MASONIC TOKEN.

WHEREBY ONE BROTHER MAY KNOW ANOTHER.

VOLUME 3. PORTLAND, ME., JULY 15, 1893. Ng. 25.

Published quarterly by Stephen Berry, ham Lodge, No. 199, at Bingham, June 22d. Charles E. Libby, Auburn, Grand Capt Past Grand Masters Albert Moore and Wm. of Guard. No. 37 Plum Street, Portland, Maine. Warren O. Carney, Portland, Grand Sen­ R. G. Estes and P. J. G. Warden A. M. tinel. Twelve cts. per year in advance. Wetherbee were present. There was a The following distinguished visitors were Established March, 1867. 27th year. large attendance, and an excellent collation present from the Southern Jurisdiction : in a neighboring hall followed. Tbe lodge Cornelius Hedges, 33°, Helena, Montana, Advertisements 34.00 per inch, or $3.00 for starts with a good hall, good membership Grand Secretary of Montana. half an inch for one year. and bright prospects. M. W. Wood, 33°, Surgeon U. S. Army, Fort Preble. No advertisement received unless the advertiser, Grand High Priest Penley constituted or some member of the firm, is a Freemason in J. Madison Case, 32°, Milwaukee, Wis. good standing. White Rose Chapter, No. 54, at Sanford, The following resolutions were adopted: June 27th. An elegant bill of fare from Resoloed, That the Council of Delibera­ DAYS GONE HL H. P. Frank Wilson, shows that a substan­ tion recommend to the Supreme Council tial dinner followed. to grant a charter to Deering Council of BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. Princes of Jerusalem, located at Machias, Grand High Priest Penley also consti­ Me. Oh, the days gone by ! oh, the days gone by ! tuted Saint Andrew’s Chapter, No. 51, at The apple in the orchard, and the pathway thro’ Resolved, That there is no law or obliga­ the rye ; Mechanic Falls, July 13th. It was a bril­ tion requiring candidates for admission into Bodies of the Rite in this jurisdiction to The chirrup of the robin and the whistle of the liant affair, including an oration by Rev. D. quail, possess any qualifications additional to those As he piped across the meadows sweet as any V. Gwilym of Lewiston, music by orches­ nightingale ; prescribed in the Constitution of the Su­ When the bloom was on the clover, and the blue tral band and quartette, and a banquet at preme Council. was in the sky, And my happy heart brimmed over, in the days Murray hall. ------o------gone by. Grand Master Burbank has appointed Meetings were held in all the bodies June In the days gone by, when my naked feet were tripped, Geo. B. Randlette, of Richmond, D. D. G. M. 8th and 9th and the various grades conferred By the honeysuckle’s tangles, where the water lilies dipped, of the 14th Masonic District, in place of on a large number of candidates. And the ripple of the river lipped the moss along Judson Bangs, resigned, and has formed a the brink, Where the placid-eyed and lazy-footed cattle came new district, No. 24, with Edwin K. Smith, The following officers were elected in Dun­ to drink, And the tilting snipe stood fearless of the truant’s of Lewiston, as D. D. G. M. It is com­ lap Chapter of Rose Croix, May l9th: wayward cry, posed of Cumberland, 12, New Gloucester; M. W. and P. M.—Rufus H. Hinkley. And the splashing of the swimmer, in the days by. Tranquil, 29, Auburn ; Tyrian, 73, Mechanic S. W.—Charles E. Snow. J. W.—M. A. Dillingham. Oh, the days gone by ! oh, the days gone by ! Falls; Nezinscot, 101, Turner; Ashlar, 105, G. Orator—H. W. Robinson. The music of the laughing lips, the luster of the eye; Lewiston; Rabboni, 150, Lewiston; Web- Treas.—J. A. Merrill. The childish faith in fairies, and Aladdin’s magic ster, 164, Webster; and Ancient Brothers’, Sec.—M. F. Hicks. ring, Hospitaler—A. Keith. The simple, soul-reposing, glad belief in every 178, Auburn. M. of C.—F. E. Chase. thing. Bingham Lodge, 199, is added to the 13th When life was like a story, holding neither sob C. of G.—W. S Corey. nor sigh, District, and St. Aspinquid, 198, to the 19th Yates Lodge of Perfection elected Feb­ In the olden, golden glory of the days gone by. District. [The Republic. ruary 3d: Scottish Rite. George E. Raymond, T. P. Grand Master. William S. Corey, Deputy Grand Master. MASONRY IN MAINE. MAINE COUNCIL OF DELIBERATION Benjamin C. Stone, Senior Grand Warden. Lodge Elections. held its annual meeting in Portland, June George C. Ricker, Junior Grand Warden. 9th. The following officers were elected : Bryce M. Edwards, Grand Orator. Polar Star, 114, Bath. Clinton Child, m ; William O. Fox, Grand Treasurer. Geo M Duley, sw; Wm H Hayden, jw; M. F. King, Portland, Commander-in- John S. Russell, Grand Secretary. A G Eaton, sec. Chief. George D. Loring, G. M. of Ceremonies. Chas. I. Collamore, Bangor, 1st Lieut. Joseph E. Henley, Grand Capt. of Guard. Nezinscot, 101, Turner. Albion W Rob- Commander. erts, m; Wm H Downing, sw; W 'H Millard F. Hicks, Grand Hospitaler. Fessenden I. Day, Lewiston, 2d Lieut. Warren O. Carney, Grand Tyler. French, jw ; S D Andrews, sec. Commander. Waterville, 33, Waterville. T E Ran- George E. Raymond, Portland, Grand M. Maine Consistory, S. P. R. S., elected Dec. sted, sec., vice W D Spaulding declined. of S. and G. O. 27, 1892, for three years: Matthew S. Hughes, Portland, Grand Chapter Elections. Prior. Edmund B. Mallet, Jr., 33°, Freeport, Ill. Commander-in-Chief. Turner, 41, Turner. S S Merrill, hp; S Algernon M. Roak, Auburn, Grand Chan­ cellor. Albro E. Chase, 33°, Portland, Ill. First D Andrews, k; W L Loring, sc; trank Lieut. Commander. T Faulkner, sec. William O. Fox, Portland, Grand Treas­ urer. William J. Burnham, 33°, Lewiston, Ill. Montgomery and St. Bernard, 2, Bath. By John S. Russell, Portland, Grand Secre­ Second Lieut. Commander. dispensation—Charles W Clifford, hp. tary. Hugh R. Chaplin, 32°, Bangor, Ill. Min. of King Hiram, 9, Lewiston. Fred G Payne, William Z. Clayton, Bangor, Grand Eng. State and G. O. hp; W H Judkins, k ; Chas A Jumper, sc; and Arch. William M. Nash, 32°, Cherryfield, Ill. Geo A Callahan, sec. Jewels were pre­ Norris E. Bragg, Bangor, Grand Hospi­ Grand Councillor. sented to all the fourteen Past High Priests. taler. Albion Keith, 32°, Portland, Ill. Grand Frank E. Sleeper, Sabatis, Grand M. of C. Treasurer. Constitutions. Thomas P. Shaw, Portland, Grand Stand­ Samuel F. Bearce 33°, Portland, Ill. Grand Grand Master Burbank constituted Bing­ ard Bearer. Secretary. 212 MASONIC TOKEN, JULY 15, 1893.

St. JohN’s Day.—Portland Commandery, —The Open Court, 324 Dearborn St. Chi- Atheletics article is by John Graham of the forty strong, started for Kineo Friday morn­ cago, weekly, $2, is a champion of free Cbarlesbank Gymnasium, and is devoted to ing, June 23d, and returned after midnight thought, and has the ablest writers among “ Out-of-door Gymnastics.” 24th. A northeast storm prevailed during its contributors. 20 cents a number. At the new stands, the two days, but they enjoyed it. —The Monist, a quarterly, 82, is published or direct from the publishers, D. Lothrop Lewiston and DeMolay Commanderies by the Open Court Publishing Co., and takes Company, Boston. came to Portland and were entertained by the more ponderous articles on kindred sub- —History of the Crusades, by Michaud, St. Alban with an excursion to the Waldo jects. illustrated by Dore. George Barrie, 31 Milk at Little Chebeague Island. They, too, —A mid-Summer Night’s Dream, is a St., Boston, Publisher. M. M. Simmon, noticed that it was damp, but went back little poem by Edwin Baker, of Providence, Agent. Part 23 contains Dora’s Sinews of cheerful. representing the Brownies taking the de- War, The Departure from Aigues-Mortes, Dunlap Commandery of Bath, went to grees of the Mystic Shrine. It is illustrated A Message from the East, and The Captives. Portsmouth, N. H., where they were enter- by J. Winthrop Phillips, and is very bright. The text discusses the State of Europe, tained by DeWitt Clinton Commandery —Garden City Lodge, of Chicago, again 1571 to 1685, and the effect which the with a dinner at the Isle of Shoals. • sends out a neat historical annual for 1893, Crusades had upon it. Calling attention to Franklin Chapter, at Farmington, cele- prepared by Gil. W. Barnard, who sends us the vast good which they would have done brated the day by social entertainment in a copy. for civilization had they been successful, the evening, with music and supper, Major —Reception of the Heart of Ygnacio Her- the author claims great benefits in the at­ S. C. Belcher presiding. rera y Cairo, the Martyred Mason, by Geth- tempts, fruitless as they were. One of the semane Chapter, Rose Croix, Oakland, Cal., results was the redemption of Prussia from Claremont Commandery of Rockland en- April 24, 1893, from Bro. Hugo 0. Green- Paganism. They destroyed the abuses of tertained Palestine of Belfast and DeValois hood. the feudal system and fostered its most gen­ of Vinalhaven, July 6th, with parade, ex­ —Yorston’s book of portraits is nearly j erous sentiments. cursions, banquet, speeches, reception and ready, and the canvasser will soon be Part 24 contains Dora’s Gaining Con­ ball. The occasion appears to have been around. It will be issued in five quarto ‘ verts, An Enemy of the Crusaders, Cross­ brilliant. volumes at 86 a volume, making the cost j ing Mount Taurus, and The True Cross. Ancient Land-mark Lodge of Portland 830 for the set. But it is an elegant work, The text continues the reflections upon the made its annual excursion July 12th to the and will contain 100 steel portraits of the State of Europe. The emergence of Europe Ottawa House. best known American masons, with accu- from barbarism began with the rise of chiv­ Portland Lodge goes 19th to Harpswell. rate biographies of them, and, we under­ alry. The Orders of Christian Knighthood stand, biographies of many whose portraits Grand Master Burbank has appointed as gave great impetus to this. The infidels are not given. If one can afford it, it is just admired their virtues as much as they delegates from Maine to the Fraternal Con- what he will like to have in the house. A dreaded their bravery. The Crusaders gress at Chicago, August 14th : special edition, richly got up and bound, of brought back with them new ideas of laws Horace H. Burbank, Saco, G. Master, (ex- which only 100 copies are issued, sells at and of liberty. The Crusades assisted in officlo). 8125 for tbe set. the increase of navigation and of commerce. Augustus B. Farnham, Bangor, Dep. Gr. —The Square and Compass is a new four Naval Architecture was greatly advanced Master. page quarto monthly, published in New Maritime Codes were established. The Joseph A. Locke, Portland, Senior Grand Orleans, at 81 yearly. E. T. Duckert is silk industry was brought into Europe dur­ Warden. editor. The first number was issued May, ing the Crusades, also the manufacuture of Joseph M. Hayes, Bath, P. S. G. Warden. 1893. glass. Sugar was introduced at the same Archie L. Talbot, Lewiston, P. Jun. Gr. Warden. —The July Wide Awake has a leading period. The Crusades also saved Europe Albert M. Penley, Auburn, Past Master. article of great interest by George Bradford from being overrun and conquered by the Moses Tait, Calais, Past Master. Bartlett, devoted to a description of Con- Moslems. cord Dramatics, or private theatricals in —Scribner’s Magazine for July contains, Books, Papers, etc. Concord in the days of the “ Little Women ” Tbe Life of the Merchant Sailor, by W. and the “philosophers.” Maud R. Burton Clark Russell; Personal Recollections of —Masonic Directory of Manitoba, a neat and Elizabeth Cumings have good Fourth Two Visits to Gettysburg, by A. II. Nicker­ little book of 108 pages, from the publisher, of July stories, and the national element is son ; Fulfilled, by Anna C. Brackett; Fore­ Edgar W. Rugg, Winnipeg. further recognized by verses by Lilian ground and Vista at the Fair, by W. Hamil­ —Knight Templar is a new monthly eight Crawford True and Mrs. J. T. Greenleaf, ton Gibson ; Loneliness, by John Kendrick page quarto, published in Marion, Iowa, by while Cromwell Galpin’s historical story of Bangs; The Opinions of a Philosopher, by the Knight Templar Publishing Co., Rev. the Welsh discovery of America before Robert Grant; Arabian Nights Entertain­ John W. Geiger, editor, 75c. a year. The Columbus is both picturesque and instruct­ ments, by W. E. Henley; Leisure, by Ag­ first number was issued in May, 1893. ive. Caroline Ticknor’s “ summer boarder ” ’ nes Repplier; Musical Societies of the —Bulletin Proceedings Rite of Memphis story of “ Fantine ” is timely and suggest­ United States and their Representation at and Misraim is a new monthly published at ive ; Marietta Ambrosi has a character- the World’s Fair, by George P. Upton; An 95 Stanton St., New York City, at 81 a year, istic description of Carthagena, “ An Old Amateur Gamble, by Anna Fuller; A Night, under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of Spanish Town ”; Etta B. Donaldson de­ by M. L. Van Vorst; Trout-fishing in the Spain. P. A. Siegelstein, M.D., is editor; scribes “ A Unique Farm in Africa,” (for Traun, by Henry Van Dyke; A Pagan's it is printed half in German, half in English, the raising of ostriches), and J. P. H. Gast- Prayer, by Bliss Carman ; Aspects of Nature and the first number was issued in June. rell tells of “Electric Tricks.” Annie H. in the West Indies, by W. K. Brooks; The — Gerrish’s Collection of Masonic Music. Ryder has a practical nineteenth century Copperhead, by Harold Frederic; The Pre­ Published by William W. Gerrish, 43 West talk with boys and girls, “ In the Lookout vention of Pauperism, by Oscar Craig; The St., Boston, Mass. No. 519, containing shad- with Columbus ”; Jeannette A. Grant fur­ I Point of View. ows of Evening Hours, Eventide and Rus- nishes a delightful account of that portion —Bro. Robert Freke Gould, the historian, sian Vesper Hymn ; 520 containing Who En- of tbe Scottish highlands which some read­ favors us with a reprint of his article Ars ters Here ? In Memoriam, and So Mote it ers have traveled in fancy “ With the Lady Quatuor Coronatorum, which is a review of Be ; each 19c. received from publisher. of the Lake”; and the Wide Awake ! the proceedings of that lodge. MASONIC TOKEN, JULY 15, 1893. 213

Term of GRAND Master.—“All special At RefreshmeNt.—Lodges used to cele­ any such forms twenty, nay, ten years. My dispensations issued terminate at the expir- brate St. John’s Days by a dinner: those own father has been a mason these fifty ation of the term of office of the Grand participating paid for tickets, and the other years and has been at lodges in Holland, Master issuing the same.” expenses, and any deficit, were paid from France and England. He knows none of We except to this; the Grand Master the funds of the lodge. these ceremonies. Grand Master Payne, issues dispensations; the “ term ” of the In lodges, also, each one present paid a who succeeded Sr. Christopher Wren, is a Grand Master never ends ; tbe “ term ” of fixed sura towards the cost of refreshments, stranger to them, as is likewise one old a brother holding that office expires, but it but the amount paid seems to have gone brother of ninety, who I conversed with expires only by another brother’s becoming into the lodge general fund and the expenses lately. This brother assures me he was Grand Master. The decision goes upon the of the evening paid out of it. made a mason in his youth, and has con­ basis, that a dispensation is the personal Excesses led to tbe abandonment of the stantly frequented lodges until rendered in­ act of the brother, who is Grand Master, custom, and there is no doubt that, while capable by his advanced age, and never and dies with him ; but we hold that it is Masonry suffered from the abuse, it has heard, or knew, any other ceremonies or the official act of the Grand Master and also suffered from the non-user. It has words than those used in general amongst does not die at all, because the Grand Master been often said that a mason, who goes to us; such forms were delivered to him and never dies. the lodge only when there are to be refresh­ those he has retained. As to Knights of If a brother who is a Grand Master, calls ments served, might as well stay away. the Sword, Eagle, etc., the knowledge of a meeting of the Grand Lodge, and dies We do not so believe; such is not the them never reached his ears until I in­ before it meets, still the meeting is valid, teaching of experience : inducements to se- formed him of them. The only orders that because some other brother succeeds at once cure the presence of people are of constant we know are three : Masters, Fellow-Crafts, to the office; for the same reason, if a use, when their mere presence would be of and Apprentices, and none of them ever brother, who is Grand Master, issues a dis- no consequence. We would like to see the arrive at the Honour of Knighthood by pensation to a lodge for a specific purpose old custom tried again under such restric- Masonry.”—[Drummond Corr., 1893. and dies before that purpose has been ac­ tions as to prevent danger of abuse. complished, the lodge may still act upon it. A half an hour spent at the table over a CONFIRMING Records.—That the power In a word, a dispensation is the act of the very simple collation wmuld cultivate inti­ to confirm the minutes, under the usages of officer and not of the individual. Who ever macies more than a whole year of lodge the craft, is in the lodge and not in the heard of a dispensation for a lodge u. d. meetings. An old friend of ours used to Master we fully agree ; also that if there is being terminated by the death of the Grand say, “ Speeches are often very interesting, in the minutes, or an attempt is made to Master issuing it ?—[Drummond, 1893. but toe-to-toe talk is what does the business.” put in the minutes, what the Master has de­ If we can mingle the instruction of the cided not “ proper to be written,” the Mas­ Lodges too LaRge.—In olden times, our lodge with the pleasure of social intercourse ter may, and should, rule the motion out of lodges were small and every member well at the table, we carry out one of the orig­ order. But we do not agree with the com­ knew every other member. In our view, inal plans of Masonry. If lodge expenses mittee that the Master may rule out of or­ the fundamental idea of Masonry contem- could be reduced so that the membership der a motion to confirm the minutes on the plates lodges no larger than that every mein- of a lodge need not exceed fifty, and should ground that they are “ evidently incorrect,” ber may be the intimate acquaintance of be limited to about that number, and the whether by errors of omission or commis­ every other member. Fully concurring in old custom of having simple refreshments sion. If the Master has the power to rule his views, we would add a fifth proposition : at every meeting revived, we should have a motions to confirm the minutes out of order “ The lodge must not be so large as to much larger percentage of attendance, and because they are incorrect, he is sole judge render it impossible to carry out these prop- the consequent strengthening of the bonds whether the minutes are correct or not. ositions.” of brotherhood, and come near achieving tbe As the committee well say, we must not It is not possible in a lodge of three hun­ result Bro. Lloyd so earnestly and elo­ confound the transactions of the lodge with dred members; and yet much may be done quently described. the record of those transactions; if the by action upon these lines, even in our larger [Drummond Corr., 1893. transactions actually took place, although lodges.—| Drummond Corr., 1893. out of order, still they cannot properly be stricken from the record. We conclude that Historical Fraud.—It has been discov­ PeRpetual JurisdictioN—California the Master has no power to rule motions ered within tbe past year that a fraud was goes further in applying its own law of juris­ to confirm minutes or records out of order perpetrated upon the Grand Lodge of Maine diction without regard to the laws of other thirty years ago when the writer was Grand on the ground of errors in the record ; but Grand Lodges than any other, so far as we Master. It was invited by proper authority the only remedy to correct such errors is by have observed. appeal to the Grand Lodge, which may be to lay a memorial stone, with the consent of The old law of perpetual jurisdiction in taken by the Master or any member of the the General Government, in the walls of lodge.—[Drummond Corr., 1893. cases of rejection has been very general ly Fort Popham, and it performed the duty ac- modified. But we know of no Grand Lodge, cordingly. It has now transpired that the save the Grand Lodge of California, that object of the ongnators of the scheme was PRosecuting Charges — Referring to holds that an accepted candidate does not to draw a crowd to magnify the celebration the province of the Junior Warden on the remain the work of the accepting lodge, until of an event bearing upon a controverted trial of charges, he asks, “ Does he not oc­ released by it, or the law of its jurisdiction. historical . question. A proper memorial cupy the same position as judge advocate of Formerly in most, if not all jurisdictions, a court martial ” ? We have always held stone was prepared and laid in apparently there was no definite time in which an elec­ its permanent resting place, with masonic that he holds the same relation to a trial, tion lapsed ; and the jurisdiction over an ceremonies. But after the celebration was which a prosecuting officer in our civil elected candidate was practically perpetual. over, the stone was taken away, boarded courts ought to occupy, and under the spirit But in most jurisdictions, the law has been over and left lying on tbe ground in an out of the law in this country does occupy; that modified by prescribing a time, within which of the way place, where it has lain ever is, that he should seek only for justice, and a candidate must present himself to receive since, and still lies. To a few of the origin­ for that reason devote his energies to devel­ the degrees, or lose the benefit of his elec- ators this was known in advance, but was oping the truth of the case without refer­ tion. In Maine and very many other juris- not known to the Grand Lodge nor to the ence to its effect, and not, as too often hap- dictions, that time is one year; in Califor­ Executive Committee of the Maine Histor- pens, use all his powers to win the case, re­ nia, it is three months. Now it is generally ical Society, under whose auspices and by gardless of the justice of doing so. The held that masonic comity requires that a whose invitation the Grand Lodge acted. Junior Warden should be more anxious lodge in another jurisdiction shall not take The intention was that the stone should that the innocent should be acquitted than jurisdiction over a candidate lawfully elected thereafter be placed in a prominent position that the guilty should be convicted. by another lodge until the effect of’the elec­ [Drummond Corr., 1893. tion has lapsed. in the wall of the Fort, but as the work had not advanced far enough to allow it to be This matter brings out another feature in 3^=The following lodges pay §1 or $2 a California practice that is not general. laid in its intended place, the scheme was year, receiving 11 and 22 copies of the Token, Every affiliated mason in California may contrived to have it laid in another place, object to the initiation of a candidate in any and after the celebration was over to re­ respectively, to distribute to the members who lodge, and unless the objection is withdrawn move it. The change in the method of con­ structing forts, brought about soon after, are promptest in attendance: within sixty days, it is equivalent to rejec- Copies. prevented carrying out the plan to have it tion by ballot. In Texas, they allow every St. Andrew’s, Bangor, 22 affiliated mason in the state to ballot in any laid in the wall, and so it remains among the rubbish.—[Drummond Corr., 1893. Temple, Saccarappa, 11 lodge upon the petitions of candidates. Cal­ Hancock, Castine, 11 ifornia goes a step further; we like the Third Degree IN 1757.—A letter of Dr. Ira Berry, Bluehill, 22 Texas law, and upon the same principle, the Cumberland, New Gloucester, 11 California law is wise; it would seem that Thomas Manningham, Deputy Grand Mas ter of England, dated July 12, 1757, says : Rising Virtue, Bangor, 22 there is danger of its abuse, but the abuse Kenduskeag Lodge, Kenduskeag, 11 would be on the side of safety in the admis­ “ The innovations are of very late years, and I believe the brethren will find a diffi- King Solomon’s, Waldoboro’, 11 sion of candidates. , „ [Drummond Corr., 1893. culty to produce a mason acquainted with What lodge shall be next added ? 214 MASONIC TOKEN, JULY 15, 1893.

ment from the hospitable Orahood, or tbe Obituaries. Publications sent Post-paid on ever courteous and kind Parmelee, but they Jonh H. Hubbs, Grand Master of Nevada, Receipt of Price. cannot well avoid following the banner of died in San Francisco, May 10th, aged 41. their state. Then Montana will probably He was Gr. High Priest of Nevada in 1890. join them, and as Hedges admits he is a He was a native of Ontario.

LODGE HISTORIES. silver man, we may find his bloody sword Past Grand Commander Logan H. Roots, waving above our heads instead of his hands of Arkansas, died at Little Rock, May 30th. Lincoln Lo., Wiscasset, Supplement, to 1870,..20 Arundel Lodge, Kennebunkport,...... 30 in blessing, as they were three weeks ago. He had presided in all tbe Grand Bodies, Casco Lodge, Yarmouth,...... 40 Then there will be Parshall of Wyoming, and was a member of the 40th and 41st Lewy’s Island Lodge, Princeton,...... 25 York Lodge, Kennebunk,...... 50 Blalock of Washington, Stites and Holt of Congresses. He was a distinguished mem­ Eastern Frontier Lodge, Fort Fairfield,...... 25 Messalonskee Lodge, West Waterville,...... 35 South Dakota, (the gentle Holt upon his ber of the Union Army in the war. Atlantic Lodge, Portland,...... 30 camel with the bells a tinkling,) and Thomp- Mt. Desert Lodge, Mt. Desert,...... 25 The Veteran Association of Illinois met Hancock Lodge, Castine,...... ,,.35 son of North Dakota, among the fierce war- Paris Lodge, South Paris,...... 40 at “Smith’s Inn” May 23d, to receive Bro. Forest Lodge, Springfield,...... 25 riors. One can hardly conceive that the Crescent Lodge, Pembroke...... 30 silver question could change these warm the Hon. Walter Henry Harris, British Cumberland Lodge, No. 12, New Gloucester,. 50 Commissioner to the Columbian Exposi­ Greenleaf Lodge, No. 117, Cornish,...... 30 friends into bitter enemies, but forty pieces RisingSun Lodge, No. 71, Orland,...... 25 tion. He is also Gr. Rep. of Illinois near Aina Lodge, No. 43, Damariscotta,...... 30 of it changed Judas from an apostle into an the Gr. Lodge of England. We return Tremont Lodge. No. 77, Tremont,...... 20 apostate. Will they not spare us until this Waterville Lodge, No. 33, Waterville,...... 90 thanks for an invitation. Sebasticook Lodge, No. 146, Clinton,...... 30 lovely summer weather is over? We do Howard Lodge, No. 69, Winterport,...... 30 Somerset Lodge, No. 34, Skowhegan,...... 50 not mind dying in the autumn, when all Mystic Shrine.—The Imperial Council Crescent Chapter, No. 26, Pembroke, . . .30 fair things are fading away. Drummond Chapter, No. 27, W. Waterville, .35 for North America met at Cincinnati June Meridian Lodge, No. 125, Pittsfield,...... 40 12th : Mt. Vernon Chapter, No. 1, Portland, Berry, .40 GENERAL MasoNic Relief. We find Portland Lodge, No. 1, Drummond, cloth,.. 1.50 Tinkling, tinkling over the sands Hancock Lodge, Supplement to 1880,...... 25 that the appeal we made in Grand Lodge Of the desert at night, says the legend old, Olive Branch Lodge,...... 20 for this institution is inducing lodges to Came the kings on the camels, with bells of Lewy’s Island Lodge, Supplement to 1880,..20 gold, Portland Commandery, Berry,...... 75 join, and to save correspondence we give From the dusks and spices of odorous lands— Crescent Lodge. 187O-’8O,...... 20 The jeweled king from the Persian sea, Ancient Land-Mark Lodge, Berry,...... 80 the address of the Secretary, which is The puissant monarch of Araby, Aina Lodge, Supplement to 1880...... 20 Ernest Mann, 1315 E. Biddle St., Baltimore, And Tarshish’s Prince, still young and fair— Rising Star Lodge, Penobscot,...... 15 And the Golden Star, in the gold dust air, Warren Lodge, East Machias,...... 50 Md. Swung its censer across the mystic sands. Mt Kineo Lodge, Abbott,...... 40 G. II. P. Albert M. Penley was there from Naskeag Lodge, Brooklin...... 40 Pine Tree Lodge, 172, Mattawamkeag,...... 50 Beo. Theodore S. PaRvin and wife of Maine, and 2,500 others participated in the Crescent Lodge, 78, Pembroke, part 3,...... 15 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, celebrated their golden Lewy’s Island Lodge, part 3 to 1890...... 15 parade. wedding, May 25th, and received congratu­ Master Mason’s Hymns, mounted on heavy Imperial Potentate Melish was not sus­ pasteboard, (by express) each...... 10c. lations from all parts of the country. Bro. tained in suspending Recorder Luce, and Masonic Hymns for Lodges, 9 hymns with music, paper, by mail per doz.,...... $1.25 Parvin is now in his 76th year and his wife Thomas J. Hudson, of Pittsburgh, was elect­ Chapter Music Cards, per doz.,...... 1.25 a few years younger. ed over him after a struggle. Frank M. Visitors’ Books, Lodge and Chapter, bound half blue and red morocco, 160 pages, Luce, of Chicago, was re-elected Recorder. printed heading, express,...... $2 25 The Indian Masonic Review notices The next meeting will be at Denver, July Commandery Question Tablets,...... (100) $1.00 Ancient Landmark Lodge chartered by the Notice to delinquents, Lodge & Chapter, per 100, 65 17, 18, 19, 1894. EJT Send for List of Blanks, &c. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in Northern China, and asks how the Grand Lodge of The Grand Lodge of Rhode Island elected ^^Secretaries should instantly report Massachusetts came there with a charter. May 15th, Elisl.a H. Rhodes, of Pawtuxet, the election of Officers, if they have not We can answer that American Gr. Lodges Gr. Master, Edwin Baker, of Providence, done so, that communications, &c., may be have never surrendered the right to charter Gr. Sec. sent to the proper addresses. lodges in unoccupied territory. Every Master who has served a full year Capt. Edgar S. Dudley, U. S. A., Past Gen. Trumbull, in The Open Court, after is entitled to a Past Master’s diploma, and Grand Commander of Nebraska, has been reading the prayers that cyclones and chol­ his District Deputy will furnish one on ap­ transferred from Los Angeles, California, era might fall upon Chicago, expresses his plication. to San Antonio, Texas. gratitude to his country that will not per­ Main£ Masonic Text Book, by Drum- mit him to be burned as a heretic or fined mond. §1.40 in cloth or §1.50 in leather Bro. CoRNelius Hedges, of Montana and imprisoned for not going to church on tuck. Enclose money to Stephen Berry, Grand Secretary, etc., paid Portland a visit Sundays. Publisher, Portland, and it will be sent by June 8th, and we kept him over to the Scot- The Grand Commaudery of South Dakota mail. tish Rite re-union of the 8th and 9th, as be elected June 19th, George H. Rathman, of Grand Master Albro E. Chase said in his is a 33° of the Southern Supreme Council. Mitchell, Gr. Com., and William H. Holt, of annual address: He is a native of Massachusetts, and bad I desire to call the especial attention of Sioux Falls, Gr. Rec. the craft to the fact that this is the author- come on to visit bis old home and attend a ized work in this jurisdiction. In confer- class re-union at Yale College. Although A fire at Fargo, North Dakota, June 7th, ring the degrees and in the performance of we have hesitated to approve his proposition burned the Masonic Hall, the Grand Lodge masonic work, so far as tbe work is moni- torial, there is no authority for the use of for a new crusade to the Holy Land, after Library and Grand Secretary’s office with any other book than this. This Grand meeting him we are willing to enlist under its contents. The masons lost 815,000, in­ Lodge has by a vote so made it, and from his banner and to start when he does. sured 87,000. Insurance on Library, $1,800. it the craft can gain tbe required informa- tion. The library was a fine collection, supplied Minnie Brooks, the ward of the Masonic by Bro. Theo. S. Parvin in the beginning. Late telegraph dispatches bring the news Fraternity of Arkansas, was married June that tye may shortly expect Governor Waite 13th to William S. Anderson, a nephew of A lodge has been consecrated at Sanda- of Colorado, at the head of the silver chiv- Mrs. Van Hoose, wife of Bro. J. H. Van kan, North Borneo, and is called Borneo Lodge, of Harmony. It is under the Grand alry of the West, to come charging east Hoose, of Fayetteville, who has acted as Lodge of England, and has members of swimming to their horses’ bridles in Yankee guardian to the young lady and superin­ blood. It is painful to think of such treat­ tended her education. ■ eight or ten nationalities. MASONIC TOKEN, - - JULY 15, 1893. 215

published in the Pennsylvania Ahiman Gil W. Barnard, Grand Secretary and Contributions to Masonic Library. Rezon of 1783, as follows : Grand Recorder of Illinois, has moved his Albro E. Chase—11 proceedings. “ The Senior Warden succeeds to all the office into the new Masonic Temple, room Stephen Berry—Vol. 26 Keystone. duties of the Master, and fills the chair 1901-2-3, on the nineteenth floor, north-east when he is absent. Or if the Master goes abroad on business, resigns, dimits or is de­ corner, where he will be pleased to meet his Powers of Past Masters.—The second posed, the Senior Warden shall forthwith brethren. “Old Regulation,” as published in “ Ander- fill his place till the next stated time of son’s Constitutions,” (ed. 1723) (and as now election. And although it was formerly COLORED GR. Chapter of Ohio. Dep. universally reprinted) is as follows: held, that in such cases, the Master’s au­ “II. The Master of a particular lodge thority ought to revert to tbe last Past G. H. P. Boyd favors us with a copy of has the right and authority of congregating Master who is present, yet it is now tbe the proceedings for August 16 and 17, 1892. the members of his lodge into a chapter at settled rule that the authority devolves upon They report 21 chapters, 485 members and pleasure, upon any emergency or occur- the Senior Warden and in his absence upon 74 candidates. There are 19 colored Grand rence, as well as to appoint the time and Junior Warden, even although a former place of their usual forming; and in case of Master be present. But the Wardens will Chapters in the country, with a total of about sickness, death or necessary absence of the generally waive this privilege in honor of 3,500 to 4,000 members. In Alabama the Master, the Senior Warden shall act as any Past Master that may be present and average chapter membership is 11, in Michi- Master pro tempore, if no brother is pres- will call on him to take the chair, upon the ent who has been Master of that lodge be­ assumption of his experience and skill in gan 12, in District of Columbia 17, Missouri fore ; for in that case the absent Master’s conducting the business of the lodge. Nev­ 17, Pennsylvania 19, Ohio 21, N. York, Ten- authority reverts to the last Master then ertheless such Past Master still derives his nessee, and Texas 25, Kentucky 28, Illinois present, though he cannot act until the said authority under the Senior Warden and Senior Warden has once congregated the cannot act until he congregates the lodge. 39, Delaware 40, California 45, Maryland 75. lodge, or in his absence, the Jun. Warden.” If none of the officers be present, not- any This Regulation not only gives the Junior former Master to take the chair, tbe mem- In Grand Chapter of South Dakota, June Past Master present the power to open the bers according to seniority and merit shall lodge in the absence of tbe Master, but also fill tbe places of the absent officers.” 15th, Robert T. Sedam, of St. Lawrence, gives him precedence over the Wardens. Tbe last clause was not in the “Old Reg­ was elected G. H. P., and George A. Petti- These “ Old Regulations,” unlike the ulation,” and goes further than the present grew, of Flandreau, Gr. Sec. “ Ancient Charges.” are subject to modifica­ usage in any jurisdiction, so far as we have tion by any Grand Lodge, but are deemed knowledge. Still we think that it must the common law of Masonry and “ are con- generally have been understood in this The Grand Lodge of Indiana has limited sidered as in force and binding upon tbe country to be the law, for it was copied into craft, except so far as they have been other Ahiman Rezons. And in Portland the time within which a brother suspended changed or repealed in the particular juris­ from lodge membership may re-instate him­ Lodge, at a meeting held March 17, 1773, diction.” Of course the change or repeal the Master and Wardens being absent, self by paying his dues, to one year. may be by necessary implication as well as “ Bro. J. Pole being the oldest Master expressly, or indeed by usage of the craft Mason present, was nominated for the chair recognized by the Grand Lodge. The Grand Commandery of Kentucky and voted for unanimously ”; being in­ Accordingly many of our early Grand vested with the Master’s jewel, he appointed elected May 17th, Thomas J. Flournoy, of Lodge Constitutions were exceedingly brief Wardens and proceeded with tbe business. and almost wholly confined to matters af­ Paducah, Gr. Coin., Lorenzo D. Croninger, fecting the Grand Lodge. The “ Book of The Pennsylvania Ahiman Rezon of 1783 of Covington, Gr. Rec. Constitutions ” was received as the guide to was the first work of the character pub- the craft. The “ Constitution ” of the pres­ lished in this country, except Franklin’s ent day is a comparatively modern produc­ edition of Anderson’s Constitutions. When The Grand Commandery of Alabama tion. Harris edited the Massachusetts Constitu- elected May 10th Charles Wheelock, of Bir­ Returning now to the second “ Old Regu­ tions of 1792 and 1798 (usually called the mingham, G. Com., Edmund R. Hastings, of lation,” we find that (with some unimport­ Thomas Constitutions) he apparently did ant modifications as to the precedence of not have access to Franklin's work, and Montgomery, Gr. Rec. Past Masters among themselves) it is the based bis first edition upon Dermott and law of the Grand Lodges of England, the second edition upon the Pennsylvania Colored Grahd Lodge of ARKANSAS. Canada, Quebec, New Brunswick, Manitoba, book of 1783, and incorporated into the 1798 edition the Regulation in question, in the Grand Secretary J. C. Corbin favors us and, as we understand, all the other Grand Lodges of the British Dependencies, except modified form as last quoted above. with a copy of Proceedings for August, Nova Scotia: that the rule did prevail in So that, both in Massachusetts and Penn- 1892. There are 112 lodges, 1346 members, Nova Scotia until recently, when a provi- sylvania, tbe early law was that the power and 135 initiates, a falling off from the pre­ sion was adopted that in tbe absence of the to open a lodge was vested in (1) the Mas­ Master, the- Wardens succeed, but without vious year. There is a very bright Report ter, (2) the Senior or Junior Warden, (3) poxver to confer degrees, although they may the Junior Past Master present, and (4) the on Correspondence by the Grand Secretary. invite any Master or Past Master to do it. oldest mason present. The constitution is silent as to what may be We have not at hand the Virginia Ahi­ Col. Alfred Henderson, of Schulenberg, done if the Master and Wardens are all ab­ man Rezon of 1791 or that of 1818 ; but we N. C., born March 9, 1797, now 96 years and sent. are very sure that they give this Regulation 4 months old, was made a mason in 1818, We remark in passing, that in the British precisely as it was in the Pennsylvania Ahi­ Grand Lodges generally only a Master or man Rezon, because the preface states that seventy-five years ago. Although not the Past Master can confer degrees. Virginia the lodges in Virginia had been governed oldest mason, he dates well back. recognizes the validity of the reason of this chiefly by that work, and that “ the present rule by conferring upon Wardens, the Past work” (1791) was mainly a revision of Bro. Jesse B. Anthony, in his statistics Master’s degree. that; the 1818 edition followed closely that In the 1738 Constitutions of Anderson, it of 1791. prepared for the Grand Lodge of New York, is stated that the second Regulation was Also the Kentucky Ahiman Rezons of finds in the United States 10,891 lodges with modified in 1723, but that the vote “ was 1808 and 1818, based upon those of her 690,937 members and 41,118 candidates. neglected to be recorded ” ; the effect of the parent Grand Lodge (Virginia), contained this Regulation in the precise words in The deaths were 10,131. In the Canadas amendment was to give the Wardens (when present) precedence over tbe Past Masters. which it is given in the Ahiman Rezon of there are 506 lodges and 32,725 members. While we knew that the Grand Lodge re­ 1783. At its organization, the Grand Lodge fused to approve this edition of the consti­ adopted the Virginia Ahiman Rezon of The Henderson-Ames Company of Kala- tutions, we bad assumed that this modifica­ 1791 “ as the rule of government for the mazoo, Mich., are the only American Exhib­ tion of the Regulation was followed in prac­ Grand Lodge of Kentucky and its subordin­ itors of Uniforms and Paraphernalia at the tice ; but such is not the case now, and we ate lodges.” In 1808, a committee of the are informed by authority upon which we Grand Lodge reported a draft of the Ahi­ World’s Fair. See their advertisement. rely (for we have not the facilities for ex­ man Rezon, which was considered three amining all the subsequent editions of the evenings by the Grand Committee, finally In Toronto, June 26th, Past Grand Master constitutions) that the Grand Lodge of Eng- approved by tbe Grand Lodge and ordered J. Ross Robertson unveiled the monument land has always held in practice to the to be published by the Grand Secretary. “ Old Regulation ” as approved in 1721 and to the masonic dead erected by tbe craft of We have not at hand tbe Maryland Ahi­ published in 1723 and above quoted. man Rezon of 1797, and have never seen Toronto in the presence of a great gathering But “ the Ancients ” adopted the Regula- the “ North Carolina and Tennessee Ahiman of masons and citizens. tion in the modified form and the rule was Rezon ” of 1805; but we shall be very much 216 MASONIC TOKEN, JULY 15, 1893. surprised if we learn that they do not follow chair, who names the members according to ceptions, and we infer that as to them the their prototypes. senority and merit, to fill the places of the old law is in force. All these works were based on the Ahi- other absent officers. But should there be In the absence of the Master, the Senior man Rezon of Dermott. But after a time no Past Master present, the lodge cannot Warden (and in his absence also, the Jun. Preston’s work came to this country, and be opened, as none but the Master, Wardens Warden) shall succeed to and be charged Webb made that the basis of his Monitor. or Past Masters can fill the chair.” with all the powers and duties of the Mas­ These two works followed Anderson instead When the change was made we cannot ter, with no provision whatever in relation of Dermott, and their effect began to be felt tell, but the constitution of 1885 prohibits to cases in which all three are absent. Ari­ in somewhat modifying the methods, &c., the opening of the lodge by any one except zona (1884), California (1883), Florida ■which had been adopted from Dermott; the Master or a Warden. (1885), Nevada (1882), Washington (1888). but the particular point now under discus- In Neto York, the constitution of 1789 California, however, has decided that in sion is not mentioned by Webb, who, how- contained the precise provision of the Ahi­ the absence of the Master and Wardens, a ever, has the Senior Warden succeed to the man Rezon of 1783; when this was omitted lodge cannot be opened. chair in the absence of the Master. we do not know, for the present constitu- In Colorado, in their absence, a lodge can The printer is so close after us that we tion is silent upon the subject; but in 1875, now be opened only by the Grand Master have not time to make so full an examina- it was held upon decision of the Grand or his Representative (1888). tion of the Constitutions and Regulations Master that a lodge cannot be opened in And in Michigan (189J), only by a dis­ of the United States Grand Lodges as we the absence of the Master and Wardens. pensation from the Grand Master. wish ; but we give the result of our exam- Maine was a part of the territorial juris­ The following expressly prohibit the ination, with the date to which each state- diction of Massachusetts for fifty years after opening of a lodge in the absence of the ment refers. the organization of her first lodge, and dur­ Master and Wardens : Delaware (1888), Dis­ It will be observed that the legislation is ing that time and for some years thereafter, trict of Columbia (1888), Iowa (1888), Ohio very generally prohibitory, indicating that the Thomas Constitutions of 1798 was the (1882), South Carolina (1885), Vermont the acts covered by the prohibition had been Text Book, and was furnished by the Grand (by decision, 1887), North Dakota (by de­ done to a sufficient extent to call for inter- Lodge to each of the District Deputies as a cision, 1885), N. Jersey (by decision, 1875), ference by the Grand Lodge. We find that part'of their official properties ; but when New York (by decision, 1875). In Iowa, apparently the prohibition was first directed the Grand Lodge was formed (1820) this in 1866, the Dermott rule seems to have against the conferring of degrees by the particular law was modified by the pro­ been recognized as in force. lodge, when opened by the oldest mason, vision in the constitution that in the ab- In Indiana, in case of a vacancy in all unless a Past Master was present: then sence of the Master and Wardens, no lodge three offices, no lodge can be congregated, against conferring degrees in the absence of shall confer a degree, unless a Past Master or business transacted, until the Gr. Master the Master and Wardens ; and then against is present to preside; and this same pro­ shall fill the same by appointment, or au­ opening the lodge at all in their absence. vision has remained in our constitution ever thorize the lodge to hold special election to Tbe law as at present existing is embraced since. As the constitution of the new Gr. fill such vacancies. Nothing is said, how­ under the following heads in the different Lodge was naturally based upon that of the ever, of what shall be done in their tempo­ jurisdictions: mother Grand Lodge, we conclude that rary absence, nor as to who shall open the 1. The Past Masters take precedence of Massachusetts, between 1798 and 1820, had lodge when the Grand Master authorizes the Wardens in the absence of the Master. modified this law to the same extent. the lodge to hold a special election (1888). 2. Past Masters can open a lodge only in While we have not examined (as already West Virginia (1885), substantially the the absence of the Master and Wardens. stated) the Maryland Ahiman Rezon of same. In Wisconsin the law is the same, 3. In the absence of Master, Wardens 1797, our recollection of it accords with except that it provides that the Gr. Master, and Past Masters, the oldest mason present Bro. Schultz’s statement in his History, or same Past Master authorized by him, can open the lodge. that it was collated from Dermott; it, there- shall open tbe lodge to hold the election 4. But degrees cannot be conferred in fore, undoubtedly contained the regulations (1886). the absence of the Master and Wardens, in the same terms as given by Dermott. The Constitution, &c., of the Grand Lodges unless a Past Master is present. The first constitution of the Grand Lodge are silent in relation to this matter: Arkan­ 5. Degrees cannot be conferred in the was confined in its effect to the Gr. Lodge : sas (1886), Dakota (1886), New Mexico, absence of tbe Master and Wardens. and we find nothing in the constitution of (1886), Tennessee (1889), Illinois (down to 6. Lodge cannot be opened in the ab- 1888 touching upon this point. But the old 1858), Connecticut (down to 1858). sence of Master and Wardens. rule is expressly retained in relation to the We have had no opportunity of examin­ The original law is stated under the first Grand Lodge : and it further provides that ing the constitutions, &c., of Louisiana, head, and the law ; s stated under the sixth in all cases, not particularly provided for in North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, head has been reached by successive steps, it, “ the Grand Lodge shall adhere to, and South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. as shown by tbe other heads. be governed by, the Ancient Rules and In Massachusetts, the second and third Regulations of Masonry.” It would seem, The result of this examination is that under the old law both of the Anderson propositions were law in 1798, and for some therefore, that when the question shall Constitutions and the Dermott Ahiman years after. The early Proceedings have arise, it must be decided in accordance with not been published, but we think that before the “ Abiinan Rezon” of 1797. Rezon, Past xVlasters could open tbe lodge 1820, the law had been modified by prohib- Coming to the later constitutions of the and preside; under the former, in the ab­ iting the conferring of any degrees unless Grand Lodges we find different rules in dif­ sence of the Master, and under the latter, in the Master, a Warden, or a Past Master is ferent jurisdictions. the absence of the Master and Wardens; present; and later, by prohibiting the con- In 1856, Alabama published its constitu- that one of these laws still prevails in many ferring of degrees unless a Master or Ward- tion with the Ancient Charges and General jurisdictions; and that modifications of en is present. So far as the constitution Regulations, but provided that in the ab­ them are of comparatively recent origin. and regulations go, the law of 1798 still sence of the Master “ the officer present, It will be observed, too, that in several exists, modified only to the extent that de- highest in rank, shall preside, unless jurisdictions the modifications rest upon grees cannot be conferred in the absence of through courtesy said officer shall decline decisions, the soundness of which, consider­ the Master and Wardens. in favor of a past superior officer ”: so far ing the old law and its general adoption, is, How long the law existed in Pennsylvania, as we have seen, this method is peculiar to to speak mildly, very questionable. we cannot tell, for the Proceedings in tbe that jurisdiction. Let it be understood that we hold that early part of this century have not been Tbe succession (1) Master, (2) Senior each Grand Lodge has the power to modify published. Warden, (3) Junior Warden, (4) Past Mas­ this law as it pleases and do not object to In Virginia, the law, that in the absence ter is expressly provided in the Grand the course of those who have narrowed it of the Master and Wardens, a Past Master Lodges of the Indian Territory (1892), Kan­ to the strictest limits : but we do object that could open a lodge, or if none were present, sas (1889), Minnesota (1890), Montana those, who have done so (and generally the oldest mason, existed till after 1847, for (1887), Texas (1878), Oklahoma (1893), Ohio within thirty years), shall accuse those, in the Ahiman Rezon of that year, the 1783 (by decision, 1853). who more nearly hold to the old law, of regulation is copied, and, moreover, is re- The conferring of degrees is prohibited in having taken a new departure or permitting peated in the particular laws of that Grand the absence of Master and Wardens, “ un­ practices at variance with fundamental ma­ Lodge. By 1889, however, the law had been less a Past Master is present to preside ”: sonic law. changed, so that now the lodge can be Georgia (1887), Maine (1820 to 1893), New This discussion is not intended as a part opened only by the Master or a Warden, Hampshire (1889), Nebraska (1867), Colora­ of our review of Mississippi further than except that a Past Master may open a lodge do (1861.) that, as Bro. Barkley, as well as Bro. to perform funeral services. Past Masters may open a lodge to per­ Schultz and others had fallen into error in In South Carolina, we find the first modi- form funeral ceremonies, and for no other relation to the history of the law of our fication of the 1783 law; in Dalcho’s Ahi- purpose: Idaho (1886), Missouri (1882), Grand Lodge in this particular, we desired man Rezon of 1807, the law of the G. Lodge Virginia (1889). to examine the matter as fully as our time is stated as follows : In Mississippi, to the law that a lodge would allow, and it became most convenient “ If neither the Master nor Wardens are shall not be opened in the absence of the for us to do that at this stage of our report. present, the oldest Past Master takes the Master and Wardens, funeral lodges are ex­ [Drummond's Corr., 1893. MASONIC TOKEN. JULY 15, 1893. 217

Our Thanks. DIED. Alabama.—Gr. Commandery, May 10, EDWARD W. McFADDEN, in Fairfield, May 1893, from Edmund R. Hastings, Montgom- 22, aged 77. The senior Past Master of Siloam ery, Gr. Rec. Charles Wheelock, Birming- Lodge. A leading citizen, a prominent Demo­ crat who had held many public offices. His ham, Gr. Com. 9 commanderies, 357 mem- funeral was attended by the Somerset Bar, of bers, 45 knighted. which he was a member,"and was conducted by St. Omer Commandery, of which he was a mem­ ARIZONA.— Gr. Lodge, Nov., 1892, from ber, escorted by Siloam Lodge. Geo. J. Roskruge, Tucson, Gr. Sec. John JAMES FREDERIC WALKER, in Montreal, M. Ormsby, Tucson, G. Master. 11 lodges, May 21, aged 51. He was traffic auditor of the 482 members, 38 initiates. Grand Trunk Railway, and had been Grand Mas­ ter of the Grand Longe of Quebec several years. Abkansas.—Grand Commandery, April DANIEL C. PALMER, in Gardiner, May 26, aged 18, 1893, from James A. Henry, Little Rock, 72. He was a Past Commander of M aine Com­ G. Rec. Samuel W. Williams, Little Rock, mandery, and a valued citizen. He was born at Gr. Com. 11 commanderies, 494 members, Aina, Me.; was a representative to the legisla- 52 knighted. ture in 1870 and 1871, and Mayor of Gardiner in 1871, ’72, ’73, ’79, and ’80. He was appointed on Delaware.—Grand Lodge, Jan. 25, 1893, the valuation commission in 1890. He was post from Thomas H. R. Redway, Trenton, Gr. master under the Hayes and Garfield adminis­ Sec. James H. Durand, Rahway, Gr. M. trations, and was formerly in the lumber busi­ 14,601 members, 821 candidates. ness. Indiana.—Grand Lodge, May 23, 1893, JAMES E. MULNIX. in Portland, June 11, aged 41 y., 8 in. He had been Secretary of Dunlap from Wm. H. Smythe, Indianapolis, G. Sec. Chapter Rose Croix, and was a valued member. Daniel Noyes, La Porte, Gr. Master. 469 HANNAH M. PATTEN, in San Francisco, June lodges, 26,266 members, 1,684 initiates. 15, widow of Bro. Stephen W. Patten, formerly Iowa.—Reports on Correspondence, lodge of Portland, aged 49 J and commandery, 1893, from Rev. J. C. W. ROLAND Y. BARBER, in Oakdale, Deering, Coxe, Washington, chairman. Report Cor- June 22, aged 64 y., 9 m. Made a mason in An­ respondence, Gr. Master’s address and Gr. cient Land Mark Lodge in 1864. Secretary’s report, June, 1893, Gr. Lodge, ALVAN A. DENNETT, in Old Orchard. July 1. aged 53. He was a soldier in the 27th regiment, from Gr. Sec. Parvin. was formerly Clerk of the Courts in Cumber- j QUINN & CO., Louisiana.—Gr. Lodge, Feb. 13, 1893, land County, and was a member of Portland : from Richard Lambert, N. Orleans, Gr. Sec. Commandery. ^<5/Boiler Makers, Geo. W. Bolton, Pineville, Gr. Master. 118 lodges, 4,613 members, 398 initiates. Blacksmiths and Machinists, Massachusetts.—Gr. Lodge, 1892, and March, 1893, from Sereno D. Nickerson, W. W. Stratton & Co., Special Attention Paid to Repaiks. Boston, Gr. Sec. Richard Briggs, Boston, Office, 49 Commercial, cor. Franklin Street, Grand Master. 32,685 members, 1,829 ini- Ashley, Ohio, tiates. PORTLAND, ME. Mississippi.—Gr. Council, Feb. 7-9, 1893, MANUFACTURERS OF Thomas B. Merrill. from Frederic Speed, Vicksburg, G. Master. John L. Power, Jackson, G. Recorder. 10 councils. Lodge IRA BERRY, Jr., Grand Commandery, Feb. 6-9, 1893, from P. G. C. Fred Speed. S. W. Ferguson, Watches, Clocks, Charts, Greenville, G. Coin. John L. Power, Jack- Furniture, son, Grand Rec. 10 commanderies, 360 AND NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS. members, 72 knighted. Same from Grand AND Recorder. Agent for U. S. COAST SURVEY CHARTS. MissouRi.—Gr. Chapter, April 27, 1893, ALL KINDS OF 4S Exchange St., Portland. from Wm. H. Mayo, St. Louis, Grand Sec. Allen .McDowell, St. Louis, G. H. P. 94 Special attention paid to Repairing. chapters, 6,268 members, 596 exaltations. LODGE SUPPLIES. Grand Council, April 26, 1893, from Wm. Send your Mark Books to H. Mayo, St. Louis, Grand Rec. Wm. F. Kuhn, Kansas City, G. Master. 8 councils, Send for Price List. JOHN B. HUDSON, Artist, 461 members, 93 candidates. Grand Commandery, April 25, 1893, from 345 Cumberland Street, Wm. H. Mayo, St. Louis, Gr. Rec. Chas. S. Glaspell, Kansas City, Grand Com. 56 Agents wanted in every Lodge. PORTLAND, commanderies, 3,929 members, 422 knighted. 23—26 To have the Marks drawn in. New Hampshire.—Grand Council, May 16, 1892, from Geo. P. Cleaves, Concord, Gr. Rec. Geo. H. Everett, Laconia, Gr. M. 11 councils, 1,195 members, 129 candidates. New Jersey.— Grand Commandery, May 9, 1893, from Chas. Bechtel, Trenton’ G. Rec. Warren Dobbs, Jersey City, Gr’ Com. 16 commanderies, 1,626 members, 108 knighted. New York.—Grand Chapter, Feb., 1893, from Chris, G Fox, Buffalo, Grand Sec. J. Leavitt Lambert, Hoosick Falls, Gr. H. P. 186 chapters, 16,871 members, 1,566 exalta­ tions. Pennsylvania. — Grand Chapter, Dec. 27, 1892, from Chas. E. .Meyer, Philadelphia, Gr. Sec. Edgar A. Tennis, Thompsontown, G. H. P. 115 chapters, 14,174 members, 1008 exaltations. Pennsylvania.—Council of Deliberation, Dec. 6, 1892, from Francis M. Highley, Phila., Gr. Sec. 5 consistories, 5 chapters, 5 councils, 8 Lodges Perfection, 2,420 mem­ bers, 185 gain. West Virginia.—Grand Commandery, May 10, 1893, from Robt. C. Dunnington, Fairmont, G. Rec. Alfred Paull, Wheeling, G. Com. 10 commanderies, 701 members, 98 knighted. 218 MASONIC TOKEN. JULY 15, 1893.

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