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V o l u m e 4. PORTLAND, ME., OCTOBER 15, 1904. No. 30.

Published quarterly by Stephen Berry Chapter Elections. being Bro. Horatio N. Mayo. The lodge is St. John’s, 25, Dexter., Owen W Bridges, prosperous, the lodge room has been reno­ No. 37 Plum Street, Portland, Maine. h p ; L B Waldron, k ; Warren H Carr, sc; vated and enlarged, the new board of offi­ Twelve cts. per year in advance. Joseph H Murphy, sec. cers are young and enterprising men, and St. Georges’ s, 45, Liberty. Albert D the membership is nearly one hundred. Established March, 1867. - - 38th Year. Ramsey, Center Montville, h p ; Oren W Ripley, So. Montville, k ; Lucien C Morse, F ire. Springfield, Me., Aug. 11.—The sc; Ambrose P Cargill, sec. Masonic building, a three-story frame build­ Advertisements $4.00 per inch, or $3.00 for Installed Oct. 8th, by A. A. Beaton, P. half an inch for one year. ing, occupied by L. W. Trask, dry goods II, P. and groceries, the post office and Forest No advertisement received unless the advertiser, Teconnet, 52, Waterville. Eugene H or some member of the firm, is a Freemason in Lodge, F. and A, M., was totally destroy­ iip; good standing. Emery, J Geo Harris, it; Chas A Red- ed with all its contents by a fire which ington, sc; Anson O Libby, sec. broke out about midnight. Franklin, 44, Farmington. F G Paine, The flames spread to the store of A. A. A SONG OP GI.EN DUN. h p ; Jarvis L Tyler, k ; Elbert A Hardy, Blanchard, hardware, carriages, coffins and sc; Geo B Cragin, sec. caskets. The building will be a total loss. Sure this is blessed Erin, an this the same glen! A portion of the contents was saved. Sev­ The gold is on the whinbush, the waters sing again, Constitution. eral small outbuildings were also destroyed. An the Fairy Thorn’s in flower, an what ails my The origin of the fire is unknown, the heart then? Oriental Commandery, No. 22, Bridgton, Flower o’ the May, Masonic building being well in flames be­ Flower o’ the May! will be constituted Friday, Oct. 21, at 7.30 fore being discovered. The total loss will What about the Maytime p. m., by Deputy Grand Commander Geo. be over §15,000, partial covered by insur­ An he far away? C. Purington. The Grand Commandery ance. Summer loves the green glen, the white bird loves will be met at the train on its arrival at The Lodge lost everything but its records. the sea, An the wind must kiss the heather top, where the 3.50 p. m ., by Oriental Commandery in uni­ It will occupy the Odd Fellows’ hall jointly orchis hides a bee. As the bee is dear to the orchis sweet, so one is form. with that society for the present. A copy dear to me. of the Charter has been issued by order of Flower o’ the rose, Conventions, ...Flower iL’lUc rosui, ...... A thorn pricket! me one clay, Gland Lecturer bieeper has eailed two But nobody knows. Conventions for instruction. D ear B r o th er B e r r y : The bracken up the braeside has rusted in the air; At Wiscasset, Wednesday, October 26, The birches stoop together, so silver limbed an Companion Charles N. Walker, a member fair. 1904, at 10.00 o’clock a . m . of Oriental Chapter, No. 30, died August Ocl), golden leaves are fly in fast, but the scarlet At Lewiston, Wednesday, November 9, roan is rare! 7th, at Lovell, Maine, and was buried by Berry o’ the roan, 1904, at 10.00 o’clock a . m . Berry o’ the roan! Delta Lodge with masonic honors, a dele­ The wind sighs among the trees, Forenoon and afternoon will be devoted gation from Oriental Chapter attending the But I sigh alone. to study and instruction in convention, and funeral. I knit beside the turf fire; I spin upon the wheel it is important that Deputies attend both Winter nights for thinkin long! Round runs the Also, Ruel O. Moulton, a member of Ori­ reel, sessions. ental Chapter, No. 30, died September 14th But he never knew, he never knew, that here for him I’d kneel. A degree is usually worked in the even­ at his home in Sweden, Maine, buried by Sparkle o’ the Are, Sparkle o’ the Are! ing by a local lodge. Delta Lodge with masonic honors, a dele­ Mother Mary keep my love Every District Deputy Grand Master is An send me my desire! gation from Oriental Chapter attending the —[Moira O'Neill in Blackwood's Magazine.'] expected to attend at least one of these con­ funeral. ventions. Both companions were members of Delta MASONRY IN flAINE. All Master Masons in good standing are Lodge. cordially invited to be present. Fraternally, Lodge Elections. M. M. Ca s w e l l , Secretary. Naval, 184, Kittery. Amos S Rundlett, Oct. 11th, Grand Master Chaplin appoint­ m; George W Collins, sw; Eugene C Stin­ ed II. W. Bro. Eben K. Whittaker,-of Bar ONE HUNDRED TEARS. son, jw; Levi L Goodrich, sec. Harbor, District Deputy Grand Master of Solar Masonic Lodge of Batli Observes Nezinscot, 101, Turner. W B French, Its Anniversary. m; lioscoe G Ricker, sw; Arthur A Mitch­ the 21st district, in place of Bro. Melville L. ell, jw; E Herbert Cole, sec. Allen, resigned. Brunswick, Me., Sept. 11.— On account of a diphtheria epidemic in Bath, Solar Morning Star, 41, Litchfield Corners. Atlantic Lodge made its 26th annual ex­ Lodge of Masons, which, Saturday, cele­ Frank E Lane, m; Geo E Ring, sw; E M brated its 100th anniversary, was obliged cursion to Spurwink Saturday, Sept. 3d, 80 Baker, jw; Irving \V Gilbert, sec. to give up its plan of holding the exercises Installed Oct. 4, by Daniel W. Emery, strong. in the city and held them at the Casino at I). D. G. M. Merry meeting Park instead. There was a N ezinscot L o dg e.— On Sept. 24th, Bro. very large attendance, fully 350 members Liberty, .111, Liberty. Willis J Greely, of the lodge and guests being seated at the m; Arthur II Norton, sw; \V A Moody, Seth D. Andrews resigned his office of Sec­ jw; Ambrose P Cargill, sec. retary of Nezinscot Lodge, Turner, after banquet tables. Promptly at 12 the lodge was convened Installed Oct. 8, by A. A. Beaton, P. D. thirty-six years of service. He is one of in the lodge hall at Bath, and a reception I). G. M. the two charter members living, the other was tendered the visiting Grand Officers. 234 MASONIC TOKEN, OCT. 15, 1904.

Special cars were then taken for Merrymeet- beginning of a story called " A modern | “ Benedictus Biscopus, founder of Wear- ir.g Park, where the banquet was served, fol­ Swiss Family Robinson,” by John Brisben mouth, at the end of the seventh century, brought over masons from Gaul to build a lowed by a promenade and literary exer­ Walker, who wrecks a big modern steamer cises. The banquet was served in the large church of stone in the manner of the Ro­ dining hall of the casino. Worshipful on a lone island. The passengers immedi­ mans, and glaziers to close the windows of Master N. Gratz Jackson, Senior Warden ately organize a government of committees. the church and the cells.” —[ Medieval Eu­ rope.] Sanford L. Fogg, Junior Warden Henry Since Plato wrote of a model government R. White, Treasurer Horatio A. Duncan, Secretary Albert L. Strout and the other 2,400 years ago, many have tried their hand Good Points for Officers. officers of the lodge sat at the head of the at it. Mr. Walker has a gift at theorizing, The Grand Master of Indian Territory table. and his ideas on the subject will be inter­ has offered the following good advice to the Following the banquet an hour was given lodges of his jurisdiction, which will apply in which the members of the lodge and esting. Irvington, N. Y., §1 a year. everywhere. their guests had a chance to stroll around — The Maine Register, No. 35, for 1904, There are three things which officers of the park or enjoyed the vaudeville show contains 1,016 pages, giving every one of lodges should feel themselves honor bound to do, viz: given in the amphitheatre. the 425 towns and 20 cities, with their At 1 o’clock Worshipful Master Jackson First—They should be in their places again called the lodge to order, this time officers and business men. We find it promptly, and see that their lodges are open in the large amusement hall of the casino. especially convenient, because it gives the on time. The exercises opened with an address of associations in each town, which no other Second—They should learn to do their welcome by the Master, after which Past work to the very best of their ability. Master Joseph M. Hayes read a history of publication does. The business directory Third — They should be watchful and the last 50 years of the lodge. A history is invaluable and takes the place of 16 zealous as to the reputation of their lodges, of the first 50 years was to have been read County directories which we should have if and should not hesitate to inforce discipline by Past Master Walter S. Glidden, but he against wilful offenders. had been detained in Boston by business, it were not for this. This being a Presiden­ An office in a masonic lodge is a post of Addresses followed by W. S. Shorey, tial year of course many will want it for honor, of responsibility, and of labor. That Grand Senior Warden of the Grand Lodge; the returns of 1900 and footings of previous officer who fails to do the labor or who shirks the responsibility is unworthy of the W. A. Furber, Master of Polar Star Lodge, years. The lists of U. S. and Maine State 115, of Bath; W. Louis Galian, Master of honor of the position which he occupies. United Lodge, 8, of Brunswick; G. P. Cof­ officers of course are often referred to, No brother has a moral right to occupy a fin of Freeport Lodge 23; W. M. Price of especially the list of members of the Legis­ station, and then, by the neglect of the Richmond Lodge, 63; A. P. Given of Vil­ lature. The list of Maine journals is anoth­ duties which it imposes, greatly inconven­ lage Lodge, 26, of Bowdoinham; P. R. ience the members of his lodge, and there­ Strout of Acacia Lodge, 121, of Durham; er thing hard to find elsewhere. The calen­ by injure Freemasonry. W. H. Douglass of Ancient York Lodge, dar is for 1905, and is made up to standard It is an exceedingly reprehensible prac­ 155, of Lisbon Falls; C. A. Sewell of Lin­ time. The alphabetical index of Post of ­ tice for masters to be indifferent about open­ coln Lodge, 3, of Wiscasset; G. H. P. W. ing their lodges at the appointed time. If N. Howe and P. G. II. P. Hinckley of fices is very valuable as a reference list, be­ the brethren want to talk and have a social the Grand Chapter of Maine. sides its proper use as an index. time, let it be done after and not before the The committee having general charge of Published by Grenville M. Donham, 390 lodge meeting. Then those who want to go the anniversary consisted of N. Gratz Jack- home can do so, and no injury is done. I Congress St., Portland, price §2.00. son, chairman: Joseph M. Hayes, W. Scott know from personal experience that it de­ Shorey. Walter G. Webber, Langdon T. creases attendance upon lodge meetings for Snipe, Walter S. Glidden, Christopher O. Bro. Carroll D. Cargill, Union Station, officers to be late or irregular in opening Carter, Sarnnel P. Hinckley, Henry G. Tur­ Portland, has the first eight volumes of the lodge. If you want the interest of the brethren to increase, be sure to be on hand ner, Arthur B. Stearns, Alfred L. Tarbox, Maine Grand Lodge proceedings, bound, Sanford L. Fogg, Henry It. White and and in your station, not about, but on the Albert L. Strout. which belonged to his father, P. G. Master exact minute of the time for opening the David Cargill, which he will sell on favor­ lodge. Pursue this course and you will be B ook s, Papers, etc. able terms. surprised at the increase in lodge attendance — Your Mother, a new home song by J. and interest. Open your lodge on time, and then do your work to the best of your abil­ T. Rider. Send 25c. to Theatrical Music List of illegal lodges, said to be operating ity. Supply Co., 46 West 28th St., New York, in Boston and vicinity : Why Signor darbuccin was Damned. N. Y. Boston, Aug. 30, 1904. Also from the same Publishers : Boston, No. 295, Boston. A. G. PITTS. Massachusetts, No. 296, Boston. — In the Summer Time Down by the Sea, In the latter part of 1891 a Dr. Bataille Suffolk, No. 297, Boston. began to publish in France a revelation of by Harry B. Lester, music by Alfred J. Commonwealth, No. 298, Boston. everything about Universal Freemasonry. Doyle, 25 cents. Mount Zion, No. 299, Lynn. He had spent ten years getting himself ini­ Mount Pleasant, No. 300, Dorchester. —IIow Can Things be on the Level when tiated into all the various masonic rites and Puritan, No. 301, Swampscott. learning all there was to know about , them the World is Round? Words and music by Somerville, No. 302, Somerville. with the express purpose of finally reveal­ Charles B. Lawlor, 25 cents. Mount Olive, No. 303, Boston. ing the damning facts to the world. —Bulletin of the Bureau of Labor, Car- Edwin Baker, No. 304, Providence, R. I. His book, "T h e Devil in the 19th Cen­ Chelsea, No. 305, Chelsea. tury,” came out in serial parts and was roll D. Wright, Commissioner. No. 53, for Mount Moriah, No. 306, Boston. received with enthusiasm by the Clerical July, discusses wages and cost of living, di­ St. John’s, No. 307, Dorchester. party in France. He was actually accepted gests, etc. Dorchester Union, No. 308, Dorchester. as a credible witness and his stories were Eureka, No. 309, Providence, R. I. — Masonic Trestle Board is the name of eagerly swallowed. King Solomon, No. 310, Brockton. According to Dr. Bataille, and other a handsome new journal of 12 folio pages, King Hiram, No. 311, Everett. writers of the Clerical party, there is an in­ started in Chicago October 1st. It is pub­ Bunker Hill, No. 312, Charlestown. ner circle in high grade (Scottish i.ite) Ma­ lished weekly at §2 a year, at 190 Fifth Pine Tree, No. 313, Portland, Me. sonry which secretly governs the whole in­ Harmony, No. 314, Brockton. stitution. It is the doings of this inner Avenue, by Edwin Payson Critcher. It Ancient Landmark, No. 1, Boston. circle, which is called "Palladian Mason­ starts off with a very interesting number. Palmyra, No. 2, Boston. ry,” with which he is concerned. —Legends of the Saints, with special ref­ Haverhill, No. 3, Haverhill. We reproduce the first of his stories, Bethlehem. which shows how his attention was first erence to the dedications of conclaves of the Caledonia, Dorchester. called to Palladian Masonry. Instead of Order of the Red Cross of Constantine, by Constantine, No. 15, Cambridge. copying the original, we content ourselves George W. Warvelle, Chicago, 1904, from Lincoln, Newton. with a summary, which we find- in a very Mount Lebanon, Malden. the author. clever and interesting book by Arthur Ed­ Oriental Star, Watertown. ward Waite, entitled "Devil Worship in — The Cosmopolitan for October has the Yaletta, Allston. France. ” To compensate the author for our MASONIC TOKEN OCT. 15, 1904. 235 piracy of his work and in the interest of our length unbosomed himself, beginning dra­ parition of absolute bodily substance which readers, we call their attention to this book, matically enough by a burst of tears, and carried its own warrant of complete bona which was published in 1896 at London by the terrific information that he was damned. fides. Everyone fell on their knees; every­ George Redway, and advise them that it is But the Carbuccia of old was a riotous, one was invited to rise; everyone rose ac­ well worth their perusal. joyful, foul-tongued, pleasure-loving athe­ cordingly; and Carbuccia found that he We have three reasons for printing this ist, a typical commercial traveller, with a had to do with a male personage not ex­ selection. First to show why good Catho­ strain of Alsatiaand the mountain-brigand. ceeding eight and thirty years, naked as a lics in Latin countries have such a horror How came this red-tied scoffer so far on drawn sword, with a faint flush of Infernus of Fteemasony. In the second place we the road of religion as to be damned? suffusing his skin, a species of light inhe­ have in our lodge a number of members Seme foolish fancy had made the ribald rent which illuminated the darkness of the who, although they have been masons only Gaetano turn a mason. When one of his salon—in a word, a beardless Apollo, tall, a year or two, have had all the degrees boon companions had suggested the evil distinguished, infinitely melancholy, and that are to be had here and we presume course, he had refused blankly, apparently yet with a nervous smile playing at the cor­ they are looking for more. We want because he was asked, rather than because ners of his mouth, the apparition of Aut to encourage them to import the Palladian it was evil; but he had scarcely regained Diabolus aut Nihil divested of evening variety. Our fancy is immensely tickled at his home in Naples than he became irrepar­ dress. This Unashamed Nakedness, who the idea of Jim Vernor and Ed. Schreiter ably initiated. The ceremony was accom­ was accepted as the manifest ion of Lucifer, shaking hands with the devil in lodge, plished in a street of that city by a certain discoursed plesantly to his children, elect­ and we won’t be satisfied until we have the Giambattista Pessina, who was a Most Il­ ing to use excellent English, and foretold evidence in their blistered palms that that lustrious Sovereign Grand Commander, Past his ultimate victory over his eternal enemy; event has come off. There is Bobb Ogg, Grand Master, and Grand Hierophant of he assured them of continued protection, too. But he has shaken hands with so the Antique and Oriental Rite of Memphis alluded in passing to the innumerable hosts many politicians that he is probably im­ and Misraim, who, for some reason which which surrounded him in his eternal do­ mune. In the third place, nothing has of escapes analysis, recognized Carbuccia as main, and incited his hearers to work with­ late years contributed so much to the gai­ a person who deserved to be acquainted out ceasing for the emancipation of hurnan- ety of nations as this discovery of Devil- with the whole physiology and anatomy of ty from superstition. worship in Masonry. We intend to give Masonry. It would cost 200 francs to en­ The discourse ended, he quitted the dais, some further account of it as space allows. ter the 33d grade of the sublime mystery. approached the Grand Master, and eye to In concluding our preface, we entreat Carbuccia closed with this offer, and was eve fixed him in deep silence. After a our readers to bear in mind that this story initiated there and then across the table, pause he passed on without committing was printed, sold, bought, read and believed becoming a Grand Commander of the himself to any definite observation; yet eleven years ago, not in the dark ages. Temple, and was affiliated, for a further there seems to have been a meaning in the We assure them, also, that for incredibili­ subscription of 15 francs annually to the ceremony, for he successively repeated it in ty it would hardly make a patch on some Areopagite of Naples, receiving the pass­ the case of every dignitary congregated at others told by Dr. Bataille, Leo Taxil and words, regularly. the eastern side, and finally of the ordinary members. When it came to the turn of by others of the same party, not at second Impelled by an enthusiasm for which he hand, but relating occurrences of which Carbuccia, he would have given ten years himself was unable to account, he now lent they were eye-witnesses. We assure them of his life to have been at the galleys rather a ready ear to all dispensers of degrees; further that none of these stories were put than Calcutta, but he contrived to pull Memphis initiates of Manchester allured forward as fiction, and they were accepted through, without, however, creating a favor­ him into Kabbalistic rites; he fell among able impression, for adversarius noster dia­ seriously by church authorities and by them occult masons like the Samaritan among used as ammunition in their war upon bolus passed on with contracted brow, and thieves; he became a Sublime Hermetic Freemasonry. Taxil, especially (of whom when the disconcerting inquiry was over, Philosopher; overwhelmed with solicita­ more hereafter), received high approval returned to the centre of the circle, gave a tions, he fraternized with the Brethren of for such stories as this and worse, from not final glance around, approached Shekleton, the New Reformed Palladium, and opti- and civilly requested him to shake hands. less than 18 cardinals, archbishops and mated with the Society of lte-Theurgists, bishops. The importer of missionary skulls complied from whom he ultimately received the veri­ with a horrible yell; there was an electric table initiation of the Magi. Everywhere Why Signor Carbuccia was Damned. shock, sudden darkness, and general coup- lodges opened to him, everywhere mysteries In the year 1880, Dr. Hacks, who makes, de-theatre. When the torches were re­ unveiled; everywhere in the higher grades I believe, no attempt to conceal himself kindled, the apparition had vanished, Shek­ he fonnd spiritism, magic, evocation; his under the vesture of Dr. Bataille, was a leton was discovered to be dead, and the ini­ ship’s surgeon on board the steamboat Ana­ atheism became impossible, and his con­ tiates crowding round him, sang: " Glory dyr, belonging to the Compagnie des Mes- science troubled. immortal to Shekleton! He has been chosen sageries Maritimes, and then returning from Ultimately his business led him to revisit by our omnipotent God.” It was too much China with passengers and merchandise. Calcutta, where his last unheard-of experi­ for the gaillard merchant, and he swooned. On a certain day in the June of the year ence had overwhelmed his whole being, just Now, this is why Signor Carbuccia con­ mentioned, he was to the fore at his post eight days previously to his encounter with cluded that he was damned, which appears of duty—that is to say, he was extended Doctor Bataille. He had found the Palla- to have been precipitate. He has contrived, idly over the extreme length of a comfort- dist of that city in a flutter of feverish ex­ by the good offices of his lay confessor, to table deck-chair, and the hotel flottant was citement because they had succeeded in ob­ square matters with the hierarchy of A do­ anchored at Point-de-Galle. a port at the taining from China the skulls of three mar­ nai, who belongs to the Latin persuasion; southern extremity of Ceylon, and one of tyred missionaries. These treasures were he has changed his name, adopted a third the reputed regions of the terrestrial para­ indispensable to the successful operation of profession, and is so safe in retreat that his dise. While the doctor, like a good a new magical rite composed by the Supreme friends are as unlikely to find him as are Catholic, put a polish on the tropical mo­ Pontiff of Universal Freemasonry and Vice­ the enemies who thirst for his blood. ment by a little gfoss of speculation over gerent of Lucifer, General Albert Pike. A Doctor Bataille, faithful to his role of the mystery of Eden, some passengers pres­ seance was about to be held; Brother Geo. good Catholic, perceived at once that the ently came on board for the homeward Shekleton of immortal memory, the hero Merchant’s Story of these new Arabian voyage, and among them was Gaetano Car­ who had obtained the skulls, was present Nights was characterized by extreme frank­ buccia, an Italian, who was originally a with those trophies; and the petrified quon­ ness, w’as devoid of a sinister motive, and silk-jmerchant, but owing to Japanese com­ dam atheist took part, not because he was not the narrative of a maniac. A petition, had been forced to change his wished to remain, but because he did not physician, he adds sententiously, is not to metier, and was now a dealer in curiosities. dare to go. The proceedings began, the be deceived. He determined thereupon His numerous commercial voyages had skulls were placed on the tables; Adonai that he himself would descend into the madfe them well acquainted with each other, and his Christ were cursed impressively, abyss, taking with him a mental reserva­ but bn the present occasion Carbuccia pre­ Lucifer as solemnly blessed and invoked tion in all he said and did as a kind of dis­ sented an appearance which alarmed his at the altar of Baphomet. Nothing could charge in full. The Church and humanity friend; a gaillard grand et solide had been be possibly more successful—results, shocks required it. Behold him then presently metamorphosed suddenly into an emaciated of earthquake, threatened immediate de- at Naples, making acquaintance with Sig­ and feeble old man. There was a mystery molishment of the whole place, confident nor Pessina, and outdoing Carbuccia by somewhere, and the ship’s doctor was des­ expectation of being entombed alive, ter­ expending 500 francs in the purchase of tined to diagnose its character. After rific burst of thunder, a brilliant light, an the 90th Misraim grade, thus becoming a wearing for a certain period the aspect of impressive silence of some seconds, and Sovereign Grand Master for life! " I will a man who has something to tell, and can­ then the sudden manifestation of a being be the exploiter and not the accomplice of not summons courage to tell it— a position in human form seated in the chair of the modern Satanism,” said the pious Doctor which is common in novels—the Italian at Grand Master. It was an instantaneous ap­ Bataille. [Palestine Bulletin.] 23H MASONIC TOKEN, OCT. 15, 1904.

On the 7th it met at 10 a. m., and the Rosicrucians.—Now that the British are M a so n ic . T o k e n , day was devoted to routine business. Re­ at Lhassa, in Thibet, search will probably PORTLAND, MAINE. ports on Necrology, Christmas Observance be made by the curious for any traces of and Jurisprudence were accepted and adop­ Rosicrucian lore fabled to have survived STEPHEN BERRY, - - PUBLISHER. ted. there. The Rosicrucian Society probably On Thursday, the 8th, the officers were never amounted to much, but the early T en Years in a V olume. elected as follows: chemists who sought the secret of turning ESTABLISHED MARCH, 1867. Grand Master—George M. Moulton, Chi­ base metals into gold, the water of eternal cago, Illinois. youth and the mystic word, Volume 4 commenced July 1 5 , 18 9 7 . Deputy Grand Master— Henry W. Rugg, Providence, Rhode Island. " Abracadabra, that word of might,” MAINE MASONIC TEXT BOOK. Grand Generalissimo— Wm. B. Melish, or the ineffable name, the pronouncing of Cincinnati, Ohio. which would shake the universe, were un­ Grand Capt. General—Frank H. Thomas, By J osiah H. D rum m ond, P. G. M. doubtedly believers in the occult and were Washington, D. C. Grand Senior Warden—Arthur MacAr- earnest laborers. They could not find what A new edition has been published, bring­ thur, Troy, New York. they sought, but they laid the foundations ing the decisions up to 1902. Grand Jun. Warden— W. Frank Pierce, of chemistry which has brought discoveries In leather tuck, §1.50 Oakland, California. Grand Treasurer— II. Wales Lines, Mer­ just as valuable, in fact more so, for chem­ In cloth for library, 1.40 iden, Connecticut. istry changes waste material into wealth, Grand Recorder—John A. Gerow, De­ and if base metals could be changed into Sent postpaid on receipt of price. troit, Michigan. Grand Prelate—Rev. John M. Worrall, gold the latter would become less valuable; STEPHEN BERRY, P u b lis h er , Danville, Kentucky. if men could live forever they would soon 37 Plum Street, Portland, Maine. Grand Standard Bearer—Wm. II. Norris, tire of life; and if the universe could be Manchester, Iowa Grand Sword Bearer—Joseph K. Orr, shaken by every philosopher we should Secretaries should instantly report Atlanta, Georgia. have too many earthquakes. Perhaps they the election of officers, if they have not Grand Warder—Edward W. Wellington, have discovered the word of might in Dy­ Topeka, Kansas. done so, that communications, &c., may namite which shakes the Russian Empire. Grand Capt. of the Guards—J. W. Cham­ be sent to the proper addresses. berlain, St. Paul, Minnesota. Swedenborg believed that he obtained Saratoga, N. Y., was fixed upon as the communication with the unseen world by The Triennial. place for the next triennial, July, 1907. fasting and meditation, and the Buddhists The Triennial conclave commenced at The Earl of Euston gave the Grand Cross hold the same view. But Swedenborg nev­ San Francisco Sept. 2d, by the reception of to Past Grand Masters Reuben H. Lloyd, er received any material secret or invention Grand Master Stoddard. He entered a He.,ry B. Stoddard, and to Grand Master from the invisible world, and if the Thibet­ carriage drawn by four white horses, and George M. Moulton. He also presented ans had done so, the learned Buddhists of was escorted to the Palace Hotel by 300 California Commandery with a banner de­ China, Japan and India would probably Knights, mounted on black horses, with a signed after that of the Great Priory, and have obtained them, and they would have band of forty pieces, while thousands of distributed 100 medals. reached the western world. cheering people lined the route. Undoubtedly there are as many and as NOTES. Portland Commandery arrived on Sunday wonderful inventions coming in the future The railroads handled nearly 17,000 Tem­ the 4th. as the steam engine, the telegraph, the plar tickets. It is estimated that 250,000 On the 6th, Tuesday, 6,000 Templars with telephone and the phonograph, but the witnessed the parade; 20,000 attended the 40 bands of music marched through the chances are that they will be found in drill and 14,000 the Chinese play. city, and were reviewed. Boston Com­ the West and not in the East. China in­ mandery left the line and refused to march NUMBER OF KNIGHTS IN TUESDAY’S PARADE. vented gunpowder, but the West learned because De Molay was given precedence. There has been considerable inquiry as how to use it. While the East has been The day was exceedingly warm, and Joseph to the actual number in Tuesday’ s big pa­ dreaming the West has bridled the Plague, Leath, of Knoxville, Tenn., dropped dead rade. Careful count was made of every in­ the Cholera and Small Pox, which used to from apoplexy during the march. One man dividual, and here are the facts : sweep off myriads. was thrown from his horse and fractured Knights afoot, 4601; knights mounted, The sacred books of Thibet will be inter­ his skull, while others fainted from heat. 646; knights in carriages, 311; band mu­ esting, but we may rest assured that their On Wednesday, 7th, was the competitive sicians, 854; drummers, 122; mounted philosophers have been idle dreamers. drill which, was won by Louisvile, No. l,o f trumpeters, 33; drivers, 135; water corps Los Angeles, California, is to have a Scot­ Kentucky; St. Bernard, of Chicago, sec­ boys, 53; mounted police, 33; mounted tish Rite Cathedral and it may result in a ond; Ivanhoe, of Milwaukee, third; Malta, guidon bearers, 22; banner carriers afoot, Union Temple in connection with the York of Binghamton, N. Y., fourth. In the even­ 18; horses, 986; carriages, 117; mineral ing a banquet was given to the Grand En­ water wagons, 8; ambulances, 7; police pa­ Rite. campment, followed by concerts and recep­ trol wagons, 2; drum corps, 8; bands, 39. The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts re­ tions at many headquarters. The banquet This count was made from the seventh quests all lodges receiving visitors from was presided over by P. G. Master Reuben | story of the Chronicle building, as the pro­ Massachusetts to demand a Grand Lodge H. Lloyd, and the speeches were eloquent. cession swung into Kearney street, at the Certificate, and it will be noted that lodges At the opening of the Grand Encamp­ beginning of the march. in that State have no numbers. ment on the 6th, Governor Pardee wel­ comed the Knights to California, to which j In 1804 the Ninth Masonic District of The Commemorative book of Lu Lu Grand Master Stoddard responded. T h e: Massachusetts took in Camden on one side Shrine regarding the annual session of the Earl of Euston also spoke briefly. Commit­ of Penobscot Bay, while the Tenth District Imperial Council at Atlantic City, July tees were appointed (not including any j began at Castine on the other side. There 13th and 14tli, is an ornate and interesting Maine names), and at 5.30 the G. E. ad­ were then fourteen lodges in the Province work. Our thanks to Recorder William journed. of Maine. [ Ross for a copy. MASONIC TOKEN, - - OCT. 15, 1904. 237

Royal Order of Scotland. Masonry in a New Role. of Georgia, died at Albany July 8th, in Boston, Sept. 19.—The largest attend­ Grand Master David II. Wright, of Wis­ his 66th year. He was born in Germany ance in the history of the Grand Lodge was consin, has become the arbitrator in a dis­ and served in the Confederate Army. pute between John Dietz, of Hayward, present when the 27th annual meeting of Wis., and the Chippewa Lumber and Boom W. Iv. D o b b in s , Past Gr. P. C. of Work the Provincial Grand Lodge of the United Company. of Arkansas, died at Little Rock June 24, States, Royal Order of Scotland, opened in Dietz claimed that property on which a 1904, in his eighty-third year. Masonic Temple to-day. The feature of dam across the Chippewa river was built be­ longed to him and that he had the right to W m . H. H. F l i c k , Gr. H. Priest of West the forenoon session was the allocution of hold up the logs of the company until the Virginia in 1880, and Grand Commander the Grand Master, Congressman James company had paid toll. He barricaded in 1883, died at Martinsburg, June 7th. Daniel Richardson, of Tennessee, 33d de­ himself in his home and was prepared to de- pared to defend himself against all comers, He was born in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, Feb. gree. even officers of the law, with a shotgun. 21, 1841, was a Union soldier in the civil At the afternoon session 35 men were Posses tried in vain to arrest him, and even war and became a distinguished lawyer. given their degrees and Lieutenant Gover­ the aid of the national guardsmen was un­ successfully invoked. Prof. R u f u s O. R o u n s a v a l l , P. G. H. nor Curtis Guild, Jr., was initiated into the Now both sides to the controversy have Priest of Texas, and Grand Representative order. consented to refer the matter to the Grand At a banquet at the Hotel Somerset this Master of the Grand Lodge for abitration— of the Grand Commandery of Maine, died all the interested parties being Masons. evening Grand Master Richardson presided. at his home in Waco, July 20th, aged 53. A Madison paper says: " The situation He was assistant correspondent in the Addresses were made by Lieutenant Gov­ presented by this agreement is unique. The ernor Guild, the Earl of Euston, Provincial controversy has been the subject of legal Grand Commandery. Grand Master of the London, England, dis­ proceedings, this action precipitating a H e n r y T u r n e r , Grand Commander of state of affairs which threatened to cause trict; A. M. Hooker, 33d degree, Grand bloodshed. The matter, which apparently Illinois in 1882, died in Chicago, July 3d. Master of Ceremonies of the Supreme Coun­ could not be decided by the courts, is now He was born in London, England, Aug. cil of Canada; G. F. Moore, 33d degree, of submitted to the head of a great secret or­ 1, 1838. der.” —[ The American Tyler.] the Supreme Council of Alabama, and Hugh F e r d in a n d U l r i c h , Grand Commander McCurdy of Michigan, former Grand Mas­ An English navel cadet who took 11 first of North Carolina, died suddenly at Johns ter of the Knights Templar. prizes on his training ship and in the first Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., August examination gained 97.6 per cent of the pos­ sible marks, has been rejected on medical 8th. He was born in New York, June 29, On August 24th St. Bernard Command­ examination for the navy, owing to a small 1852, but had lived most of his life in New ery of Chicago exemplified the Order of the defect in one little toe. Berne, N. C. He was Grand King of the Temple before the Grand Master of Eng­ That shows what physical perfection re­ Grand Chapter in 1896, and was Deputy G. land and his suite, by arrangement of their quires. M. of the Grand Council at the time of his Grand Representative, John C. Smith. Past Grand Secretary Loyal L. Munn, of death. Freeport, Illinois, was honored on the 75th C h a r l e s A l b e r t F is h e r , Senior Grand K ic k e r s . We have seen explanations of anniversary of his birthday by his friends Warden of the Gr. Lodge of South Dakota, the origin of the slang word " Kickers,” assembling and presenting him with a hand­ died at Aberdeen, July 9th, aged 44. but it is not necessary to seek it in mod­ some rocking chair. J a m e s P a r k e C o r b i n , Gr. Commander ern days. It goes back at least to the King of Virginia in 1894, died at Fredericksburg, James version of the Bible, for in I Samuel, The Great Priory of Canada will meet May 28th, in his 57th year. He was born at ii, 20, we read, "wherefore kick ye at my in Winnipeg in August, 1905, which will Moss Neck, Caroline Co., Sept. 27, 1847. srcrifice and at mine offering.” be very gratifying to the North-Western Templars. Commanderies from St. Paul T r e n m o r C o f f i n , Grand High Priest of T a l l y -H o A c c id e n t — Some of the Port­ and Minneapolis will probably be there. Nevada in 1895, died at Carson City Aug. land excursionists to San Francisco met 26th. He was born in Hendrick Co., Indi­ A list of the regular lodges in every state with an accident at Pacific Grove on their ana, Aug. 22, 1848. He was Grand Master in the country is published by the P a ra ­ way out. A horse in a Tally-Ho Coach in 1903. baulked and the brake failed to hold. The graph Printing and Stationery Co., of J a m e s R a t h b o n e W e s t o n , Grand Master driver steered into a big tree and the coach Bloomington, Illinois, and by sending 75 of Montana in 1871, died in Townsend, upset. One horse was killed and two cents any lodge can obtain a copy. Aug. 13th. He was born in Onondaga Co., others injured. Dr. Brigham of Portland, Obitunries. N. Y., April 24, 1824, and his father was a and Miss Inez Merrill, and Miss Lucy Mer­ native of Maine. rill of Portland were bruised. They were J o h n L. M i t c h e l l , Gr. High Priest of taden to Monterey in carriages. Michigan in 1875, died at Jackson, July J a m e s W i l l i a m H a t h a w a y , Grand Mas­ 10th, aged 81. He was born at Southbury, ter of Montana in 1887, died at Helena, Aug. N e w Y o r k — Sir Arthur Mac Arthur has Conn., Feb. 13, 1825, and was a physician, 29th. He was born in Munroe Co., Ohio, resigned the Grand Recordersliip of the He was Grand Commander in 1870. Sept. 25, 1844. He was a Union soldier in Grand Commandery of New York and Sir the civil war. D a v id C. S p a u l d i n g , Gr. High Priest of John H. Bennington, of Brooklyn, was Michigan, in 1879, died at Lyons, July J a m e s H a m il t o n M il l s , Grand Master elected in his stead. Sir John Little, of 14tli, aged 70. He was born in South But­ of Montana in 1895, died in Deer Lodge, New York City, was elected Grand Com­ ler, N. Y., Sept. 31, 1834, and was a phy­ Sept. 5, in his 67th year. He was born in mander. sician and an army snrgeon during the civil New Lisbon, Ohio, Dec. 21, 1837. He was

C h i l i .— Bro. Francisco L. Crosby, Gr. war. a Lieut-Colonel in the Union army in the Representative of Peru, writes from Lima C h a r l e s C l a r e n c e W a r n e r , Deputy civil war. that a Grand Lodge for Chili, having ex­ Gr. Master of Arizona in 1898, was ac­ A l b e r t W e l l s C o e , Grand Master of clusive jurisdiction over the three symbolic cidentally killed in the Copper Queen South Dakota in 1897, died at Deadwood, degrees, has been formed in Valparaiso by Mine at Bisbee, June 13th. He was born Sept. 5, 1904. He was born in Smithfield, a majority of the York Rite Lodges in that at Somanouk, 111., Aug. 19, 1850. N. Y., Aug. 14, 1833. He was Treasurer place, and he earnestly recommends them. C h a r l e s W e s s o l o w s k y , P. G. II. Priest of all the masonic bodies at Deadwood. 238 MASONIC TOKEN, OCT. 15, 1904.

Harvest Home. ble for the imprudence of her husband, and Newton D. Arnold. There are now 85 no brother should be arraigned for miscon­ Lodges of Perfection in the Northern Juris­ Beyond the smoke and noise of town duct after he was dead—that if he had been diction, with 41,335 members, 4,765 hav­ The tasseled corn fields lie. guilty of any unmasonic conduct he should ing been added during the year past; 67 And bronzy squares of stubble lands have been tried while living; and it was no Stretch barrenly and dry, Councils of Princes of Jerusalem, with 38,- And every breeze that ruifs the grass crime of the widow that she had been born 292 members, an increase of 4,546; 61 With plenty rustles by. rich and had learned no occupation, and Chapters of Rose Croix, with 37,658 mem­ The poppy flaunts its flaming head that the little children were not responsible bers, a gain of 4,505; 34 Consistories, with Along the garden wall, for the acts of either father or mother, 36,887 members, a gain of 4,510. And one by one from laden trees that they were wards of the lodge, to be The minimum initiation fee of this Juris­ The mellow apples fall, And in the tangled sumac brush looked after by the brethren, and for one diction was raised to §84. The reed bird pipes his call. he would vote all that was necessary, etc. The summer winds with rich perfume The vote was taken and the appropriation Through fields of plenty roam carried, and the widow and children pro­ Our Thanks. And kiss the waving wastes of grass vided for without even knowing how it I m p e r ia l C o u n c il o f M y s t ic S h r i n e , That shine with golden foam, came about.—[ Orphan's Friend.] While all the boundless countryside July 13, 1904, from Benjamin W. Rowell, Prepares for harvest home. —[&f. Louis Republic.] SOCIETY’S NEW GAME. Boston, Imperial Recorder. George L. "Trail ” has taken society by storm. It Brown, Buffalo, Imp. Potentate. 91 Tem­ The Henderson-Ames Co., of Kalamazoo, is something new, something different. ples, 87,727 members, 4,164 initiates. have got out a new Catalogue of Templar " Trail” as the name implies, is founded I l l in o is .—Grand Imperial Council Red Costumes with such excellent pictures that on a popular hunting sport, is played with Cross of Constantine, from Geo. W. War­ it is worth studying to see the possibilities fifty three fine cards, in four colors, repre­ velle, Chicago, G. Rec. Robt. M. John­ of effects, even if you do not wish to pur­ senting a fox to be chased and caught, and son Chicago, G. Sovereign. 11 conclaves, chase. No doubt they send a copy to any four packs of hounds of thirteen each. ■327 members. commandery which may request it. "T rail” has a constantly recurring in­ I o w a .— Gr. Lodge, June 7, 1904, from S ^ ’ The following lodges pay §1, §2 or §3 terest for players as they perfect their play­ Newton R. Parvin, Cedar Rapids, G. Sec. a year, receiving 11, 22 and 33 copies of the ing from evening to evening, in marked con­ Sumner Miller, Guttenberg, G. M. 504 Token respectively, to distribute to the trast to a certain recent boisterous games lodges, 34,595 members, 2,517 initiates. members who are promptest in attendance: that bore the players at the end of an hour. K en tu cky.— Gr. Commandery, May 18, With the one pack six other splendid, Copies. 1904, from Alfred H. Bryant, Covington, St. Andrew’s, Bangor, 22 new, copyright games can be played. Two G. Rec. Robert R. Burnam, Richmond, Temple, Westbrook, 11 Educational games, and two games of Fun, G. Com. 26 commanderies, 2,987 mem­ Hancock, Castine, 11 making it suitable for all unembers of a fam­ bers, 279 knighted. Ira Berry, Bluehill, 22 ily- M assachusetts .— Gr. Chapter Dec. 8, Rising Virtue, Bangor, 22 "T ra il” can be had of dealers or sent 1903, from J. Gilman Waite, Boston, G. Kenduskeag Lodge, Kenduskeag, 11 post-paid, 75c. gilt edge, plain 50c. Rules Sec. Samuel F. Hubbard, Boston, G. H. Ira Berry Chapter, Pittsfield, 22 for the seven games free. P. 17,530 members, 1080 exalted. Amity Lodge, Camden, 11 COMBINATION CARD GAME CO., Mariner’s Lodge, Searsport, 11 A tl a n ta , G a . M ississippi.— Gr. Council Feb. 16, 1904, Pioneer Lodge, Ashland, 11 from Fred Speed, Vicksburg, Grand Rec. M in n e s o t a .— George Forsythe, of Brain- Lincoln Lodge, Wiscasset, 33 Phineas M. Savery, Tupelo, G. M. 44 erd, has been elected G. H. Priest of the St. Aspinquid Lodge, York Corner, 11 councils, 1,385 members, 161 candidates. Grand Chapter, Charles J. Bevan, of Min­ What lodge shall be next added? N e b r a s k a . — Gr. Lodge June 8, 1904, neapolis, G. M. of Grand Council, and from Francis E. White, Omaha, Gr. Sec. M o d e l B y -L a w s .— The addition to Sec­ Thomas Montgomery, of St. Paul, Grand Charles E. Burnham, Norfolk, G. M. 236 tion 117 of the Grand Lodge Constitution, Secretary of both bodies. lodges, 14,190 members, 1060 initiates. page 46, Proceedings 1900, necessitates a In the Grand Commandery, George W. change in the model by-laws in the Article Buck, of Duluth, was elected Gr. Com­ N e w Y o r k . — Council of Deliberation of Membership, Section 41, and any lodge mander, and Edward M. Van Cleve, of 1904, from William Homan, N. York, Dep­ desiring a copy can obtain one by applying Minneapolis, Gr. Recorder. uty. James Belknap, N. York, G. Sec. to the Grand Secretary. A portly volume of 366 pages. Scottish Rite. N o r t h C a r o l in a . — Gr. Chapter June A case came up for charity in behalf of Boston, Sept. 22.—The city of Indianap­ 14, 1904, from James C. Munds, Wilming­ a widow and her children. Her husband olis, Ind., was selected as the meeting place ton, G. Sec. William Anderson, Charlotte, had never known want—in fact, had been of next year’s convention of the Supreme very well off during life—but through long Council, Ancient and Accepted Scottish G. H. P. 23 chapters, 1180 members, 205 sickness and disastrous circumstances all Rite of Free Masons, at the closing session exalted. was lost, except a little, which was soon of its annual meeting here this afternoon. consumed after his death. His wife had The committee considering the matter re­ N o r t h D a k o t a .— Gr. Lodge June 28, never been accustomed to work, and was ported upon the proposed masonic gather­ 1904, from Frank J. Thompson, Fargo, G. therefore doubly helpless. A member heard ing to be held in Brussells, Belgium, next Sec. James W. Foley, Bismarck, G. M. of it and brought her case to the attention year, that further consideration was needed. of the lodge. A certain other member, of The whole matter was finally left to the 72 lodges, 4847 members, 509 initiated. Sovereign Grand Commander, with power the Pharisee sort, rose and opposed an ap­ N e w Z e a l a n d ,— Gr. Lodge May 5, 1904, propriation in her behalf, with sundry re­ to act therewith in any way he might deem marks; among which he said the widow by best. from Malcolm Niccol, Dunedin, Grand Sec. hard work and economy could support her­ Charles S. Hutchinson, 33d, of Lowell, Alfred Henry Burton, Dunedin, G. Master. self; and further, that if her husband had was selected as a member of the board of 129 lodges, 6559 members. acted prudently, he could have left her well trustees, and Barton Smith, 33d, of Toledo, off, etc. Ohio, was elected a member to fill the va­ P r in c e E d w a r d I s l a n d . — Gr. Lodge We could see the blood boiling up in the cancy caused by the death of John L. June 24, 1904, from Neil MacKelvie, Sum- veins of the humble brother beside us, and Stettinius, 33d, of Cincinnati. merside, Gr. Sec. Benj. Rogers, Charlotte­ as soon as the other was through, he in a The statistical and financial reports were very few practical words settled the case. presented by Gr. Secretary-General James town, G. M. 14 lodges, 604 members, 40 He said no widow should be held responsi­ II. Codding and Grand Treasurer-General initiated. MASONIC TOKEN OCT. 15, 1904. 239

P ennsylvania .— Scottish Rite Bulletin, HENRY C. GOULD, in Fairfield, Aug. 28th, a ....THE.... member of St. Omer Commandery, of Water- ! Pittsburgh, 1902-1904, from J. E. Haines, ville. Sec. James I. Buchanan, Pittsburgh, Dep­ KIMBALL EASTMAN, in Cumberland Mills, Aug. 30th, aged 65 yrs. 5 mos. A member of Port­ uty. 2,628 members. land Commandery. •DOW” BALLOT BOX WILLIAM B. SAWYER, in Portland, Sept. 21, S o u t h D a k o t a . —Grand Lodge June 14, aged 44 yrs. 4 mos. A member of Portland Patented July 26,1904 1904, from Geo. A. Pettigrew, Sioux Falls, Lodge. AUSTIN D. SULIVAN, in Portland, Sept. 23, G. Sec. Ivan W. Goodner, Pierre, G. M. aged 60. He served three years of the civil war in the 2d Maine Heavy Artillery, He was a 6,710 members, 363 initiated. member of Portland Lodge, Greenleaf Chapter, Gr. Chapter June 16, 1904, from Geo. Portland Council and St. Alban Commandery. JOHN H. RUSSELL, in Portland, Sept. 25. A. Pettigrew, Gr. Sec. George H. Perry, JOSEPH E. COOK, killed at Lewiston in the Sioux Falls, G. H. P. 29 chapters, 1886 R. R. accident Sept. 26th, aged 41. A member , of Atlantic Lodge, Greenleaf Chapter and St. members, 133 exalted. Alban Commandery. TRISTRAM GOLDTHWAITE, in Biddeford, Oct. Grand Commandery June 17, 1904, from 6, aged 68 yrs. 2 mos. 13 days. He belonged to Geo. A. Pettigrew, G. Rec. Albert F. all the masonic bodies of Biddeford, and was a leader in politics. Pilcher, Sioux Falls, Gr. Com. 14 com­ manderies, 941 members, 63 knighted. Open—B efore B a llo tin g

V e r m o n t .— Gr. Lodge June 15, 1904, from Henry II. Ross, Burlington, G. Sec. Olin W. Daley, White River Junction, G. Well Known M. 106 lodges, 11,288 members, 588 in­ itiates. Actress Gr. Chapter June 17, 1904, from Henry w r i t e s us H. Ross, Gr. Sec. Daniel Payson, Wind­ "While in your city some time ago I sor, G. H. P. 28 chapters, 3,452 members, bought some **.L . F .” Atwood’s Bitters, and 200 exalted. found them very beneficial. I wish to get some more at once. Gr. Commandery June 14, 1904, from II. MARY CHURCHILL EMMETT, II. Ross, G. Rec. Wm. H. Kingsley, Mid- Closed—D uring Ba l l o tin g Sowing the Wind Co. Jffajiufactiired of Birch or Oak and finished dlebury, G. Com. 12 commanderies, 2,052 in Mahogany and Natural Wood members, 160 knighted. Price prepaid to any part of U. S. $2.25 Vermont Council Deliberation 1904, from L. D. WOODRUFF, Lincoln, Nebraska. Henry II. Ross, Gr. Sec. Marsh O. Per­ kins, Com-in-Chief. 656 lodge members. THE

W a s h in g t o n .— G. Chapter June 20, 1904, from Yancey C. Blalock, Walla Walla, G. Sec. Nathan S. Porter, Olympia, G. H. P. CINCINNATI, OHIO. 26 chapters, 1,946 members, 149 exalted. Gr. Commandery June 21, 1904, from Y. THE FINEST REGALIA PLANT ON EARTH. C. Blalock, G. Rec. Edwin W. Craven, Seattle, G. Com. 10 commanderies, 928 Masonic Goods. members, 75 knighted.

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