or $2 a Arkansas, 11,386 678 247 year, receiving 11 and 22 copies of the zaggisi fell, and a long period intervened British Columbia, 1,889 213 17 before man built again upon the ruins. T o k e n respectively, to distribute to the California, 21,759 1,573 417 About thirty feet of acuumulated debris members who are promptest in attendance: Canada, 25,922 1,586 252 represents the age between the fall and the Colorado, 8,392 490 113 Copies. rebuilding by Sargon. Connecticut, 17,397 753 332 One extraordinary feature of the vases St. Andrew’s, Bangor, 22 Delaware, 2,320 126 34 bearing records of Lugalzaggisi’s greatness Temple, Westbrook, 11 Dist. of Columbia, 5,891 434 74 is that their interior was hollowed out by Hancock, Castine, 11 Florida, 4,460 332 106 machinery, yet civilization to-day assumes Ira Berry, Bluehill, 22 Georgia, 19,332 1,888 machinery to be of a comparatively recent Cumberland, New Gloucester, 22 Idaho, 1.310 87 23 development. Rising Virtue, Bangor, 22 Illinois, 57,325 3,821 845 In the lowest stratum of the grave where Kenduskeag Lodge, Kenduskeag, 11 Indiana, 32,122 2,052 522 Ira Berry Chapter, Pittsfield, 22 Nippur lies an altar was found, and on it Indian Territory, 3,780 308 80 ashes. The evidence that this may have Amity Lodge, Camden, 11 Iowa, 29,328 1,761 387 Mariner’s Lodge, Searsport, 11 been the remnants of a last sacrifice is Kansas, 21,622 1,527 260 startling, when it is considered that the fire Perfect Union Lo., N. Orleans, La., 22 Kentucky, 19,870 1,670 342 Pioneer Lodge, Ashland, 11 must have been laid more than 7,000 years Louisiana, 5,757 462 150 ago. What lodge shall be.next added? Maine, 22,690 1,038 399 Professor Hilprecht’s discoveries will be Manitoba, 3,091 222 21 brought to the Princeton Library, where M o d e l B y-L a w s .—The addition to Sec­ Maryland, . 8,575 182 50 they will be deciphered and then the result tion 117 of the Grand Lodge Constitution, Massachusetts, 41,019 2,046 617 published. He is one of the foremost Bibli­ Michigan, 43,742 2,467 651 page 46, Proceedings 1900, necessitates a cal scholars in the world, and it is to his Minnesota, 10,886 1,003 216 study and attention and the incessant, change in the model by-laws in the Article Mississippi, 9,177 701 231 labors of his assistant J. II. Haynes, that of Membership, Section 41, and any lodge Missouri, 33,366 2,128 538 the world owes its knowledge of these Montana, 3,144 210 35 Babylonian kingdoms.—[B ib lia .] desiring a corrected copy can obtain one by Nebraska, 12,361 685 167 applying to the Grand Secretary. Nevada, 8;38 57 15 New Brunswick, 1,817 95 30 Don’t Be Sorrowful, Darling. William Earl Cook, a veteran Freemason, New Hampshire, 9,328 182 O don’t be sorrowful, darling ! died at Portsmouth, July 14th, aged 104 New Jersey, 18,100 1,177 292 And don’t be sorrowful, pray ; New Mexico, 922 56 14 Taking tne year together, my dear, years. New York, 101,548 6,585 1,629 There isn’t more night than day. North Carolina, 10,726 683 217 ’Tis rainy weather, my darling : C h a l d e a . The higher criticism of the North Dakota, 3,492 259 23 Time’s waves they heavily run, Old Testament will wait with much interest Nova Scotia, 3,572 195 65 But taking the year together, my dear. for the deciphering of the library of some Ohio, 46,348 3,116 650 There isn’t more clouds than sun. 20,000 tablets which Professor Hilprecht of Oklahoma, 2,312 297 24 We are old folks now, my darling. Our heads are growing gray ; the University of Pennsly vania, the head of Oregon, 5,354 325 83 But taking the year all around, my dear, the institution’s exploring expedition to Nip­ Pennsylvania, 54,890 3,099 1,054 You will always find the May. pur, has found in the ruins of the great P. E. Island, 535 20 8 We had our May, my darling, temple of that ancient city. It may be the Quebec, 3,668 188 30 And our roses long ago; most important archaeological discovery Rhode Island, 5,322 263 29 And the time of year is coming, my dear, since the finding of the Rosetta stone in South Carolina, 6,249 484 121 For the silent night and snow. Egypt, with its Greek copy of the Egyptian South Dakota, 4,677 304 41 But God is God, my darling, inscription on itssides, which enabled scien­ Tennessee, 17,343 975 400 Of the night as well as the day ; tists to work out the key to the archaeologi­ Texas, 31,879 1,673 562 And we feel and know that we can go cal cipher in which the Egyptians wrote Utah, 907 57 15 Wherever he leads the way. most of their tomb records. Vermont, 10,193 434 167 A God of the night, my darling, Of the night of death so grim ; The temple in question is that of the Virginia, 13,444 762 241 The gate that leads out of life, good wife, God Bel, of the days when Nippur was a Washington, 5,399 405 91 Is the gate that leads to Him. rival city to Babylon, and the tablets treat West Virginia, 6,990 543 80 —[Rembrandt Peale.] of literary and historical matters prior to Wisconsin, 17,709 860 282 2280 B. C., or long antedating the career of Wyoming, 1,098 83 4 The United States will probably have a Abraham. The light thus thrown on the distinguished visitor this October in the early history of Southern Asia will, of Total, 881,531 54,309 13,769 person of Prince Detnitrius Rhodocanakis, course,' have an important bearing on the of Greece, who contemplates coming to this earlier chapters of Genesis. But it will do O l d e s t K in g .— From among 600 frag­ country to be present at the centennial cel­ still more. It will probably help to clear ments of writings Professor Hilprecht has ebration of the Supreme Council of the up the obscure early history of the supposed obtained knowledge of the first king known Scottish Rite of this jurisdiction. In his dispersion of primitive man from the alleged i to man—En-shag-shur-ana, lord of Kengi, own country the Prince is Supreme Com­ birthplace of the race in Asia, and so it now known as Babylonia, who reigned mander of the Scottish Rite Masons, and is may aid in settling the still open question about 6500 B. C. Kengi was harrassed by known all over the world as one of .the most whether mankind sprang from one stock or Kish, a neighboring city and kingdom. earnest patrons and deepest students of free­ was the product of evolutionary processes En-shag-shur-ana marched against Kish and masonry of the present times. He has re­ taking place simultaneously in several differ­ defeated its ruler, and the spoil of this ex­ ceived the highest honors, and has written ent parts of the earth. The latter is the pedition, the tablets tell, was presented to many valuable articles upon the history and newer theory. Coincidences in the history the temple of Bel in Nippur. But later the teachings of our fraternity.— [Texas Free- of race development are now held by many rulers of Kish took Kengi, for it is found ! m a so n .] MASONIC TOKEN JULY 15. 1901. 135

Ancient itlaNonry in Mexico. Calvin W. Prather, Indianapolis, G. Rec. 69. He was pilot of the Cutter Woodbury, and Leonidas P. Newby, Knightstown, G. Com. was a member of Hancock Lodge. We see in the American Tyler that Dr, THOMAS J. CONNELL, in South Portland, July A. W. Parsons, Past Master of Toltec 43 commanderies, 3,767 members, 218 11, aged 52 yrs. 6 mos. 17 days. A member of Lodge, city of Mexico, in response to a knighted. Hiram Lodge. toast at a banquet in Toledo, O., among Eastern Star, April 24, 1901, from Mrs. HENRY J. HEMMINGWAY, in Camden. July Nettie Ransford, Indianapolis, Gr. Sec. 15, aged 78. He was a shipmaster, a member of other things related the following: Amity Lodge, and the brother of Mrs. Leander Masonry in Mexico is at last on a good, Miss Laura J. Breckenridge, LaFayette, Gr. M. Iienniston. He left a widow, three sons and solid foundation, and I may add, that this Matron. 219 chapters, 13,596 members, one daughter. has been brought about through the domi­ 1,787 initiates. nated spirit of American Masonry there, Io w a .—Gr. Lodge, June 4, 1901, from which has rescued it from the grasp of the Newton R. Parvin, Cedar Rapids, G. Sec. scheming politician, and made it what we all Lewis J. Baker, Ottumwa, Gr. M. 489 A desire, the hand-maid of fraternity, love and lodges, 30,324 members, 2,101 initiates. truth. History tells us that Masonry is one K e n t u c k y .—Gr. Council Oct. 15, 1900, Well Known of the oldest of the religions, and you may from James W. Staton, Brooksville, G. Rec. all know that when the great Egyptian Pyr­ James E. Wilhelm, Paducah, G. M. 20 amid yielded up its secrets a few years ago, councils, 991 members, 73 candidates. Actress there was found inside, a lodge room which w r it e s u s exemplified the work with which we are M innesota—Grand Lodge, 1901, from familiar to-day. The famous archaeologist, Bro. Edward P. Capen, Minneapolis. "While in your city some time ago I Le Plongeon, found several years ago in a M isso uri.—Gr. Chapter, April 24, 1901, bought some “ L. F.” Atwood’s Bitters, and buried Aztec city in Yucatan a temple from Wm. II. Mayo, St. Louis, Gr. Sec. found them very beneficial, I wish to get which was dedicated to Masonry more than Thurston B. Duncan, Mexico, Gr. II. P. some more at once, a thousand years ago and whose walls were 97 chapters, 7,159 members, 584 exalted. decorated with symbols which were a rep­ Gr. Commandery, April 23, 1901, from MARY CHURCHILL EMMETT, lica of those found in the great pyramid of Wm. H. Mayo, St. Louis, Gr. Rec. Hor­ Sowing the Wind Co. Egypt. ace G. Clark, St. Louis. Gr. Com 56 com­ manderies, 4,606 members, 289 knighted. A former Master of a lodge in the city of WILLIAM W. ROBERTS CO., Mexico recently told me that he had visited N. Y o r k .— G. Lodge May 7, 1901, from E. a tribe of Indians in Oaxaca, one of the M. L. Elders, N. York, Gr. Sec. Charles StaticmBrs, southern states of Mexico, where the In­ W. Mead, Albany, Gr. M. 750 lodges, 106- dians are still aboriginal, living as sun wor­ 235 members, 7,506 initiates. Blank Book Manufacturers, shipers, speaking no modern language, N o r t h C a r o l in a .—Gr. Chapter, May 14, 193 MIDDLE STREET, theirs being more than a thousand years 1901, from James C. Munds, Wilmington, old. He recounted an accident which put Gr. Sec. DeWitt E. Allen, Charlotte, Casco Bank Block. PORTLAND, ME. him in the power of these rude men, how G. II. P. • 19 chapters, 797 members, 80 they nursed him back to health, while their exalted. Agents for The Underwood Typewriter. Dealers only common language was through masonic in Typewriter Ribbons, Carbon Paper, Typewriter Q u e b e c .—Grand Chapter, 29Jan., 1901, sign; and that when he was well they blind­ from Will H. Whyte, Montreal, G. Scribe Paper, Legal Blanks, and Office Stationery. folded him and led him down into a huge E. George (). Stanton, Montreal, Gr. Z. cavern under ground and there brought him 11 chapters, 590 members, 78 exalted. to light into perhaps the oldest masonic K.T., 32°, 33°, lodge in the world to-day. The symbols T e x a s —Gr. Commandery, 17, 1901, from were the same as ours, but they were un­ John C. Kidd, Housten, G. Rec, Frederic —AND— doubtedly obtained from King Solomon’s M. Gilbough, Galveston, G. Com. 32 com­ temple; and can you wonder that we vener­ manderies, 2270 members, 217 knighted. SHRINE CARDS, ate the institution of Masonry when we W est V ir g in ia .— Gr. Commandery, know that it is the oldest religion in the May 8, 1901, from Robert C. Dunnington, world?— [Texas Freemason .] Fairmont, Gr. Rec. John K. F. Steele, Lodge Calendars, Menus, Keystone, Gr. Com. 14 Commanderies, Scottish Rite Masons visiting Cuba since 1333 members, 151 knighted. Badges, Programmes, Medals, the Spanish war, have been the recipients of numerous courtesies from the members D I E D . *5 of the rite there, who, now that they are no Mark Pennies, Souvenirs. longer oppressed by the church party, have ISAAC P. De SHON, in Portland, Oregon, April 28th, of Bright’s disease. He was formerly of renewed their efforts in the cause of Ma­ Searsport. He was buried at Santa Rosa, Cal. ROBERT SNEIDER CO., sonry. At the last meeting of the Supreme He left a widow. Council of Colon, held in Havana, Brother JAMES IRISH, in Stowe, May 3, a membef'of EstS?ed 14 5 Fulton street, New York. Edgar S. Dudley, 33°, a Major in the U. S. Oriental Chapter of Bridgton. army, was elected an honorary member of HARRIET J. HAYES, widow of Bro. Christo­ that body. 111. Bro. Miguel Gener is the pher C. Hayes, in Portland, May 13, aged 70 yrs. THE HENDERSON-AMES CO. 5 in. Grand Commander.—[Texas F re e m a s o n .] KALAMAZOO, MICH., JOANNA T. HOWELL, in Portland, May 30, aged 77 yrs. 6 mos. 7 days. Widow of Bro. Amos Manufacturers of P r e m iu m s .—Any brother wdio will pro­ E. Howell. cure subscribers for us, remitting not less JOHN A. DALY, in Portland, May 30, aged 62 than $1 at a time, may retain one-fourth of yrs. 6 mos. 12 days. A member of St. Alban Regalias, Costumes, Uniforms, the money for his services. Those who Commandery, and other masonic bodies. wish to assist us, without caring for the AMOS S. KING, in Phillips, June 8, aged 81. A For all Masonic Bodies and premium, can gratify some indigent brother member of Atlantic Lodge of Portland. all Secret Societies. by sending him a paper free. It is better WILLIAM J. BRYANT, in West Buxton, June 11, a member of Buxton Lodge, Eagle Chapter to take subscriptions for two years. and St. Alban Commandery. NEW ENGLAND HEADQUARTERS, ROBERT J. MARTIN, M. D., in Belgrade, June Our ThauliH. 16, aged 37. He was drowned in trying to rescue 202-203 Masonic Temple, Boston, Mass. a giri who was thrown into the lake from a cap­ E. C. P h i l l i p s , M anager. A r k a n sa s.-— Gr. Commandery, April 16, sized boat. The girl was also drowned. He 1901, from Fay Hempstead, Little Rock, G. was a son-in-law of Congressman Burleigh, and Catalogues for all Societies free. Send for the Rec. Edgar A. McCulloch, Marianna, G. was a mason. one you want. Com. 10 commanderies, 520 members, 32 JOSEPH H. COBURN, in Gorham, June 18, aged knighted, 63. A member of Harmony Lodge. PRESTON DURGIN, in Denver, Col,, June 25, S. F. BEARCE & CO., I llin o is.—Masonic Orphan’s Home, re­ aged 64. He was formerly of Cornish, and was port for 1900 from Gil W. Barnard, Chicago. a past master of Greenleaf Lodge and past high priest of Aurora Chapter. Importers of Salt, I n d ia n a .— Grand Lodge, May 28, 1901, EDMUND M. FORBES, in Portland, June 2s), from Calvin W. Prather, Indianapolis, Gr. aged 67 yrs. 2 mos. He was formerly of Win­ And dealers in Sec. Orlando W. Brownback, Pendleton, chester, N. H., where he was D. D. G. M. | ROLAND H. HOOPER, in Deering, June, funeral DRY AND PICKLED FISH, Gr. M. 33,604 members, 2,236 initiates. by Deering Lodge 30th. Gr. Commandery, April 17, 1901, from WILLIAM COLLINS, in Castine, June 28, aged 188 & 192 Commercial St., PORTLAND, ME. 136 MASONIC TOKEN JULY 15, 1901

SEND ALL ORDERS FOR WILLIAM SENTER & CO., Crackers, Loaf Bread, Bis­ Chronometers, Watches, Clocks, Silver Ware, cuit, Cakes and Pastry, Jewelry, Nautical, Optical and Math­ Wholesale or Retail, to F. NT. CALDEEWOOD, Baker, ematical Instruments, Elegant in all its Appointments. 532 C o n g r e s s S t r e e t , P o r t l a n d , M a i n e , No. 51 E x ch a n g e S t r e e t , And they will receive prompt attention. William Senter, Jr. PORTLAND, ME. E. H. N unns, Prop’r. PORTLAND.

E s t a b l i s h e d 1851. I ncorporated 1898. J . A . MERRILL & CO. SWAN & BARRETT, C. M. RICE PAPER CO., CT I E 'W IE H 5EJ IL L S . Bankers and Brokers, Dealers in all the varieties of Watches, Clocks and Silver Ware—Gold and Sil­ M id d l e S t r e e t , PAPER, PAPER BAGS, & TWINE, ver Badges—Past Masters’ Jewels-Masonic No. 186 Aprons—Lodge and Knights Templar PORTLAND, ME. No. 14 E xchange S t ., P ortland. Goods—K. T. Costumes. Paper of any size or quality made to order. D e a l e r s i n I n v e s t m e n t S e c u r i t i e s . iSTo. .^ 0 3 C o n g r e s s S t . Charles M. Rice. A. K e i t h , Manager. PORTLAND. HALL L. DAVIS & CO., RANDALL & Me A BLISTER, G iven F r ee BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, ANTHRACITE & BITUMINOUS to each person interested in subscribing to the Eu­ And Blank Book M anufacturers, COAL, gene Field Monument Sou­ venir Fund. Subscribe any No. 47 Exchange Street, B y the Cargo and at R etail, amount desired. Subscrip­ PORTLAND, ME. PORTLAND. ME. tions as low as $1.00 will entitle donor to his daintily Offices:—78 Exchange St. and 60 Commercial St, artistic volume R. K. GATLEY, “ Field Flowers ” (cloth bound. 8x11). as a certificate of subscription 21 Union Street, Portland, to fund. Book contains a H E. MURDOCK, selection ’of Field’s best PLASTERER, STUCCO V MASTIC WORKER, Optician, $ and most representative Whitening, Coloring, Cementing, Sfc. 1 7.10 works and is ready for de­ livery. Contractor for Concrete Walks, Drives, Streets, &c. Y. M. C. A. B u il d in g , But for the noble contri­ bution of the world’s great­ PORTLAND, ME. BOCK est artists this book could GEO. II. GRIFFEN, not have been manufac­ THE Book of tured for less than $7.00. Diamonds, Vacheron, Waltham, Elgin the Century The Fund created is di­ and Ilampden Watches, Handsome 1 y vided equally between the EASTMAN BROS.A BANCROFT, illustrated by ALSO THE NEW WATCH ‘'FOREST CITY.” family of the late Eugene Jobbers and Retailers of thirty-two of Field and the Fund for the Jewelry, French Clocks, and a fine line of th e W orld’s building of a monument to sterling silver, and silver plated ware. Greatest Ar­ the memory of the beloved Dry and Fancy Goods, tists. poet of childhood. Address 504 Congress St., Portland. LADIES’, MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S Eugene Field Monument Souvenir Fund, CLOAKS AND SUITS. 180 M o n r o e S t ., C h i c a g o . (Also at Book Stores.) ROBERT B. SW IFT, B. M. E a s t m a n . 4!)2. 494. 496, 498 Congress If you also wish to send postage, enclose 10 c. E. D. E astm an. and 15 Brown Streets. F. E. E a s t m a n , P o r t l a n d , M e , Mention this paper—Adv. is our Contribution. OPTICIAN. Particular attention paid to fitting spectacles, and eye-glass frames, thus bringing the center of the lenses directly over the eyes, as otherwise per­ fect vision cannot be obtained. JO H N BURR, F l o b ist ,

513 C o n g r e s s St ., PORTLAND. Cloth, $1.40 Tuck, $1.50 FREEPORT, MAINE. RUM.MOND & DRUMMOND, At­ Fresh Cut flowers and Floral designs for all oc­ STEPHEN BERRY, casions. Society emblems of all kinds. Lodge Fv» D torneys at Law, Union Mutual Life In­ neral emblems. Order by mail, telegraph or tele­ surance Building, Portland, Me. phone. 37 Plum St., Portland. Josiah H. Drummond. STENCH-5 H d B > DANA W. FELLOWS, M. !>., GRAND LODGE CERTIFICATES DENTIST, Can be had a t th e G rand Secretary’s office, accord­ !p | E N N E T T qZ ing to vote of Grand Lodge in 1868.' Price in Removed to Suite 36, Y. M. C. A. Building, pocket hook form $1.25. Brethren should apply Congress Square, through the Secretaries of their respective Lodges. P o r t l a n d , M e . STKPHEN BEKRY, Grand Sec. s 401 FORE ST if ^SIGNING PORTLAND. ME. Anderson, Adams & Co., O. P. BABCOCK, ENGRAVING < Bank & Safe Locksmith. r Fire Insurance Agency, Safes of all makes opened and repaired. Removed to 88 Exchange St., opposite 31 EXCHANGE STREET, DERRY, STEPHEN. Book, Job and Card Masonic H all. I ) P r in te r , 37 Plum Street, Portland. All kinds Chas. C. Adams. PORTLAND, ME. of Printing done to order. Orders by mail prompt­ Thos. J. Little. PORTLAND, ME. N o t i c e .—Special and immediate attention, by ly attended to. Con vers E. Leach. skilled workmen, given in answer to calls from Banks troubled with defective doors, bolt work or "DLANKS.—Masonic Blanks of all kinds always S. P. Leighton, Pres. W. C. Remy, Treas. locks of any manufacture. I) on hand. jEir"Send for a circular. ) Y-LAWS.—Model By-Laws always in type, so The Boston Regalia Co., IRA BERRY, Jr., 1> that Lodges can have them at h a lf price if few 7 TEMPLE, PLACE, BOSTON, alterations are made. Manufacturers of and Dealers in Watches, Clocks, Charts, / CERTIFICATES OF STOCK. Town Bonds and V_v every description of Ornamental Printing. AND NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS. Masonic, Odd Fellows, QHECKS, Drafts and all kinds of Bank Printing. AND A g e n t f o r U. S. COAST SURVEY CHARTS. other Society Regalia and Jewels, Removed to liooin 7, ABELS of all kinds, very cheap. Apothecary’s Tj Recipe Blanks, Calendars, &c., &c No. 11 Exchange St., Portland. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR UNIFORMS. I) ECORDS and other Masonic Blank Books fur- Badges. Banners and Flags, Special attention paid to Repairing. I \ nisbed or made to order. EALS.—Embossing Seals and Presses, very cheap GOLD AND SILVER TRIMMINGS, pALVIN E. WOODSIDE. A ttorney at La w , S Removed to 5D/2 Exchange St., Portland, and of the finest workmanship. tf