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E grand junior warden Henry K Simp
son E grand prelate Wnf F Gudo E
grand treasurer Arine W Johnson E
grand recorder Thomas P Morgan E
grand standard bearer William H II
Clssel E grand sword bearer Walter
II Klopfer E grand warden Past
grand commanders Noble JJ earner
Frank H Thomas Rezln W Darby El
drcd G Davis Wm T Galliher Harrison
Dlngman and George Gibson
Representatives from Washington
Commandery No 1 Fred W Behrcns
commander Claude r King general
issimo Jacobus Jones captain general
Past commanders Eldred G Davis
Warren II Orcutt Harrison Dingman
Daid G Nixon Henry K Simpson
Alex II Holt Geo II Walker Thomas
P Morgan William S Parks
Columbia Commandery No 2 Alex
Grant commander Harry F Riley
generalissimo Joseph C Johnson captain-general
Past commanders Chas
W Hancock Jose M Yznaga Emmett C
Elnrore George Gibson Frank II
Thomas Bennett A Allen John 11
Small Jr Walter II Klopfer Walter
B Pettus
Potomac Commandery No 3 James S
Racburn commander W L Ashby cap
tain general George E Corson John
Lynch Daniel Johnson A B Jackson
Rezln W Darby William F Hunt John
E Wagner William S Waddey past
commanders
Dc Molay Mounted Commandery No 4
Thomas E Landon commander An
drew W Keller Noble D Larner Wll
11am H II Cissel Joseph H Jochum
Robert W Hardy C C M Loefflcr John
F ONeill Martin OConnor William T
Galllber Thomas C Henderson William
F Gudc Robert Cook past commanders
Orient Commander No C Edwin B
Hesse commander William E Miller
generalissimo Allen Bussius captain
general Alex McKenzie i Charles A
Stockctt Arvine W Johnsfon Francis
J Woodman past commanders
AN IMPORTANT DECISION
The report of the annual meeting of
the grand commandery of Knights Tem
plar of the District of Columbia shows
the following important correspondence
to have been exchanged between the
eminent commander of De Molar Mount
ed Commandery and the grand com
mander of District Templars
Right Eminent Sir Knlsht George Gib
son Grand Commander
Right Eminent Sir Permit mo tq
draw jour attention to the Constitution
and Code of Statutes and Digest of Tem
plar Uws of the Grand Encampment of
KHights Templar of the United States
of America adopted at the twenty
Ecvcnth triennial conclave held in Pitts
burg Pc October 11 12 13 and 14
1898 and to page 73 thereof part of Title
XLVHI section 9 caption How Re
stored which reads When a Knight
Templar is suspended from his com
manderv a majority otc will restore
him to good standing In the order and
unanimous ballot will restore to mem
bership also
I submit herewith a copy of the by
laws of De Molay Mounted Commander
No 4 K T and draw your attention
to Article VII which seems to be if not
In conflict at least not as far reaching
as is the instruction of the Constitu
tion and Cede of Statutes referred to
and yet you will observe by referring to
page 20 that these by laws were ap
proved at the annual session of the
grand commandery of Knights Tem
plar of the District of Columbia held
May 10 169T
A for member of De Molay Com
mandery s suspended March 26 1901
fcr non payment of dues It is not an
ordinary case of suspension for accord
ing to the statement of this sir knight
he was prevented from giving the atten
tion which was demanded consequent
upca a wnund received by him in bat
tle while engaged n the service of the
United States in the Philippines There
vai set up In oppostllon to the sir
knights statement a question as to Its
reliability Investigation proved that
as a fact the sir knight had served as
a scldler in the Philippines but there
was no account given in the records of
the War Department of hU haing been
wounded while in the service On in
quiry being made of the f rater we w erc
advised that the wound In question was
clerk and therefore as a civilian and
no record of the samo would be kept at
the var Department in consequence
I go into details in order that jou
may understand that there are two fac
tions to contend with one desirous of
teeing the sir knight restored to mem
bership the other apparently interested
In preventing the restoration This case
seems to us to be one of easy settlement
under our by laws which direct that the
sir knight shall be reinstated upon
payment of all arrears if paid within
ono car and If not he shall be
fctated only on application the same as a
con alfillatcd Knight Templar and tho
pajment of ail arrears If we are to be
governed by the Code of Statutes of the
Grand Encampment then a majority
aote will be required to restore the sir
knight to good standing in the order
and a unanimous ballot to restore him
to membership
We refer to you right eminent sir
the question at Issue and will be grate
ful to you for a decision enabling us to
dispose of the matter We will thank
you for suggestions or advice as to the
amendment of our by laws
ROBERT COOK Commander
Sir Knight Robert Cook Commander
Do Molay Mounted Commandery No
A K T
It Is my opinion that the words in
your by law but shall be reinstated
upon payment of all arrears If paid
within one 3 ear are in conflict with
the statute referred to which prescribes
the manner In which a suspended mem
ber can be restored vizr When a
Knight Templar Is suspended by his
commande y a majority vote will re
store him to good standing in the order
and a unanimous ballot vill restore him
to membership also It seems clear
therefore that a suspended knight lan
not restore himself by the simple pay
ment of arrears within one jear but
that Ms restoraion jnust be by vote of
the commander as proscribed
Having reason to doubt the legality
of the act of suspension in this case I
desire to call our attention to section
6 of the same title of the statutes which
fa as follows Suspension for non
payment of dues cen be inflicted by
the commander- only after due notice
to th delinquent to appear at the time
it Is proposed to act upon his case and
an oppo tunlty given him to be heard
his defense and any by law
for suspension without such notice
and opportunity Is Illegal and void
Now unless the sir knight alluded to
was suspended In conformity with this
law his suspension is null and void
I would advise the commandery to
amend section 1 rtlclc VII of the by
laws so that It will not conflict with the
statute of the grand encampment
GEORGE GIBSON
Grand Commander
FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES
The following sir knights havo
been commissioned to represent the
District grand commandery near the Ju
risdictions named
Alabama Augustus J Camp Birming
ham Connecticut EH C Blrdsey
REPRESENTATIVE CHARLES B LANDIS
Congressman Charles B Landls one
of the finest orators of the Houe of
Representatives is a member of Delphi
Lodge A F and A M of Delphi Ind
and of Delphi Lodge Knights of Pyth
ias He also belongs to the Crawford
ville Lodge of Elks and prides himself
especially on his membership in the
Beta Pheta Phi fraternitr He was born
July 9 1S5S in Millvlll Butler county
iden Florida Olin S Wright Plant
City Georgia Joseph E Allen Augusta
Illinois George E Ohara Cairo Indi
ana Gov Winneld T Durbln Indianap
olis Iowa W C Walton Dubuque
Kansas William M Shaver Topeka
Mar land W J Cunningham Balti
more Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Samuel C Lawrence Medford Minne
sota William E Richardson Duluth
Missouri John Grecnough St Louis
New Hampshire George B Bowler Na
shua New York John C Held Brok
lyn Ohio Clarence E Armstrong To
ledo Pennsylvania Harry E Bucking-
bam York South Dakota George v
Abbott Sioux Falls Texas Marcus F
Mott Galveston Vermont Henry L
Williams Windsor Virginia John E
Tonnes Petersburg West Virginia
William H Travis Wheeling Womlng
Senator Clarence D Clark Evanston
DISTINGUISHED DEAD
The district grand commandery K T
Joins with the fraters of other Jurisdic
tions in mourning the loss of the follow
ing distinguished sir knights
Owen FItzslnmons grand prelate of
obtained while acting as commissary LAlabama September IT 1901 Edward
t
Carroll Parmclee grand recorder of Col
orado May 10 1901 Frederic A Spen
cer past grand commander of Connec
ticut December 8 1 G Herrick
Wilson grand -commander of Connecti
cut January 10 1902 Charles Gamble
lac past grand commander of Illinois
September 24 1901 Frederic Carvosso
Wlnslow deputy grand commander of
Hlluois October 10 1501 Charles Moody
Morse past grand commander of Illi
nois March 29 1102 Jocph W Smith
grand treasurer of Indiana November
30 ITOl Theodore Sutton Iarvtn past
grand commander of Iova Juno 2S
1901 William O Gould past grand com
mander of Kansas December 31 1901
Button E Langdon past grand com
mander of Kansas January 4 1902
Benjamin Franklin Farmer past grand
comimnder of Minnesota April 2T 1902
John Logan Power past grand recorder
of Mississippi September 24 1901 James
W Moore past grand commander of
Nebraska August 3 l0l Charles II
Holdcn past grand commander of New
York prIl 30 1101 Joel B Parsons
grand treasurer of Ohio September 10
1901 Robert II Lansing past grand
captain general of Ohio September 20
1901 John Day Caldnell past grand
recorder of Ohio April 4 1902 William
T Robblns grand captain of the guard
of Ohio March 13 1902 Henry II Kuhn
past grand commander of Fennslvanla
November 1 1901 John H Bullock
granl treasurer of Tennescc January
1 1902 Edv In G Bower past grand
commander of Texas November 30 1901
ltuscll F Taft past grand commander
of Vermont March 22 1902 Philip T
WocdCn past grand commander of Vir
ginia Auzutt 24 1901 Hugh Stirling
nist grnrl commander of West Vir
ginia February 21 1902
A SFECIAL SESSION
New Jerusalem Lodge No 9 F A A
M had a special session Thursday
ernoon for the purpose of attending the
funeral of the lata Brother George
Vuncltf
iiIE TIMES WASHINGTON SUNDAT 7FLY G 1002
ECHOES -FROM THE LODGE ROOMS OF THE DISTRICT
THE GRAND COMMANDERY
The Grand Commandery of the Dis
trict of Columbia K T is now con
stituted of the following members
George E Corson It E grand com
mander Alex McKenzIe V E deputy
grand commander Andrew W Kclley
E grand generallssmo Bennett A Allen
E grand captain general HU II Hunt
E grand senior warden Geo H Walker
HEART OF ODD FELLOWSHIP
The heart of Odd Fellowship abounds
In smpathy and is dailj finding -vent
not only In resolutions of condolence
and smpathy with those in trouble but
in resolutions of congratulation and
good wishes to those whose good fortune
It is to be worthy of them but in over
case it Is none the less sympathy What
a blessing to the grlef strlcKcn to have
the ssmpathy of a friend what a help
toward healing tho wound that scents
to be a mortal one the word of sm
pathy fitly spoken Is Before the word
or it may be letter of sympathy from
friend brother or lodgo Is received tho
Ohio was educated in the public schools
of Logansport and graduated from Wa
bash College at CrawfordsvIIle Ind
in 1882 He served for four years from
1SS3 to 1SS7 as editor of the Logans
port Ind Journal In 1891 he was
elected president of the Indiana Re
publican Editorial Association and re
elected in 1S9 He has been in Con
gress eight years
existing sorrow has made the world and
all It contains seem dark and the future
a gloomy prospect the advent of
the words of cheer and comfcrt and the
kindly expressed sentiments of sym
pathy at once changes the gloom to
sunshine and brings a comfort which
begets resignation and Impels one to
forget the stroke and bow in meek sub
mission to the divine will Those who
have never been called upon to pass
under the rod and who have never re
ceived these grand expressions of sin
cere sympathy cannot realize their
aluc or importance and those who are
not In the habit of extending the sjn
pathizing word or tear little realize
the opportunities they have missed of
relieving heart aches or soothing the
sorely distressed mind
WILLIAM P ALLAN
Grand Representative I O O F
SONS OF VETERANS
At the encampment of the Maryland
Division Sons of Veterans I S A at
Chautauqua Beach Bay Ridge Md
June 24 and 23 the following officers
were elected and installed fcr the en
suing year Commander r T F John
son Washington D C senior vice
commander William T Whitley Balti
more Md Junior vice commander
CKrles 1 Hastings Washington D C
division courcil Edgar Allan Jr Rich
mond Va Miles W Ross Baltimore
Md George S Whltmorc Washington
D C quartermaster E K De Puy
Washington D C delegates to national
encampment r E Cross Washington
D C and F A Kearney Phoebus Va
alternates to delegates B J Northcott
and O II Budlong Wasnlngton D O
Commander-in-Chief E R Campbell
accompanied hy Adjutant General
Charles S Davis and Assiitant Ad
jutant General Cliy G Collftte of his
siau were in attendance The
spcl c encouragingly of
the prospects of the order especially
with reference to he National Me
morial University and al o referred to
the enthusiasm shmvn In
with the national unramnmrm m
held In Washington during the session
of the mtional encampment of the
Grand Arm of the RepublK The divi
sion decided to hold Its next encamp
ment at Richmond Va
DELEGATES COMING
The Department of Michigan O A R
has selected the following delegates to
tho encampment In Washington
Ren Barker at large Edward S
Jnmeson J Q A Sessions W D
ard George D Denn II W Holcomb 1
II Ives Amos rinch A Is Bryant John
W Brakeman John W Snder Thom
as N Stevens William A Jelllson J
O Tellalrc T J Buck J W Snell
Frank E Wllllts William Hart Ste
phen L Cooper M C Dawes alter
nates D C Spears at large Euene
MtiffPtt Horace Palmer William C
SLooV L K Jlllson S H Mallery Jo
soph L Allen Rosoll Whirls E How
ard V II Eckerman Oscar Palmer E
B Kllle George G Johnson J B Ken-
ney J M Greenfield L S Russell N
M Richardson Clark M Hall A D
iiilkr Roda OMarj
CALIFORNIA HOSPITALITY
During the recent session of the Cali
fornia grand lodge of Pvthiacs th dele
gates from each county announced that
appropriations had been mads for tho
purpose of Installing and maintaining an
exhibit at San Francisco during the na
tional gathering August 11 20 The
amounts vary from 400 to 2000 each
though there are many more who have
appropriated 2000 than 400 while some
counties have voted appropriations with
out placing a limit upon the expense of
the committee that Is to look after it
Samples of the choicest fruits for
which sections of California are famou3
will be sent for free distribution Some
places have voted to send a carload
each dav during the convention
The Rathbone Sisters will maintain
headquarters for the reception of visit
ors will distribute flowers from Cali
fornla gardens and clve souvenirs to
visiting members There will be daily
excursions to inviting localities near
San Francisco where the visitors may
feast their eyes upon productive fields
orchards and vineyards Man of these
excursions will be free At th depot
of each town the visitors will be met by
the inhabitants and given a rlJc through
the most fertile and beautiful parts of
the country and every hospitality will
be extended
RATHBONE SISTERS
Rathbone Temple No 1 Rathbone Sis
ters of this clt has elected the follov
officers for the ensuing term of six
months Past chief Maud Hardcster
most excellent chief Emma Fugel ex
cellent senior Hattie Waite excellent
Junior Tannic Statzminn manager An
nie Sullivan protector Eliza Lewis
outer guard Margaret Coffin mlstrcs
of records and correspondence Evelyn
Padgett mlstcss of finance Emma By
num Rathbone Temple is In a flourish
ing condition and renewed efforts will
be made this fall and winter o Increase
Its membership The meetings are held
every Friip night at 316 Ninth Street
northwest In Schmidts Hall
A temple of the Rathbone Sisters was
recently Instituted at Brunswick Md
by Mrs Thomas A Bynum past chief
of Rathbone Temble No 1 of Wash
ington Mrs Bynum was commissioned
ibvthe supreme chief Mrs Dell P Gla
zier to do the work Mrs James W
Walker of this city District organizer
for the Insurance branch of the Rath
bone Sisters was present at the institu
tion This temple the fourth In Mary
land has en its charter roll flft two
members and much Interest was shown
In the work presented by the Instituting
officer A few hours training enabled
members of the new temple to present
the work In a praiseworthy manner
Century No A was tha name selected
taking the same name as Century Lodge
Knights of Pythias of Washington Ma
ryland also has a temple named Mvrtlc
The local lodges of Knights of Pythias
it will be observed have two namesakes
among the temples of the Rathbone Sis
ters In Maryland
The Rathbone Sisters are rapidly In
creasing In membership throughout the
supreme Jurisdiction ad the reports at
the meeting of the supreme temple at
San Francisco will show that the order
Is in an excellent condition At the be
ginning of the year the twelfth ear of
the existence of the order it had a
membership of 22000 knights and 41000
sisters The order Is represented by
temples in fortv four States Provinces
and Territories The District of Co
lumbia Is under the Jurisdiction of the
supreme temple there being no grand
temple here A movement has been In
augurated to secure the institution of
two additional temples In either Mary
land or Virginia making a total of six
and with one in Washlgton six in all
the organization of a grand temple will
follov to include the above named ter
ritory
Relatives of Knights of Pythias in
good standing arc eligible for member
ship in the Rathbone Sisters wives
daughters sisters widows etc and the
knights can become honorary members
Tho ristcrs alone vote and hold office
The ritualistic ceremonies are beautiful
and Impressive This sentence In a re
cent address from the officers of the su
preme temple points out the objects of
the order Our Intention Is for the ad
vancement of humanity to cultivate the
spirit of fraternity to minister In tho
many possible wajs to the needs and
comfort of our members and to advance
the moral mental and social conditions
of the drvotees Co operation is asked
by tho supreme temple In this work
In order that we imy advance our
cause more rapidly we ask the co
operation cf all Knights of Pythias In
ctabllshlng a temple by the side of
every lodge of Knights of Pythias
throughout the world Will you not be
a participant In this noble work It is
necessary to have the assistance and
smpathy of the ladies as well as that
of the knights In starting temples and
vo ask you to take up our work unfurl
our beautiful banners and become a
power for good In this great sisterhood
MONEY MADE
Tlie excursion to Marshall Hall by
the Joint committee composed of tho
K of P Hall Association and the com
mittee of forty five the proceeds of
which are to be devoted to the cause of
IlquldatlnH the debt on the lot on
Ninth Street northwest was well at
tended The feature of the occasion
was the competitive drill between the
companies of the military branch of the
order the Uniform Rank for the grand
lodge prizes The first company to go
through the schedule was Joseph T
Coldwell No 7 under command of Capt
T E Landon It vas the opinion of
miny of the observers that the compan
did not put up as good a drill as it did
last jear wVn It won tho first prize
Overconfide ice remarked one of the
members of ihc company after the drill
vvasaington Cnmpanv No 1 commanded
by Capt R T Whiting was the next
companv to drill and It was the general
verdict tint the drill showed a great
Improvement over the on- given by that
company last ear The companies were
pplniinrn by their respective follow err
as they executed the various movements
with a skill and precision tnat comes
from persistent practice All deserve
credit for the excellent showing made
and the clnsencs of the drill was
when the decision of the Judges was an
nounced but a small percentage dif
ference The vanquished congratulated
the victors and the event was thorough
ly enJoabIo throughout The various
subordinate ledges were well repre
sented rnd a neat sum will be netted
for the lot fund
THE MACCABEES
State Commander D W Gall ctun
menccd the srml nnnual Installation -of
officers on the night of the 1st Irst On
that night he Installed tho officers In
Arlington Tent No 10 and on the same
night went to Brtghtwood about scu a
miles out of the city and Installed iat
officers of Brlghwood TcJt No 3
On Wednesday night he Installed tie
officers of Capittl Tent No wKioh
meets at 933 D Street northwest jnd
then went to Anacostia nd Installed the
officers of Anacostia Tont No 7
On Thursday night i rubllc Insta Ca
tlcn of oEicers for Mount Vernon T rnt
No 4 was conducted by him In the laTgo
hall in the Northeast Temple build n
Twelfth and H Streets northeast lie
regular hall in which tho tent meets iV1
ing too small to contain the large iu
dlence that had assembled to witr cs
the interesting ceremony
Refreshments were served at the re
view of No 1 on Monday night
The first six months of this ear sh w
i substantial gain In membership with
ten now tents and a membership of neir
ly 1800 mcmbr3
Georgetown Tent No 0 is by no men as
a slow tent It has added eighteen n w
members di rins the t rm Just closed
The great commendcrp of the grit
camps emplo their own deputies Hi-
supreme commancer nas no ju isuicuun
in this particular matter
Mr George E Ernest was buried nt
Glenwood Cemetery on Thursday under
the aurplces of tho Maccabees of whit h
he was a member
THE HEPTASOPHS
Soon after the cloc of the civil w ir
men began to eee the great necessitv of
provdlng a -sum of money to be used by
the widow and other dependents of t 5e
breadwinner but It was not until 13 CS
that the way was orcned up to men of
modest means to do this through fr i
ternal Insurance m formulated by Joltn
Jordan Upchurch an humble mechanic
of Mcadvllle Pa the founder of t le
Ancient Order United Workmen In
1373 the Knights of Honor was founJf 1
the Royal Arcanum In 1877 and tle
American Legion of Honor the ne it
year A few months later in 1S7S
George V Metzel a resident of Balti
more promulgated a plan for an o t
garflzation differing somewhat from Ule
plans of those orders and obtained tle
consent of twent one gentlemen to a s
slst him in forming the Improved Ordur
of Heptasophs which was duly inco
under the laws of Maryland is
October 1S8 The plan of the order dis
pensed with State grand bodies giving
each lodge called conclave the right
to select on of its members as a repf
rentatlvc to the Supremo ConcIaTC
which body would be the highest goi
erning power The name Heptasoph wr3
adopted it being composed of twro
Greek words Hepta seven and sopbe
meaning wise Thus we have Sevtin
Wise relating to the seven wise men
of Greece A graded table of rates wra
adopted beginning at the age of twent
one and advancing gradually to each
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In that city with a membership of about
11000 The State of Maryland has
nearly 18000 members amon wham are
many of its best citizens Including the
present governor quit- a number of
Judges rnd other representative men
Boson New York Phllsd iphla anl
Chicago also have a large number of
members of the Order
The District of Columbia has five
conclave all In a thriving condition
National Conclave No C61 which meets
the second and forth Tuesdays each
month at 1204 Pennsylvania Avenue
northwe t Is a growing conclave com
posed of enterprising business men and
many employes of the Government
The local merribershlp In the aggregate
carry nearly lCu0000 of Insurance The
Heptasoph plan provides for payment
of death claims and an accumulation
of a reserve fund This reserve Is In
creasing each month from ten to fifteen
thousand dollars and Invested only in
Government State or municipal bond3
These bonds arc deposited with tha
Continental Trut Company of Balti
more and cannot be withdrawn without
the written consent of the nine mem
bers of the Supreme Executive com
mittee This committee is composed f
the principal Supreme officers The Su
prcme Conclave meets bl annually it
such time and place as may be chosen
by the body The next session vflli be
held in Richmond Va 190J
CHARLES A ANADALE
WASHINGTON LODGE B P 0E
The local lodge of Elks Is represented
In th Grand Lodge by Joseph A Burk
art and also by the following members
of the Grand Lodge Benjamin B Whit
ney Edwin B Hay John C Maxwell
Richard A OBrien Thomas J King
George A Mason Harry Parker John T
Warde Joseph Y Potts T S
dcr John T Brady John E Saeckclls
M Emraet Urcll Albert Slilcrs Edw
J Shine and George E Boos
There are still living two of the found
ers of Washington Lodge John T
Wardo and Aaron Shaner and the fol
lowing charter members are still In
FOUR JOINERS
Columbia Typographical Union No 101
will be represented at the International
TpographIcal Union convention at Cin
cinnati August 11 16 by four delegates
who are well known Joiners They are
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SENATOR H ENRY HEITFELD
United States Senator Henry Heltfeld
of Idaho Is one of the Best People On
Earth otherwise speaking a membrr
of the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks He Is now completing the last
enr of his first term in tho Senatk
and his chances of re election arc r re
garded as excellent He was born in
St Louis Mo January 12 ISji and re
ceived his early education In the scbo ls
year of age bcond the starting pol fit
but remaining the same through the 1 Ife
of a member at the amount paid on fl3
cntr Into the crder The table of ra jes
begins at G7 cents per 1000 for appli
cants at age entry until the limit rfese
of fortv nlne Is reached which is Si 112
Thce paraents am made monthly C
tlncatcs arc Issued from SjOO to SjtiK
pavrlIc at the death of a member to
his -beneficiary Tie membership of tfae
order is about 31000 persons residing In
twenty four States and the District tor
Columbia The order Is debarred from
doing business In the southern section
of the country where there Is a po ol
iillty of yellow fever existing
Baltimore Ibelng the home otvce lias
been favored with better facilities for
making known the alms objects ana
purposes of tho order and the re wit
of that city He removed to Seneca
Kan at the age of eleven years where
ho continued to reside till the ear 1SP2
when he emigrated to the State of
Washington lie located in Idaho in
isl3 where he has been engaged in
farming and stock raising He was
elected State scrator In 1S94 and re
elected in 1S96 and was elected United
States Senator in 1S37
all prominent in the affairs of the fra
ternal orders to which they belong
Thomas A Bynum and A F Bloomer
are emplojes of the proofroom Govern
ment Printing Office Dud W Fleming
of the Fourth division Government
Printing Office and J T Herb rt an
employe of tha Post composing room
These delegates are also members of tho
convention committee of Columbia Union
which is workmg to secure the meeting
of hc International Union In Washing
ton in 1903 The attractions of Wash
ington will be presented to tho conven
tion ard ever arrangement made to
entertain tho delegates and visiters In
1103 should the Capital City be selected
is that there tre Du three conclaves as the mectins rlacc next year
NATIONAL UNION
The closing of the charter of Eat Csp
Itol Council No 1006 organized Mrch
II WZ took place at the regular met t
Ing of the council Fridav evening Juno
27 1902 At that meeting cine n w
members were initiated by cx Scnat r
Oilman president of Federal Count I j
47G National Unicn aszistcd b7 mem
bers of other councils A coad represen
tation from McIClnlcys Council Includ
ing Its president V V Chase rere la
attendance Dr Loiis K Bcatty one t
tho medical fxamlnrs for tho Natonal
Union in the District of -Columbia wn
alro present at the Invitation of the pres
ident of the council
After lnlatioa the charter was present
ed to the council by Friend James E
Bright deputy of the Snate National
Union aud president of the cabinet for
this Jurisdiction
Speeches were made by ex Senator II
M Oilman deputy of the Senate X U
James E Bright Friends A Giroudard
W W Chase C IL Squler and II W
Miller A recitation was then given by
Trlend Charles F Mallard of the Na
tional Council No 447 During the ev
ening cigars were passed and enjsyed by
everyone and Friend W C Hammoad
also of the National Capital Council en
livened the hours with pleasing airs from
a gramophone
President Bright of the cabinet has
been very much Interested in the wel
fare of this council since the first steps
were taken by Friend A Girouard tha
father of this council ably assisted by
Friend Henry W Miller toward forming
a new council In East Washington a lo
cality which bad previously been fully
canvassed In tho interest of four councils
in that section
The progress beiug made by this coun
cil with its membership of seventy Is tha
source of much gratification to the mem
bers as well as to the order at large
jne otneers of the council are as
good st ndlng William II Dacvcrs lows President A Girouard vice
Joseph Darr William Dickson George wmi s u Mocum ex president J C
W Harrison M D Jacobs M G Mc-
Cormick Joseph T Potts Robert J
Walker and Benjamin B Whitney The
life members are Franklin Blld John
Doyle Carmody M Dyrcnforth George
E Emmons Wllljam A Engel George
C Esher P J Fingles L L Frledrich
Ralph L Gait -Henry F Getz Frank P
Hall Edwin B Hay Con Horigau J
William Lee M G McCormlck E S
Randall and E G Schafer The hon
orary life members are Charles R Sweet
of Detroit Lodge No 34 and rthur C
Moreland of New York Lodge No 1
The present officers of Washington
Lodge are Exalted ruler T D Harper
Est Lead Kt John H Crowley Est
Loy Kt Robert C Mitchell secretary
Richard A OBrien treasurer M Dy
rcnforth
Haley speaker S J McCathran secre
tary W A Dodge financial secretary
Henry W Miller treasurer A E Pow
ell chaplain J W Jacksna usner Wil
liam B Appold Will
iam Fenn Johnson doorkeeper J BAlt
man delegate to the cabinet A Girou
ard
THE RED MEN
White Eagle Tribe No 17 Improved
Order Red Men held Its semi annual
election of chef3 for the ensuing six
months at its wigwam on Thursday
sleep The chiefs elected were as fol
lows Sachem A II Wall Sr Sag
James F Williams Jr Sag W
Chlsm prophet S Hobbs Past Sachem
T R Beavers has been deputized to
raise up the chiefs elect en the third
sleep buck moon
The lawn fete being held by this tribe
at Seventh and K Streets southwest for
the benefit of the sick fund has received
a liberal patronage during the week in
spite of the cool and threatening weath
er Several hundred attended nightly
and tripped the light fantastic to music
furnished by a section of the National
Guard Band under the direction of Bro
E M TanslII secretary of the American
Federation of Musicians The grounds
are covered with all amusements in
cluding shooting gallery nigger head
cane rack knife rack tc The ever
present paddle stand and fortune teller
are there also and anyone visiting the
grounds cannot tail to spend a pleasant
evening
SELTESE TRIBE
Seltese Tribe No 16 Improved Order
of Red Men held a largely attended and
enthusiastic meeting Tuesday night at
its wigwam 910 Pennsylvania Avenue
Installation of officers for the ensuing
term was the principal feature of the
sleep The new officers were installed
by Past Sachem D J Marvin as fol
lows J G Deponal prophet E J
Ratlgan sachem G II Astlln senior
sagamore and C F Sudwarth Junior
sagamore For the second time in this
moon the officers were Installed in
ample form Under the authority of
a special dispensation from the great
sachem Representative F J Kern of
Illinois and several other candidates
wero given the adoption warriors
and chiefs degrees The next meet
ing of Seltese Tribe will be held on
Tuesday next when a class of six or
eight will be given all their degrees
KNIGHTS OF ST JOHN
Every pan of the United States- and
Canada was represented at the twenty
fourth annual international convention
of the Knights of St John which oc
curred at Rochester N Y last week
California Colorado and New Mexico
sent commanderies to enter the com
petitive drills for the worlds cham
pionship Detroit Erie nuffalo Cin
cinnati Syracuse and other cities of
the East and middle West were repre
sented by delegations numbering sev
eral hundred each In attendance were
the supreme president of the order
Henry J Tries of Erie supreme second
vice president Thomas McFarland of
Philadelphia supreme secretary M J
Kane of Buffalo supreme treasurer
John B Todenblcr of Detriot and ad
jutant general T II Llenesch of Day
ton
A Water Witch
Ono of the few water witches still In
power in this State is Mrs Mary Al
drich who makes her headquarters
here She spends much of her time trav
eling from tewn to own throughout tba
southern part of the State where sha
U called upon to locate water and oil
wells The farmers tell of her that bhe
never failed to hit the right spot and
there are wells in ever county of her
finding
Mrs Aldrich does not use the old tlmo
hazel twig she is a clairvoant and goes
into a trance before starting in search
of the water Often while In his t aa o
she tells the history of the rarm upon
which she may be workllng and it Is
said she sometimes unearths in this way
skeletons which tho family would fala
hide With her ees closed and a pal
lor which the people say resembles
death Mrs Aldrich leaves the house
where she usually goes before entering
the trance Sometimes she walks di
rectly to the spot where she says wa
ter will be found Again she wanders
about the farmyard distracted by other
things the history of which she tells Da
fore getting at the search for water
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