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ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
MAY, 1905
ORDERED TO BE READ IN ALL THE LODGES
NEW YORK
PRESS OP J. J. LITTLE & CO.
2 to 20 Astor Place
1905
COMMISSIONERS OF APPEALS.
R.\ W.\ Joseph J. Little New York Chief Commissioner.
R.\ W.\ Walter M. Hand Binghamton For three years.
R.\ W.\ Jerrie T. Durham Oneida For three years.
R.\ W.\ J. Hunoerford Smith Rochester For two years.
R.\ W.\ Thomas Penney Buffalo For two years.
R.-. W.\ Edoar C. Emerson Watertown For one year.
R.\ W.\ Henry A. Powell Brooklyn For one year.
TRUSTEES OF THE MASONIC HALL AND ASYLUM FUND

R.\ W.\ Frank E. Hafp Long Island City For three years.
R.\ W.\ Edwin H. Hammer New York For three years.
R.\ W.\ Dow Beeeman Middleburgh For two years.
R.\ W.\ James H. Rollins Brooklyn For one year.
R.\ W.\ Henry B. Pruser Mt. Vernon For one year.
ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Annual Communica

tion of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the
State of New York was opened in the Grand Lodge Room,
Masonic Hall, City of New York, on the afternoon of May 2,
A. D. 1905, a. i.. 5905, at two o'clock.
PRESENT.
M.- Frank IL Rorinson, . Grand Master.
It.- W. TOWNSENI) SCUDDER, . Deputy Grand Master.
S. Nelson Sawyer, Senior Grand Warden.
Charles Smith, . . . Junior Grand Warden.
John R. Gardner, . . Grand Treasurer.
W. Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary.
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6i Alexander C. Mackenzie, ). Grand Chaplains.
Joseph Silverman, .
James W. Ashton,
William H. Prangen, Grand Marshal.
Morris Benson, . . Grand Standard Bearer.
Edward G. Chapman,
Paul H. Grimm, . . Grand Sword Bearers.
Harry P. Knowles, .
Will L. Lloyd, . .
Philip Joyce, . . .
Jackson H. Beckeit,
Alfred A. Adams, . Grand Stewards.
Charles E. Dayton.
Warren 13. Conklin,
John Spannhake, .
John L. Shaw, . .
Arthur M. Bullowa,
Charles M. Wickwire, Grand Directors of
George Loesch, . . Ceremonies.
J. Henry Ruwe, . .
William J. Hutcheon,
Amos H. Stephens, . Senior Grand Deacon.
Charles Larrowe, . Junior Grand Deacon.
John Laurenheimer, Grand Lecturer.
Si John R. Pope, . . Grand Librarian.
Edwin A. Quick, Grand Historian.
1 John A. Williams, . Grand Pursuivant.
W. \ Andrew Ferguson, . Grand Tiler.
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.
No. 1, R.\ W.\ Rougier Thorne.

No. 2, " Henry L. Redfield.
No. 3, " Rufus L. Scott, Jr.
No. 4, " Almet R. Latson.
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No. 5, R.\ W.\ Thomas Balmfoed.

No. 6, " Herman J. Katz.
No. 7, " William J. Wiley.
No. 8, " Francis D. Haines.
No. 9, " John J. Hurschmitt.
No. 10, " Manuel Muina.
No. 11, " Charles U. Thrall.
No. 12, " George E. Bkiggs.
No. L3, " Richard W. Oldfield.
No. 14, " Clinton D. Parkhill.
No. 15, " Joseph Drake.
No. 16, " John W. Telford.
No. 17, " Edward H. Lisk.
No. 18, " Nathaniel P. Willis.
No. 19, " Jasper D. Fitch.
No. 20, " Oscar 0. Niles.
No. 21, " Arram M. Hollister.
No. 22, " Bert D. Severance.
No. 23, " Frederick E. Baum.
No. 24, " Jerry R. Sturtevant.
No. 25, " Frank B. Foote.
No. 26, " Alfred J. Bromley.
No. 27, " William S. Farmer.
No. 28, " Harry C. Walker.
No. 29, " Frank A. Bell.
No. 30, " Charles M. Adams.
No. 31, " John C. Davis.
No. 32, " Rorert S. Carr.
No. 33, " George B. Adams.
No. 34, " Milton W. Davison.
No. 36, " William J. Hockey.
No. 37, " Warner Thompson.
No. 38, " Henry Schaefer.
No. 39, " Glenn M. Congdon.
No. 40, " Frank Merz.
No. 41, " Arthur D. Manning.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
COMMISSIONERS OF APPEALS.
R.\ W.\ Joseph J. Little.
Walter M. Hand.
" Jerrie T. Durham.
" Edgar C. Emerson.
" J. HUNGEIiFORD SMITH.
W.\ Thomas Penney.
TRUSTEES OF THE MASONIC HALL AND ASYLUM FUND.
R. \ W.-. Dow Beekman.

tt James H. Rollins.
tt Edwin H. Hammer.
ti Frank E. Haff.
ti Henry B. Prvser.
PAST GRAND OFFICERS.
M.\ W.\ Joseph J. Couch, Past Grand Master.

" Jesse B. Anthony, «t tt it
" J. Edward Simmons, . it tt it
" William A. Brodie, . it tt ti
" John W. Vrooman, it a ti
" William Sherer, a tt a
" James Ten Eyck, it tt a
" John Stewart, . tt tt tt
" William A. Sutherland, tt tt a
" Wright D. Pownall, tt it a
R. \ W. .. Jerome E. Morse, . Past Grand Treasurer.
" William J. McDonald, a tt a
" George Hayes, tt it tt
" Theodore A. Taylor, . tt a tt
Past Master prior to 1849 :

W.\ Joseph H. Horsfall, Pouglikeepsie Lodge. No. 266.
GRAND LODGE, 1905.
STANDING COMMITTEE ON HALL AND ASYLUM FUND.

R.\ W. •. Frederic C. Wagner,
" Clayton S. Scott,
" John C. Thompson,
" James K. Stockwell,
" Herrert E. Bugden,
" Henry Lippmann,
" Rorert Judson Kenworthy,
" Marcus C. Allen.
And the Representatives of the following Grand Lodges :

Alabama ,.R.\ W.\ George H. Woolet.
Arizona " B. Frank Palmer.
California " Samuel Washerman.
Colorado " Charles E. Brettell.
Connecticut " Frederick B. House.
Delaware " Frederick J. Brown.
District of Columbia " George McGown.
Florida " Charles B. Wilkinson.
Georgia " John W. Allison.
Illinois " William H. Mayer.
Indiana " Waldo H. Richardson.
Indian Territory " Alfred B. Price.
Louisiana " Frederick G. Lemmermann.
Maine " George A. Benton.
Minnesota " John S. Denton.
Mississippi " William Sulzer.
Missouri " Southrick Heererd.
Montana " Georoe Van Vliet.
Nebraska " Rorert Ogilvy.
Nevada " William R. Tintle.
New Hampshire " William J. Van Pelt.
New Mexico " Henrt Von Minden.
North Carolina " William H. Kennedt.
North Dakota " Donald Gow.
Ohio " Ivan T. Burnet.
Oklahoma " Myer C Jacors.
Rliode Island " William Bamrer.
South Carolina " James H. Kennedt.
Tennessee " James H. Mitchell.
Texas " William G. James.
Utah " Peter Van Cott.
Vermont " John G. Folsom.
Virginia " Cort R. Hincken.
Washington " Arthur E. Sutherland.
West Virginia " Marvin I. Greenwood.
Wisconsin " David M. Drurt.
Belgium " Timothy M. Chersman.
British Columbia " George H. Toop.
Canada " J- Hcngerford Smith.
Costa Rica " Henrt W. Root.
Cuba " Antonio Gonzalez.
Denmark " Frederic C. Wagner.
Eclectic Union " Ferdinand Goerel.
England " Joseph J. Little.
Germany " Edward C. M. von Cronac.
Hungary •• " Adolph Finkenreug.
Ireland " William N. Pennet.
Manitoba " Rorert Rorerts.
Mexico " Milo W. Waldorf.
New Brunswick " Matthias Gooderson.
Norway " Rudolph Holde.
peru " Celestino LoreZ.
Prince Edward Island " Edward Gregory.
Quebec " Morris S. Mackenzie.
Royal York " Emil Frrnkel.
Saxony " George W. Stake.
Scotland " J*mes Aitken.
South Australia " Henry Muller.
Sweden " Hiram L. Hutchens.
Switzerland " George W. Boskowitz.
Tasmania " William Johnston.
Three Globes " Alrert Wagner.
Victoria " Valentine Schneider.
Western Australia " Andrew B. Martin.
Zur Elntracht " Jonas E. Reinthaler.
Zur Sonne " Frederick Schroeder.
A constitutional number of Lodges being present—
The Grand Lodge was opened in Ample Form, with prayer

by B.\ W.\ James W. Ashton, Grand Chaplain.
On motion of W.\ J. Henry Arruckle, blaster of Delhi

Lodge, No. 439, all Master Masons in regular standing were
permitted to be present during this session of Grand Lodge,
except at such times as are prohibited by the Book of Consti
tutions.
In the absence of R.\ W.\ Arthur B. Burrows, District

Deputy Grand Master of the Thirty-fifth Masonic District, R.\
W.\ William Buck was appointed in his stead.
On motion, R.\ W.\ Frederick Heeg, Representative of

the Grand Lodge of Arkansas; R.\ W.\ John B. Alliger,
Representative of the Grand Lodge of Kansas ; R.\ W.\ James
H. Lloyd, Representative of the Grand Lodge of Idaho; R.\
W.\ Horace S. Van Voast, Representative of the Grand Lodge
of Maryland; R.\ W.\ Joseph Morris Ward, Representative
of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey; R.\ W.\ Joel H. Prescott,
Representative of the Grand Lodge of Michigan ; R.\ W.\
Ralph E. Prime, Representative of the Grand Lodge of
Nevada; R.\ W.\ George R. Hodgkins, Representative of the
Grand Lodge of South Dakota; R.\ W.\ Thomas S. Lewis,
Representative of the Grand Lodge of Few South Wales; R.\
W.\ John Werr, Jr., Representative of the Grand Lodge of
Nova Scotia, and R.\ W.\ Philip M. Fast, Jr., Representative
of the Grand Lodge of Porto Rico, were excused from attendance
at this session of Grand Lodge.
M.\ W.\ Frank H. Rorinson, Grand Master, delivered the

following address.
Brethren of the 124th Annual Communication:
The Masonic year just passed has been an eventful one for
the Craft. Much good has been accomplished. We have safely
passed through a critical period in our history. We have given
the world an example of open-handed, large-hearted generosity for
which Masonry has so often stood as a synonym. As example is
always better than precept, may we not take great comfort in
charity actually accomplished? We have been drawn closer to
gether by our common endeavor. Masonry has prospered as
never before in all its history. The outer door has been well
guarded, but our membership has grown without sacrificing
quality-character. An unusual number of Masonic Temples
have been and are being erected in all parts of our State. We
cannot but look with pardonable pride upon that which our
Fraternity has done during the last twelve months. You have
met with success because your united and brotherly spirit was
irresistible and deserved success. You are entitled to all the
blessings and praise. I am proud of you, and may a kind Provi
dence ever keep you united in the good and noble works to which
you have devoted so much of your time, talents and substance.
We render praise to the Supreme Architect for all His bless
ings, and while we meet again with rejoicings and thanksgivings
there is still a feeling of sadness as we recall the absent faces
of those who were with us one year ago.
The Fraternal Dead.

Death casts its dark shadows across every pathway, across
every life and over every living thing. It is a melancholy truth
that the strong and the weak must fall alike before the remorse
less scythe of Time. Neither fame nor fortune, neither rank
nor power, can avert the swift messenger that calls all men to
account. When his touch is laid upon man, the sunshine of day
is changed to the darkness of night, the stars disappear in the
firmament, dust returns to dust, and the spirit departs to the
realm of Eternal day.
" Oh, a wonderful stream is the river Time,
As it runs through the realm of tears,
With a faultless rhythm and a musical rhyme,
And a boundless sweep and a surge sublime,
As it blends with the ocean of years.
How the winters are drifting, like flakes of snow,

And the summers like buds between,
And the ears in the sheaf, so they come and they go
On the river's breast, with its ebb and flow,
As it glides in the shadow and sheen.
There's a magical isle up the river of Time,

Where the softest of airs are playing;
There's a cloudless sky and a tropical clime,
And a song as sweet as a vesper chime,
And the Junes with the roses are staying.
And the name of that isle is the 'Long-ago,'
And we bury our treasures there;
There are brows of beauty and bosoms of snow—
There are heaps of dust—but, we love them so—
There are trinkets and tresses of hair.
There are fragments of song that nobody sings,

And a part of an infant's prayer;
There's a lute unswept, and a harp without strings,
There are broken vows and pieces of rings,
And the garments our loved used to wear.
There are hands that are waved, when the fairy shore
By the mirage is lifted in air;
And we sometimes hear, through the turbulent roar
Sweet voices we heard in the days gone before,
When the wind down the river is fair.
Oh, remembered for aye, be the blessed isle

All the day of our life till night
When evening comes with its beautiful smile,
And our eyes are closing to slumber awhile,
May that Greenwood of soul be in sight! "
Recalling the lives of those who met with us a year ago, who
have passed on to the higher life, let us, at the very threshold of
our Assembly, pay a tribute to their memory :
R.\ W.\ Samuel S. Stafford, Past District Deputy Grand

Master of the Twenty-eighth Masonic District, and Past Master
of Oxford Lodge, No. 175, died at Oxford, May 4, 1901.
Bro. Stafford was a most zealous Craftsman and a man
held in high esteem by the community in which he lived. He
loved his God, his country and his fellow men, and discharged
conscientiously all the duties of life.
R.\ W.\ William Henbt White, Past Grand Sword Bearer,

and a member of Chancellor Walworth Lodge, No. 271, died at
New York, July 3, 1904.
Bro. White was a man of scholastic ability, a graceful,

ready speaker, and a genial companion. He served with dis
tinction in the War of the Eebellion, rising by regular gradation
to the rank of Captain. It may truthfully be said of him that
all his actions were governed by the strictest sense of honor and
that his good deeds ended only in death.
R.\ W.\ George W. White, Past Grand Treasurer, Past

District Deputy Grand Master Sixth Masonic District, and Past
Master of Adelphic Lodge, No. 348, died at New York, July
10, 1904.
Bro. White was a typical New Yorker. A man of strong
convictions, firm in his friendships, and a leader of men. He
had a kind, generous and sympathetic heart, ever ready to help
those in trouble. His death is sincerely mourned by a large cir
cle of friends who knew him best and appreciated him most.
R.\ W.\ Peter M. W. Verhoeven, former Representative

of the Grand Lodge of Prince Edward Island, and Past Master
of Doric Lodge, No. 280, died at New York, August 1, 1904.
Bro. Verhoeven was a Dutchman by birth. He came to
America in the early sixties and enlisted in the regular army
of the United States. Having seen service while in the army in
Holland he was speedily promoted to the rank of a non-commis
sioned officer, and at the expiration of his term of service he
was honorably discharged, bearing a most excellent record.
As a Freemason Bro. Verhoeven was earnest and sincere.
Thoroughly imbued with the tenets of the Craft, he discharged
all the duties of our Fraternity with credit and honor to himself.
R.\ W.\ Rorert Bonynge, Representative of the Grand

Lodge of Nevada, Past District Deputy Grand Master of the
Eighth Masonic District, Past Master of Bunting Lodge, No.
655, and a member of Kane Lodge, No. 454, at the time of his
death, died at New York, September 7, 1904.
Bro. Bonynge was a man by the very constitution of his
nature and character calculated to be of public usefulness to
whatever sphere of life his attention was directed. Modest and

retiring in his disposition, he inspired every one with whom he
came in contact in a manner peculiarly his own. He com
bined simplicity and manliness in an unusual degree. All his
errors leaned to " virtue's side." He was above all else an hon
est man and a sincere friend.
B.\ W.\ William C. Locherty, Representative of the Grand
Lodge of Quebec, and Past Master of Lafayette Lodge, No. 64,
died at Roseville, New Jersey, September 24, 1904.
Bro. Locheuty was an Albanian by birth, and at the age of
twenty came to this city, where he entered the railroad business
in the passenger department, serving for some time with the
Erie Railroad. His capabilities attracted the attention of the
management of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad,
whose service he entered in 1869 and continued with that com
pany as passenger agent for this city and vicinity up to the time
of his death. His sterling integrity and upright character ob
tained for him the highest respect of his business associates and
the community in which he lived.
R.\ W.\ Auod K. Dudley, Past District Deputy Grand Mas

ter of the Thirtieth Masonic District, and Past Master of Adi
rondack Lodge, No. 602, died at Burlington, Vermont, October
21, 1904.
Bro. Dudley was made a Mason in Sisco Lodge, No. 259,
and became a charter member of Adirondack Lodge, No. 602, of
which Lodge he was subsequently Master eight consecutive years.
He was a lawyer by profession and a gentleman in the truest
sense. Possessing rare legal acumen, he readily found a place in
the front rank of his profession.
He served as town clerk and supervisor of Elizabethtown
several years, and in November, 1867, was elected District At
torney of Essex County, serving three consecutive terms. In
November, 1891, he was again elected District Attorney of Essex
County, serving two consecutive terms.
Bro. Dudley was a kind neighbor and an obliging friend,
a public-spirited man, a generous benefactor to those in distress.
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He was highly esteemed and greatly respected, because of his

genuine manhood and personal character.
R.\ W.\ Horace White, Past District Deputy Grand Master
Fifteenth Masonic District, and Past Master of Eichville Lodge,
No. 633, died at Eichville, November 18, 1904.
Bro. White was the oldest and most respected member of
that Lodge. He stood high in the estimation of the community
in which he lived. He was made a Mason in Gouverneur Lodge,
No. 217, sixty of whose members attended his obsequies. The
Masonic service at the grave was conducted by R.\ W.\ J. Hun-
gerford Smith, Commissioner of Appeals, his life-long friend.
It i» said of him, " Few of his age had so many friends
among the young people. His life was not only long but very
happy. He found his happiness in doing good to others. His
home was the center of a beautiful hospitality, which no one who
shared it can ever forget. His generosity knew no bounds to a
Brother in need. His character was beautiful. He never al
lowed an unkind word to pass his lips and all who knew him
were his friends. Unselfishness was a part of his nature and
wherever he went was sunshine and good will. His own happi
ness was found in planning the happiness of others. He loved
to hear words of praise, not words of censure. His warm and
gentle nature, his cheerfulness, generosity and devotion to duty,
endeared him to a host of friends who will long cherish his
memory."
R.\ W.\ Washington Mullin, Past Grand Sword Bearer,
and Past Master of Naval Lodge, No. 69, died at New York,
November 28, 1904.
Bro. Mullin occupied for many years an office of responsi
bility in the municipality of New York. He was a man of the
strictest integrity and possessed many sterling qualities of char
acter. He discharged his public duties with great credit and was
held in high esteem by those set over him. Those who knew him
best, loved him most. Always ready to extend a helping hand
to those in distress, he has gone to his reward, leaving the pre
cious memory of a life well spent.
R.\ W.\ Gates Curtis, Past District Deputy Grand Master

of the Fifteenth Masonic District, and Past Master of Acacian
Lodge, No. 705, died at Ogdensburg, January 13, 1905.
Bro. Curtis was born in Depeyster, October 17, 1822, and
there grew to manhood, residing all his life in that town and
Ogdensburg, except six years in Canada. He made most of the
limited opportunities for obtaining an education in his native
town, and while not a scholarly man,' became well informed
through a system of self-education, enabling him in public dis
cussions to use the English and French languages with force
and clearness. He was a skilled mechanic by intuition, could
work in wood, leather or metal like an expert, without ever hav
ing spent a day as an apprentice.
He possessed an inventive genius; among his most useful
inventions, for which he received patents, was a turbine water
wheel and plow. A man of strong convictions, he had his likes
and dislikes, many of the former and few of the latter, but in
each was firm and unyielding.
He loved his Church and gave to it his time and money un
selfishly. He was truthful, reliable, just and generous, and in
all the relations of life was a clean, wholesome man, whose life
tended to the advancing of society to a higher plane, making
the world richer and better by his labors.
R.\ W.\ Henry J. Smith, Past Grand Steward, and Past

Master of Brooklyn Lodge, No. 288, died at Brooklyn, January
24, 1905.
Bro. Smith was easily the best known Mason in the Bor
ough of Brooklyn. He was no ordinary man. He was neither
the copy nor echo of other men. He possessed individuality and
personality that were his own. He never used the gifts God gave
him for an ignoble purpose, or unrighteous cause. In every
relation of life his reputation was as good as his character, and
that character unassailable. It needed the great strong frame he
possessed to contain the big heart full of sympathy, kindness,
affection and loyalty to his friends. Stalwart physically, he was
equally stalwart in all the characteristics of true manhood.
His obsequies were held in the Aurora Grata Cathedral.

Saturday afternoon, January 28, and were attended by a large
concourse of Brethren and sympathetic friends who will long
keep green the memory of this sterling Craftsman.
R.\ W.\ John M. Milne, Past District Deputy Grand Mas
ter of the Twenty-second Masonic District, and Past Master of
Geneseo Lodge, No. 214, died at Denver, Colorado, February 3,
1905.
The Lodge of which he was a member through its Committee
pays a just and touching tribute to the memory of this good man :
" Leaving to others a fitting expression of the universal ap
preciation of his worth as a scholar, an educator and a citizen,
where his work was tried and never found wanting, we, who have
known and prized our association with him in the closer fellow
ship of our Fraternity, bear loving witness to the sterling quali
ties which he there displayed to his Brethren."
Made a Mason in this Lodge in 1884, Bro. Milne served as
its Junior Warden in 1885, Senior Warden in 1886, and as Mas
ter in 1888, and in 1889 was appointed District Deputy Grand
Master of the Twenty-second Masonic District. Both in official
station and as an individual Mason he manifested in the fullest
measure his fidelity to the principles and tenets of our order
and his zeal in promoting its welfare. Brotherly love, relief and
truth were to him not mere abstractions, but found a constant
exemplar, not only among his Brethren, but in the larger circle
of all his acquaintances; and his daily life gave evidence of
his devotion to every duty in public or private station. He wore
without reproach the badge of a Mason, and by his career brought
honor to our Lodge and the Craft; and we have faith that his
life work, which to our finite vision may seem unfinished, will
meet with the approval of the Supreme Master Workman.
K.\ W.\ John G. Bogert died at his home in New York,
February 14, 1905, in the seventy-seventh year of his age, dur
ing thirty-eight of which he had been a member of our Frater
nity.
He was raised in York Lodge, No. 197, September 16, 1867,
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and immediately took an active interest in its affairs; he served

as its Master in 1879-80 and filled the office of Trustee for
twenty-four years. On May 11, 1888, he was appointed Rep
resentative of the Grand Lodge of Virginia by M.\ W.\ Frank
R. Lawrence, which office he occupied until 1902.
His manner was quiet and unassuming, yet withal he was
energetic and zealous in the discharge of any duty required of
him, and his time and services could at all times be relied upon in
promoting the interests of the Craft or in defending it against
any effort to disparage its good name. His Masonic life was pure
and unselfish and he maintained the respect of his Brethren
until the summons came calling him hence.
R.\ W.\ William S. Thomson, Past Grand Standard Bearer
and Past Master of Park Lodge, No. 516, died at Parkhill, Feb
ruary 16, 1905.
Bro. Thomson in all the years he has been a member of the
Fraternity was most active in advancing the interest of his Lodge
and the appendant orders with which he was connected.
He was a true friend, loyal and unflinching to those who
needed his assistance. He was helpful, kind and generous to the
unfortunate. Of a bright and cheerful disposition, his presence
added pleasure to every Masonic gathering. His highest ambi
tion was to make others happy.
Many there are who will bear testimony to the noble quali
ties of head and heart that guided his actions. He was tender
and true, bright and strong.
R.\ W.\ William Delamater died at his home in New

York, February 23, 1905, in the sixty-sixth year of his age.
He was made a Mason in Alma Lodge, No. 728, in 1873 ; and
was Master in 1879. He was appointed Grand Librarian by M.\
W.\ Horace S. Taylor in 1882. When the present New York
Board of Relief was organized in 1880 he was elected Secretary,
and this office he filled with great credit until his death. His
connection with the New York Police Department gave him a
training which was invaluable in discharging his duties in dis
pensing charity to the deserving, and his active, discerning intel
lect was quick to detect the real from the unreal, the sham and
pretense from truth and honesty. His devotion to duty in the
Board of Relief is his best monument and his loving kindness
to the needy and distressed will be a lasting memory. Bno.
Delamateu was also Treasurer of the Masonic Board of Relief
of the United States and Canada.
R.\ W.\ Ludwig Philip Seeger, District Deputy Grand
Master Ninth Masonic District, died at New Brighton, March
12, 1905.
Born at Frankfort-on-the-Main, May 18, 1874, the finger of
death touched him in the very morning of his useful life. He
was no ordinary man even at thirty-one years of age, and had
accomplished more in the few short years of his manhood than
many men accomplish in the allotted span of life. He pos
sessed a charming personality, a cultured mind and a sympa
thetic heart.
The sweet little home that his talents and energy succeeded
in obtaining is home no longer to the widow and orphans. The
light and the joy of that home went out in the death of Bro.
Seeger. To them he has left a memory which, so long as they
live, will be cherished and to us be an example of an upright
Mason and a Christian gentleman.
R.\ W.\ Louis W. Duesing, Representative of the Grand
Lodge of Alabama near the Grand Lodge of New York, died
at his home in Bayonne, New Jersey, March 26, 1905.
He was made a Mason in Pioneer Lodge, No. 20, twenty-
two years ago. Subsequently he served it five years' as Master.
From the time of his initiation until the Angel of Death claimed
him he was an earnest, faithful, intelligent, consistent Crafts
man. Most kindly in disposition, hearty and cheerful in man
ner, wherever he went and whatever he did brought sunshine
and gladness to those with whom he came in contact.
Those who were permitted to call him friend, found that
friendship staunch and true and always at its best when a bur
den was to be lifted. He was indeed a generous soul and times
without number relieved the necessities of the unfortunate.
GRAND LODGE, 1905. J!)
Many, very many will long remember his kindly deeds and un
stinted generosity. His home was ideal. He was a devoted hus
band and an. indulgent father, denying nothing to those who
were nearest and dearest to him. - , . • I .ti I '
R.\ W.\ Clare M. Mersereau, Past Grand Steward, 'died
at Union, Broome County, New York, April 12, 1905.-
Although his Masonic life extended only over a period of
twelve years, his labors were so assiduous in the interests of his
brethren that he readily found an assured place in their hearts.
He was highly respected in the community in which he lived.
and was regarded as an upright man and Mason.
R\ W. \ William Girson, Past District Deputy Grand
Master of the Eighth Masonic District, died at Brooklyn, April
19, 1905.
Bro. Girson was raised in Ancient Lodge April 12, 1883,
and was successively Junior Master of Ceremonies, 1 Junior
Deacon, Junior Warden, Senior Warden and Master, serving
as Master during the years 1888 and 1889. In 1889 he
was appointed D. D. G. M. of the Eighth District, where
he served one year with honor to his district and himself.
Seldom are higher words of praise said of any Masonic irother
than those spoken, of Buo. William Girson. Honorable, in
telligent and energetic, he was a powerful factor in. leading
Ancient Lodge toward that high standing it now enjoys. While
active in Masonry, and throughout his other relations in life,
he secured and held the esteem and affection of those with whom
lie came in contact.
" Death's but a path that must be trod
If Man would ever pass to God."
R.\ W.\ Jacor Eidt, Past Grand Sword Bearer, and Past
Master of Zschokke Lodge, No. 202, died at New York, April 23,
1904.
The German or Ninth District has indeed been heavily bereft
in the recent past. First, that genial, lovable man Louis
Seeger, passed to his reward, and then the sturdy, whole-souled
Jacor Eidt followed to the other shore. No man was more

intimately associated with the rise and progress of the erection
of the German Masonic Temple and the establishment of the
Home at Tappan than Jacor Eidt. His name was a house
hold- word in the German. Masonic District. His benefactions
reached every hand and his kindness to many of the unfortunate
brethren whose pathway in life was impeded is remembered with
the liveliest sense of gratitude and respect.
There is a vacant chair at the annual gathering in the
Temple at Fifteenth Street, which only the genial, lovable
Jacor Eidt could fill.
R.\ W.\ Edwin B. Simonds, Past District Deputy Grand
Master of the Thirty-seventh Masonic District, died at Medina,
April 26, 1905.
Bro. Slmonds occupied various places in the Masonic Frater
nity, filling' all with great credit to himself and to his brethren.
He was County Judge at the time of his death, and previous
thereto 'hud1 'been District Attorney of the County. He pos
sessed a charming personality and was a man of marked ability.
No man in the locality where he lived will be more greatly
missed than R.\ W.\ Edwin B. Simonds.
Necrology.
R.\ W.\ Adolphus Schermann, Deputy Grand Master of
Hungary, died at Budapest, April 27, 1904.
R.\ W.\ Samuel S. Stafford, Past District Deputy Grand
Master, Twenty-eighth Masonic District, died at
Oxford, May 4, 1904.
M.\ W.\ William F. Bynum, Past Grand Master of Florida,
died at Live Oak, May 9, 1904.
M.\ W.\ Joseph D. McLeverty, Past Grand Master of Kan
sas, died at St. Louis, Missouri, May 31, 1904.
M.\ W.\ William H. H. Flick, Past Grand Master of West
Virginia, died at Martinsburg, June 7, 1904.
R.\ W.\ Charles C. Warner, Past Deputy Grand Master of

Arizona, died at Bisbee, June 13, 1904.
R.\ W.\ George F. Cooper, Deputy Grand Master of Colo
rado, died at New York, June 20, 1904.
M.\ W.\ J. Soule Smith, Past Grand Master of Kentucky,
died at Lexington, June 25, 1904.
R.\ W.\ William Henry White, Past Grand Sword Bearer,

died at New York, July 3, 1904.
E.\ W.\ Charles A. Fisher, Senior Grand Warden of South
Dakota, died at Aberdeen, July 9, 1904.
R.\ W.\ George W. White, Past Grand Treasurer, died at
New York, July 10, 1904.
R.\ W.\ Charles M. Swain, Junior Grand Warden of Penn

sylvania, died at Bluff Point, New York, July 23,
1904.
R.\ W.\ Peter M. W. Verhoeven, Former Representative of
the Grand Lodge of Prince Edward Island, died at
New York, August 1, 1904.
M.\ W.\ James R. Weston, Past Grand Master and Represen

tative of the Grand Lodge of New York, died at
Townsend, Montana, August 13, 1904.
M.\ W.\ Trenmor Coffin, Past Grand Master of Nevada, died
at Carson City, August 26, 1904.
M.\ W.\ James H. Hathaway, Past Grand Master of Mon
tana, died at Helena, August 29, 1904.
M.\ W.\ James H. Mills, Past Grand Master of Montana,

died at Deer Lodge, September 5, 1904.
M.\ W.\ Alrert W. Coe, Past Grand Master of South Dakota,

died at Deadwood, September 5, 1904.
K.\ W.\ Rorert Bonynge, Representative of the Grand Lodge

of Nevada, died at New York, September 7, 1904.
M.\ W.\ Bela de Katona, Past Deputy Grand Master and

Honorary Grand Master Grand Lodge of Hungary,
died at Budapest, September 20, 1904.
It.'. W.\ William C. Locherty, Representative of the Grand
Lodge of Quebec, died at Roseville, New Jersey,
September 24, 1904.
M.\ W.\ Karl von Roese, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge
of the Three Globes and Representative of the
Grand Lodge of New York, died at Berlin, Sep
tember 28, 1904.
R.\ W.\ George E. Wagner, Past Grand Master of Pennsyl
vania, died at Philadelphia, September 30, 1904.
M.\. WV. John D. Vincil, Past Grand Master and Grand Sec
retary of Missouri, died at St. Louis, October 12,
1904.
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M.\ W.\ Marquis F. King, Representative of the Grand Lodge
of New York near the Grand Lodge of Maine, died
at Portland, October 21, 1904.
R.\ W.\ Arod K. Dudley, Past District Deputy Grand Master,
Thirtieth Masonic District, died at Burlington,
Vermont, October 21, 1904.
M.\ W.\ Ozra Meacham, Past Grand Master of Vermont, died
at Brandon, October 23, 1904.
R.\ W.\ William H. Howard, Senior Grand Warden of the
Grand Lodge of Mississippi, died at Meridian, Octo
ber 28, 1904.
R.\ W.\ Horace White, Past District Deputy Grand Master,
Fifteenth Masonic District, died at Richville, No
vember 18, 1904.
GRAND LODGE, 1905.
R.\ W.\ Washington Mullin, Past Grand Sword Bearer, died

at New York, November 28, 1904.
M.\ W.\ John N. McClanahan, Past Grand Master of Iowa,

died at Corydon, November 30, 1904.
M.\ W.\ Jacor A. Kiester, Past Grand Master of Minnesota,

died at Blue Earth, December 13, 1904.
M.\ W.\ George B. Van Saun, Past Grand Master of Iowa,

died at Cedar Falls, December 19, 1904.
M.\ W.\ George L. Shoup, Past Grand Master of Idaho, died

at Boise City, December 21, 1904.
M.\ W.\ Oliver Lirry, Past Grand Master of Wisconsin, died
at Portland, Maine, December 26, 1904.
M.\ W.\ Horace H. Burrank, Past Grand Master of Maine,
died at Saco, January 8, 1905.
M.\ W.\ James D. Landrum, Past Grand Master of Kentucky,
died at Maylield, January 9, 1905.
Pi.\ W.\ HENnY J. Smith, Past Grand Steward, died at Brook
lyn, January 24, 1905.
P.\ W.\ Gates Curtis, Past District Deputy Grand Master,
Fifteenth Masonic District, died at Ogdensburg,
January 13, 1905.
P.\ W.\ E. T. Sellers. Deputy Grand Master of Texas, died
at Minden, January 26, 1905.
M.\ W.\ James E. Tillinghast. Grand Master of Rhode Isl
and, died at Providence, January 30, 1905.
M.\ W.\ Samuel Manning Todd, Past Grand Master of Louis
iana and Representative of the Grand Lodge of New
York near the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, died at
New Orleans, February 1, 1905.
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K.\ W.\ John M. Milne, Past District Deputy Grand Master,

Twenty-second Masonic District, died at Denver,
Colorado, February 3, 1905.
W.\ Theodore Wygant, Past Grand Treasurer of Oregon,

died at Portland, February 9, 1905.
R. \ W.\ John G. Bogert, former Eepresentative of Virginia,

died at New York, February 14, 1905.
M.\ W.\ William S. Whitehead, Past Grand Master of New-
Jersey and Representative of the Grand Lodge of
New York near the Grand Lodge of New Jersey,
died at Newark, New Jersey, February 14, 1905.
R.\ W.\ William S. Thomson, Past Grand Standard Bearer,

died at Parkhill, February 16, 1905.
R.\ W.\ William Delamater, Past Grand Librarian, died at

New York, February 23, 1905.
M.\ W.\ Marcel Neuschlosz, Past Grand Master of Hungary,
died at Budapest, March 8, 1905.
R.\ W.\ Ludwig Philip Seeger, District Deputy Grand Mas

ter, Ninth Masonic District, died at New Brighton,
March 12, 1905.
R.\ W.\ Louis W. Duesing, Representative of the Grand Lodge

of Alabama, died at Bayonne, New Jersey, March
26, 1905.
R.\ W.\ Clair M. Mersereau, Past Grand Steward, died at

Union, April 12, 1905.
M. -. W. \ Almon R. Dewey, Past Grand Master of Iowa, died
at Washington, April 15, 1905.
R.". W.\ William Girson, Past District Deputy Grand Master,
Eighth Masonic District, died at Brooklyn, April
19, 1905.
R.\ W.\ Jacor Eidt, Past Grand Sword Bearer, died at New
York, April 23, 1905.
R.\ W.\ Edwin B. Simonds, Past District Deputy Grand
Master, Thirty-seventh Masonic District, died
at Medina, April 26, 1905.
Dispensations.
1904.
May 26, To R.\ W.\ Arthur D. Manning, District Deputy
Grand Master Forty-first Masonic District, to con
stitute Mt. Arab Lodge, No. 847, and install its
officers, May 31, 1904.
June 1, To various Brethren to establish a Lodge in the
City of New York.
June 3, To M.\ W.\ William A. Sutherland, Past Grand
Master, to dedicate the new Masonic Hall of Social
Lodge, No. 713, June 23, 1904.
June 8, To R.\ W.\ Charles Smith, Junior Grand Warden,
to constitute Gansevoort Lodge, No. 845, and in
stall its officers, June 16, 1904.
June 14, To R.\ W.\ Townsend Scudder, Deputy Grand Mas
ter, to constitute Radium Lodge, No. 844, and in
stall its officers, June 30, 1904.
June 23, To R.\ W.\ Charles Smith, Junior Grand Warden,
to dedicate the new Masonic Hall of Rising Sun
Lodge, No. 234, June 23, 1904.
June 28, To W.\ Frank P. Magee, Master of Phoenix Lodge,
No. 115, to lay the corner-stone of the Parish House
of St. Peter's Parish, at Dansville, June 29, 1904.
June 30, To R.\ W.\ Arthur D. Manning, District Deputy
Crand Master Forty-first Masonic District, to lay
the corner-stone of the new Masonic Hall of White-
face Mountain Lodge, No. 789, July 9, 1904.
July 2, To various Brethren to establish a Lodge at Old Forge.

Aug. 1, To Guiding Star Lodge, No. 565, to continue work
in such secure place as may be obtained pending
the completion of new Lodge rooms.
Aug. 19, To E.\ W.\ Daniel A. Bissell, Past District Deputy
Grand Master Nineteenth Masonic District, to lay
the corner-stone of the new armory of Company G,
2d Regiment (19th Separate Company), N. G.,
N. Y., at Gloversville, August 27, 1904.
Aug. 19, To R.\ W.\ William L. Swan, Past District Deputy
Grand Master First Masonic District, to lay the
corner-stone of the new hall of Jephtha Lodge, No.
494, August 25, 1904.
Sept. 9, To R.\ W.\ Clinton D. Parkhill, District Deputy
Grand Master Fourteenth Masonic District, to lay
the corner-stone of the school building at Red Hook,
September 15, 1904.
Sept. 17, To R.\ W.\ Charles Smith, Junior Grand Warden,
to lay the corner-stone of the new armory of the 3d
Separate Company (Co. G, 1st Regiment) N. G..
N. Y., at Oneonta, October 1, 1904.
Sept. 23, To various Brethren to establish a Lodge at Ravcna.
Sept. 26, To Garoga Lodge, No. 300, to elect and install its
officers.
Sept. 26, To R.\ W.\ John Laurenheimer, Grand Lecturer,
to dedicate the new hall of Bangor Lodge, No. 556,
October 21, 1904.
Oct. 15, To R.\ W.\ Charles Smith, Junior Grand Warden,
to dedicate the new rooms of Butternuts Lodge, No.
515, November 3, 1904.
Dec. 2, To M.\ W.\ William A. Sutherland, Past Grand
t Master, to dedicate the new Masonic Hall of Pen-
field Union Lodge. No. 154, December 27, 1904.
Dec. 7, To various Brethren to establish a Lodge at Brocton.

Dec. 19, To various Brethren to establish a Lodge in the Bor
ough of Brooklyn.
Dec. 27, To Canaseraga Lodge, No. 781, to continue work in
such secure place as may be obtained.
Dec. 29, To Lexington Lodge, No. 310, to elect and install
officers.
1905.
Jan. 3, To Niagara Lodge, No. 375, to install officers.
Jan. 3, To Jerusalem Lodge, No. 355, to install officers.
Jan. 3, To R.\ W.\ Henry Schaefer, District Deputy Grand
Master Thirty-eighth Masonic District, to lay the
corner-stone of the new temple of Highland Lodge,
No. 835, on January 5, 1905.
Jan. 3, To Hopewell Lodge, No. 596, to elect and install offi
cers.
Jan. 4, To Callimachus Lodge, No. 369, to install officers.
Jan. 5, To Genesee Falls Lodge, No. 507, to install officers.
Jan. 6, To Randolph Lodge, No. 359, to install officers.
Jan. 6, To James Ten Eyck Lodge, No. S31, to elect Junior
Warden.
Jan. 7, To Binghamton Lodge, No. 177, to install officers.
Jan. 10, To Gramercy Lodge, No. 537, to install officers.
Jan. 12, To Northfield Lodge, No. 426, to install the Master.
Jan. 12, To Champlain Lodge, No. 237, to install Junior
Warden.
Jan. 13, To Faxton Lodge, No. 697, to install officers.
Jan. 16, To Union Lodge, No. 45, to elect and install officers.
Jan. 19, To Maple Grove Lodge, No. 761, to install the Master.
Jan. 21, To Gratitude Lodge, No. 674, to install officers.
Jan. 23, To Mazzini Lodge, No. 824, to install officers.

Jan. 26, To R.\ W.\ Charles Smith, Junior Grand Warden,
to dedicate the new rooms of Evergreen Lodge, No.
363, February 10, 1905.
Jan. 30, To Berean Lodge, No. 811, to continue work in such

secure place as may be obtained, Lodge room and
charter having been destroyed by fire.
March 24, To Social Friendship Lodge, No. 741, to continue

work in such secure place as may be obtained pend
ing the rebuilding of Lodge room destroyed by fire.
Appointments.
1904.
Aug. 17, B.\ W.\ Frederick E. Young, Representative near
the Grand Lodge of Valle de Mexico.
Oct. 4, M.\ W.\ Lew L. Callaway, Representative near the
Grand Lodge of Montana.
Oct. 21, R.\ W.\ George Wilhelm Koch, Representative near

the Grand Lodge Zur Eintracht.
Oct. 25, R.\ W.\ William S. Farmer, District Deputy Grand
Master Twenty-seventh Masonic District.
Dec. 6, R.\ W.\ Rudolf Dahms, Representative near the

Grand Lodge of the Three Globes.
Dec. 20, W.\ Thomas F. Handy, member of the Committee
on Antiquities.
1905.
Feb. 23, R.\ W.\ Oskar Lehmann, Representative near the
Grand Lodge of Saxony.
March 10, M.\ W.\ George W. Fortmeyer, Past Grand Master,

Representative of the Grand Lodge of New York
near the Grand Lodge of New Jersey.
March 17, R.\ W.\ A. G. Brice, Representative of the Grand
Lodge of New York near the Grand Lodge of
Louisiana.
March 21, R.*. W.\ John J. Hurschmitt, District Deputy
Grand Master of the Ninth Masonic District.
April 5, M.\ W.\ Henry R. Taylor, Past Grand Master,
Representative of the Grand Lodge of New York
near the Grand Lodge of Maine.
Accredited.
1904.
May 7, R.\ W.\ Charles E. Brettell, Representative of
the Grand Lodge of Colorado.
June 11, R.\ W.\ Thomas A. Lewis, Representative of the
Grand Lodge of New South Wales.
June 11, R.\ W.\ William H. Mayer, Representative of the
Grand Lodge of Illinois.
Aug. 17, R.\ W.\ Milo W. Waldorf, Representative of the
Grand Lodge of Valle de Mexico.
Sept. 12, R.\ W.\ Rudolph Holde, Representative of the
Grand Lodge of Norway.
Oct. 17, R.\ W.\ William H. Tintle, Representative of the
Grand Lodge of Nevada.
1905.
March 8, R.\ W.\ Morris Mackenzie, Representative of the
Grand Lodge of Quebec.
April 5, R.\ W.\ George H. Woolley, Representative of the
Grand Lodge of Alabama.
Ceremonies.
1904.
May 30, M.\ W.\ Frank H. Rorinson, Grand Master, as
sisted by R.\ W.\ J. Hungerford Smith as Dep
uty Grand Master; B.'. W.-. S. Nelson Sawyer.
Senior Grand Warden; R.\ W.'. Charles Smith,
Junior Grand Warden; R.\ W.'. John R. Gard
ner, Grand Treasurer; M.\ W.\ Edward M. L.
Ehlers, Grand Secretary; R.\ W.\ William S.
Carter, Grand Chaplain; R. W. William H.
Prangen as Grand Marshal; R.\ W.\ Frank L.
Sirley, E.\ W.'. R. Kenneth Bickford, Grand
Stewards; R.\ W.\ Walden M. Ward, Grand Di
rector of Ceremonies; R.\ W.\ James B. Snell-
grove, Junior Grand Deacon; W.\ Andrew Fer
guson, Grand Tiler; R.\ W.\ Milton W. Davi
son, R.\ W.\ George F. Thompson, R.\ W.\
Elias Haffa, District Deputy Grand Masters;
W.\ Thomas Penney, Commissioner of Appeals:
R.\ W.\ John C. Thompson, Committee Hall and
Asylum Fund; W.\ J. William Prouse, Custo
dian of the Work; M.\ W.\ Christopher G. Fox.
Past Grand Master; R.\ W.\ Joel H. Prescott,
Representative Grand Lodge of Michigan ; R.\
W.\ Henry W. Root, Representative Grand Lodge
of Costa Rica; R.\ W.\ Henry Schaefer, Past
Grand Sword Bearer ; R.\ W.\ John G. Wallen-
meier, Past Grand Steward ; W.\ William H.
Ellis, W.\ J. W. Ware, Assistant Grand Lectur
ers; R.\ W.\ W. S. Biselay, R.\ W.\ Joseph
Foavler. Past District DeputyGrand Masters ; W.\
John F. Taylor, Master Niagara River Lodge.
No. 785; W.\ Thomas J. Lynch, Past Master
Lodge of Antiquity. No. 11 ; W.\ A. F. Premus,
Master Tonawanda Lodge, No. 247 ; W.\ Martin
H. Blecher, Master Harmonie Lodge, No. 699;
W.\ George Schlenker, Master Concordia Lodge,

No. 143; W.\ Morris Benson, Master Lodge of
Ancient Landmarks, Nc. 441; W.\ Charles T.
Borerts, Master Evans Lodge, No. 261; W.\ C.
E. Bushnell, Past Master Erie Lodge, No. 161;
W.\ H. W. Zipp, Past Master Harraonie Lodge,
No. 699 ; W.\ W. D. Rosa, Master Erie Lodge, No.
161; W.\ E. D. Peters, Master De Molay Lodge,
No. 498; W.\ Wallace C. Hill, W.\ Henry
Cutting, Past Masters Occidental Lodge, No. 766 ;
W.\ Rorert H. Murray, Master Occidental Lodge,
No. 766 ; W.\ Charles R. Riselay, Master High
land Lodge, No. 835; W.\ Christian Fi.ierl,
Master Modestia Lodge, No. 340, and W.\ Fred-
erick W. Kendall, Master Hiram Lodge, No.
105, constituted Buffalo Lodge, No. 846, and in
stalled its officers.
June 11, M.\ W.\ Frank H. Rorinson, Grand Master, as

sisted by W.\ Hudson Ansley as Deputy Grand
Master ; W.\ Edward F. Norton as Senior Grand
Warden; W.\ William H. Hazard as Junior
Grand Warden; W.\ Gilrert M. Hevenor as
Grand Treasurer; W.\ William C. Hirchert as
Grand Secretary; Rev. Bro. William R. Wood-
rridge, Rev. Bro. George W. Strutt, Eev. Bro.
Morton F. Trippe as Grand Chaplains; E.\ W.\
William H. Prangen, Grand Marshal; Bro.
Charles Swanson as Grand Sword Bearer; W.\
William H. Armstrong, W.\ Ashton M. Parks
as Grand Sword Bearers; W.\ William B. John
ston, W.\ George Dietter, W.\ J. Lortng Mer-
ritt, W.\ George H. Brands as Grand Stewards ;
W.\ Michael T. Ryan, Bro. J. Asher Covert,
W.\ B. F. McMillan as Grand Directors of Cere
monies; R.\ W.\ Thomas A. Heller, Grand
Architect ; Charles B. Scudder as Senior Grand
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Deacon ; L. C. Anthony as Junior Grand Deacon ;

W.\ J. E. Doolittle, as Grand Lecturer; Wal
lace W. Gorsline as Grand Librarian; W.\ John
H. Bird as Grand Pursuivant, and W.\ Andrew
Ferguson, Grand Tiler, laid the corner-stone of
the Masonic Hall at Salamanca.
June 24, M.\ W.\ Frank H. Borinson, Grand Master, ac

companied by R.\ W.\ Townsend Scudder, Dep
uty Grand Master; R.\ W.\ Charles Smith,
Junior Grand Warden; R.\ W.'. John R. Gard
ner, Grand Treasurer; M.\ W.\ Edward M. L.
Ehlers, Grand Secretary; R.\ W.\ William H.
Prangen, Grand Marshal; R.\ W.\ Harry P.
Knowles, Grand Sword Bearer; R.\ W.\ Fred
rick J. Milligan, W.\ Duane M. Cone, W.\
John B. Virrard as Grand Sword Bearers; W.\
George T. Davis, W.\ Andrew McCarthy, W.\
Clarence Stetson, W.\ Carl Otto, W.\ Farn-
ham M. Gregory as Grand Stewards; R.\ W.\
William J. Hutcheon, R.\ W.\ J. Henry Buwe,
R.\ W.\ Charles M. Wickwire, Grand Directors
of Ceremonies; W.\ Fred E. Payne, W.\ James
T. Davis, W.\ J. F. Listman as Grand Directors
of Ceremonies; R.\ W.'. Amos H. Stephen's,
Senior Grand Deacon; R.\ W.\ Charles Lar-
rowe, Junior Grand Deacon; R.\ W.\ John
Laurenheimer, Grand Lecturer ; R.\ W.\ Edwin
A. Quick, Grand Historian; R.\ W.". John A.
Williams, Grand Pursuivant; W.\ Andrew Fer
guson, Grand Tiler; R.\ W.\ Bougier Thorne,
R.\ W.'. Eufds L. Scott, Jr., R.\ W.'. Herman J.
Katz, R.\ W.\ William J. Wiley, R.\ W.\ Jas
per D. Fitch, R.\ W.\ Bert D. Severance, R.\
W.'. Frank B. Foote, R.\ W.\ Alfred J. Brom
ley, R.\ W.\ George B. Adams, R.\ W.\ Henry
Schaefer, District Deputy Grand Masters; R.\
W.\ Edwin Buchman, Past District Deputy

Grand Master; B.\ W.\ Jekrik T. Ddrham, Com
missioner of Appeals; R.\ W.\ Dow Beekman,
R.'. W.\ Henry B. Peusee, R.\ W.\ Edwin H.
Hammer, R.\ W.\ Frank E. Haff, R.\ W.\
James H. Rollins, Trustees Masonic Hall and
Asylum Fund; R.\ W.\ Frederic C. Wagner,
R.\ W.\ Clayton S. Scott, R.\ W.\ John Werr,
Jr., R.\ W.\ James K. Stockwell, R.\ W.\
Henry Lippman, R.\ W.\ Borert Jddson Ken-
worthy, R.\ W.\ Herrert E. Bugden, R.\ W.\
Marcus C. Allen, Standing Committee on Hall
and Asylum Fund; M.\ W.\ John W. Vrooman,
Past Grand Master; R.\ W.\ William J. Van
Pelt, Representative Grand Lodge of New Hamp
shire, R.\ W.\ William H. Mayer, Representative
Grand Lodge of Illinois, and R.\ W.\ Elias
Haffa, Past District Deputy Grand Master, in
spected the home at Utica.
June 25, M.\ W.\ Frank H. Rorinson, Grand Master, as

sisted by R.\ W.\ Harry P. Knowles as Deputy
Grand Master; R.\ W.\ Dow Beekman as Senior
Grand Warden; R.\ W.\ Charles Smith, Junior
Grand Warden ; R.\ W.\ Oscar F. Lane as Grand
Treasurer; M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers,
Grand Secretary; Bro. E. A. D. Briggs as Grand
Chaplain; R.\ W.\ William H. Prangen, Grand
Marshal; W.'. Edward M. Fethers as Grand
Standard Bearer; R.\ W.\ George D. Chamrer
lain as Grand Sword Bearer; R.\ W.\ John H.
Smith, R.'. W.\ John L. Snow, W.\ Frank
Gates, W.\ H. J. Hurlbut as Grand Stewards;
W.\ L C. Chapman, W.\ C. D. Werster, W.\
George B. Fellows, W.\ George D. Raitt as
Grand Directors of Ceremonies ; R.\ W.'. John A.
Williams, Grand Pursuivant; W.\ Andrew Fer
guson, Grand Tiler; R.\ W.\ William J. Wiley,

R.\ W.\ Nathaniel P. Willis, R.\ W.\ Harry
C. Walker, District Deputy Grand Masters; R.\
W.\ Walter M. Hand, Commissioner of Appeals,
and R.". W.\ Elrridge L. Hitt, Past District
Deputy Grand Master, laid the corner-stone of
the new hall of Freedom Lodge, No. 324.
July 23, M.'. W.\ Frank H. Robinson, Grand Master, as

sisted by R.\ W.\ Thomas Penney as Deputy
Grand Master ; M.\ W.\ John Stewart as Senior
Grand Warden; R.\ W.\ Morris Benson as
Junior Grand Warden; R.\ W.\ John R. Gard
ner, Grand Treasurer; R.\ W.\ Elias Haffa as
Grand Secretary; R.\ W.\ Charles H. Fowler,
R.\ W.\ James W. Ashton as Grand Chaplains;
R.\ W.\ William H. Prangen, Grand Marshal;
R.\ W.\ Edward G. Chapman, Grand Sword
Bearer; R.\ W.\ Philip Joyce, R.\ W.\ Jack
son H. Becker, Grand Stewards; R.\ W.\ George
E. Briggs, W.\ William Schmh)T as Grand Stew
ards; R.\ W.\ Henry Schaefer as Senior Grand
Deacon; R.\ W.\ Charles Larrowe, Junior
Grand Deacon; R.\ W.\ John A. Williams as
Grand Tiler; R.\ W.\ William J. Hockey, Dis
trict Deputy Grand Master; R.\ W.\ Clayton S.
Scott, R.\ W.\ John C. Thompson, Committee
Hall and Asylum Fund; R.\ W.\ Joel H. Pres-
cott, Representative Grand Lodge of Michigan;
R.\ W.\ Myron 0. Denny, Past District Deputy
Grand Master; R.\ W.\ William C. Wilkinson,
Past Registrar Grand Lodge of Canada; W.\
George Wadsworth, W.\ Rorert F. Sherman,
Past Masters Lodge of the Ancient Landmarks,
No. 441, and Bro. Rorert A. Wallace, Grand
Architect, laid the corner-stone of the new hall
of the Lodge of the Ancient Landmarks, No. 441.
M.\ W.\ Frank H. Korinson, Grand Master, as

sisted by R.\ W.\ J. Stewart Wilson as Deputy
Grand Master; R.\ W.\ Francis D. Haines as
Senior Grand Warden; R.\ W.\ Harry P.
Knowles. as Junior Grand Warden; R.\ W.\
John R. Gardner, Grand Treasurer; M.\ W.\
Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary ; R.\ W.\
Oren Root, R.\ W.\ Joseph Silverman, Grand
Chaplains; R.\ W.\ Amos H. Stephens as Grand
Marshal; R.\ W.\ Jackson H. Becker, R.\ W.\
Charles E. Dayton, R.\ W.\ John Spannhake,
Grand Stewards; R.\ W.\ George Loesch, R.\
W.\ J. Henry Ruwe, R.\ W.\ William J.
Hutcheon, Grand Directors of Ceremonies; R.\
W.\ Edwin A. Quick, Grand Historian ; R.\ W.\
John A. Williams, Grand Pursuivant; W.\ An
drew Ferguson, Grand Tiler; R.\ W.\ Henry
L. Redfield, R.\ W.\ Almet R. Latson, R.\ W.\
Thomas Balmford, R.\ W.\ Herman J. Katz,
R.\ W.\ William J. Wiley, R.\ W.\ Ludwig
Seeger, R.\ W.\ Manuel Muina, R.\ W.\
George E. Briggs, District Deputy Grand Mas
ters; R.\ W.\ Joseph J. Little, Commissioner of
Appeals; R.\ W.\ Henry B. Pruser, Trustee of
the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund; R.\ W.\
Frederic C. Wagner, Committee on Hall and
Asylum Fund; R.\ W.\ August Eickelberg,
Custodian of the Work; R.\ W.\ William H.
Mayer, Representative Grand Lodge of Illinois;
W.\ William Schroeder, W.\ Bernard Lipp-
man, W.\ William J. Allen, Committee on
Antiquities; W.\ John E. Sparrow, Committee
on Accounts; M.\ W.\ John Stewart, M.\ W.\
William Sherer, Past Grand Masters; R.\ W.\
Theodore A. Taylor, R.\ W.\ George Hayes,
R.\ W.\ William J. McDonald, Past Grand
Treasurers; R.\ W.\ Rorert D. Williams, R.\
W.\ William Klingenstein, R.\ W.-. Samuel J.

• ,.. ' . McDonald, R.\ W.\ William E. Wilkinson, R.\
; , W.'. Richard Shepard, Jr., R.'. W.\ Allan Wil
liams and R.\ W.\ J. Leonard Starruck, Past
District Deputy Grand Masters, laid the corner
stone of the new hall of Guiding Star Lodge, No.
565.
Nov. 22, M.\ W.\ Frank H. Borinson, Grand Master, as

sisted by R.". W.\ Milton W. Davison as Deputy
. \, Grand Master ; R.\ W.\ Philip M. Nast. Jr., as
Senior Grand Warden; W.\ John Shelley as
/ i. Junior Grand Warden; W.\ 0. E. Langworthy
as Grand Treasurer; W.\ 0. W. Pratt as Grand
Secretary; R.'. W.\ A. Cameron Mackenzie,
Grand Chaplain ; Rev. E. S. Hoffman, Eet. E. M.
Deems, Rev. J. Chapman Jones as Grand Chap
lains; R.\ W.\ William H. Prangen, Grand
Marshal; W.\ C. Elmer Smith as Grand Stand
ard Bearer; W.\ H. E. Buck, W.\ T. S. Borler,
W.\ W. B. Alden, W.\ J. A. Wirt as Grand
Sword Bearers; W.\ Don L. Sharp, W.\ 0. E.
Elwell, W.\ W. H. Van Ddsen, W.\ G. W.
Brown, W.\ George Grosvenor, W.\ E. S.
Brown as Grand Stewards; W.\ Philo Wal-
rridge, W.\ N. S. Fay, W.\ L. W. Rockwell,
W.\ W. S. Charles, W.\ Henry Bartlett as
Grand Directors of Ceremonies ; R.\ W.\ Charles
Larrowe, Junior Grand Deacon; W.\ W. H.
Sims, Grand Architect, and R.\ W.\ Samuel
Erlich, Past District Deputy Grand Master, laid
the corner-stone of the new Masonic Temple at
Hornellsville.
1905.
Feb. ?2, M.\ W.\ Frank H. Rorinson, Grand Master, as
sisted by R.\ W.\ Elias Haffa as Deputy Grand
Master; W.\ George H. Woolley as Senior
Grand Warden; W.\ William H. Ellis as Junior

Grand Warden; R.\ W.\ Myron 0. Denny as
Grand Treasurer; R.\ W.\ Charles F. Sturm
as Grand Secretary; R.\ W.\ Henry W. Root as
Grand Chaplain; R.\ W.\ William H. Prangen,
Grand Marshal; R.\ W.\ Philip Joyce, Grand
Steward ; R.\ W.\ John G. Wallenmeier, Jr.,
W.\ Charles J. Vogh, W.\ Bert P. Hoyer, W.\
William J. Gunnell, W.\ Frederick W. Ken
dall as Grand Stewards; R.\ W.\ James B.
Snellgrove as Senior Grand Deacon; W.\ Mar
tin H. Blecher as Junior Grand Deacon; R.\
W.\ Walden M. Ward as Grand Lecturer; W.\
Ira W. Smith as Grand Librarian; Bro. Frank
W. Briggs as Grand Historian ; R.\ W.\ John A.
Williams, Grand Pursuivant; R.\ W.\ William
J. Hockey and R.\ W.\ Henry Schaever, Dis
trict Deputy Grand Masters, dedicated the. new
hall of Alden Lodge, No. 594. ' " •i ^ "..:.•»
Foreign Relations.
The utmost harmony exists between the Grand Lodge of
New York and all the Grand Lodges of the world recognized as
Sovereign Grand Bodies of Ancient Craft Masonry. Our rela
tion with these has been of the most pleasurable character. Ex
ceeding courtesy and fraternal regard have marked all our
intercourse, and every transaction of whatever nature has been
conducted with perfect kindness and affability and in the true
spirit of our common Brotherhood.
• '. • :• I is Vi
The General Masonic Relief Association of the
United States and Canada. , , •
This Association, to which the Grand Lodge of New York is

a subscriber, has added a new feature to the work in which it is
engaged. Heretofore by its warning circulars it has advised all
the constituent Lodges of the Grand Lodges which are sub

scribers to it, of persons applying at the doors of Lodges for
assistance, who were unworthy of Masonic aid and sympathy.
More than three thousand five hundred unworthy persons have
been hunted down by this Association, and their imposition upon
the credulity of our Brethren has been brought to an end.
The Association in a recent circular published the names of
all fraudulent Lodges known to exist in the United States, there
by making it impossible for the members of these fraudulent
Lodges to receive Fraternal recognition by any Masons in regular
Lodges, to which the monthly circular of the General Masonic
Belief Association is mailed. It is to be regretted that all the
Grand Lodges of the Western Hemisphere are not subscribers to
this most laudable enterprise. With every Grand Lodge in
America a subscriber to the General Masonic Eelief Association,
the warning circulars of that Association would reach all regular
Lodges and render it absolutely impossible for spurious so-called
Lodges to exist, and prevent unworthy persons from preying
upon the benevolence of the Craft.
New Lodges.
During the year five dispensations have been issued for the
establishment of new Lodges. In each instance the closest scru
tiny has been made with reference to the necessity for the estab
lishment of these Lodges, and it appearing that such necessity
existed, and that the best interests of the Craft would be con
served, I cheerfully granted the prayer of the petitioners in each
instance and gladly issued dispensations to them.
The dispensations thus issued provide for the establishment
of a Lodge in the Borough of New York, at Old Forge, at
Ravena, at Brocton and in the Borough of Brooklyn. All have
fully complied with the requirements of the Constitution, and I
recommend that the prayer of each for a charter be granted.
Constitution.
At the last session of the Grand Lodge a proposition was
presented to amend Sec. 42 of the Book of Constitutions by add
ing after the word " Lodges " in the second line, the words " or
Brethren," so that when amended that section shall read:
" Sec. 42. The use of any written or printed, or written
and printed, ritual of Work and Lectures by the Lodges or
Brethren of this jurisdiction is absolutely prohibited."
The construction placed upon this section by very many is
that it is prohibitory only so far as Lodges are concerned, and,
therefore, in order that there may be no confusion as to the
spirit and intention of the law with reference to the use of any
printed or written, or printed and written ritual of Work and
Lectures, the amendment seems necessary.
The Grand Lodge for some unaccountable reason failed to
consider the proposition to amend then made, and I therefore
again submit it for the consideration of the Grand Body.
March 25, 1905, the requisite number of Lodges having certi
fied to me that the amendment to Section 43 of the Book of
Constitutions had been adopted by them, I issued an edict pro
mulgating the result and declaring that the amendment had in
all respects been adopted and become a part of the Book of Con
stitutions of the Grand Lodge from and after that date. Since
then a number of Lodges have filed their certificates of affirma
tive action, making the total number that voted in favor of the
amendment 618, with a considerable number of Lodges that have
failed to file any certificates in the matter whatever.
Questions and Decisions.
While I have received very many requests for decisions upon

questions of Masonic law, I have not been called upon to make
any decision with reference to the construction or interpretation
of our Book of Constitutions. All the opinions written were
but a plain recital of the law by which we are governed, and
could have been as readily understood by my correspondents, if

they had taken the time to read that law without further inquiry,
thereby materially reducing a voluminous correspondence.
My attention has been called to the difference of opinion with
reference to blank ballots at an annual election for the officers
of a Lodge. In some localities blank ballots are not counted
in the whole number of ballots cast To the end that there may
be no further misunderstanding in this matter, I desire to call
the attention of the Masters of the several Lodges here repre
sented, that a Brother to be legally elected must have a majority
of all the ballots cast, notwithstanding the fact that some of the
ballots so cast may be blanks.
Perpetual Jurisdiction.
The doctrine of perpetual jurisdiction proclaimed by a few
Grand Lodges in the United States is an innovation of the not
remote past. From time immemorial, until this idea was evolved,
a Lodge was at liberty to receive the petition of any worthy
qualified person, even though that person had theretofore been
rejected in another Lodge.
In our own State we have limited penal jurisdiction to twelve
months, and yet, by a decision affirmed by the Grand Lodge, we
require that a person rejected while a resident of another Grand
Lodge jurisdiction and now a resident here, shall comply with
the laws of the jurisdiction in which he was rejected before his
initiation can legally take place with us.
It seems to me that the Grand Lodge which permits the
qualifications of its candidates to be dependent on the local regu
lations of another Grand Lodge, is to that extent surrendering
its sovereignty and subjugating its Lodges to the legislative juris
diction of another sovereign.
It is perhaps impossible to expect the few Grand Lodges
which still adhere to perpetual penal jurisdiction to abandon
this innovation and to follow ancient usage; but it is possible
that we may regard, and do regard in our Book of Constitu
tions, that the question of penal jurisdiction is a local regulation,
and that any candidate having complied with our law and been
accepted by one of our Lodges should not be subjected to passing
the ordeal of another Grand Lodge jurisdiction in which during
his residence there he may have been denied admission to the
Craft.
I submit this question to the Committee on Jurisprudence
for its consideration and report.
Transportation.
From seven hundred to one thousand delegates attend this
Grand Lodge annually and pay full fare. No concession has
heretofore been made by the railroads, and it occurred to me
that we ought to be able to secure a one fare rate for round trip
tickets on all lines. Then our laws should be changed, and the
savings of thousands of dollars thus paid turned in some way to
support our great charity, the home at Utica. With this in mind
I appointed R.\ W.\ Frank E. Haff of New York City, W.\
Henry A. Thomas of Buffalo and R.\ W.\ Charles M. Col.
ton of Rochester a special committee on transportation to ap
ply to the Trunk Line Association for concessions usually made
to such large gatherings.
I am credibly informed that the following organizations have
either been granted one fare or one fare plus one dollar at their
State meetings, viz.—The Grand Army of the Republic, Order
of the Mystic Shrine, Knights Templars, Knights of Pythias,
firemen's conventions, Democratic and Republican conventions,
and others, many of which are not larger meetings than our own.
These facts and others equally important were brought to
the attention of the Trunk Line Association by your able com
mittee, but without avail. The only concession offered was one
and one-third fare, plus twenty-five cents, and this on condition
of certain guarantees on our part Under the circumstances I
thought best to wait until we could have as good treatment as
other much smaller organizations. I wish publicly to thank each
member of the committee for his efforts, as I know each did his
part to further our common interests.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
German Temple and Home.

The Ninth Masonic District gives the very strongest evidence
of the true Masonic spirit. They not only maintain their own
Temple but have a well appointed Home at Tappan, N. Y., and
were one of the first districts to report unanimous action favor
ing the per capita tax for support of the home at Utica. In the
month of October, 1904, accompanied with many of my staff
and several past Grand Lodge officers, and under the direction
of our late Right Worshipful Brother Ludwig Philip Seeger,
I visited the German Home. We were royally received by
R.\ W.\ Christian C. Gerhardt, President of the Association,
and his associate officers. There was an immense concourse of
our German brethren and their families and friends present.
A thorough inspection was made of the Home, and all pronounced
the management as most perfect, and all appointments for the
comfort and maintenance of the inmates most complete.
Let us emulate the example of our German brethren of the
Ninth District, for they never hesitate to do their full duty, and
surprise us all by their generous advance movements exempli
fying the tenets of our Fraternity.
Tompkins Memorial Fund.

Last November, while delivering an address at the laying of
the corner-stone of the Bronx Masonic Temple, I spoke of Past
Grand Master Daniel D. Tompkins, who was born at Fox
Meadows on the River Bronx. His life was unusually brilliant,
his public service extensive, his state papers were almost
classics, his statesmanship independent and creative, his liber
ality to State and Nation knew no bounds, while the close of
his life was pathetic in the extreme. A member of Congress,
Supreme Court Justice, ten years Governor of the State of New
York, eight years Vice-President of the United States and two
years Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York, great
and good, he sacrificed a private fortune and displayed remark
able genius in the service of his country, and none to do him
honor. He is buried in St. Mark's Churchyard in this city, with
no monument to mark his resting place, and no bronze or mar

ble in all this great land of ours to perpetuate his memory. I
have appealed to the Craft for free-will offerings to the end that
the Masonic Fraternity at least may show its appreciation of a
Governor, Vice-President and Grand Master. Already a consid
erable sum has been subscribed and more should be forthcoming,
and I recommend that the Grand Master be empowered to ap
point a committee to take charge of this matter, and when suf
ficient funds have been secured, purchase a suitable monument
or statue, and select a site for its erection and perfect plans for
its early completion and dedication.*
Clandestine Masonry and Legislation.

The public has been greatly imposed upon by persons adver
tising to confer alleged Masonic degrees at reduced prices and
by the organization of alleged Masonic Lodges assuming to act
under authority.
It has been particularly annoying to the Masons of the
Metropolitan Districts, and required more or less unpleasant ex
planation and some litigation.
My attention was particularly called to this state of affairs
by W.\ Arel Crook of Commonwealth Lodge, No. 409, of
Brooklyn, and after conferences with Bro. Crook, the Deputy
Grand Master and others, bills were prepared and introduced
in the Legislature at Albany, making it a crime to advertise to
confer, or to confer any alleged Masonic degrees without author
ity of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York.
Copies of these bills are herewith submitted, and it is con
fidently expected that if they become the law much good will be
accomplished and in a measure the public be protected from im
position.
* The Grand Master announced that through the efforts of W.\
George J. Kraus, Past Master of Munn Lodge, No. 190, a resolution had
been adopted by the Board of Aldermen of the City of New York and
approved by the Mayor, authorizing the erection by the Masonic Fra
ternity of a monument to Past Grand Master Daniel D. Tompkins in
Central Park or any other park in the City of New York that might be
selected.
Masonic Sanatorium for Consumptives.

Self-sacrifice is the keynote of all true charity. In 1903 the
sum of $2,724.97, voluntary contributions, and up to date $6,-
351.27 was placed in the hands of the Trustees of the Masonic
Hall and Asylum Fund as a nucleus for the erection of buildings
for a Masonic Sanatorium for Consumptives.
Shortly after the Annual Communication of the Grand
Lodge in 1903, however, a law was enacted by the State Legis
lature prohibiting the establishment of any sanatorium for con
sumptives except with the consent of the County and Town
authorities.
It was a difficult matter to obtain these consents, without
which any land that might be purchased was useless for such a
purpose.
At the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge in May,
1904, nevertheless, a resolution was unanimously adopted that
when land was purchased and transferred to the Trustees of the
Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund, free and clear of all encum
brances and accompanied by the necessary legal consents, the
project should at once be instituted and arrangements made for
the accommodation and support of inmates.
I am now credibly informed that success has virtually
crowned the efforts of those who have labored diligently and
unceasingly for the achievement of this grand charity.
An option has been secured on a plot of land, consisting of
approximately 160 acres, in Putnam County, within one hour's
ride of New York City, convenient of access, and the consents
of the Town and County authorities are pledged for the estab
lishment of a Masonic Sanatorium for Consumptives, under the
authority of this Grand Lodge.
All the proper steps having been taken in accordance with
the directions of the Grand Lodge, it will behoove us to do our
full share toward the fulfillment of this most worthy object,
which may well claim our future attention.
It has not been without great effort and many sacrifices on
the part of those who have devoted themselves to the progress
and advancement of this noble cause that its success has been
finally rendered possible.
It seems to me most fitting that an institution like the
Masonic Sanatorium for Consumptives, through which lives are
actually saved and Brethren restored to their homes and families,
might well meet with the most hearty encouragement and finan
cial support of the Fraternity in this State.
I would suggest, therefore, that a resolution be passed au
thorizing the Grand Lodge to act as trustee of such funds as
may be voluntarily subscribed for the erection of such structures
as are required on the land in question, and to maintain the
Sanatorium.
Being under the control of the Trustees of the Masonic Hall
and Asylum Fund, no other action seems to me necessary than
to leave it in their hands for proper expenditure.
I congratulate the Grand Lodge and the Brethren of this
jurisdiction upon the accomplishment of this great work, which
I believe will mark the inception of another grand epoch in the
history of Freemasonry.
Many of our sister Grand Lodges have given much encour
agement and praise during the progress of negotiations for the
site of the Masonic Sanatorium for Consumptives and will un
doubtedly be pleased to learn of the successful attainment of
our object.
Knights Templars.
It gives me unbounded satisfaction to report that the Grand
Charity Ball given by the Knights Templars of the Metropol
itan and surrounding Districts at Madison Square Garden on
January 9, 1905, in aid of the Masonic Home at Utica, was a
complete and most satisfactory success. The attendance was
large, the program enjoyable and the result substantial. Twelve
thousand dollars has already been placed in the hands of the
Trustees as the outcome of this magnificent effort, which, when
all returns are received, will undoubtedly reach a grand total of
fifteen thousand dollars.
To R.\ E.\ John Little, Grand Commander, who gave the
project his unqualified support; to R.\ E.\ William J. Max

well, Past Grand Commander, Chairman of the Committee of
Arrangements, whose genius conceived and whose executive ability
brought the affair to such a pleasurable conclusion ; to EL\ Eor-
ert P. Lyon, Commandant, and the members of the Drill Corps ;
to the officers and members of the several Commanderies in the
Metropolitan Districts and the several committees which added
greatly to its success, our thanks are eminently due.
I suggest that the Grand Lodge by appropriate resolution
give suitable expression of its appreciation for the benevolent
work accomplished by these Knights Templars in the cause of
humanity.
Acknowledgments.
I would, if it were possible for me, particularize in every
instance of the many courtesies received at the hands of the
Brethren in every corner of the State. Wherever I have gone'the
Brethren have vied with each other in making my visit pleasant
and enjoyable.
I shall not soon forget the reception tendered me by the
Lodges at my home, Hornellsville, nor the kindly attention of
Buffalo Lodge, the Lodge of the Ancient Landmarks, Freedom
at Unadilla, of Alden No. 594, Triune at Poughkeepsie, Bing-
hamton Lodge of Binghamton, of the Third, Fourth, Sixth,
Eighth, Ninth, Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Districts, of the
Committee of Six of the Union League Club, and of the Masonic
Club. All were most gracious in the honor accorded me. The
social and friendly intercourse with these Brethren remains a
pleasurable memory.
You must summer and winter with a man to really know
him and appreciate him. You cannot learn his full worth at a
distance. It is so easy to criticise, and some are so critical they
do it because they have the habit and not because of any well-
digested reason.
I think I know M.\ W.\ Bros. Ehlers and Anthony and
know something of their worth to the Craft. I have always
thought both their hearts and heads were in our work and I
I
found only confirmation of my previous opinions. They have

each remarkable ability for their respective places. They have
honesty of purpose, and are painstaking, courteous and indus
trious. What more can you ask ?
To all the officers of the Grand Lodge, from the Deputy
Grand Master to the venerable Tiler, I am indebted far more
than words can express. All have evidenced a readiness when
ever called upon to lighten the work of the Grand Master. All
have served him loyally and have conscientiously and intelli
gently performed the duties assigned them. I venture the asser
tion that no Grand Master has been more happily situated in
the relation of his official family than I, and my heart goes out
to them in appreciation of their fidelity and worth.
Home.
On December 31, 1904, there were 132,687 Master Masons
in good standing in this State. Our membership is bound to
keep pace with the increase in population and to furnish some
index of the improving moral tone of our commonwealth. We
have outgrown our Home at Utica, but that does not indicate
that we are less prosperous. The percentage of inmates to our
membership must necessarily be maintained. If we do not carry
out the great charity to its logical end we are stepping backward
and are not worthy of our professions. The Masonic Fraternity
of the State of New York have not and will not lose sight of the
fact that Masonry means the improvement of mankind. You
have now made ample provision for the future of our Home, but
do not let this be the end. Do not forget or neglect that in
stitution or its inmates. Those Lodges that have been the
means of adding to the members at Utica should remember them
at least once each year. A slight Christmas token would gladden
the hearts, brighten the faces and show that your interest was
not perfunctory but in the true fraternal spirit. Many of you
have not been privileged to make a pilgrimage to our Masonic
Mecca and gladden your hearts with the sunshine of that delight
ful home and its happy surroundings. For you, this year, we
have an object lesson in store and we believe a pleasant sur

prise. You must learn more about our good work to which you
have only recently given such a generous hand. Just before the
close of this session (while we are at refreshment), twenty of
your wards will be presented to you in this hall. Through the
kindness of Transportation Lodge, No. 842, of Buffalo, these
children and their attendants were brought from their Utica
home to this city, where they are being entertained by Frank R.
Lawrence Lodge, No. 797, of Rochester, while some of your Grand
Lodge officers will add in various ways to their pleasure. With
out expense to any of our trust funds they will have a good time.
You shall see them and they you, and you will carry to your
homes pleasant recollections of this day, with pardonable pride
that you are a part of a jurisdiction where works not words,
where results and not professions, are our mottoes, and where
all is not " sounding brass " nor " a tinkling cymbal," but a rich
fruition of a well-spent Masonic life.
May this occasion be to us an inspiration to other deeds of
usefulness, may it elevate our standard of life and prepare us for
closer communion with the Architect of our creation.
Office of the Grand Master of Masons

is the State of New York.
Masonic Hall, New York, January 31, 1905.
To the Master, Wardens and Brethren of every

Lodge in the State of New York.
Brethren: At the One-hundred and twenty-third Annual Communi
cation of the Grand Lodge an amendment to Article VII, Section 43, of
the Book of Constitutions was adopted so far as the same can be done
at one Annual Communication. The amendment referred to is as fol
lows:
Strike out Sub-divisions 10 and 11 of said Section 43, and renumber
Sub-division 12 to read Sub-division 10, so that said Section shall read:
Sec. 43. The revenue of this Grand Lodge shall be derived from the
following sources:
1. For every Dispensation to form a new Lodge $100 00
2. And if a Charter shall be afterward granted, the additional
sum of 20 00
3. For every Grand Lodge Diploma 2 06
4. For every Grand Lodge Traveling Certificate:
On Parchment 1 60
On Paper 50
5. For every person initiated into a Lodge 3 50
$3 whereof shall be appropriated to the Hall and Asylum
Fund.
6. For the affiliation fee of every Master Mason, Entered Ap
prentice and Fellow Craft 60
7. For registry fee of every adjoining member or Entered Ap
prentice made 25
8. Every Lodge shall pay for each of its members annually.. 50
9. Every Lodge shall pay for each of its members annually,
which shall be appropriated to the Hall and Asylum
Fund 50
10. No new charge shall hereafter be imposed upon the Lodges or their
members for the benefit of the Masonic Hall and Asylum
Fund, except by an amendment to this Constitution, which
shall not be valid until it shall have been submitted to, and
adopted by three-fourths of all the Lodges, and this Sub-divi
sion shall in no wise be amended except by the vote of the
same number of Lodges.
In accordance with the direction of the Grand Lodge the amendment
is hereby submitted to the several Lodges for their concurrence as re
quired by law.
It is my order that this amendment be submitted to each Lodge at
its next stated communication. It is not necessary that the Lodge be
summoned to act thereon, but notice thereof should be given all the
members.
In order that the Lodges may act intelligently upon this amendment
I enclose herewith extracts from the proceedings of the last Grand Lodge
bearing upon the matter.
Enclosed please find an addressed stamped envelope with blank certi
ficate which the Secretary of the Lodge is hereby required to complete
and forward immediately upon action being had.
Fraternally yours,
FRANK H. ROBINSON,
Grand Master.
By the Grand Master,
EDWARD M. L. EHLERS,
Grand Secretary.
Extracts from Proceedings of the Grand Lodge, May, 1904.

[Report of the Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund.]
In their report of last year the Trustees called the attention of the
Craft to the fact that on account of the increase in the number of in
mates of the Home, we were facing a deficit in the general fund.
The capacity of the Home has been reached, and there are now
thirty-three whose applications have been acted upon and for whom
there is no room in the Home.
During the past year we have acted upon ninety-eight applications
for admission. Of these sixty- eight were accepted, eight were rejected,
six were withdrawn, and sixteen are now waiting action and investiga
tion, making a waiting list of forty-nine on April 1, 1904.
The last addition to the Home building was in 1903, by an extension
over the dining-room affording eighteen rooms. These were soon filled,
and still, as observed above, there are a large number awaiting admis
sion, many of whom are in a deplorably destitute condition, and must
awaken the most active sympathy of the Craft.
The construction of the main building is such as to admit of no
more minor additions by way of wings or carrying up extra stories,
and whatever provision is to be made in the future for the accommoda
tion of additional inmates, must consist of an annex of sufficient capa
city to furnish room for those who may become the subject of our care
for many years to come, and in our judgment we should not stop short
of supplying accommodations for an additional two hundred. It must
he borne in mind, that with the constantly increasing roll of membership
in this great State we must expect a corresponding increase in the num
ber of applications for admission to the Home. With a total member
ship now, of approximately one hundred and twenty-six thousand, for
every thousand members we are caring for less than three, including
Masons, their wives, widows and children. This is certainly not a serious
draft upon our charity, and we should be ready and glad to do our full
duty without stint, and be prepared to care for our own in increasing
and fullest measure in this imperial jurisdiction.
For the past year, ending with March 1, 1904, there has been an
average of three hundred inmates at a per capita cost of $199.10. The
increase over last year is largely accounted for by the increase in table
expenses, fuel and care and medical attendance. A recent examination
by the writer of this report of the expenses of State institutions in
which the inmates have the plainest fare and have fewer advantages,
luxuries and conveniences than do ours, discloses the fact that the per
capita cost is far in excess of ours, which demonstrates that due
economy is exercised in the maintenance of our institution. However,
it must be remembered that we are not maintaining a cheerless and
heartless institution, where bare necessities are meagrely doled out, but
a Home in all that the word implies, for our brothers, companions and
equals who have in the past borne their share of the burden and heat
of the day, but who have in later years been less fortunate than our
selves. We feel certain that we are voicing the sentiment of the Craft
when we say there should be no backward step in our works of practical
charity. We now come to a consideration of how the expenses of the
maintenance of a larger Home with a larger number of occupants is to
be met. When there were less than one hundred in the Home, it was
declared to be the policy of the Craft that in order to provide against
emergencies, the loss by fire of any of our property, loss of rents from
the Hall, or financial depression and the consequent crippling or inter
ruption of our undertaking, an ample Reserve Fund should be set aside.
The Trustees in their Report of 1892 recommended that whatever
surplus might be on hand when the Home was dedicated, should be al
lowed to accumulate until it should reach the sum of $300,000. In
accordance with that recommendation, in 1894 the Reserve Fund set
apart was $137,530.41. As we stated in our report last year, " it was
thought that at that time (1894) the maintenance of the Home would
not absorb more than 70 per cent, of the revenues appropriated therefor,
and that the remaining 30 per cent, should be annually appropriated to
the Reserve Fund until the surplus of $300,000 should be accumulated."
However, the increase in the number of inmates and the consequent
necessity for larger buildings with increased expenses soon made it im
possible to add to the Reserve Fund, but, on the contrary, compelled a
withdrawal from that fund of the sum of $30,000 in the year 1898,
$12,800 in the year 1902 and $1,000 in the year 1903, and we would have
been compelled the past year to have drawn on the Reserve Fund, except
for the large amount received from Grand Lodge fees the past year, and
the further fact that we have expended the least possible on the Hall,
and at the same time have realized more from gross rents than during
any year in our history.
The Reserve Fund now amounts to $234,031.90, the principal growth
of which, during the past few years, has been from the accretion of
interest. The cost of necessary enlargement of the Home and mainte
nance thereof must, however, necessarily in a short time seriously de
plete if not wipe out the Reserve Fund, for the net revenue from rentals
of the Hall and the $3 from every initiate does not even this year supply
sufficient funds to entirely maintain the Home even on the present basis.
The total amount received from rents for year ending March
31, 1904, was $03,518 03
Paid out for Hall account $23,656 48
Paid out for general account, as shown by Treas
urer's Report 3,222 85— 26,879 33
Leaving a balance of $36,638 70

To which add Grand Lodge fees as per Report of Treasurer. . 32,541 00
Making the sum of 69,179 70
applicable to the maintenance of the Home.
The amount paid out for Home account, as per Treasurer's
Report to March 31, 1904, was 69,804 34
Deducting the receipts as above stated of 69,179 70
Leaving a deficit of $624 64

on the basis of receipts and disbursements in the regular course.
It is true that the deficit is small; but it nevertheless sounds the
warning which must be heeded.
After the most careful deliberation and prolonged consideration of
the situation in all its details and from every standpoint, we beg to
submit to the consideration of the Grand Lodge the advisability of the
levy of a per capita tax of fifty cents per member, to take effect in
such manner and at such time as the Grand Lodge may determine ler
the benefit of the Hall and Asylum Fund. Unless some action be taken,
Masons, Masons' wives, Masons' widows and Masons' children may
knock at the door for admission, but we must turn them away and bid
them wait until death has removed some brother or sister from the
Home and created a vacant room.
Recurring to the financial proposition, the needed enlargement of the
Home, the renewal of furniture and equipment and repairs which are
always incidental to such an institution after a few years, and the in
crease in numbers to approximately 500, will increase the per capita
cost of maintenance to from $210 to $230 per year, and the total yearly
cost of maintenance to from $105,000 to $120,000. Besides, on the basis
of the anticipated increase in numbers and the consequent super-added
responsibility for the assured care of our wards, we should not feel
content or safe against all emergencies until our Reserve Fund shall be
increased to $500,000.
The proposed per capita tax of fifty cents will be no more than suffi
cient to provide for maintenance and the carrying of a reasonable
amount to the Reserve Fund. Whenever the Grand Lodge shall feel
confident that our charity is on an assured and safe basis, the tax, of
course, may be forthwith abolished or reduced.
In this jurisdiction the Craft should lead, and not follow, in every
thing for the benefit of mankind in general, in the broadest spirit of
philanthropy, but more especially in everything pertaining to the wel
fare and comfort of our brethren in the bonds of our Fraternity. How
ever, we are compelled to acknowledge that in other jurisdictions our
brethren do not withhold the dollar, but justify their faith by practieal
Masonic charity. In California and Kentucky the brethren pay a per
capita tax of one dollar for the support of their Home. In Missouri,
Kansas, New Hampshire, Tennessee, Texas and Connecticut fifty, cents
per member, and in several other States there is a per capita tax di
rectly for their Home, and, in addition, an annual appropriation from
the funds of the Grand Lodge, and in some other States a weekly stipend
is paid by Lodges.
The older members of the Croft, who in past years struggled with
debts and interest charges, will be glad, we feel assured, to contribute
fifty cents a year, having lived up to the three principal tenets of our
profession, and younger Masons—and there are thousands of them—
out of whose payments to Lodges not one penny has gone into the Hall
and Asylum Fund, except $3 from their inititation fees, will welcome the
opportunity of contributing a per capita tax for a few years towards
our great Masonic charity; for our Home and the Fund for its mainte
nance should be large enough so that every Mason may be absolutely
assured that if misfortune overtakes him, his brethren will not forsake
him, and so that he may close his eyes in death with the peaceful con
fidence that his wife and children, whatever may be the storms of life,
will find a grateful loving shelter beneath the protecting roof of the
Masonic Home of the Fraternity of this State.
After weeks of careful study and consideration, actuated only by our
consciousness of the responsibility of the trust reposed in us by our
brethren, and with endeavors to discharge our duties to the satisfaction
of the Craft, we conclude by asking the approval of the Grand Lodge of
the report herewith.
[Report of the Standing Committee on Hall and Asylum Fund.]

On the 8th day of February last, a special meeting of this Committee
was held in this city for the purpose of conferring with the Elective
Grand Lodge Officers and the Trustees of the Hall and Asylum Fund in
reference to the making of some recommendation at this session of the
Grand Lodge on the great problems which confront us: the providing
of more revenue for the maintenance of the Home, so that the large
number now waiting for its kindly shelter, and the scores of others who
will inevitably be knocking at its doors in the coming months, may be
provided for without waiting for the dread messenger of death to call
some occupant out that another may enter and fill the place made
vacant.
Referring to those matters so ably treated by the Trustees of the
Hall and Asylum Fund in their report, and having special reference to
the necessity of enlarging the Home and providing additional revenue
for its support and maintenance, your Committee would respectfully re
port: that in connection with the Trustees they have given careful and
earnest consideration to the matter; that the limit of the Home has
been reached is very forcibly set forth in the report of the Trustees.
The various additions made to the Home, to meet requirements as they
arose, have been temporary expedients, and while they brought the
capacity of the buildings up to the accommodation of about 300, it is
found to be insufficient to meet the demands made upon it. There are
now in the Home 301 inmates, and this is the limit that can be accom
modated, and yet we have a waiting list of 33 whose applications have
been approved, and 16 others whose applications have not yet been acted
upon, making a total waiting list of 49. From the same report we find
that the entire revenue for the support and maintenance of the Home
from the present sources cannot be expected at any time to exceed that
of the last year, which amounted to $69,179.70, while the cost of sup
port and maintenance amounted to $69,804.34, leaving a deficit of $624.64
for the year. A point, therefore, has been reached when the receipts and
disbursements substantially balance. As has been stated, there are
many waiting admission to the Home, who appeal strongly to the
brotherly sympathy of the Craft. To meet this and further demands
which will arise, more room is needed and additional revenue to meet
the additional expense of maintenance. The Trustees have at their
command sufficient funds for the purpose of constructing additional
buildings, but no revenue for additional revenue and support after the
buildings shall have been erected. Various suggestions have been made
as to a method of increasing the revenue of the Home; but the one
which commends itself to the judgment of this Committee, as the most
simple and practical, is that suggested and recommended in the Report
of the Trustees, to wit: That a per capita tax of fifty cents be levied
on all members throughout the State, the revenue so raised to be exclu
sively devoted to the support and maintenance of the Home. This we
believe the brethren will cheerfully accept, especially in consideration
of the fact that at present they do not in any way directly contribute
toward the support of this great charity. Your Committee believes that
the Home at Utica lies very near the hearts of our brethren, and that
they will cheerfully respond to this demand upon them, that every
brother may feel that, should misfortune overtake him, he will find
loving shelter and tender care with the full knowledge that it will not
fail him to the end. Your Committee, therefore, heartily endorses the
suggestion of the Trustees that a per capita tax be levied to provide
i evenue for the increasing needs of the Home and would urge that action
be taken by the Grand lodge at this session so that the matter may
at once be brought before our brethren throughout the State for their
consideration and approval. To this end your Committee would otter
the following resolution:
Whereas, It appears from the report of the Trustees of the Hall
and Asylum fund, that the limit of the capacity of the Home at Utica
has been reached; and
Whereas, There are many seeking admission who cannot be ac
commodated; and
Whereas, It is the firm and fixed determination of the Craft that
the Home shall extend its beneficent shelter to the full measure of the
needs of our unfortunate brethren, their wives, widows and children; and
Whereas, The present revenue of the Home is insufficient for this
purpose, '.therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Grand Lodge approve the recommendation of the
Trustees of the Hall and Asylum Fund, that a per capita tax of fifty
cents be levied, to be exclusively devoted to the maintenance of the
Home, and that the same be submitted to the Lodges for their approval.
GRAND LODGE, F. & A. M.

[edict.] Office of the Grand Master of Masons
in the State of New York.
HornellsviUe, N. Y., March 25, 1905.
To the. Master, Wardens and Brethren of every
Lodge in the State of yew York.
Brethren :
Whereas, at the One-hundred-and-twenty- third Annual Communi
cation of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of
New York, held on the third, fourth and fifth days of May, 1904, A. L
5904, an amendment to Sec. 43 of the Book of Constitutions of the Grand
Lodge was proposed, and was adopted, so far as could lawfully be done
at that time; and
Whereas, the said amendment has since such adoption been sub
mitted to the several Lodge; within this State, and has been adopted by
the affirmative vote of three-fourths of them as duly certified to me by
the respective Secretaries under the Lodge Seals respectively;
Now, therefore, I, Frank H. Robinson, Grand Master of Masons in
the State of New York, desiring to give effect to the same, pursuant to
the authority in me vested, do hereby promulgate the aforesaid action,
and declare that the said amendment has in all respects been duly
adopted, and that the same is a part of the Book of Constitutions of
the Grand Lodge from and after the date of this Edict.
Sec. 43 of the Book of Constitutions of the Grand Lodge is in the
following words:
Sec. 43. The revenue of this Grand Lodge shall be derived from the
following sources:
1. For every Dispensation to form a new Lodge $100 00
2. And if a Charter shall be afterward granted, the additional
sum of 20 00
3. For every Grand Lodge Diploma 2 00
4. For every Grand Lodge Traveling Certificate:
On Parchment 1 50
On Paper SO
5. For every person initiated into a Lodge 3 50
$3 whereof shall be appropriated to the Hall and Asylum
Fund.
6. For the affiliation fee of every Master Mason, Entered Ap
prentice and Fellow Craft 50
7. For registry fee of every adjoining member or Entered Ap
prentice made 25
GRAND LODGE, 1905. 0i
8. Every Lodge shall pay for each of its members annually. ... $0 50
9. Every Lodge shall pay for each of its members annually,
which shall be appropriated to the Hall and Asylum
Fund 50
10. No new charge shall hereafter be imposed upon the Lodges or their
members for the benefit of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund,
except by an amendment to this Constitution, which shall not
be valid until it shall have been submitted to, and adopted by,
three-fourths of all the Lodges, and this Sub-division shall in
no wise be amended except by the vote of the same number of
Lodges.
It is my order that this Edict be read in every Lodge at the next
stated Communication and spread in full upon the minutes.
Witness my hand and private seal the day
and year first above written.
[Seal] FRANK H. ROBINSON,
Grand Master.
By the Grand Master,
EDWARD M. L. EHLERS,
Grand Secretary.
[Proposed Legislation]
STATE OF NEW YORK.
2d Rdg. No. 1027. No. 1591, 2124 Int. 1236.
IN ASSEMBLY.
March 22, 1905.
Introduced by Mr. SANTEE—read once and referred to the committee
on Codes—reported from said committee with amendments, ordered
reprinted as amended and placed on the order of second reading.
AN ACT
To amend the penal code, in relation to obtaining by fraud or without
authority signatures to applications or property for degrees, secrets
or membership in secret fraternities.
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact asfollows :
Section 1. The penal code is hereby amended by inserting therein a
new section to be numbered five hundred and sixty-seven-a, to read as
follows :
§ 567-a. Obtaining by fraud or without authority signature to appli
cations or property for degrees, secrets or membership in secret fraterni
ties.—A person who willfully by color or aid of any false token or writ
ing, or other false pretense or false statement verbal or written, or
without authority of the grand lodge hereinafter mentioned, obtains the
signature of any person to any written application, or any money or
property for any alleged or pretended degree, or for any alleged or pre
tended secret work or for any alleged or pretended secrets of, or mem
bership in any secret fraternal association, society, order or organization
having a grand lodge in this state, or in any subordinate lodge or body
thereof is punishable by imprisonment for not more than three years or
by a fine to an amount not exceeding the value of the money or property
obtained or by both.
§ 2. This act shall take effect September first, nineteen hundred and
five.
STATE OF NEW YORK.
No. 1597. Int. 1242.
IN ASSEMBLY.
March 22, 1905.
Introduced by Mr. SANTEE—read once and referred to the committee
on Codes.
AN ACT
To amend the penal code, in relation to unauthorized advertisements for
applicants for degrees or membership in any secret fraternity.
The People of the State of New York, represented in /Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows :
new section to be numbered six hundred and seventy-four-h, to read as
follows:
§ 674-h. Advertising for or soliciting applications for degrees or mem
bership in any secret fraternity without authority from grand lodges.
—Whoever prints, publishes, distributes or circulates or causes to be
printed, published, distributed or circulated, any circular, pamphlet, card,
handbill, advertisement, printed or written paper, book, newspaper or
notice of any kind soliciting applications for degrees or membership in
any secret fraternal association, society, order or organization having
a grand lodge in this state, or offering or promising to confer or to
cause to be conferred any degree or membership in any such secret
fraternal association, society or order either in this state or elsewhere,
is guilty of a misdemeanor. This section shall not apply to applications
for degrees or membership in any subordinate body acting under a dis
pensation or charter from the grand lodge of such secret fraternal asso
ciation, society, order or organization in this state.
§ 2. This act shall take effect September first, nineteen hundred and
five.
GRAND LODGE, 1905. 51)
R.\ W.\ Townsend Scudder, Deputy Grand Master, in the

chair.
On motion of W.\ Frank S. Logee, Master of Independent

Royal Arch Lodge, No. 2, the Grand Master's address was re
ferred to a special committee of three for subdivision and
reference.
W.\ Frank S. Logee, Master of Independent Royal Arch

Lodge, Xo. 2 ; W.'. Daniel R. Hall, Master of Norwich Lodge,
No. 302, and W.\ Andrew J. Burch, Master of King Solomon's
Primitive Lodge, No. 91, were appointed such committee.
REPORT OF THE GRAND SECRETARY.
M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary, pre

sented the following report, which was received, and so much a9
refers to the establishment of a Masonic Sanatorium for Con
sumptives was referred to the Past Grand Masters.
To the Grand Lodge:
There has been received by the Grand Secretary for the year ending
December 31st, 1904:
From Fees and Dues of Lodges $101334 75
" Certificates and Diplomas 1,90G 50
" sale of Monitors 647 00
" sale of Proceedings 39 60
" sale of Histories 7 50
" Dues of Members of Defunct Lodges. . . Ill 50
" Dispensations 600 00
" Charters 80 00
Total $104,726 85
Paid to the Grand Treasurer $104,726 85
A printed statement of receipts and disbursements, prepared for
your examination and scrutiny, will be distributed at the close of this
session.
CO PROCEEDINGS OF THE
There has also been received on account of the quotas of Lodges
upon the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund indebtedness :
From Warren Lodge, No. 32 $3 00
" Pultneyville Lodge, No. 159 27 50
" Eagle Lodge, No. 619 24 00
" Berne Lodge, No. 684 8 00
Total $62 50
Paid to Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund. $62 50
Number of Lodges in this Jurisdiction 767
" " " that have made returns 767
that have paid dues to date 766
Number of Master Masons per last report 126,177
Number initiated 9,890
passed 9,840
raised 9,759
affiliated 1,089
restored 1,080
Total 138,105
Number unaffiliated 1,876
died 2,185
dimitted 1,130
dropped 202
" expelled 25
5,418
Number of Master Masons December 31st, 1904. . . 132,687
The dispensations for the erection of Marshall Lodge in the Borough
of Manhattan, New York City, North Woods Lodge at Old Forge, Gar
field Lodge at Havena, Lake Shore Lodge at Brockton, and George W.
White Lodge in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York City, have been re
turned to the Grand Secretary, and said Lodges have fully complied with
the requirements of the Book of Constitutions.
It becomes my duty, under the Constitution, to report that Garoga
Lodge, No. 300, is two years in arrears for dues.
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of $1,333.05, subscriptions towards
the Daniel D. Tompkins Memorial Fund. An itemized statement is ap
pended to this report.
MASONIC SANATORIUM.
As Treasurer of the Masonic Sanatorium League, I beg to report :
A meeting of the Executive Committee of the League was held in
the Grand Secretary's office on Tuesday, April 4th, a quorum being
present. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted :
Resolved, by the Executive Committee of the Masonic Sanatorium
League of the State of New York, That Edward M. L. Ehlers be and h«
is hereby designated and empowered to act as Trustee in the purchase of

land for a Masonic Sanatorium for Consumptives, under the authority
of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New
York.
Resolved, That all money in the Land Fund be appropriated and
placed in the hands of Edward M. L. Ehlers as Trustee, to be applied
towards the purchase of said land whenever the consents of the necessary
legal authorities are obtained.
Resolved, That when land for a Masonic Sanatorium for Consump
tives has been acquired in accordance with the foregoing resolutions,
Edward M. L. Ehlers, as Trustee, is herewith authorized and instructed
to transfer the title, free and clear of all encumbrances, and accompanied
by the necessary legal consents, to the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted
Masons of the State of New York, or its proper officers, as provided by
action of the said Grand Lodge in Annual Convention of May, 1904.
At the one hundred and twenty-third Annual Communication of
the Grand Lodge, in May, 1904, the following resolution was reported
by the Standing Committee on Hall and Asylum Fund, and was unani
mously adopted by the Grand Lodge :
Resolved, That whenever the title to land for the Masonic Sana
torium for Consumptives shall be transferred to the Grand Lodge of
Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York, free and clear of
all encumbrances, and accompanied by the necessary consents of the
legal authorities, it shall at once be accepted by the Trustees of the
Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund, who shall immediately adopt rules for
the admission, accommodation and maintenance of inmates, subject to
the approval of the Grand Master; but there shall only be expended for
this purpose such funds as may be provided.
Negotiations for a site for a Masonic Sanatorium for Consumptives
have been pending for the last two years, and recently a satisfactory lo
cation having been offered, Bro. Dr. S. A. Knopf, a member of Crescent
Lodge, No. 402, who originally suggested this charity, was requested to
view the site and determine its availability.
He submitted the following report :
New York, April 18, 1905.
M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers,
Treasurer of the Sanatorium Lea9ue, Masonio Temple, New
York City.
My Dear Sir: As requested, I submit herewith my report of a visit
to the Leonard .Taycox Farm, which has been selected by a special com
mittee for the site of a sanatorium for consumptive Masons. This farm
is situated in the town of Putnam Valley, Putnam County, N. Y. The
distance from Garrison is about four and one-half miles, that from
Peekskill eight miles. The two latter places are stations of the New
York Central and Hudson River Railroad, and can be reached from the
Grand Central Depot in one to one and one-half hours. The altitude of the
above farm I should judge to be about 400 feet. I would think that there
are two or even three plateaus on this farm suitable for the erection of a
building for a sanatorium for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.
The climatic condition of that section of the country seems to me admir
ably adapted for the purpose of treating patients afflicted with this dis
ease. As to the final selection of the most suitable of the three plateaus
for building purposes, I should suggest that the farm be inspected by a
competent architect.
I visited the Leonard Jaycox Farm on March 14th of this year, and
while the thawing made the roads from Garrison and Peekskill some
what muddy, as a whole I consider the roads leading to the farm fairly
good. I am, Sir,
Yours fraternally and with great esteem,
S. A. Kngpf.
The Land Fund entrusted to the Executive Committee of the Ma
sonic Sanatorium League, according to my report to the Grand Lodge
in 1904, and herewith again given in detail, amounted to $3,098.50.
The President of the United States, Brother Theodore
Roosevelt, of Matinecock Lodge, No. 806 $10 00
Adelphi Lodge, No. 23 073 00
Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 27 189 BO
Montgomery Lodge, No. 68 300 00
John Hancock Lodge, No. 70 191 00
The Lodge of Strict Observance, No. 94 80 00
Darcy Lodge, No. 187 300 00
Palestine Lodge, No. 204 125 00
United States Lodge, No. 207 250 00
Continental Lodge, No. 287 175 00
Adelphic Lodge, No. 348 100 00
La Sincerite Lodge, No. 373 50 00
La Fraternidad Lodge, No. 387 25 00
Le Clemente Amitie Cosmopolite Lodge, No. 410 20 00
Garibaldi Lodge, No. 542 110 00
Bedford Lodge, No. 574 100 00
La Universal Lodge, No. 751 50 00
Italia Lodge, No. 786 150 00
Composite Lodge, No. 819 150 00
Mazzini Lodge, No. 824 50 00
Total $3,098 50
The price demanded for the site for a Masonic Sanatorium for Con
sumptives was $6,000 cash, and, according to the resolution adopted by
the Grand Lodge, no debt could be incurred in the purchase, thus making
an apparent deficit of almost $3,000 in the sum required.
On Tuesday, April 25th, however, the following correspondence was
received by me :
" M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers,
" Grand Secretary F. and A. M. State of New York.
" My Dear Colonel: A noble woman, Caroline Neustadter, one of the
few who distinguish this twentieth century as an epoch in humanitarian
philanthropy, in memory of her beloved husband, Henry Neustadter, de
sires to donate the sum of $3,000, to be applied towards the purchase of
land for a Masonic Sanatorium for Consumptives, under the authority of
the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York.
" I enclose herewith a self-explanatory letter, together with a check
for the above amount, receipt of which kindly acknowledge.
" Very sincerely and fraternally yours,
" Isi Fisciter."
The enclosure was as follows :
" Mr. Isi Fischer,
" City.
" Friend Fischer: As you requested, I presented the matter of a
Masonic Sanatorium for Consumptives to Mrs. Henry Neustadter, and
now advise you that she will donate a sum of $3,000, to be applied towards
the purchase of land for a Masonic Sanatorium for Consumptives, under
the authority of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the
State of New York, provided that the necessary consents of the legal
authorities accompany the transfer of title and that the Grand Lodge
will erect the buildings to establish such a Sanatorium for Consump
tives.
" Very sincerely yours,
" I. Oppenheimer."
To which I replied :
" Dear Brother Fitcher: Permit me to acknowledge, with my sincer-
est thanks, your kind letter of the 25th instant, with enclosures of a
communication from Mr. I. Oppenheimer and a check to my order, as
Trustee, from Caroline Neustadter on the Fifth Avenue Bank for $3,000,
as a donation to be applied towards the purchase of land for a Masonic
Sanatorium for Consumptives, under the authority of the Grand Lodge,
as stated therein.
" I endorse nil that you say of Mrs. Neustadter and her munificent
benevolence, which assures the acquisition of a site already selected and
adapted for sanatorium purposes.
" Fraternally yours,
" Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary."
The financial difficulty being agreeably removed, acting as Trustee,

I purchased the land for a Masonic Sanatorium for Consumptives, pay
ing the sum of $6,000 in cash and securing a warranty deed for the
property.
R.\ W.\ Samuel Wasserman performed all the necessary legal for
malities connected with the transaction free of cost.
Title to this land for a. Masonic Sanatorium for Consumptives,
under the authority of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons
of the State of New York, has been transferred to the Trustees of the
Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund, free and clear of all encumbrances.
Certified copies of the necessary legal consents of the Town Board
of the town of Putnam Valley and of the County Board of Supervisors
of the County of Putnam for the establishment of a Masonic Sanatorium
for Consumptives, under the authority of the Grand Lodge of Free and
Accepted Masons of the State of New York, are herewith annexed with
the deeds for the land and the abstract of title, together with an insurance
ixilicy of the United States Title Guaranty and Indemnity Company
of this city, insuring the title.
The resolution of the Grand Lodge, unanimously adopted at the one
hundred and twenty-third Annual Communication, held in May, 1904, has
been complied with in every particular.
The work in connection with this grand charity has been completed
within two years from the time that the matter was officially presented
to the Grand Lodge, and without one cent of cost to the Fraternity.
Fraternally submitted,
EDWARD M. L. EHLERS, Grand Secretary.
POPULAR MASONIC SUBSCRIPTION TO THE DANIEL D.

TOMPKINS MEMORIAL FUND.
W.\ Ascher Morris, Past Master William McKinley Lodge,
No. 840 $1 00
W.\ William J. Van Pelt, Past Master Ocean Lodge, No. 156. 1 00
R.\ W.\ William H. Mayer, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
Brother David H. Reid, Gavel Lodge, No. 703 1 00
Brother Charles C. Hunt, Crescent Lodge, No. 402 1 00
Brother Frank L. Stevens, Crescent Lodge, No. 402 1 00
Brother Frederick Kanter, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
W.\ Charles S. Erb, Past Master Charity Lodge, No. 727 1 00
Brother Emil Gribeschoek, Veritas Lodge, No. 734 1 00
Brother F. Weierman, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
Brother G. W. Wood, Lily Lodge, No. 342 1 00
Brother George E. W. Stivers, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
W.\ Edmond F. Pierdon, Master Alma Lodge, No. 728 1 00
W.\ Jacob J. Goodman, Past Master Emanuel Lodge, No. 654. 1 00
R.\ W.\ Ludwig Seeger, District Deputy Grand Master 9th
District 1 00
Brother Benno Loewy, Senior Warden National Lodge, No.
209 100
W.\ Edwin Goss, Past Master Naphthali Lodge, No. 752 1 00
W.\ Joseph W. Dugliss, Past Master Naphthali Lodge, No.
752 1 00
R.\ W.\ George H. Ware, P. D. D. G. M., 11th District 1 00
W.\ Colin D. Anderson, Past Master Ancient Lodge, No. 724. 1 00
Brother James Wilson, Union Lodge, No. 5, Stamford, Conn.. 1 00
R.\ W.\ Henry L. Redfield, District Deputy Grand Master 2d
District 1 00
W.'. Bernard Lippman, Past Master, Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 27 5 00
Carried forward $27 00
Brought forward $27 0O
WW John Schryer, Past Master, Livingston Lodge, No. 037. . . 25 CO
M.\ W.\ Frank H. Uobinson, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother W. S. Charles, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
R.\ WY. William H. Prangen, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
R.\ W.\ Philip M. Nast, Jr., Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother Don L. Sharp, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother L. W. Rockwell, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 On
Brother Philo Walbridge, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother Charles Larrowe, Cohocton, N. Y 1 00
Brother Herbert Kohn, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
R.\ W.\ Milton W. Davison, Canisteo, N. Y 1 00
Brother W. H. Van Dusen, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother Paul Welkner, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother G. W. Brown, Hornellsville, N. Y I 00
Brother E. P. Karr, Almond, N. Y 1 00
Brother Rev. E. M. Deems, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother J. C. Copeland, Canisteo, N. Y 1 00
Brother G. F. Failing, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother D. P. Dunton, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother J. H. Roberts, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother W. A. Rogers, Hornellsville, N. Y «.... 1 00
Brother John Triftshauser, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother Wm. Schu, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother J. E. B. Santee, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother W. P. Foster, Rochester, N. Y 1 00
Brother Jas. H. Sturdevant, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother George Young. Almond, N. Y 1 00
Brother Frank H. Bennett, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother B. Wakeman. Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother Arthur Newell, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother E. M. Potter, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 Ou
Brother L. M. Mother, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother C. P. Robinson, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 0J
Brother F. J. Thomas, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother James Mays, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother J. R. Brace, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 0O
Brother Edward Haight, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother S. R. Helmer, Almond, N. Y 1 00
R.\ W.\ Samuel Erlich. Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother C. S. Losie, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother F. E. Blake, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother George Alvord, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother M. S. Amidon, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother P. A. Shaw, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother George Hollands, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00i
Brother E. H. Nelson, Hornellsville. N. Y 1 00
Brother A. Theilan, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Of. PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Brought forward $98 00
Brother Ray Humphrey, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother Rev. E. S. Hoffman, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother W. J. Pierce, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Brother John K. Chapman, Hornellsville, N. Y 1 00
Commonwealth Lodge, No. 409 25 00
Brother William W. Stewart, Acacia Lodge, No. 327 5 00
W.\ J. F. Cryer, Past Master Charity Lodge, No. 727 1 00
Brother H. H. H., Adelphic Lodge, No. 348 1 00
R.\ W.\ Uriah W. Tompkins, Past D. D. G. M., 8th District. . 1 00
Mrs. Florence Banks, Brooklyn, New York 2 00
R.'. W.\ Robert Judson Kenworthy, Past D. D. G. M., 3d Dis
trict 1 00
Brother Michael Bondy, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother David Strauss, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Jacob Van Brink, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother M. Guggenheim, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Charles Rosenbaum, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Emanuel Jacobus, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother William H. Levy, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Benjamin F. Feiner, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Marcus Brandt, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Harry M. Marks, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Alfred Samuel, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother C. H. Robbins, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Leo S. Greenbaum, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Dave Metzger, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother A. Monash, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Edward L. Elson, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Joseph Heilbrunn, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Max Marx, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Levin L Brown, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Raph. Rosenberger, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Charles H. Willets, National Lodge, No. 209 1 IX)
W.\ William Schroeder, Past Master Nassau Lodge, No. 536. . 1 00
R.\ W.\ David M. Drury, Progressive Lodge, No. 354 1 00
Brother Herman Sonntag, Passaic Lodge, No. 67, Passaic, N. J. 1 00
R.\ W.\ Charles E. Brettell, Brooklyn 1 00
R.\ W.\ Arthur M. Bullowa, Past Grand Director of Cere
monies 1 00
R.\ W.\ August Eickelberg, Custodian of the Work 1 00
R.\ W.\ John A. Williams, Grand Pursuivant 1 00
Brother M. Dessauer, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother A. H. Oppenheimer, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Simon Badt, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Nathan Klau, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Charles Meltsner, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Henry Zipkes, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother MHton J. Hirsch, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
W.\ M. C. Baum, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Julius Strauss, National Lodge, No. 209 « 1 00
Brother Max L. Arnstein, National Lodge, No. 209 ;1 00
R.\ W.\ Isaac Hersch, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Theodore Jacobus, National Lodge, No. 209 " 1 00
W.\ Mark H. Rogers, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother C. Schavrien, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Mark H. Ellison, National Lodge, 209 1 00
Brother L. Sittner, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother 8. Bachrach, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Dr. Lewinski, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother A. Lindheimer, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother S. Wertheim, National Lodge, No. 209 '1 00
R.'. W.\ Enoch Henry Currier, Past District Deputy Grand :
Master 1 00
R.\ W.\ Phil. Herrschaft, Past District Deputy Grand Master 2 00
R.'. W.'. William E. Wilkinson, Past District Deputy Grand
Master 1 00
R.\ W.\ Cort R. Hincken, Representative Grand Lodge of Vir- . . ' i1 i - -
ginia I 00
R.\ W.\ Marcus C. Allen, Hall and Asylum Fund Committee; .-" 1 00
R.\ W.\ William J. Wiley, District Deputy Grand Master, 7th .
District 1 1 00
Brother Charles L. Morehouse, Livingston Lodge, No. 057. ... 1 00
Brother Claude E. Joslin, Livingston Lodge, No. 657 :l 1 00
Brother Frank C. Wilson, Livingston Lodge, No. 657 . 1 00
Brother John S. Holland, Livingston Lodge, No. 657 1 00
W.\ James R. McAfee, Master Livingston Lodge, No. 657. . . 1 00
W.\ Edward E. Grapes, Master Progressive Lodge, No. 354. . 1 00
Brother Harry E. Richardson, Progressive Lodge, No. 354. .. 1 00
Brother C. J. F. Fricke, Progressive Lodge, No. 354 1 00
Brother Walter J. Clough, Progressive Lodge, No. 354 1 00
Brother R. B. McLaughlin, Progressive Lodge, No. 354 1 00
Brother John W. Levis, Progressive Lodge, No. 354 1 00
Brother C. T. Schuyler, Progressive Lodge, No. 354 : 1 00
W.'. George W. Thurber, Past Master Neptune Lodge, No. 317 1 00
Brother C. S. Parkhill, Hornellsville Lodge, No. 331 1 00
Brother C. A. Coston, Hornellsville Lodge, No. 331 1 00
Brother I. C. Goff, Hornellsville Lodge, No. 331 1 00
Brother C. H. Holbrook, Hornellsville Lodge, No. 331 1 00
Brother F. A. Carpenter, Hornellsville Lodge, No. 331 • 1 00
Brother J. Walter Bryant, Hornellsville Lodge, No. 331 , 1 00
Brother Clyde E. Shutts, Hornellsville Lodge, No. 331 1 00
W.\ E. Waldorf, Hornellsville Lodge, No. 331 1 00
Brother John Keyser, Hornellsville Lodge, No. 331 1 00
Brother Jules Peytrenet, Hornellsville Lodge, No. 331 :. 1 00
Brought forward ?216 00
Brother Carl Knappert, Hornellsville Lodge, No. 331 1 00
W.\ Alf. T. Bruce, Master Washington Lodge, No. 21 1 00
R.\ W.\ Manuel Muina, D. D. G. M., 10th District 1 00
W.\ Howard C. Loudon, Master Hyatt Lodge, No. 203 1 00
R.\ \V.\ James Aitkeu, Representative Grand Lodge of Scot
land 1 00
Subscriptions from Rising Star Lodge. No. 450 25 00
It.'. W.\ John J. Hubschmitt, Past D. D. G. M., 9th District. . 1 00
R.\ W.\ George W. Stake, Representative Grand Lodge,
Saxony 1 00
W.\ Albert M. Roehrig, Master Klopstock Lodge, No. 700... 1 00
R.\ W.\ George Hayes, Past Grand Treasurer 1 00
W.\ John E. Sparrow, Committee on Accounts 1 00
'• Unknown Donor" 1 00
Nineteen brethren of Orion Lodge, No. 717 19 00
R.\ W.\ George C. Fox, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
Brother Frank I. Dorr, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
R.\ W.\ Joel H. Prescott, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
W.\ Percy Eaton, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
Brother Millington Lockwood, Queen City Lodge, No. 358. ... 1 00
Brother George W. Cheney, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
Brother William A. Joyce, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
Brother Joshua C. Watson, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
W.\ H. H. Davenport, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
Brother James N. McArthur, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
Brother Harrison Osborne, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
Brother Frederick A. Busch, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
Brother Randolph Barnes, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
Brother Henry E. Layer, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
Brother Frank I. Parker, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
Brother Charles P. Stein, Jr., Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
Brother Albert E. Hubbard, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
Brother Richard F. Rankine, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
Brother Alfred L. Harrison, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
Brother William H. Stanley, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
Brother William H. Farnsworth, Queen City Lodge, No. 358. 1 00
Brother H. J. Knapp, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
Brother Arthur S. Goltz, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
Brother Aug. P. Kehr, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
Brother Horace A. Noble, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
Brother Stephen C. Brush, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
M.\ W.\ Christopher G. Fox, Queen City Lodge, No. 358 1 00
R.\ W.\ William L. Swan, Matinecock Lodge, No. 806 1 00
W.\ T. A. Swan, Matinecock Lodge, No. 800 1 00
W.\ James Duthie, Matinecock Lodge, No. 800 1 00
Brother Jacob Prenowity, Matinecock Lodge, No. 800 1 00
Brother Walter Franklin, Matinecock Lodge, No. 800 1 00

W.\ Max Littenberg, George W. White Lodge, U. D 1 00
Brother David Goldberg, George W. White Lodge, U. D 1 00
Brother E. Shlaren, George W. White Lodge, U. D 1 00
Brother Meyer Panoff, George W. White Lodge, U. D 1 00
Brother H. J. Furlong, George W. White Lodge, U. D 1 00
Brother William B. Roth, George W. White Ixidge, U. D 1 00
Brother Frank Schenberg, George W. White Lodge, U. D 1 00
Brother Samuel Schwartz, George W. White Lodge, U. D. . . . 1 00
W.\ Duncan Fraser. George W. White Lodge, U. D 1 00
W.\ Lewis Stamper, George W. White Lodge, U. D 1 00
Brother G. M. Sheppard, George W. Wbite Lodge, U. D 1 00
Brother Osia Mailer, George W. White Lodge, U. D 1 00
Brother S. Leiderman, George W. White Lodge, U. D 1 00
Brother Isaac Caplan, George W. White Lodge, U. D 1 00
Brother Jacob Caplan, George W. White Lodge, U. D 1 00
Brother Simon Volet. George W. White Lodge, U. D 1 00
R.\ W.\ J. Stewart Wilson, Committee on Foreign Correspond
ence 5 00
W.\ Michael Schaap, Master Marshall Lodge, U. D 1 00
W.\ Frederick W. Culler, Past Master Prince of Orange
Lodge, No. 16 1 00
Brother Charles Reed, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 0(1
Brother George S. Blampey, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
Brother Reginald H. Sayre, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
R.\ W.\ George T. Montgomery, P. D. D. G. M., 4th District. 1 00
Brother Arthur L. Squire, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
Brother Robert H. Rucker, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
Brother A. Ernest Gallant, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
Brother Ben T. Givandan, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
Brother Egbert K. Grandin, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
Brother Henry S. Boisnot, Kane Lodge. No. 454 1 00
Brother Henry Griswold, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
Brother Henry C. Hazen, M.D., Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
Brother Robert M. Fuller, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
Brother James Milburn, Jr., Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
Brother Henry J. Karssens, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
Brother George J. Jackson, Kane Lodge. No. 454 1 00
Brother Frederick C. Meacham, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
Brother Joseph F. Simmons, Kane Lodge, No. 4."4 1 00
Brother Hamilton R. Squier, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
Brother Benjamin D. Woodward, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
Brother A. L. Baird, Kane Lodge, No. 454 -. 1 00
Brother A. P. W. Kimian, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
Brother F. A. Reed, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
W.\ E. C. Hartshorne. Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
Brother A. H. Fischer. Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
R.\ W.\ Joseph Morris Ward, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
R.\ W.\ Frederic C. Wagner, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
Brother F. B. Wilson, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
Brother S. B. Snook, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
William McKinley Lodge, No. 840 25 00
Brother A. L. Eisner, William McKinley Lodge, No. 840 1 00
Brother Joseph Rothschild, William McKinley Lodge, No. 840 1 00
Brother Henry Drucker, William McKinley Lodge, No. 840. . . 1 00
Brother Nate Le Vene, William McKinley Lodge, No. 840 1 00
Brother Adolph Kauder, William McKinley Lodge, No. 840. . 1 00
Brother Lewis Sehoeps, William McKinley Lodge, No. 840. .. 1 00
Brother Max Kauder, William McKinley Lodge, No. 840 1 00
Brother Robert Ammundson, William McKinley Lodge, No. 840 1 00
Brother Leon Rosenstock, William McKinley Lodge, No. 840. . 1 00
Brother Harry J. Tass, William McKinley Lodge, No. 840 1 00
St. Albans Lodge, No. 50, through R.\ W.\ Charles Tonsor. . . 10 00
W.V Alphonse W. Weiner, Master Radiant Lodge, No. 739. ... 1 00
Brother A. Palmer Dudley, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
Brother R. Morgan Olcott, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
W.V Fred Hartenstein, Past Master City Lodge, No. 408 1 00
W.\ Elmer B. Silver, Past Master Copestone Lodge, No. 641. . 1 00
Master Elmer Wiley Silver 1 00
R.\ W.\ Rudolph Holde, Representative Grand Lodge of Nor
way 1 00
W.\ Frederick Pausing, Master Charter Oak Lodge, No. 249. . 1 00
R.\ W.\ Edward H. Lisk, D. D. G. M., 17th District 1 00
W.\ Moses Yeaton, Master Sandalphon Lodge, No. 836 1 00
Brother Alexander Cooper, Sandalphon Lodge, No. 836 1 00
R.\ W.\ Franklin T. Davis, Hiawatha Lodge, No. 434 1 00
R.\ W.\ Henry B. Piuser, Hiawatha Lodge, No. 434 1 00
W/.iJohn J. Bennett, Hiawatha Lodge, No. 434 1 00
W.V Elmer P. Smith, Hiawatha Lodge, No. 434 1 00
Brother Adam Danner, Hiawatha Lodge, No. 434 2 00
Brother O. H. Lang, Hiawatha Lodge, No. .434 1 00
Brother J. E. Jeffrey, Hiawatha Lodê, No. 434 1 00
W;',i Theodore Taylor, Master Hiawatha Lodge, No. 434 1 00
Brother C. G. Colton, Hiawatha Lodge, No. 434 1 00
Brother D. R. Wood, Hiawatha Lodge, No. 434 1 00
Brother John Burden, Hiawatha Lodge. No. 434 1 00
WJ\ I Charles C. Flaesch, Master Freedom Lodge, No. 324 1 00
R;\ W.\ Oscar F. Lane, Past Master Schcnevus Valley Lodge,
i' No. 592 1 00'
Brotber William M. Young, St. Cecile Lodge, No. 568 1 00
R.\ W.\ George R. Vandewater, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
W.\ Peter Stuyvesant, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
W.\ Harvey A. Patterson, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
AV.\ Clarence H. Sandford, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
W.\ Alexander Brough, Republic Lodge, No. 090 1 00
Brother John D. McDowell, Republic Lodge, No. G90 1 00
Brother Charles C. Valentine, Republic Lodge, No. 090 1 00
Brother R. M. Berkeley, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 01l
Brother G. W. Stranahan, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
W.\ S. Merritt Hook, Past Master Livingston Lodge, No. 057. 1 00
Brother J. B. Arthur, Mariners' Lodge, No. 67 1 00
Brother R. A. Rathbone, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
R.\ W.\ Fred E. Hafely, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
Brother W. W. Taylor, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 0:i
Brother W. H. Laig, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
Brother C. F. C. Muller, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
Brother H. C. Blye, Republic Lodge, No. 6OO 1 00
Brother H. S. Pascal, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 0Ii
Brother J. C. Weiss, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
Brother M. D. Williams, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 0(1
Brother W. W. Mayer, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
Brother H. H. Allison, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
Brother George W. Robinson, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
Brother A. G. Mayer, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
Brother M. Fitzgerald, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
Brother F. S. Tolman, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
Brother F. A. Heinemann, Republic Lodge, No. 090 1 00
Brother William H. Dartt, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
Brother J. P. Thornley, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 0(1
Brother F. W. Bull, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
Brother W. J. Oliphant, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
Brother W. V. A. Poe, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
Brother I. M. Dewey, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 On
Brother T. M. Poe, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
R.\ W.\ William S. Thomson, Park Lodge, No. 516 1 Oil
Brother V. L. Hart, Ridgewood Lodge, No. 710 1 0(1
Contributions from brethren of Charity Lodge, No. 727 50 00
Contributions from brethren of Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 27. . . . 25 00
R.\ W.\ Alfred B. Price, Representative Grand Lodge Indian
Territory 1 00
W.\ William E. Duncan, Past Master York Lodge, No. 197. . . 1 00
Brother Julius G. Bran, Palestine Lodge, No. 204 1 00
Brother Richard Evans, Palestine Lodge, No. 204 1 00
Brother Milton T. Lewis, Palestine Lodge, No. 204 1 00
Brother Henry A. McCarthy, Palestine Lodge, No. 204 5 00
Contributions from brethren of Veritas Lodge, No. 734 50 00
Brother B. C. Williams, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 OH
Brother W. T. Beaver, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 0:i
Brother Seeley B. Wilson, Republic Lodge, No. 690 I OH
Brother M. A. Jackson, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
Brother C. H. Campbell, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
Brought forward ?003 00

Brother Joseph Schauf, Hornellsville Lodge. No. 331 1 00
Brother Luke Vreher, Hornellsville Lodge, No. 331 1 00
Brother M. F. Smith. Hornellsville Lodge. No. 331 1 00
Brother Fred Wall. Hornellsville Lodge, No. 331 1 Of)
Brother C. J. Clark. Hornellsville Lodge, No. 331 1 00
Brother Mason H. Stone, Kane Lodge, No. 454 1 00
Brother James E. McLean, Manahatta Lodge, No. 489 1 00
Brother Charles W. Spiegel, Manahatta Lodge, No. 489 1 00
Brother Fred James, Manahatta Lodge, No. 849 1 00
W.\ O. H. La Barre, Manahatta Lodge, No. 489 1 00
Brother Edward Muesham, Manahatta Lodge, No. 489 1 00
Brother James McClung, Manahatta Lodge, No. 489 1 00
Brother Willard Cudney, Manahatta Lodge, No. 489 1 00
Brother W. J. Comstock. Republic Lodge. No. 090 1 00
W.\ William R. Denham, Past Master Excelsior Lodge, No.
195 1 00
From The Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Bodies of New
York City 100 0:i
From John Hancock Lodge, No. 70 25 00
R.\ W.\ William Sulzer. Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
Brother George C. Ilunn, Jr., Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
W.\ Gustave Knoche, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 1 00
Brother R. E. Patterson, Greenpoint Lodge. No. 403 1 00
Brother F. E. Farmer, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 1 00
Brother G. W. Palmer, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 1 00
Brother J. E. Neill, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 1 00
Brother L. R. Stoner, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 1 00
Brother H. D. Bonnington, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 1 00
Brother G. W. Mackey, Greenpoint Lodge. No. 403 1 00
Brother J. A. Andrews, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 1 00
R.\ W.'. Jas. H. Rollins. Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 1 00
Brother W. Wilmurt, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 1 00
Brother R. F. Simons. Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 1 00
R.\ W.\ J. H. Bonnington, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 1 00
Brother Noah Clark. Greenpoint Lodge. No. 403 1 00
Brother E. H. Hazelwood. Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 1 00
Brother G. D. Hamlin, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 1 00
Brother F. E. Hamlin, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 1 00
Brother W. R. McKey, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 1 00
Brother W. Roese, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 1 00
Brother W. B. Miller, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 1 00
Brother E. A. Clark, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 1 00
Brother H. Kregeloh. Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 50
Brother J. Barker, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 50
Brother C. I. Gilbert, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 50
Brother H. F. Zoble, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 50
Brother F. A. Ott, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 25
Brother E. Howell, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 25
Brother R. Denton, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 25
Brother J. H. Weaver, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 25
Brother E. M. Jewell, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 25
Brother C. E. Fleet. Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 25
Brother R. Rollins, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 25
Brother W. Finkeldie, Greenpoint Lodge, No. 403 25
From Maimonides Lodge. No. 743. proceeds of entertainment. 201 05
W.\ George W. Miatt, Past Master Ramapo Lodge, No. 589. . 1 00
From Roome Lodge, No. 74G 1" 00
From a Past District Deputy Grand Master 25 00
From Composite Lodge, No. 819 10 00
From Continental Lodge, No. 287 10 00
W.\ William H. Thomas. Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
Brother Dwight Moore, Republic Lodge, No. 690 1 00
W.\ Raymond J. Taylor, Island City Lodge. No. 586 1 00
Brother William Liebmann, Island City Lodge, No. 586 1 00
Brother Clifford I. Tenny, Island City Lodge, No. 586 1 00
Brother August G. Waldeckerm. Island City Lodge. No. 586. . 1 00
Brother Lewis Walter, Island City Lodge, No. 586 1 00
Brother Henry N. Meyer, Island City Lodge, No. 586 1 00
From Franklin Lodge, No. 447 10 00
W.\ Thomas Hillson, Benevolent Lodge, No. 28 100
Brother C. F. D. Diegand, Benevolent Lodge, No. 28 1 00
Brother T. H. Thomas, Benevolent Lodge, No. 2 1 00
Brother James A. Brown, Benevolent Lodge, No. 28 1 00
Brother Peter Rieper, Benevolent Lodge, No. 28 1 00
W.\ H. C. Seward, Benevolent Lodge, No. 28 1 00
W.\ George H. Pladwell. Benevolent Lodge. No. 28 1 00
W.\ Edward J. Pringle, Benevolent Lodge, No. 28 1 00
W.\ Thomas F. Gray, Benevolent Lodge, No. 28 1 00
Brother James A. Ferguson, Benevolent Lodge, No. 28 1 00
Brother John L. Peters. Benevolent Lodge, No. 28 1 00
Brother Reuben T. Voss. Benevolent Ixidge, No. 28 1 Of)
Brother J. M. Curtis. Benevolent Lodge, No. 28 1 00
Brother Fred M. Wittemore, Benevolent Lodge, No. 28 1 00
W.\ John Lloyd Thomas, Benevolent Lodge. No. 28 1 00
From Acacia Lodge, No. 327 10 00
From George Washington Lodge. No. 285 10 00
From Henry Clay Lodge. No. 277 10 00
From Metropolitan Lodge, No. 273 10 00
From Mosaic Lodge, No. 418 10 00
From Lily Lodge, No. 342 10 00
R.\ W.\ Frederick J. Brown. Manhattan Lodge. No. 62 1 00
Brother Maxwell C. Lewis, Centennial Lodge, No. 763 1 00
Brother Samuel Lewis, Centennial Lodge, No. 763 1 00
Carried forward $1,133 05
Brought forward $1,133 05
Brother Edward Kraus, Centennial Lodge, No. 71:3 1 00
Brother Isaac Musliner, Centennial Lodge, No. 763 1 00
W.\ Aaron Stern, Centennial Lodge, No. 703 1 00
R.\ W.\ Henry Lippmann, Centennial Lodge, No. 7(!3 1 00
Brother Martin Stein, Centennial Lodge, No. 703 1 00
Brother Emanuel Solomon, Centennial Lodge, No. 703 1 00
Brother Samuel Berliner, Centennial Lodge, No. 703 1 00
Brother W. Irving Nathan. Centennial Lodge, No. 703 1 00
W.\ Silas Musliner, Centennial Lodge, No. 703 1 00
W.\ Adolph Oppenheimer, Centennial Lodge, No. 703 1 00
Brother Abraham Joseph, Centennial Lodge, No. 763 1 00
W.\ Herman Mayer, Centennial Lodge, No. 763 1 00
Brother Morris Blau, Centennial Lodge, No. 763 1 00
Brother Sol. Sammet, Centennial Lodge, No. 763 1 00
W.\ Emanuel Marx, Centennial Lodge, No. 763 1 00
From Sagamore Lodge, No. 371 10 00
From Sylvan Grove Lodge, No. 275 10 00
R.\ VYY. Ric hard Shepard, Jr., Park Lodge, No. 510 1 00
W.\ Albert Behning, Master Naphthali Lodge, No. 752 1 00
W.\ Fred Rohrs, Naphthali Lodge, No. 752 1 00
Brother Herman J. A. Gunther, Naphthali Lodge, No. 752. . . 1 00
Brother Joseph P. Bell, Naphthali Lodge, No. 752 1 00
Brother Anthony Doll, Jr., Naphthali Lodge, No. 752 •. . . 1 00
Brother Israel Bretzfclder, Naphthali Lodge, No. 752 1 00
Brother Theodore Cameron, Naphthali Lodge, No. 752 1 00
Brother Washington B. Reed, Naphthali Lodge, No. 752 1 00
Brother Henry Eschenbrenner, Naphthali Lodge, No. 752.... 1 00
Brother Edouard Rouvet, Naphthali Lodge, No. 752 1 00
Brother J. Ulrich Finnan, Naphthali Lodge, No. 752 1 00
Brother James Neel, Urbana Lodge, No. 459 1 00
From Emanuel Lodge, No. 654 10 00
W.\ Jacob C. Klinck, Master Atlas Lodge, No. 316 1 00
M.\ W.\ John Stewart, Past Grand Master 1 00
R.\ W.\ Emil Frenkel, King Solomon's Lodge, No. 279 1 00
Brother Charles Hartmann, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Samuel Roth, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Sig. Klein, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Daniel S. Jacobs, National Lodge, No. 209 1 00
Brother Joseph Arons, National Lodge, No. 2U9 1 00
From Adelphic Lodge, No. 348 10 00
From Long Island Lodge, No. 382 10 00
W.\ A. H. Wilcox, Liberty Lodge, No. 510 1 00
W.\ S. D. Parmenter, Liberty Lodge, No. 510 1 00
W.\ E. S. Brown, Liberty Lodge, No. 510. 1 00
Brother H. P. Wilcox, Liberty Lodge, No. 510 1 00
Brother A. E. Conley, Liberty Lodge, No. 510 1 00
Brother F. L. Spaulding, Liberty Lodge, No. 510 1 00
Brother David Berman, Liberty Lodge, No. 510 1 00
Brother C. E. Crosbj, Liberty Lodge, No. 510 1 00
Brother George Wagner, Liberty Lodge, No. 510 1 00
Brother A. C. Westfall, Liberty Lodge, No. 510 1 00
Brother R. W. Miller, Liberty Lodge, No. 510 1 00
R.\ W.\ William J. McDonald, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother I. O. Shumway, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
W.\ Dana B. Pratt, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother O. W. Shaw, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
W.'. W. J. Carson, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother C. B. Harvey, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother William Brown, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
W.\ Robert H. Clark, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother Frank Heim, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother Thomas Singleton, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
R.\ W.\ John Spence, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
W.\ Thomas Watt, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother J. J. Perkins, Pyramid Lodge. No. 490 1 00
Brother Adolph Vogel, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother Alex. Kinnear, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother Charles J. Jenkins, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother James McLear, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother E. A. Kraussman, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother Jacob A. Stroh, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother Alex. Paton, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother D. A. Gillespie, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother George Kelly, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother Arthur Migill, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother Alex. Fraser, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother J. L. Jager, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother H. W. Day, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother John Williams, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
R.\ W.\ H. P. Knowles, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother John Watt, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother John Mncdonald, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
R.\ W.\ James H. Kennedy, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother George Greer, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother Frank Martin, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother G. Graham, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother N. B. Bradbury, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother Alex. Coulter, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother David Mitchell, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother John J. Armstrong, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother Wilfred W. Armstrong, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother W. Wallace Grant, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother Charles H. Baldwin, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother Frank Meisenken, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother Charles B. Rich, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother E. J. Main, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
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Brother John Main, Pyramid Lodge. No. 490 1 00
Brother William Williams, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother James Carson, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
W.\ M. L. Ritchie, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother John Aller, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother Louis Konvalinka, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother G. L. Spalding, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother John Thompson, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother W. J. Main. Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother Charles E. G. Boyett, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother F. W. Hamilton, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother Philip H. Ohm, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother John C. Kessler, Pyramid Lodge. No. 490 1 00
Brother Robert Ogg, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother Charles Laudry, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother Robert McWilliams, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother John Mustard, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother Thomas Watson, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
Brother John T. Levach, Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 1 00
From Metropolitan Lodge, No. 273 15 00
From Manhattan Lodge, No. 62 20 00
W.\ Leo P. Ulmann, Centennial Lodge, No. 763 1 00
Brother Henry Flmann, Centennial Lodge, No. 763 1 00
Brother Louis H. Hyman, Centennial Lodge, No. 763 1 00
Brother Henry P. Strause, Centennial Lodge, No. 763 1 00
Brother William Rosenbaum, Centennial Lodge, No. 763....._ 100
Total $1,333 05
REPORT OF THE GRAND TREASURER.

R.\ W.\ John R. Gardner, Grand Treasurer, presented the
following report, which was received and ordered printed in
the Proceedings.
To the Grand Lod9e:
I have the honor to submit the following report of receipts and ex
penditures for the year ending April 30, 1905 :
RECEIPTS.
Balance as per report, May, 1904 $76,234 38
Received from Grand Secretary :
For certificates, diplomas, monitors, etc... $3,392 10
For Grand Lodge dues and fees 101,334 75
Interest on balances to December 1, 1904 1,210 34 — 105,937 19
Total $182,171 57
GRAXD LODGE, 1905. 77
EXPENDITURES.
Representatives to Grand Lodge, 1904 $21,712 05
Trustees M. H. & A. Fund 30,005 50
Trustees of Permanent Fund for Investment. . 20,000 00
Salaries 8,600 00
Clerk hire, Grand Secretary's office 2,700 00
Clerk hire, Grand Treasurer's office 300 00
Appropriation to Grand Master 1,300 00
Appropriation to Grand Secretary for emer
gencies 500 00
Appropriation to Grand Librarian 1,400 00
Appropriation to Committee on Foreign Corre
spondence ' 500 00
Appropriation to Committee for Translations. 100 00
Appropriation to General Masonic Relief
Association 400 00
Appropriation to Committee on Antiquities. . . 500 00
Appropriation to Charitable Purposes 200 00
Appropriation to Grand Lecturer for traveling
expenses 900 00
Appropriation to " Masonic Standard " for
advertising 200 00
Appropriation to " Der Fuhrer " for advertising 50 00
Appropriation to Custodians of the Work 100 08
Appropriation to Standing Committee H. & A.
Fund 294 85
Appropriation for music at Grand Lodge 05 00
Appropriation for decorations at Grand Lodge. 25 00
Appropriation for premium on bond of Grand
Treasurer 50 00
Appropriation for refund to Eagle Lodge,
No. 619 24 00
Special Committee of Investigation 500 00
Engraving portraits for Proceedings, 1904.... 342 75
Grand Master's apron 50 00
Advance reports to Grand Lodge, printing, bind
ing and mailing Proceedings (1904) 3,908 65
Delivering Proceedings (1904) in city 21 72
3,000 Monitors 827 33
1.000 Book of Constitution 96 57
500 Parchment Certificates 250 00
Leather Tucks 339 68
770 "Masonic Standards" and mailing 28 10
One Grand Lodge Register 29 00
One Apron Roll Junior Grand Warden 3 50
16 2-3 dozen white aprons 91 67
Washing and repairing gloves and aprons 53 15
Subscription Bullinger's Guide 7 00
Carried forward $96,535 60 — $182,171 57
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Brought forward $96,535 60 — $182,171 57
Six Representatives' Jewels 48 00
Master Masons' Certificates 250 00
Stamped envelopes, printing, stationery, etc. . . . 1,113 05
Sundry expenses Grand Secretary's office 581 04
Sundry expenses Grand Treasurer 44 45
Traveling expenses Grand Pursuivant and
Grand Tiler 216 30
Flowers (funeral R.\ W.\ B. J. Strough) 20 35
Advertising death notice R.\ W.\ George W.
White 11 70
Extra help at Grand Lodge 2000 — $98,840 49
Balance $83,331 08
On deposit:
Trust Co. of America $81,116 66
Garfield National Bank 2,214 42 — $83,331 OS
I transferred to the Trustees of the Permanent Fund, January 27.
1905, in compliance with a Constitutional provision, the sum of twenty
thousand dollars ($20,000).
JOHN R. GARDNER,
Grand Treasurer.
The Grand Master resumed the chair.
VISIT OF CHILDREN FROM THE MASONIC HOME.

Announcement was made that twenty of the children of the
Masonic Home were in waiting.
The Grand Master appointed the following brethren a com
mittee to receive and escort the children into the Grand Lodge:
R.\ W.\ Fkederic C. Wagner, Chairman Hall and Asylum Committee.
R.\ W.\ Dow Beekman, President Board of Trustees.
M.\ W.\ John Stewart, Past Grand Master.
M.\ W.\ Jesse B. Anthony, Past Grand Master.
M.\ W.\ William A. Sutherland, Past Master Frank R. Lawrence
Lodge, No. 797.
R.\ W.\ J. Hungerpord Smith, Past Master Frank R. Lawrence
Lodge, No. 797.
W.\ Henry R. East, Master Frank R. Lawrence Lodge, No. 797.
W.\ George G. Street, Master Transportation Lodge, No. 842.
W.\ Henry A. Thomas, Past Master Transportation Lodge, No. 842.
W.\ Frederick Paul Fox, Past Master Transportation Lodge, No.
842.
GRAND LODGE, 1905.
The Grand Lodge was called from labor to refreshment,

when the children, accompanied by three attendants and escorted
by the Committee, were admitted, and amid great enthusiasm
seated in the Grand East.
Upon suggestion of W.\ Morton Bishop, Proxy of Globe

Lodge, No. 588, the Grand Lodge, led by the quartette with full
organ accompaniment, united in singing the Doxology, " Praise
God, from Whom all blessings flow."
M.\ W.\ JonN Stewart, upon behalf of the Committee,

introduced the children in the following words :
Most sWorshipful Grand Master and Brethren of the Grand Lodge:
When the old Tiler approached the altar of his Lodge and placed
thereon his free will offering of his single dollar, he not only appealed
to the generous sentiments of his brethren, but he also appealed to the
nobler nature of their hearts, and created the impulse that they would
found and maintain a Home which would be a Home of Happiness—in
truth, a Home of Love. How little the good old Tiler knew how well
he builded, and, indeed, Most Worshipful Sir, I question if we, to-day,
fully realize the importance of the work in which we are engaged ; but
we have this consolation—that we have, at least in part, the fruition of
the work, for here on this bright May day, when the birds begin to sing,
and each swelling bud and opening flower proclaims the approach of
spring, are these little children, in the springtime of their life, filling the
room with the fragrance of their presence ; they come to us in their simple
and childish sincerity, saying that they offer to you their kind appreciation
and heartfelt thanks for your great care and protection of them.
Most Worshipful Grand Master, I have the great honor of presenting
to you, and through you to the Grand Lodge, these little children from
our Home at Utica.
The Grand Master welcomed the children in the following

words:
Children, Attendants and Brethren of the Committee:
The members of our Grand Fraternity bid you a hearty welcome.
May I be permitted to state that in presenting you to this Grand Lodge,
and in welcoming you within the confines of this Temple, it is the proud
est moment of my life. You are the living embodiment and the living ex
ample of what Freemasonry can do, and of what Freemasonry is doing.
You are presented to and welcomed by over 130,000 Masons, through their
representatives here assembled, representing nearly 800 Lodges. The great
work which has been undertaken by our Craft for the benefit of humanity
is a practical demonstration to all the world that we are not living Ma
so PROCEEDIXGS OF THE
sonry for ourselves, but for the benefit of mankind ; we arc furnishing
means for those who are not able to care for themselves ; we are educating
children and putting them in society that we hope they will grace ; that
they may become good citizens of our great country ; that they may enjoy
privileges which would otherwise be denied to them. They are our wards,
we are their friends : they are under our care, and it was thought best
that this Grand Lodge should kuow what the little ones are doing—what
they are accomplishing—hence their presence here to-day.
We have placed before you this great object lesson of the good you
are doing, and of the benefit which we hope what little money we use will
give to these children and to the world. Our work at Utica will be a
monument to the Masonic fraternity so long as all of us shall live and to
the end of time.
I most heartily welcome you to this place, and take great pleasure in
introducing you to the brethren. I hope your visit to this city will be
pleasant and profitable, and that you, in after years, may point to that
May day when you, my little ones, were in the Grand Lodge of Masons
in the State of New York, a privilege which has been denied many, a
privilege which but few enjoy except the immediate representatives of the
various Lodges within its jurisdiction. May God bless each and every
one of you ; may God bless the attendants ; may He have a guiding hand
over the Superintendent and all officers in charge of this great institution,
which is so dear to each and every one of our hearts.
R.\ W.\ Oren Hoot, Grand Chaplain, made the following

address :
May It Please the Most Worshipful Grand Master and May It Please the
Children and the Brethren of the CraIt:
I am more than glad that I came from the hills of Oneida, where
now and then, from the veranda of my hillside home, looking over the
valleys of the Oriskany, and Sauquoit, and the Mohawk, I can see the
glimmer of the light reflected from our Home. I am thrice glad because
1 am one of the elders now, and can remember when there were those
who were my neighbors and my friends, who doubted not a little whether
there would ever be anything more than a hill where is now located our
Home. They said it openly. I heard them in the Grand Chapter of 1805.
They said that bye and bye there would be a gorgeous hall in the city
and the members would forget the Home. I have been more than pleased
through these years to remember that 1 then, as the High Priest of a
country Chapter, did what I could to rebuke their unreasoning jealousy,
and I think 1 accomplished something with the Grand Chapter of 1805. 1
watched the struggles of the loyal, earnest and enthusiastic members of
the Craft, who made the Hall a fact ; and the Home, bye and bye, became
a fact.
1 am very glad to be in the Grand Lodge to-day, which reaches out
and takes hold of this Home as it has. I know nothing that is better in
all history than such a scene as this. It is better than the blood brother
hood of the Teuton ; it is better than the tribal adoption of the Aral)
GRAND LODGE, 1905. SI
and the Iroquois ; it is something more than a fetich ; it is an actual, real

thing ; here it is—it is a fact, and behind it there is a heart, and behind
the heart there is a soul. The beautiful painting of the Frenchman, Hor
ace Vernet, tells the story over and again in a scene typical of what this
really is. The scene is the African coast, the air aglow with the hot
African sunlight, blurred by the dust clouds of recent battle. In the
background, the wild Arab horseman in flight ; in the foreground there
lies a stricken Algerian woman. No need of legend : on her face death
is written. No need of legend ; for in her trembling arms she holds a
little Algerian child, and above her bends the face of a soldier of Algiers.
And there is no need of a legend about that face, as it shows human love
for the dying mother and her child. As you gaze upon the canvas you
can see the great love of the dying mother and you can see the answer of
the soldier.
I do not believe, oh brethren, that there is anywhere in human his
tory a faith or belief or creed thot really lifts men up that does not
have a child in it somewhere; so in the beginning, in the very beginning,
it is said that " the seed of woman shall bruise the serpent's head." So
it was the child of the Covenant, snatched from the heaped up wood on
the altar of sacrifice. So it was the child of a Hebrew mother in the bull-
rushes by the Nile, the little cradle laved by the tears of Isis from the far
Libyan hills. So it was the child, Samuel, in the midnight silence of the
Tabernacle court. And later still there are millions who watch, year by
year, the dawning of the star which led the wise men to Bethlehem.
So He set " a little child in the midst of them," and so " a little child
shall lead them."
I am glad, oh brethren, that the Lodge takes hold of the Home. I
wish you could get near enough to touch it, every one of you—it is very
!ieautiful. On these May mornings, to the eastward, the hills of Herki
mer, whence the sunrise ; on the westward, the valleys of the Oriskany,
the Sauquoit and the Mohawk, the swift running streams that were the
beginning of the industrial life in that vicinity ; to the north the swift
lines of continental travel, the river gathering its force to break the hill
barrier beyond, the Trenton hills, the Adirondacks, Polaris and the
Aurora, and the silence. Our Home, oh brethren, is in the south ; a call
from labor to refreshment, a call of rest for the aged whose eyes can
kindle but a little while at the beauties disclosed by the sunrise ; of rest
for little ones who would else be wandering weary and alone, without
gathering the strength they will now have and use for the good of
humanity.
I am glad that I am here. I am glad that I can speak this one word
for the Home, which you know lies in two counties. I am glad we can
say it is a Masonic Home made by the Grand Lodge of New York ; more
and better than that, a Home of the loyal hearts and loyal hands of all
of us. •
The children entertained the Grand Lodge with singing and
recitations, which were heartily encored.
Musical numbers were also rendered by the Apollo Quartette.
S2 PROCEEDINGS OF THE
The exercises closed with the following address and invo

cation by R. •. W. -. Joseph Silverman, Grand Chaplain:
Most Worshipful Grand Master, and My Brethren, and My Youn9
Brethren :
I have a tradition connected with the building of Solomon's Temple,
to which I have had access, and which may be new to most of yon. If
any look with uncanny feeling upon me because I possess this tradition,
let me reassure them that I have become possessed of it honestly. It is
said that when the workmen were selecting stones for the foundation of
the structure, they measured the stones and tested them, and there was
one that did not please the ordinary workmen, who cast it aside, and
went on building the foundation ; and when they were wellnigh finished,
they lacked a peculiar stone of particular thickness, solidity, strength
and measurement, and searched, but could not find the one needed. They
went to the Chief Workman and complained ; and he, turning his eye
toward the debris, said, " There, men, is the stone that will fit the place
that is empty," and when they found it, all exclaimed, " Lo, it is the stone
we cast away in the beginning." Then the tradition went forth through
out Israel, in ancient days, that " the stone which the builders rejected
became the chief corner stone." This text has been used by preachers
and teachers in many ways ; has been applied to prophets and leaders of
religion, discoverers, inventors and philosophers of the world, who have
been first rejected, later idolized by mankind.
In our Order, we find a new interpretation of that ancient tradition.
As builders of the human temple, we have selected many stones for the
foundation of our structure ; we have chosen stones of Love, of Goodness,
of Humanity, of Truth, of Righteousness, of Justice. We have built our
structure upon the stone of Fraternity ; we have been charitable to the
poor, we have eared for the widows and those who are in need ; but we
have only, within comparatively recent years, taken out of all the stones
that one most neglected—the little child. That rejected or neglected stone
is. to-day, the chief corner stone of our Masonic structure.
With permission of the Most Worshipful Grand Master, I shall give
you another tradition.
It is said that when the Children of Israel stood on Mt. Sinai and
received the Sinaic revelation, a Voice called out from Heaven and said,
" What assurance do you give that you will keep the law and fulfill the
promise to hear and obey ? " And those of Israel answered, " Let the
merit of our ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, be our surety ; " and
the Voice answered, " This is no surety, because posterity does not al
ways live in accordance with the merits of ancestors." They then re
sponded, " Let Heaven and Earth be our witness," but the Voice replied,
" Heaven and Earth may pass away—they are not surety." Then said
they, " Let the prophets that will arise be surety that the vow will be kept
and redeemed." But the Voice replied that such prophets could not be a
surety, because false prophets might arise. Then spoke forth one, " If
you reject us, our ancestors, Heaven and Earth, and the prophets, let
our children, born in innnocence and purity, be surety that our promise
GRAND LODGE, 1905.
will be kept ;" and the Voice answered, " The children will surely redeem
the earth, and they are a surety that the law will remain in the land of
Israel."
This is an ancient institution, built upon principles which are prac
ticed here and there, more or less, but where is the surety that this insti
tution will be maintained forever? Civilization has changed many
things ; evolution has cast aside doctrines ; institutions of antiquity are
swept out of existence by the march of progress. Time may come when
most of our laws will be changed ; time may come when some institutions
will disappear ; time may come when decorations will be cast aside ; but
the time will never come when the Home at Utica that we erected to be a
place of habitation, instruction and protection for our weak and unfortu
nate children will pass away from the earth.
In the distant future, when all the former stones of the great founda
tion of our structure—the love of God, of Humanity, of Truth, of Justice
and Righteousness—will be overlooked, the love of the child will shine out
in resplendent glory, and men and women all over the earth will repeat
the old words of the psalmist, " Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings
hast Thou acquired strength." Let us pray !
O Lord our God, we thank Thee for the inspiring hours of this day.
We thank Thee for the lessons we have learned, for the sentiment that
has prevailed here of Love, Harmony and Peace. We thank Thee for the
Godlike spirit which has hovered over this assembly ; we feel rejuvenated
in mind and heart ; we feel strengthened in body and soul ; and from this
unison of thoughts and feelings and sentiments, may there go forth into
the world at large that love of unity that will bind all mankind together.
We thank Thee for all those who have done their work well and zeal
ously, in the cause of Truth and Righteousness, and beseech Thee to give
us Thy ancient threefold benediction in all fullness : May the Lord care
for and protect you ; may He look down upon and be gracious unto you.
and grant peace in your hearts and homes, and in all your surroundings,
forevermore. Amen.
SO MOTe IT BE.
The children and their attendants then retired to enjoy sight

seeing and amusements provided for them by Frank R. Lawrence
Lodge, No. 797, and the constitutional Grand Lodge officers.
The Grand Lodge resumed labor.
R.\ W.\ Townsend ScuDDEit, Deputy Grand Master, in the

chair.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PERMANENT

FUND.
M. \ W. .. Edward M. L. Ehlbrs, from the Trustees of the
Permanent Fund, presented the following report, which was
received and ordered printed in the Proceedings.
To the Grand Lod9e:
The Trustees of the Permanent Fund beg to present the following
report:
Amount reported to last Grand Lodge :
On deposit in the Union Trust Company $5,666 14
On deposit in the City Trust Company 6,242 67
Loaned on bond and mortgage 129.000 00
Items in process of collection 15.000 00
Total amount reported $155,908 81
The items In process of -collection were paid May 13, 1904,
and the interest thereon was paid September 20, 1904,
amounting to 843 75
Other receipts :
From the Grand Treasurer 20.000 00
Interest upon loans on bond and mortgage 5,542 15
Interest upon deposits in Trust Companies 441 12
Balance, May 2, 1905 $1S2,735 83
Placed as follows :
Loaned on bond and mortgage—
1. On the Hall of Olive Branch Lodge, No. 40, at
Frankfort, N. Y $5,000 00
2. On No. 309 West 104th St., New York City 11,000 00
3. On Broadway and 106th St., New York City 20,000 00
4. On Nos. 327 and 329 East 24th St., New York City. 24.000 00
5. On No. 227 East 22d St., New York City 10,000 00
6. On No. 316 East 58th St., New York City 10,000 00
7. On Nos. 223 and 223% East 23d St., New York City 14,000 00
8. On No. 172 Clinton St., New York City 20,000 00
9. On No. 232 East 12th St.. New York City 14,000 00
10. On No. 337 Third Ave., New York City 25,000 00
Total loaned on bond and mortgage $153,000 00
On deposit in Union Trust Company 29.735 83
$182,735 83
FRANK H. ROBINSON,
TOWNSEND SCUDDER,
S. NELSON SAWYER, \. Trustees.
CHARLES SMITH,
EDWARD M. L. EHLERS, 3. .
EEPOET OF THE TEUSTEES OF THE MASONIC

HALL AND ASYLUM FUND.
B.\ W.\ Dow Beekman, from the Trustees of the Masonic

Hall and Asylum Fund, presented the following report, which
was received and referred to the Standing Committee on Hall
and Asylum Fund.
To the Grand Lodge:

In accordance with the requirements of the Constitution, the Trustees
of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund herewith submit a detailed report
of all their transactions for the year ending March 31, 1905.
The Board organized at a meeting held immediately after the adjourn
ment of the Grand Lodge, in May, 1904, and elected
R.\ W.\ Dow Beekman President.
R.\ W.\ James H. Rollins Treasurer.
R.\ W.\ Edwin H. Hammer Secretary.
At the same meeting the following standing committees were appointed :

On Home: R.\ W.-. James H. Rollins, R.\ W.-. Henry B. Pruser and
R.\ W.\ Dow Beekman.
On Hall: R.\ W.\ Frank E. Haff, R.\ W.\ Edwin H. Hammer and
R.\ W.\ Dow Beekman.
The Board has held regular monthly meetings as required by the By
laws.
The Report in detail of the Treasurer accompanies this report, but
we herewith incorporate the following summary statement so that the
Craft may be advised of our financial condition in this immediate con
nection.
SUMMARY.
Balance on hand at last report $8,521 74
Receipts during the year:
From rentals $63,821 24
From Grand Lodge fees 31,683 50
From miscellaneous sources 1,894 23— 97,398 97
Transferred from Reserve Fund 1,000 00
Total $106,920 71
SO PROCEEDINGS OF THE
DISBURSEMENTS.
For Home account . . $72,367 78
For Hall account . . . 26,063 19
For General account. 5,766 12—104,197 09
Leaving balance in General Fund $2,723 62

Placed as follows:
In the hands of the Superintendent of the Home $1,840 83
On deposit, Garfield National Bank 882 79— $2,723 62
RESERVE FUND.
Balance on hand at last report $234,031 90
Receipts:
From interest 8,731 09
In settlement of bequest of Anna M. A. Tampcke, deceased 411 63
In settlement of bequest of Ensworth D. Babcock, deceased 500 00
On account of bequest of Andrew J. Garvey, deceased .... 221 89
On account of bequest of Wm. R. Brown, deceased 32 19
$243,928 70
Less amount transferred to General account 1,000 00
Total of Reserve Fund $242,928 70
Loaned on bond and mortgage $218,000 00
On deposit in Union Trust Company 24,918 70
Bond of Tompkins Lodge, No. 471 10 00—$242,928 70
Attention is invited to the report of M.\ W.\ Jesse B. Anthony, Super

intendent, which gives an account of the condition of the Masonic Home
and treats of the many interesting details connected therewith. We cheer
fully renew our commendation of the manner in which our Superintendent
presides over our large household in that institution.
It will be observed that whereas, in former years, it had been the cus
tom to have the Superintendent's report cover the twelve months ending
with March 1st, his report this year is brought down to April 1st, thereby
embracing thirteen months. This will, we believe, meet the approval of
the Craft because, by the new system, the report of the Trustees and the
Superintendent will cover the same period.
We repeat our thanks to those physicians residing at Utica, who have
been so kind as to volunteer their services during the past year, in attend
ing our sick and infirm.
GRAND LODGE, 1905. sr
While on account of the waiting list we have been solicitous that eacb
room should contain as many inmates as could be accommodated with
due regard to their comfort, we are pleased to state that no unpleasant
situations have arisen on account of the somewhat crowded condition of
the Home. The health of the household has been as good as could be
expected, considering the great age of the majority. There has been no
serious sickness among the children, and our record of having lost no
child by death from disease contracted at the institution still holds good.
The school continues in successful operation, and the work of the children
under the guidance of their able and faithful teachers is very gratifying
indeed.
We desire to state that everything possible is done to surround our
institution with the atmosphere of genuine "home life." Holidays are
made occasions for special exercises, principally, of course, for the enjoy
ment of the children, but the pleasure is shared by the old as well as the
young. The religious exercises regularly conducted on Wednesday nights
and Sunday mornings, afternoons and evenings contribute much to the
happiness and well-being of all within the Home. In this connection we
desire to record our appreciation of the services so kindly rendered by the
clergymen of Utica and the Brotherhood of St. Andrew at the sessions held
in the chapel on Sunday afternoons.
We take occasion at this time to remind the Craft that those Lodges
that have members at the Home will add much to their pleasure if they
will send them at Christmas time a reminder in some form of their kindly
interest.
On June 24, 1904, M.\ W.\ Frank Hurd Robinson, Grand Master, made
his official visit to the Home. He was accompanied by a large number
of Grand Lodge officers, and the occasion was notable for the great interest
displayed by all visitors in the great work of our Fraternity. As usual,
the exercises were held in the chapel, and were opened with prayer by
R.\ W.\ John Laubenheimer, Grand Lecturer. The Grand Master was then
welcomed and introduced by the President of the Board of Tnistees, and
responded with an address which was replete in wise counsel and inspiring
sentiments, full of comfort to the old and encouragement to the young.
Interesting addresses followed by M.\ W.\ John W. Vrooman, M.\ \V.\
Edward M. L. Ehlers and R.\ W.\ Townsend Scudder.
Throughout the year the Grand Master has shown the greatest interest
in everything pertaining to the work of this Board, and our thanks are
due him for his valuable assistance.
The Standing Committee on Hall and Asylum Fund, under the chair
manship of R.\ W.\ Frederic C. Wagner, have earnestly cooperated with
this Board in the administration of the affairs under our charge, and we
desire, as in the past, to render our thanks for their willing assumption of
a part of the work of the investigation of applications for admission to
the Home.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
JOYCE FUND.
Owing to the fact that the attention of the Craft has been largely
engrossed by the consideration of other charitable plans, the Mrs. A. D.
Joyce Children's Fund has not been largely contributed to during the past
year. However, we trust that the Brethren will not forget that this Fund
is intended to carry out a very substantial purpose. In special cases,
where the circumstances appear to warrant, we are enabled through the
medium of this Fund to extend to children who have reached the age
limit, additional privileges and advantages beyond the general scope of
the regular facilities of the institution. With this Fund we have been
able during the past year to assist one of our boys by providing part of his
expenses at Union College. While he was at the Home his conduct was
such as to prove him worthy of kindly encouragement and aid, and as we
said in our report of last year, the Fraternity should treat our wards in the
spirit of a wise and affectionate father who would reward the good en
deavors of his children and who would not send his child from his door
penniless.
MASONIC SANATORIUM FUND.
While the brethren freely respond to calls upon them for the support
of the Home, we must remember that we are prohibited from admitting
consumptives. In 1902 the attention of the Craft was called to the
importance of a sanatorium for the care of Brethren afflicted with tuber
culosis. M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary, presented the
matter to the Craft in a letter to the Masonic Standard. Many Brethren
quickly responded and the Grand Secretary became the custodian of a
fund intended as the nucleus for the establishment of such an institution.
The moneys in the hands of the Grand Secretary, amounting to $2,724.97,
were subsequently transferred to the Trustees of the Masonic Hall and
Asylum Fund, to constitute the Masonic Sanatorium Fund.
The Brethren of the Fourth Masonic District were instrumental in
forming an organization known as the Masonic Sanatorium League, which
awakened interest in this project throughout the State. This Fund has
now grown to the sum of $6,351.27. We trust that nothing will detract
from the interest in this subject, and that contributions to this Fund will
steadily increase until the object of its creation shall be accomplished.
MASONIC HALL.
We are pleased to state that by carefully arranging a schedule of dif
ferent and convenient dates for the meeting of the various bodies within
the Temple and utilizing every room, we have been enabled to increase
the gross rentals of the Hall to a higher figure than ever before reached.
We further report that by arranging for the inspection of the system of
electric lighting we anticipate that we will effect an annual saving of about
$1,200 on the lighting of the Temple.
GRAND LODGE, 1905. Nil
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR CHARITY BALL.

While tbis report properly closes with the date of March 31, we can
not refrain fiom making reference to the fact that since the above date
we have received from the Knights Templar Charity Ball Association
the sum of $12,000, as the results of the untiring efforts of the officers and
committees who had in charge the arrangements of the Knights Templar
Charity Ball held in New York City on January 9th. The unselfish devo
tion of the Brethren who spent weeks and months in the preliminaries
which culminated in that magnificent occasion speaks volumes for the
broad and generous spirit of Freemasonry which pervades this great
jurisdiction.
Our most grateful thanks are due, and are hereby tendered, to Right
Eminent John Little, Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of
Knights Templar, his associate officers in the Grand Commandery, Right
Eminent William J. Maxwell, Past Grand Commander and Chairman of
the committee having this matter in charge, those associated with him,
and the officers and members of the several Commanderies through whose
zealous efforts this magnificent work in the cause of benevolence was
accomplished.
FURTHER PERTAINING TO THE HOME.

On March 31, 1905, there were 303 inmates at the Home.
The per capita cost for twelve months has been S206.68. The small
per capita increase is to a large extent accounted for by the following
facts: During the past year the season was so unfavorable to certain
crops upon the farm that there has been an increase in farm expenses.
The enhanced price of commodities for the table has had its effect. Fur
thermore, the necessity for extra nursing and medical expenses and more
help in the care of our aged inmates has been an important element.
On April 1, 1905, the number of applicants accepted and not in the
Home was twenty-nine. Of these, three had been notified to present
themselves at the Home, and they have been subsequently received. On
that date there were twenty-one applications in the hands of committees
for investigation, and between the regular monthly meeting in March and
the 1st day of April, 1905, nine more applications had been filed with the
Secretary to be thereafter acted upon, making a possible waiting list of
fifty-six as against forty-nine on April 1, 1904.
On account of the short time that has elapsed since the adoption of
the amendment to the Constitution providing for the funds which may be
applied to the construction of an addition to the Home and the mainten
ance thereof, it is impossible for the Trustees, even after the most careful
deliberation upon the subject of the plan and scope of such enlargement, to
report in detail the exact dimensions or cost of the necessary improvements.
We realize that this is a problem of great i nportance, involving all time and
worthy of the most careful study and investigation. It is our purpose to
work out ultimately a plan that shall not only meet our immediate wants
and demands, but providf for the future on the basis of the minimum
cost of proper and suitable maintenance. Considering the fact that the
Craft now numbers over one hundred and thirty thousand, and that our
waiting list is approximately fifty-six, we are of the opinion that our
addition should provide for the accommodation of two hundred more
than are now within the walls of the institution. We have heretofore
called the attention of the Craft to the fact that the construction of
our present main building is such as to admit of no more minor addi
tions by way of wings or carrying up extra stories, and that whatever
provision is to be made in the future for the accommodation of additional
inmates must consist of an annex of sufficient capacity to furnish room
for those who may become the subjects of our care for years to come. In
the consideration of the subject we have sought to formulate a plan which
would save cost of maintenance by locating and centralizing the kitchen
and heating plant so as to be accessory to one dining-room and so as to
heat the entire institution without a duplication of plant and working
forces. We believe that this can be accomplished by the erection of a
building of approximately 40 by 175 feet, consisting of four stories and
a basement, situated east of the present east wing (running north and
south), with a dining-room extending from near the centre of the proposed
new building and connecting with the present dining-room. By the
erection of a new kitchen in the rear of the proposed enlarged dining-
room the work could be most advantageously, conveniently, and econom
ically carried on. The present kitchen is now hardly adequate for our
needs, and the space occupied by the present kitchen would be available
for rooms for the employees and additional rooms for inmates. Further
more, by the removal of the kitchen from its present location the elimina
tion from the main building of the odors from the kitchen would be suc
cessfully accomplished, a result highly desirable on sanitary and all other
grounds. By carrying up two stories over the new part of the dining-
room, making that part in harmony with the present dining-room struc
ture, many convenient rooms will be at our disposal for inmates. The
present boiler house is so located as to admit of enlargement to meet the
increased demands.
The above plan, as stated in a general way, will be convenient and,
from an architectural standpoint, will preserve the symmetry of our entire
structural system. The additions and alterations thus above suggested will.
we estimate, accommodate from two hundred to two hundred and twenty-
five additional inmates. Our deep sense of the responsibility resting upon
us, and of our duty to the Craft, influence us to use all the time necessary
to work out a plan that will ultimately meet the approbation of the Craft,
and we therefore feel that we should not make haste at the expense of
possible increased fixed charges in the future. Consequently, we hope we
will not be expected to report in detail at this time what may be regarded
as an entirely definite plan. However, we deem it advisable to state to
the Craft the result of our deliberations and investigations thus far, as to
the probable cost of the proposed and recommended additions and alter
ations. From our estimates formed on the basis of the above plans stated
in a general way, we are of the opinion that such additions and alterations
can be made for from $150,000 to $175,000, depending somewhat upon
how nearly fire-proof the new additions shall be made.
We think we are not presumptuous in suggesting that in plans of the
magnitude of those treated of, much must be left to the discretion of the
Board to which the administration of these affairs are intrusted, and we
submit to your consideration the question whether you will approve our rec
ommendations—that such extensions, additions, and alterations be made
as will afford accommodations for an additional two hundred inmates.
Pending the addition to the Home, we beg the lodges to bear in mind
that while we have a home for our unfortunate brethren and their wives and
children, they are not relieved from the immediate and intimate obliga
tions which they owe their members, to provide assistance and relief out
of their own lodge funds. The Home is not for those who may need only
temporary aid. It is not for those who may need only the occasional
helping and open hand. The thought and intention should be "how
long and how much can we aid the brother or his widow before making
application for their admission to the Home," rather than "how soon we
may effect their admission to the Home." The Trustees must frankly
say that they regard with suspicion an application where investigation
shows a lodge has not demonstrated its good faith and the true and helpful
Masonic spirit, by extending generous aid before filing an application for
the admission of a member to the Home, or has failed to prove its own
financial inability to care for the destitute brother.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER.

To the Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund.
Brethren : Herewith is submitted a report covering the re
ceipts and disbursements from April 1, 1904, to April 1, 1905.
GENERAL FUND.
Rentals :
Stores *23,000 00
Lodges. 29,055 11
Chapters 2,837 28
Commanderies 1,965 00
Commandery Room 3,235 00
Other Bodies 197 50
Grand Lodge Ilall .. 1,720 00
Lockers 669 50
Sales 541 25
Total receipts for rent—carried forward $63,821 24
Grand Lodge fees and per capita 31,683 50
Quotas of Lodges to the Hall and Asylum Fund, received through
M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary 62 50
Interest on deposits Ill
Refund of water rates of Hall 36 00
Rebates on bills, allowances, sale of produce, etc., at the Home 1,367 02
From Mrs. A. D. Joyce Children's Fund for children of the Home... 120 00
Donations :
M.\ W.\ Wright D. Pownall 15 00
R.\ W.-. Henry A. Powell "» 00
R.\ W.\ Frederic C. Wagner 38 00
R.\ W.\ Edwin Buchman 25 00
W.-. Moses Yealon 2 00
Bro. Alexander Casper r? SS
United Brothers Lodge, No. 856 50 00
Oneida Lodge, No. 270 30 00
Agawamuck Lodge, No. 841 JO 00
Anglo Saxon LodRe, No. 137 W 00
Transfer from the Reserve Fund 1.000 00
Balance In General Fund, March 31, 1004 8,521 74
Total $106,920 71
Disrursements, per detailed statements:
For Home account $72,367 78
" Hall account 26,063 19
" General account 5,766 12
104,197 09
Balance, March 31, 1905 $2,723 62
Placed as follows:
On deposit in Garfield National Bank $882 79
In hands of the Superintendent of the Home 1,840 83
$2,723 62
CLASSIFICATION OF DISBURSEMENTS.
General :
Salaries and wages $2,237 50
Expenses attending Trustees' meetings and committee work 499 08
Priuting aud stationery 87 00
Postage, express, telegrams, check collections, etc 62 62
Rent of safe deposit box 20 00
Interest on the William Scott conditional gift 60 00
Legal services 2,799 92
Total $5,766 12
Masonic Hall :
Employees' wages $9,843 17
Electric light 3,808 51
Gas 505 40
Coal 2,554 38
Supplies to engineer and janitor 836 43
Repairs 1,576 22
Water rates 324 70
Telephone 180 12
$19,638 93
Additions and Improvements 373 75
Taxes 6,050 51
Total $31,829 31
GRAND LODGK, 1905. 03
The following table exhibits a detailed statement of the rentals received

from the Masonic Hall during the past six years :
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Stores 28,000 00 28,000 00 23.000 23,000 23,000 23.000
Lodges 28.570 95 29,106 99 28,518 35 29.444 80 28,962 51 29,655 11
Chapters 2,850 63 2.764 87 2,789 38 2,707 50 2,557 50 2,837 28
Oommanderies 2,170 00 2.12S 81 2,106 23 2,048 92 2,101 02 1,9(15 60
Other Bodies and Specials. 2,405 00 2,842 50 2,662 50 8,127 50 8,488 75 3.432 50
Grand Lodge Hall 900 00 960 00 420 00 1,2.50 00 2,245 00 1,720 00
565 00 555 00 551 83 681 50 656 00 669 50
427 50 460 00 475 74 503 75 507 25 541 25
60,889 08 61,317 67 60,523 53 62,773 97 63,518 08 63,821 24
The following table shows the receipts of the Fund and disbursemenst
account Masonic Hall during the past ten years :
Oh £ 11 - 3D O
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To as t* £^ a Receipts. as
4) — 11
4s
$ 8 8 8 8
May 1, 1895, |May 1, 1896. 59,852 73!22,488 00 2,470 65 84,811 88 81,881 52 88,520 21
May 1, 1896, May 1, 1897. 60,439 21,978 00 1,962 90 84,375 27 21,195 68 39,243 74
May 1, 1897, May 1, 1898. 59,876 15121,111 00 1,719 01 82,706 16 20,045 17 89,830 98
May 1, 1888,'May 1, 1899. 59,444 19,953 00; 1,509 72 80,907 47 18,427 68 41,017 07
May 1, 1899, April 1 1900. 60,889 20,286 50 887 86 82.(163 44118,593 75 42,295 33
April 1, 1900, |April 1 1901. 61,317 23,605 00 1,473 40 86,396 07 21.369 39 39,948 28
April 1, 1901 April 1, 1902. 60,523 26,083 00 2,066 12 88,672 65 23,806 80 87.217 73
April 1,- 1902 April 1, 1903. 62,778 29,194 50 1,701 64 98,670 ll!25,578 44 87.195 58
April 1, 1903' April 1, 1904. 63,518 08|82,541 00 2,432 53 98.491 56 13,571 48 89.946 55
April 1, 1904'tl April 1, 1905. 63,821 24 31,683 50 1,894 23 97,898 97 26,027 19 37,794 05
CLASSIFICATION OF DISBURSEMENTS, ACCOUNT MASONIC HOME.

Additions and Betterments:
Furniture, bedsteads, mattresses, etc $128 25
Sundry house fixtures 153 00
Building case , 49 70
One horse 150 00
Ground improvements 1,152 2b
Maintenance:
Salaries and wages $20,3-0 55
Table expense 18,054 90
Heating... 8,407 38
Light.7 1.954 95
Miscellaneous household expenses, livery and ex
penses not otherwise classified 5,998 47
Boiler expense 230 26
Ice 404 01
Drugs, medicine and physicians' expenses 2,130 42
Water 830 64
Laundry 368 19
Clothing 3,180 40
Funerals 723 00
School 277 76
Extraordinary 1,604 45
Insurance 70 48
Livestock additions 559 26 ^^
Repairs :
Building $442 67
Boilers 56 31
Farm implements 134 96
633 94
Farm and Barn :
Wages $2,024 23
Fertilizer 218 25
Feed 2,750 06
Plants, seeds, etc 127 67
Barn expense, horseshoeing, etc 354 18
Sundries 91 10
0,565 49
Total disbursements account Home $72,367 78
THE RESERVE FUND.

Amount reported March 31, 1904 $234,031 90
Receipts :
Interest from loans on bond and mortgage 8,172 98
" " Union Trust Co., on deposits 557 41
" " Tompkins Lodge, No. 471, on bond 75
In settlement of bequest of Auna M. A. Tampcke, deceased... 411 68
" " " " " Ensworth D. Babcock, " ... 500 00
On account of bequest of Andrew J. Garvey, deceased 321 89
" " " " " William R. Brown, " 33 19
Brought forward 1343,928 70
DISBURSEMENT :
Transfer to General Account 1,000 00
Balance, March 31, 1905 $342,928 70
Placed as follows :
On deposit In Union Trust Co 24,918 70
Bond of Tompkins Lodge, No. 471 10 00
$242,928 70
THE JOYCE FUND.

Receipts :
Laurens Lodge, No. 548 15 00
Excelsior Savings Bank, interest to Julv 1, 1904 33 27
Mrs. J:imes Robinson McKee. Cuba. N. Y 10 00
R.\ W.-. Ludwig Seeger, D.D.G.M. 9th District 15 00
Excelsior Savings Bank, interest to January 1, 1905 34 01
Total $2,038 36
Disrursement :
Account Master Philip F. Shutler 120 00
Balance. Mat ch 31, 1905 $1,918 36
On deposit In Excelsior Savings Bank 1,918 30
MASONIC SANATOEIUM FUND.

Receipts :
Marble Lodge. No. 702 30 00
Morning Star Lodge, No. 65 25 00
Franklin Lodge, No. 216 50 00
Gavel Lodge. No. 703 25 00
Ubland Lodge, No. 735 115 00
Normal Lodge, No. 523 50 00
Golden Rule Lodge, No. 770 100 00
Roman Lodge, No. 223 100 00
M.\ W.\ William A. Brodie, Past Grand Master 12 50
Greenwich Lodire, No. 467 50 00
L'Union Franealse Lodge, No. 17 50 CO
Pioneer Lodge, No. 20 100 00
Veritas Lodge. No. 734 50 00
Bro. George H. Sipp, of Amity Lodge, No. 323 2 00
Mamaro Lodge, No. 653 72 35
Occidental Lodge, No. 766 10 00
Interest to July 1, 1904, Excelsior Savings Bank 81 93
M. Koenig, Vienna, Austria 2 00
Carried forward $5,94 7 44
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Bro. J. S. Spinoza, Mount Morlah Lodge, No. 27 1 00
Bro. M. Zelezny, Mount Mortal) Lodge, No. 27 1 Ou
Bro. Henry Froehlich, King Solomon Lodge, No. 279 1 00
Bro. Harry Froebllchstein, Centennial Lodge, No. 763 1 00
Lotus Lodge, No. 31 :« 00
Excelsior Lodge, No. 195 ™ 00
L'Unlon FrancaUe Lodge, No. 17 25 00
An Unknown Donor 5/55
Cassia Lodge, No. 445 20 00
Hill Grove Lodge, No. 540 20 00
Interest to January 1, 1905, Excelsior 8avinge Bank 25 96
" " February 1, 1905, on mortgage of $4,500 101 87
Mazzini Lodge No. 824 ,•• 25 00
Clinton Lodge, No. 453 20 00
Nepperban Lodge, No. 736 5 00
Balance, March 31, 1905 $6,351 27
Placed as follows:
On deposit, Excelsior Savings Bank 1,851 37
6,851 27
For the Information of the Grand Lodge and those having the obligations of
the Fund, I would state that there is on deposit for the payment of the following
obligations :
In the Garfield National Bank, to pay five years' notes $204 60
" " " " two " " 442 17
" " " " " coupon 20 of income bonds... 8 50
" Union Trust Company, to pay coupons of 1st mortgage bonds. 455 00
JAMES H. ROLLIN8,
New York, March 81, 1905. Trtaturtr.
GRAND LODGE, 1905. it;
REPORT
-P THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MASONIC HOME.
Utica, N. Y., April!, 1905.

Mr. Dow Beekman,
President Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund.
Dear Sir and R.". W.'. Brother: I have the honor of submitting the
twelfth annual report of the Masonic Home.
Home Staff: Superintendent and assistant superintendent, 2; nurses,
teachers, matron, assistant matrons, and attendants, 10; chef, baker and
kitchen assistants, 7; waitresses and housemaids, 11; janitor, 1; laundry-
man and assistants, 3; engineer, firemen, watchman and carpenter, 7;
total, 40. Of this number 29 reside in the Home.
In the farm work and care of the grounds, a farmer, barn-man, and
six farm hands have been employed.
The products of the farm have been as good as could be expected,
when we consider the lateness of the season last year. We have had a
full supply of vegetables, also hay, oats, etc., for stock purposes. Of
com fodder—used for cut feed—we had but a partial crop and hence
were compelled to purchase an extra quantity of feed and meal, which
has operated to largely increase the expenses of that department of
our work. Another factor in that direction was advanced prices. We
raised 1600 bushels of potatoes, 470 bushels of oats, hay for use, sale and
stock on hand, etc. The piggery has furnished 12,724 pounds of pork
(1889.71), used for Home consumption, and we have on hand 1 boar,
25 sows, 4 hogs, 70 shoats and 47 pigs. During the past year we have
marketed 143 pigs ($466).
The live stock, valued at $1,535.79, represents 1 bull and thirty cows.
From this source has been produced for Home use 110,518 quarts of milk
($3,315.54), 2,267 pounds of beef and 630 pounds of veal.
The items of milk, beef and veal—amounting to $4,272.62—are in
cluded in the table expense of the Home and credited to "Farm Produce
used."
It is understood that no estimate is made of the value of the vege

tables produced and used, the same being covered by the per capita
ratio.
While we have had considerable sickness, nevertheless—with the ex

ception of an epidemic of la grippe during the months of March and
April—we report the general health of the inmates to be fairly good.
We have, however, found it necessary to instal an assistant in this
department, which, as heretofore, is under the charge of a competent
nurse, and the duties devolving upon each have been discharged in a
thoroughly conscientious manner. During the year we have committed
four inmates to the Utica State Hospital We now have in that institu
tion but six inmates—three having died the past year. Naturally
there is a steady increase in the number of inmates requiring special
care.
Professional services have been rendered by the following members of
the Medical Staff: Drs. E. J. Stephens, Charles B. Tefft, and Charles G.
Ward; and for the voluntary service so kindly rendered, our acknowl
edgments are herewith tendered.
The Eye and Ear Department (Drs. Maxson and H. G. Jones), the
Dental Department (Dr. W. A. Rowland) and the Veterinary Department
(Dr. W. G. Hollingsworth) have been subject to call as required.
The day school, of two departments, each under the direction of a

capable teacher, has been maintained, and the children are receiving a
good education. Some of the older pupils have creditably passed the
Regent's examinations in special studies. The eldest boy having com
pleted his studies at the Utica Free Academy, and having obtained a
scholarship, we have agreed to assist him (in part) in a four-year course
at Union College, Schenectady. A sewing class for the girls is held every
Saturday afternoon, under special instruction, and we are interesting the
older boys in a "Good Citizens' League," which holds its weekly meet
ings on Thursday evenings. During the past year a number of the chil
dren reached the age limit and were either returned to their relatives or,
with the co-operation of the Lodges interested, satisfactory provision
otherwise made.
The Sunday-school for the children is continued, as also the general
song service on Sunday evening. A prayer meeting is held in the chapel
every Wednesday evening, with a good attendance. We regard the influ
ence of these meetings as productive of good in the Home life.
Services are held in the chapel every Sunday at 3.30 p.m., and our
indebtedness is expressed to the pastors who have so graciously responded
to our invitation to conduct them. Whenever a minister is not available
a Home service is held. As heretofore, the Brotherhood of St. Andrew
supply the Episcopal service the third Sunday in each month.
GRAND LODGE, 1905. !«9
Sunday services and pastors as follows, viz.:
1904. 1904.
March 6, Rev. Bro. George W. Pow- Sept. 18, Brotherhood of St. An
eU. drew—Rev. J. J. Burd.
13, Rev. Bro. Frank Hollins- 25, Rev. Bro. Charles D.
bead. Woodey.
20, Brotherhood of St. An Oct. 2, Rev. Arthur F. Pennock.
drew — Rev. J. J. 9, Rev. Bro. Charles M.
Burd. Dodge.
27, Rev. Bro. Raymond H. 16, Brotherhood of St. An
Ferguson. drew—Mr. Chas. Butler.
April 3, Easter Visit—Utica Com- 23, Rev. Bro. Charles M.
mandery, No. 3. Dodge.
10, Rev. Bro. Frank Hollins- 30, Rev. Mr. Folts.
head. Nov. 6, Rev. W. Edwin Darrow.
17, Brotherhood of St. An 13, Home Service.
drew. 20, Brotherhood of St. An
24, Rev. Dana W. Bigelow. drew—Rev. Mr. Waugh.
May 1, Rev. Bro. Frank Hollins- 27, Rev. J. B. Sheppard.
head. Dec. 4, Rev. Bro. Charles M.
8, Rev. Bro. Frank Hollins- Dodge.
head. 11, Rev. Bro. Raymond H.
15, Brotherhood of St. An Ferguson.
drew—Mr. Crocker. 18, Brotherhood of St. An
22, Visit of Oriental Lodge, drew—Rev. J. B. Hard
No. 224. ing.
29, Rev. Bro. Frank Hollins- 25, Children's Song Service.
head. 1905.
June 5, Musicale Quartette, First Jan. 15, Brotherhood of St. An
Presbyterian Church. drew—Rev. Mr. Cook.
12, Rev. S. W. Brown. 22, Rev. J. B. Sheppard.
19, Brotherhood of St. An 29, Rev. Bro. Charles M. .
drew—Rev. J. B. Hard Dodge.
ing. Feb. 5, Rev. Dana W. Bigelow.
26, Rev. Bro. Louis Hieber. 12, Rev. Bro. George Adams.
July 3, Rev. Wm. E. Darrow. 19, Brotherhood of St. An
10, Home Service. drew—Mr. Crocker.
17, Brotherhood of St. An 26, Rev. Arthur F. Pennock.
drew—Rev. E. H. Coley March 5, Rev. Louis H. Holden.
24, Rev. J. B. Sheppard. 12, Rev. Bro. Charles M.
31, Rev. Bro. Charles M. Dodge.
Dodge. 19, Brotherhood of St. An
Sept. 4, Rev. Bro. Louis Hieber. drew—Mr. Johnson.
11, Bro. Wm. G. Wilmhurst. 26, Rev. J. B. Sheppard.
We wish to take this opportunity to testify to the faithful discharge

of duties (either voluntarily assumed or cheerfully undertaken when
assigned) on the part of many of the inmates. The willingness with
which these services have been rendered to the Home has been warmly
appreciated by us and is hereby acknowledged.
The Brooklyn Masonic Veteran Association continue their annual con
tribution (one hundred dollars) for the purchase of tobacco for the chewers
and smokers. Our thanks are due to the venerable brethren for this gift.
The tobacco is distributed at stated intervals, and any excess of expendi
ture, beyond the above donation, is charged in the general expense.
The Home is open for visitors every week day (Sunday* and Holidays
excepted), and at all times for those who desire to visit any inmate.
It is noticeable that a deep interest in the Home is awakened in many
persons by a visit to the institution, whereby they have gained a more
complete understanding of the great and noble work in which the Craft is
engaged. As an object lesson alone it is educative, and is also conducive
to the growth of the Fraternity, and a broader conception of the duties
and obligations of friendship.
The notable and special events of the year may be enumerated as
follows:
1904, April 12, Easter visit of Utica Commandery, No. 3, K. T., Sir A.
J. Fierstine, E.\ C.\ with about forty Sir Knights, and
accompanied by the members of Oriental Quartette.
Appropriate exercises were held in the Chapel—singing
by the children, several selections by the Quartette, and
an address by the Superintendent. On behalf of the
Commandery, Sir E. A. Hammond presented the usual
Easter offering—fifty dollars—for the benefit of the
Children's Library.
1904, May 22. Visit of Oriental Lodge, No. 224, W.\ Clarence Stetson,
Master, accompanied by about one hundred brethren.
Exercises were held in the Chapel—singing by the
children of the Home, and interesting addresses by
Bros. S. S. Lowery, J. W. Rayhill and Rev. W.'B.
Wallace. At the close of the reception a distribution
of fruit was made by the visiting brethren.
1904, June 5, Musicale given by the Quartette of the First Presbyterian
Church, Utica, N. Y. A very enjoyable afternoon.
1904, June 24, M.-. W.\ Frank H. Robinson, Grand Master of Masons in
the State of New York, made an official visit to the
Home. There was a large number in attendance, and
the day was pleasurable in all respects. The Grand
Master was accompanied by R.\ W.\ Townsend Scudder,
Deputy Grand Master; R.\ W.\ S. Nelson Sawyer, Senior

Grand Warden; R.\ W.\ Charles Smith, Junior Grand
Warden; R.\ W.\ John R. Gardner, Grand Treasurer:
M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary; M.\
W.-. John W. Vrooman, Past Grand Master; R.\ W.\
William H. Prangen, Grand Marshal; R.\ W.\ Harry P.
Knowles and R.\ W.\ Will L. Lloyd, Grand Sword
Bearer?; R.-.W.. Charles M. Wickwire, R.\W.\ J. Henry
Ruwe and 11.\ W.\ William J. Hutcheon, Grand Direc
tors of Ceremonies; R.\ W.\ Amos H. Stephens, Senior
Grand Deacon; R.\ W.\ and Rev. John Laubenheimer,
Grand Lecturer; R.\ W.-. Edwin A. Quick, Grand His
torian; W.\ John A. Williams, Grand Pursuivant, and
W.\ Andrew Ferguson, Grand Tiler. The following Dis
trict Deputy Grand Masters: R.\ W.-. Rougier Thome
(1st), R.\ W.\ Itufus L. Scott, Jr. (3d), R.\ W.\ Herman
J. Katz (6th), R.\ W.\ William J. Wiley (7th), R.\ W.\
Jasper D. Fitch (19th), R.\ W.\ Frank B. Foote (25th),
R.\ W.\ Alfred J. Bromley (26th), R.\ W,\ George B.
Adams (33d), and R.\ W.\ Henry Schaefer (38th).
R.\ W.\ Jerrie T. Durham and R.\ W.\ Edgar C. Em
erson, Commissioners of Appeals. Trustees of the
Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund: R.\ W.\ Dow Beek-
man, R.-. W.\ James H. Rollins, R.\ W.\ Edwin H. Ham
mer, R.\ W.\ Frank E. Haff, R.\ W.\ Henry B. Praser,
and R.\ W.\ Fredrick J. Milligan, Clerk of the Board.
Committee on Hall and Asylum Fund; R.\ W.\ Fred
eric C. Wagner, R.-. W.\ Clayton S. Scott, R.\ W.-.
John Webb, Jr., R.\ W.\ James K. StockweU, R.\ W.\
Henry Lippmann, R.\ W.-. Robert J. Kenworthy and
R.-. W.-. Marcus C. Alien. R.\ W.-. August Eickelberg of
the Custodians of the Work; R.-.W. . William H. Mayer
of the Committee on Accounts. R.\ W.\ Cort R.
Hincken, Representative of the Grand Lodge of Vir
ginia, R.\ W.\ William J. Van Pelt, Representative of
the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire. Masters and Past
Masters of the following Lodges: R.-. W.\ Elias Haifa
(240), W.\ D. M. Cone (165), W.\ J. B. Vibbard (433),
W.\ George T. Davis (223), W.\ Andrew McCarthy (47),
W.-. Clarence Stetson (224), W.\ W. E. Bailey (697),
W.\ Carl O. Green (704), W.\ L. N. Southworth (697),
W.-. James T. Davies (664), W.\ Farnham M. Gregory
(799), W.\ Fred E. Payne (169), W.\ J. P. Listman
(501), and W/. Edwarf C. Reams (264). Also R.\ W.
Edwin Buchman, formerly member of the Committee
on Hall and Asylum Fund, and a large number of

brethren and a large delegation of ladies. Upon as
sembling in the Chapel, the exercises were opened with
prayer by R.\ W.\ and Rev. John Laubenheimer, Acting
Grand Chaplain; an address of welcome by R.\ W.\
Dow Beekman, President of the Board of Trustees, and
introduction of M.\ W.\ Frank H. Robinson, Grand
Master, whose address held the close attention of the large
audience. Addresses were also made by M.\ W.\ Bros.
John W. Vrooman and Edward M. L. Ehlers and R.\ W.\
Townsend Scudder. The programme was interspersed
with songs by the children of the Home, and at the con
clusion all joined in singing "Old Glory." A general
inspection was then made of the Home buildings, and of
the exhibit of basketry and wood work done by the
children.
1904, July 2, Informal twilight music hour, held in the Chapel. Music
by Mrs. George S. Stewart and Miss Mary G. Rice of
Norwalk, Ohio, and recitations by Miss Elizabeth B.
Rice.
1904, July 4, Exhibition of fireworks in the evening.
1904, July 29, Closing exercises of the Masonic Home School. The
Chapel was filled, and the programme, consisting of sing
ing, recitations, and Kindergarten exercises, was well
rendered, and evinced careful training on the part of
the teachers.
1904, Oct. 20, Stereopticon exhibition, by Mr. Francis A. Strough, fur
nishing a fine display of views of the World's Fair Ex
position at St. Louis, with an interesting lecture.
1904, Dec. 25, Christmas Day. An appropriate song service in the
afternoon in the Chapel and a brief address by the
Superintendent.
1904, Dec. 26, Christmas entertainment by the children. The Chapel
and adjoining rooms were filled to overflowing. The
exercises consisted of (1) "The Toys' Rebellion," by
members of the Primary Department, (2) "The Winter
Cricket," song, by the Primary children, (3) a one-act
farce entitled, " Borrowing Trouble," by the older chil
dren, and (4) Broom and Flag Drill, by two sections of
boys and girls. The entertainment was a great success,
and the children who participated therein did remark
ably well. At the conclusion of the entertainment came
the distribution of gifts to the children, every person
present receiving a Christmas token of fruit and candy.
Over eighty volumes were added to the Children's Library
—the gift of Utica Commandery, No. 3, K. T., and of the

Past Masters' Association of the Sixth Masonic District
of New York. This library now numbers 779 volumes.
We again express our indebtedness to R.\ W.\ A. A.
Clark, Treasurer of the Past Masters' Association of the
Sixth Masonic District of New York, who invested their
generous donation of about $130 in appropriate gifts,
as per list furnished by us. Centennial Lodge, No. 763,
New York, through R.\ Wv. Henry Lippmann, also con
tinued its holiday custom, sending $59. For the above,
as well as those following, we record our personal thanks.
The following donations were received: Bedford Lodge,
No. 574, New York, $25; Naval Lodge, No. 69, New York,
$5; R.\ Wv. W. H. Mayer, New York, $10; King Solo
mon's Primitive Lodge, No. 91, Troy, $25; Doric
Lodge, No. 280, New York, $10; Mystic Tie Lodge,
No. 272, New York, $5; Oriental Lodge, No. 224,
Utica, $10; Copernicus Lodge, No. 545, Brooklyn, $5;
Ocean Lodge, No. 156, $10; Island City Lodge, No.
586, Long Island, through R.\ W.\ Frank E. Half, $10,
and Pacific Lodge, No. 233, New York, $10. Also
from Allemania Lodge, No. 740, Brooklyn, one barrel
of oranges and one barrel of apples. Last year we
mentioned the kindly act of Miss Marjorie Beekman—
daughter of Trustee Beekman—and again we have a
letter addressed to the "Dear Girls and Boys at the
Home," conveying the compliments of the season, sup
plemented by gifts of ribbons to each girl and a package
of candy to each boy.
1905, Jan. 2, New Year's entertainment. Recitations by Miss Jessie C.
Ross of Troy, N. Y.
1905 March 1, Mrs. Fanny Sanford (character artist) in Dan McAvoy's
Company, gave an entertainment. She was assisted
by local talent of Utica in pleasing musical selections—
Mrs. Lena Gosham, Misses Edith and Marion Gosham,
Martha Smith, and Master Franz Rath, Jr.
The Committee on Hall and Asylum Fund have held s everal of their
meetings at the Home, and upon these occasions have made a thorough
inspection of the Home.
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618 March 11 JohnEvans Withdrew.
304 Aug. 1 John H.Meyer Withdrew, age limit,
291 29 Edward Bosquet Withdrew, age limit,
236 Sept. 1 Gardner B. Beecher. . Withdrew, age limit,
285 1 Henry G. Hedden Withdrew, age limit,
73 1 Sarah R. Sticht Withdrew, age limit,
286 Oct. 1 Arthur S. McLauchlin. Withdrew. age limit,
101 24 Lillian Hegeman Withdrew, age limit .
638 Nov. 7 Clinton Ten Eyck Withdrew
573 10 Ella A. Petersen Withdrew age limit,
433 30 Charlotte Meyer Withdrew age limit,
118 Dec. 31 Clifford M.Greene... . Withdrew, age limit.
1905.
599 Jan'y 29 Fred A. H. Kampfer. . Withdrew.
600 29 Lillie C. Kampfer. . . . Withdrew.
217 Feb'y 22 A. G. Dobrentie iWithdrew.
617 28 Fayette Gould Withdrew.
The following table presents a monthly exhibit of the reception of

inmates and changes for the year:
Received.
Changes.
Males. Females. Boys. Girls. Total
1904.
March 7 Males, withdrew 4
April 2 Males, died 23
May 4 Females, died 4
June 9 Boys, withdrew 7
July 1 Girls, withdrew 5
August. . . . 2
September. 2 43
October. . . 7
November. 3
December. . 2
1905.
January. . . 3
February. .
March 3
Total, 13 months.. 25 13 6 45
Less changes 27 4 5 43
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Total Mar. 1, 1904 154 86 35 26
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. 1, 19051 152 95 29 27
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Average age of the men 72 . 67 Average age of the boys . . 1 0 . 70
Average age of the women. .71 . 05 Average age of the girls. . 10 . 00
The waiting list at the date of this report is as follows: Accepted
applications, men, 26; women, 3—total, 29. Of this class 3 men have
been notified to present themselves.
REGISTER OF INMATES.—{Continued from last report.)
Date
No. Received. Name. Lodge Recommending.
1904.
625 March 2 Gasper S. Mason Mason. Utica 47
626 16 Wilhelmina E. L. Monckton Widow. York 197
627 23 Mason. Savannah 764
628 28 Widow. King Solomon's Primitive 91
629 29 Mason. Oriental 224
630 29 Mason. Wadsworth 417
631 29 Mary E. Mull Wife. tt 417
632 April 11 Mason. St. Albans 56
633 11 Wife. 56
634 May 4 Mason. Little Falls 181
635 4 Wife. Crescent 402
636 14 Mason. St. John's 1
637 26 tt Westbrook 333
638 June 2 tt Temple 14
639 13 Widow. Schoharie Valley 491
640 15 Mason. Corinthian 488
641 15 Wife. tt 488
642 15 Elizabeth A. Hendersen Widow. Scotia 634
643 16 Orphan. Yonnondio 163
644 n; « " 163
645 16 Ruth A. Smith tt tt 163
646 28 Mason. Henrietta 526
647 July 2S Charles F. Miller . Ezel 732
648 Aug. 5 Widow. Hope 244
649 25 William W. Scriver Mason. Frontier 517
650 Sept. 6 tt Afton 360
651 26 tt Stissing 615
652 Oct. 6 Mabel Z. Matthews Orphan. Tompkins 471
653 6 Ruth A. Matthews tt A 471
654 6 Marguerita E. Matthews. . . tt tt 471
655 6 Mason. Hopewell 596
656 15 Orphan. Gramercy 537
657 15 Mason. Ilion 591
658 28 Widow. Oneida 270
659 Nov. 11 Henry Case Mason.
tt Joppa 201
660 16 Columbian 484
661 17 Widow. Union 95
662 Dec. 22 Nathan D. Haley Mason. Uriel 809
663 26 tt Clinton 169
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664 Jan. 17 Henry F. Schultz Long Island 382
665 17 Wife. « 382
666 30 Mason. Daniel Carpenter 643
667 March 6 ci Guttenberg 737
668 31 u Sincerity 200
669, 31 Wife. tt 200
Balance sheet showing expenses of the Masonic Home for thirteen
months, ending March 31, 1905.
DISBURSEMENTS.
Salaries and wages $20,226 54
Current Expenses:
Table 22,033 04
Heating, steam purposes, laundry and kitchen 7,493 88
Light... 1,679 95
Home Expenses:
Wages proportion of expense $812 38
Dry goods, home use and to renew 983 13
Crockery, new and to replace 321 08
Soap, soap powder, etc 90 00
Paints, oil, glass, etc 223 49
Hardware and fixtures 209 05
Kalsomining, painting, etc 228 39
Lumber used 388 05
Livery for ministers 34 00
Stationery, printing, etc 73 03
Cleaning carpets, mattresses, rugs, etc 117 33
Disinfectants, boiler compound and powder. . . 123 00
New carpets 63 00
Kitchen fixtures, repairs, etc 287 04
Pipe, pipe fittings, plumbing, etc 497 25
Sundries 1,317 36— 5,767 58
Boiler 230 26
Ice 404 01
Medical:
Medical and surgical attendance 706 00
Extra nurses, March, 1904 301 03
Drugs for dispensary use 921 03
Examinations for commitment, etc 121 50
Sundries 80 86— 2,130 42
Water 320 64
Laundry 368 19
Personal Inmates:
Clothing, shirts, collars, etc 1,437 72
Dentistry and glasses 119 75
Dry goods, underwear, etc 773 65
Shoes, shoe findings, etc 646 17
Sundries 134 41— 3,111 70
Funerals 620 00
School:
Books and school outfit 167 34
Expenses, basketry and wood carving lessons. . 65 22
Sunday-school papers, quarterlies, etc 45 20— 277 76

Extraordinary:
Fourth of July exhibition, and for children . . . $73 32
Christmas appropriation 100 00
Tobacco, balance 143 11
One year lease, April 1 , 1904, 32 acres land 350 00
Fares and expenses returning inmates, and
Superintendent's attendance at Trustee
meetings 223 75
Special cases 390 00
Completion academy course P. F. Shutler 81 50
Contributed toward college course P. F. Shutler 140 00
Sundries 102 77
$1,604 45
Less on account of Shutler expenditure from
"Joyce Fund." 120 00— 1,484 45
Insurance 787 14
Repairs:
Buildings 442 67
Boiler 56 31
Farm implements 134 96— 633 94
Farm and Barn:
Wages 2,008 08
Barn expense—shoeing, shavings, etc 354 18
Plants, seeds, etc 127 67
Manure and phosphate 218 25
Feed, meal, corn, grains, etc 2,750 06
Sundries 48 65
$5,506 89
Less farm produce used $4,272 62
Less farm produce sold 576 24
4,848 86— 658 03
$68,227 53
Grounds:
Wages proportion of expense 1,006 84
Expense tilling, etc 145 44— 1,152 28
$69,379 81
Permanent Account—Additions and Betterments:
Furniture, bedsteads, mattresses, etc $128 25
Sundry house fixtures 153 00
Addition—building case 49 70
One horse 150 00— 480 95
$69,860 76
Profit and Loss Account:
One cow died 45 00
Loss on seven cows sold—used up 140 00— 185 00

Balances—Supplies on Hand and Credit Accounts.
Advance payment insurance SI,224 79
Coal 1,213 80
Table 1,461 30
Home expense 581 43
Personal—inmates 200 00
Live stock $1,720 79
Lets profit and loss account. .. . 185 00— 1,535 79
$6,217 11
Superintendent—cash balance 1,840 83— 8,057 94
$78,103 70
RECEIPTS.
From Trustees of the Hall and Asylum Fund $78,103 70
SUMMARY.
Current expenses—Home $68,227 53
Expense on grounds 1,152 28
Profit and Loss account 185 00
Permanent account 480 95
Chargeable against Fund for past thirteen months.. $70,045 76
Payments applicable to account of 1905 8,057 94—$78,103 70
Tabulated monthly payments:
Number Current Repairs. Farm and Bam Aggregate.
Expenses. Expense.
1904.
March.. . . 305 $5,828
6,484 70
72mo $322 00 $6,250 70
April.. 300 $49 68 448 30 6,982 70
May.. 300 5,388 38 180 96 457 97 5,927 31
June. 308 5,287 49| 413 95 5,701 44
July 305 5,413 51 129 73 444 75 5,987 99
August . 305 4,495 35 1 30 422 28 4,918 93
September. 303 4,245 83 13 96 420 72 4,680 51
October.... 308 4,921 93 18 04 478 98 5,418 95
November . 307 4,940 07 78 31 456 59 5,474 97
807 5,289 61 41 55 449 65 5,780 81
1905.
January. . 306 5,729 67 44 27 380 20 6,154 14
February . 304 4,666 01 396 45 5,062 46
March. . . . 303 4,933 00 76 ii 473 65 5,482 79
$67,624 27 $633 94 $5,565 49 873,823 70
Less credits. 688 71 4,907 46 5,596 17
$66,935 56 $633 94 $658 03 $68 227 53
The average for the past thirteen months equals 304.70 inmates.
The current expenses of the Home—embracing maintenance, repairs,
farm and bam expenses—are $68,227.53, showing a per capita cost of
$223.91 for thirteen months. Upon the basis of one year, the cost would
be $206.68.
The donations for the benefit of the Home, exclusive of those hereto
fore mentioned, have been as follows:
Newspapers and periodicals: "The Square and Compass," "The
Tennessee Freemason," "The Carthage Republican," "The Eastern Star,"
"The Signet," the "Saratoga Eagle," "The Utica Advocate," "The Long
Island Star," "The Kansas Freemason," "The Masonic Standard," "The
Buffalo Evening News," "The Keystone," "The Star of Hope" (Ossining,
N. Y.), the "Harlem Argus" (R.\ W.-.Wm. J. Duncan), the "International
Review" (Seneca Co., N. Y.), "Der Fuhrer" (New York), the "Hudson
Republican," and the United States Department of Agriculture daily
weather bulletin.
Bound volumes:
Mrs. C. D. Bamum, New York, 26.
Bro. E. O. Jervois, New York, 14.
R.\ W.\ William H. Mayer, New York—Republic Lodge, No. 690—
4 volumes of music.
Bro. Alexander G. Vedder (Masonic Home)', "Youth's Companion,"
1904.
Paper cover volumes:
Mrs. Geo. C. Yeisley, Hudson, N. Y., on behalf of the late R.\ W.\
Edward L. Gaul, 120.
Mrs. Orrin Welch, Syracuse, N. Y., Masonic pamphlets and Proceedings.
Bro. W. F. Brodock, Roundout, N. Y., unbound numbers " History of
the Crusades."
R.\ W.\ B. Frank Wood, D.\ D.\ G.-. M.\ First Masonic District, one
copy of the Seventh Report of Forest, Fish and Game Commission of
the State of New York. Also one copy of Ninth Annual Report.
R.\ W.\ Clayton S. Scott, Owego, N. Y., 163 "Kalenders" for
1905.
Magazines and papers:
W.\ George C. Harrington, Putnam Lodge, No. 338; Charles H.
Ballou, Utica, N. Y.; Wm. B. Roe & Co., New York; Miss Duell, Utica,
N. Y.; W.\ W. Ward Damon, New York, Roome Lodge, No. 746; Bro.
E. R. Rutledge, Syracuse Lodge, No. 501; R.\ W.\ Charles O. Grim,
Brooklyn, N. Y., and R.\ W.\ Frederic C. Wagner, New York.
Robert Fraser, Utica, N. Y., 65 Easter (chicken) souvenirs for the
children.
Bro. John W. Miller, Putnam Lodge, No. 338—clothing.
Robert Fraser, Utica N. Y., 60 small flags—children.
R.\ W.\ S. Nelson Sawyer, Palmyra, N. Y.—clothing.
GRAND LODGE, 1905. Ill
Bro. Walter W. Clark, New York, Roome Lodge, No. 746, Huyler's
candy and cocoa.
Bro. Geo. J. Maher, Brooklyn, N. Y., Clinton Lodge, No. 453, four
boxes loose tobacco.
Bro. Griffith M. Jones, Utica, N. Y., one case holly at Christmas.
W.\ Ensign S. Homer and others, Troy, N. Y., seven (61b) boxes
tobacco and one caddy of plug.
N. Howe & Son, Utica, N. Y., one case (boxes) figs.
Mrs. Henrietta Weigandt (Masonic Home), fruit and nuts for children.
Our acknowledgments are expressed to the following Lodges, that

have, by an appropriation of $20 each, enabled us to place suitable
headstones to mark the graves of the following inmates interred in the
Home grounds:
Temple Lodge, No. 14 Bro. George A. Williams.
Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 Bro. Quintin Parker.
Oriental Lodge, No. 224 Bro. James Williamson.
Hope Lodge, No. 244 Bro. Jesse Silva.
Commonwealth Lodge, No. 409 Bro. John C. Traviss.
Peconic Lodge, No. 349 Bro. Homer F. Candee.
Washington Lodge, No. 21 Bro. William Ingoldsry.
Zeredatha Lodge, No. 483 Bro. Nelson U. Ellwood.
Polar Star Lodge, No. 245 Mrs. Pherian Weeks.
We would remind Lodges—specially interested—that there are a few
graves yet unmarked.
We also express our obligations for reimbursement of funeral expenses

as follows:
Oriental Lodge, No. 224 Bro. James Williamson.
Washington Lodge, No. 21 Bro. William Ingoldsry.
Pyramid Lodge, No. 490 Bro. Quintin Parker.
It is a source of gratification to mention the very generous response of

the Lodges, at the holiday season, in (financial) remembrances to those
inmates in whom they have a special interest. The custom is growing
in favor, and we hope to yet record the announcement—that every one
was made happy.
The following table is an exhibit of the number of inmates received

at the Home, from May 1, 1893, to the date of this report. Also Masonic
District, Lodge recommending and number remaining in the Home at
the present date:
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Lodor Recommending. Number

Inmates I| Nurnber
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Peconic 349 2
South Side 493 2
Jephtha 494 2
Cornucopia 563 1
Glen Cove 580 1
Island City 586 1
Advance 635 1
Babylon 793 3
Marsh 188 2
Baltic 284 2
Corner Stone 367 S
Greenpoint 403 2
Star of Hope 430 1
Cassia 445 3
Oltmans 446 1
Clinton 453 5
Yew Tree 461 1
Manual 636 1
Ridgewood 710 1
Anthon 769 1
Reliance 776 2
Fortitude 19 1
St. Albans 56 5
Joppa 201 2
Montauk 286 2
Lexington 310 4
Star of Bethlehem 322 1
Central 361 1
Long Island 382 4
Commonwealth 409 6
Delta 451 2
Zeredatha 483 5
Greenwood 569 2
Bedford 674 1
Altair 601 1
Crystal Wave 638 2
Adytum 640 1
Cambridge 662 2
Acanthus 719 2
Ezel 732 4
Sanctorum 747 3
Day Star 798 3
St. John's 1 3
Independent Royal Arch. 2 1
Prince of Orange 16 1
Pioneer 20 2
Washington 21 4
Adelphi 23 2
Albion 26 2
Dirigo 30 1
Lodsk Recommending. Number Nnmber

MATONIC Inmates
District.
Name. No. Received. at Present.
4th Howard 35 2
Concord 60 1
Manhattan 62 6
Montgomery 68 1
Naval. 69 2
Lodge of Strict Observance. 94 1
Mm n iton 106 2
Ocean 156 4
5th Atlantic 178 3
Independent 185 3
Darcy 187 1
Piatt 194 1
Excelsior 195 1
York 197 3
Silentia 198 3
Templar 203 6
United States 207 5
Cyrus 208 1
National 209 2
Worth 210 3
Eastern Star 227 1
Pacific 233 3
Keystone 235 1
Constitution 241 1
Eureka 243 1
Hope 244 4
Polar Star 245 6
Charter Oak 249 1
6th Mystic Tie 272 2
Sylvan Grove 275 6
Henry Clay 277 3
Doric 280 7
George Washington 285 4
Continental 287 2
Atlas 316 3
Neptune 317 1
St. Nicholas 321 2
New York 330 2
Putnam 3.38 2
Puritan 339 2
Crescent 402 2
City 408 1
Mosaic 418 2
Kane 454 1
7th Harlem. 4.57 3
Greenwich 467 2
Columbian 484 1
Ionic 486 1
Tecumseh 4S7 4
Corinthian 488 11
Lodge Recommending. Number Number .

Masonic Inm»t««
District. Received. at Present.
Name. No.
7th Pyramid 490 2
Park 516 3
Architect 519 2
Monitor 528 3
|Gramercy 537 4
Evangelist 600 1
Citizens' 628 1
Scotia 034 1
Copestone 641 1
8th Knickerbocker 642 1
Daniel Carpenter. 643 2
Emanuel 654 1
Republic 690 2
Ancient 724 3
Charity 727 3
Bethel 733 1
Stuyvesant 745 1
Shakespeare 750 2
Justice 753 1
9th Pythagoras 86 1
Harmony 199 2
Hermann 268 1
United Brothers. . 356 2
Socrates 595 1
Lessing 608 5
Allemania 740 5
Solon 771 1
10th La Sincerite 373 1
Garibaldi 542 4
Italia 786 3
11th Richmond 66 2
Tompkins 471 3
Beacon Light 701 1
12th iCourtlandt 34 3
Huguenot 40
Solomon's 196
Philipstown 236
Mamaro 653
13th Newburgh 309
Stony Point 313
Port Jervis 32S
Warwick 544
Rockland 723
14th Hudson 7
Poughkeepsie 266
Valatie 362
Monumental 374
Lindenwald 509
Hopewell 596
Stissing 615
Lodge Recommending. Number Number

Masonic Inmates
District. Received. ut Present.
Name. No.
Wappinger"s 671 1
Kingston 10 2
Ark 48 1
Oasis 119 1
Kedemah 693 1
Delhi 439 1
Hancock 552 1
Mount Vernon 3 1
Masters' 5 4
St. George's 6 1
Apollo 13 7
êmple 14 7
|Washington 85 1
King Solomon's Primitive. 91 5
Cohoes. 116 1
Mount Zion 311 4
Greenbush 337 1
|Wadsworth 417 s
Sunny Side 731 2
Guttenburg 737 .'1
Schuyler's Lake 162 1
Oneonta 466 1
Schoharie Valley 491 1
Sharon Springs 624 1
Gilboa. 630 1
Middleburgh . . 663 2
St. Patrick's. . 4 1
Olive Branch.. 40 2
Artisan 84 2
Little Falls. . . 181 6
Garoga 300 1
Fort Plain 433 1
Newport 455 1
Fultonville. . . . 531 2
Ilion 591
St. Johnsville. 611 1
Phoenix 96 1
Salem 391 1
Rising Sun. . . . 103 1
Clinton 140 4
St. Lawrence.. 111 2
Racket River. 213 1
Gouverneur. . . 217 1
Waddington. . 393 1
Wildwood 477 4
Acacian 705 2
Watertown 49 1
Lowville 134 1
Carthage 158 3
Lafargeville. . . 171 2
Lodge Recommending. Number

Inmates
Name. No. Received.
Turin 184 1
Orient 238 3
Cape Vincent 293 1
Clayton 296 1
Rising Light. . . 637 1
Oswego 127 3
Hiram 144 1
Republican 325 1
Scriba 414 2
Pulaski 415 3
Amboy 650 2
Utica 47 2
Sanger 129
Sauquoit 150 3
Boonville 165 3
Clinton 160 3
Roman 223 3
Oriental 224 11
Baron Steuben . 264 1
Hampton 347 2
New London. . . 420 1
Vienna 440 1
Uriel 809 1
Hamilton 120 2
Canastota 231 2
Fort Brewerton. 256 1
Oneida 270 1
Central City. . . . 305 1
Jordan 3S6 1
Cortlandville. . . 470 1
501 4
horning Star. 524 1
Fayetteville . . 578 1
Cazenovia 616 1
Morrisville. . . . 658 2
Cautious 726 3
Onondaga 802 1
Oxford 175 2
Norwich 302 2
Afton 360 1
Deposit 396 3
Maine 399 1
Otseningo 435 4
Windsor 442 1
Union 95 2
Friendship. . . 153 2
Old Oak 253 7
Spencer 290 2
Westbrook. . . . 333 2
Horse Heads. . 364 1
GRAND LODGE, 1905.
L.0110E Rkcomkendino. Number

Inmates
Name. No. Received.
Ivy 397 7 5
Ahwaga 587 1 1
Sylvan 41 1
Fidelity 51 1
St. Paul's 124 5
Port Byron 130 2 2
Genoa 421 1 1
Aubum 431 3 2
Lansing 774 2 1
Milo 108 2 1
Seneca 113 3
Union 114 1
Dundee 123 1 1
Farmerville 183 1
Sincerity 200 3 2
Pocahontas 211 1
Seneca Lake 308 1
Fayette 539 1 1
Eagle 619 1 1
Newark 83 1
Palmyra. 248 1
Savannah 764 1 1
Union 45 1 1
Valley 109 2 1
Phoenix 115 1
Yonnondio 163 5 4
Geneseo 214 1
Genesee Falls 507 4 4
Henrietta 520 2 1
Rochester 660 3 2
Churchville 667 2
Clio 779 1 1
Evening Star 44 1
Steuhen 112 1
Painted Post 117 4 2
Addison Union. . . 118 1 1
Avoca G73 1 1
Restoration 777 1 1
Allegany 225 1
Wellsville 230 1 1
Macedonia 258 1 I
Canaseraga 781 1 1
West Star 413 1 ]
Batavia 475 1
Renovation 97 3 1
Niagara Frontier. 132 3 ... j .... .
Niagara 375 4 2
Hiram 105 1 I
Erie 161 3 2
Washington 240 3
118 PROOKEDINOS OF THE
Lodoe Recommending. Number .

Masonic Inmates Number
Dihtriot. Received. I at Present.
Name.
J
38th Parish
Queen City
Lodge of Ancient Landmarks
De Molay
Harmonie
39th Olean
Clinton F. Paige
40th Mount Moriah
41st North Star
'Frontier
Enterprise
The Fraternity having voted for an enlargement of the Home, the

problem of how to satisfactorily carry out that purpose is a matter for
careful consideration. While fully realizing that it is a subject properly
to be developed by the wisdom of the Board of Trustees, possibly a sug
gestion may not be ill-advised or deemed in any degree as trenching upon
your domain. There are two plans that naturally suggest themselves—
one the erection of a separate building, the other an addition to the
present plant, with any necessary alterations to perfect the same.
The great objection to the first plan is its lack of economy, whereas
the second would commend itself on this score, and although we are not
prepared to say that it can be successfully carried out, yet it appears
feasible to us.
This plan comprehends an extension of the dining-room 100 feet,
with two floors of rooms above, and, connected with this extension, the
erection of a building four stories and basement, 40 by 175 feet, to be
used for rooms. Also the erection of a new building—comprising kitchen,
bakery, dutch oven, store-room, dish washing-room, cold storage, etc.—
connected with the dining-room on the south and just east of the boiler
house. This will enable the work of that department to be done from a
central point.
In any case it will be necessary to extend the present boiler house to
the south, and to equip the same with two additional boilers. Changes in
the old part to conform to the new methods of work would also have to be
made.
There is also a necessity for additional accommodations for the help
(inadequate now), and the addition of one story to central part (in the
court) would cover that demand. In the consideration of improvements
we wish also to suggest a corridor from the Memorial Building to the Main
Building, whereby the use of the dining-room as a means of communication
—objectionable in many respects—would be obviated.
The carrying out of the above additions would provide accommodation

for from 200 to 225 additional inmates.
We maintain in this report the same form as heretofore, and have but
to add, that due economy has been exercised in all expenditures.
In conclusion, we would convey to your Honorable Board our appre

ciation of the pleasant official and personal relations of the past year.
JESSE B. ANTHONY,
Superintendent.
DOW BEEKMAN,
JAMES H. ROLLINS,
EDWIN H. HAMMER,
FRANK E. HAFF,
HENRY B. PRUSER,
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTS.
R.\ W.\ William Johnston, from the Committee on Ac

counts, presented the following report, which was received and
ordered printed in the Proceedings:
To the Grand Lodge:

The Committee on Accounts for the past Masonic year begs to report
that it has critically examined the various books and accounts which
come under the immediate jurisdiction of the Grand Secretary and Grand
Treasurer, and which it is obligatory for them as such Grand Officer*
to make use of and to submit for examination.
The result is that your Committee is afforded great pleasure in
being enabled to report the thorough correctness and efficiency of said
officials in the performance of their respective duties.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ANTIQUITIES.
R.\ W.\ William H. Andrews, from the Committee on

Antiquities, presented the report of said Committee, which was
received and referred to the Committee on Finance.
To M.\ W.\ Frank IJ. Rorinson,
Grand Matter of Masons in the State of New York.
Dear Sir and Brother: For its nineteenth annual report the Com
mittee on Antiquities respectfully shows :
The hope expressed in the last report that the Catalogue would be
printed and ready for delivery in the fall of 1904 was not realized.
Though the Committee lost no time and worked steadily, unforeseen
obstacles caused further postponement. Through these causes, unavoida
ble delays have occurred, and the Committee has only been able to get
the work done in time for this session of Grand Lodge. The books have
been received from the binders within the past three days. The volume
contains 396 pages, including illustrations, and speaks for itself. The
Committee feels proud of the result of its labors, and trusts to win the
approval of Grand Lodge. An order for a copy will be given to each
member of the Grand Lodge, and the book delivered to him personally
or sent by mail as he may elect.
While the Catalogue has been produced at cost, the outlay has ex
ceeded the estimate, owing to its size being greater than was anticipated.
The deficiency has been met by the transfer to the Committee of an un
expended balance in the hands of the Grand Librarian, so that the Grand
Lodge will not be called upon for a further appropriation for this
purpose.
The Committee has, however, been obliged to apply its appropriation
to the Catalogue, to the exclusion of other objects, such as the purchase
of medals and curios ; and consequently the additions to the collection
have been limited in number. It is expected to remedy this next year,
when the entire appropriation can be made available for the regular
expenditures of the Committee. A number of interesting articles have
been received as donations ; and the thanks of the Committee are tendered
to the following individuals and lodges, viz. : Samuel McCauley,
William Paillon, Claudius F. Beatty, Thomas B. Lewis, George
P. Rupp, F. W. Perkins, W. J. Huohan, J. N. Bradley, A. Graff. H.
Rushton Shafer, Star of Bethlehem Lodge, No. 322, La Porte Chapter,
R. A. M., of La Porte, Texas ; St. John's Lodge, No. 2, of Middletown,
Conn., St. Cecile Lodge, No. 568, Suffolk Lodge, No. 60, The C. G.
Braxmar Co., and Radiant Lodge, No. 739.
The gift from the last named Lodge was received too late for inser
tion in the Catalogue. It consists of an old apron, worn in Ireland over
a century ago, and bearing hand-painted emblems of the Lodge, Chapter
and Commandery.
W.\ Leroy B. Sherman, of Manitou Lodge, No. 106, for many
years a faithful member of this Committee, was compelled to resign dur
ing the year, because of his professional duties. The Grand Master filled
the vacancy thereby caused by the appointment of W.\ Thomas F.
Handy, a Past Master of the same Lodge.
The balance in the hands of the Committee on May 1, 1904,
amounted to .|20 06
There was appropriated by Grand Lodge 500 00
There has been received from the Grand Librarian 500 00
Making a total of $1,020 00
There has been expended as follows :
For the purchase of medals, certificates, etc 79 85
" framing pictures and sundries 50 3;!
•' stationery, postage, express, copyright, etc 20 44
" the Catalogue 834 4.)
Showing total disbursements $991 11
And leaving a balance in hand of $28 95
The usual appropriation for current expenses is respectfully asked.
Fraternally submitted.
WILLIAM H. ANDREWS. 1
CHARLES DAVIS, ]
WILLIAM J. ALLEN, |
WILLIAM SCHROEDEK, f Cr»»"""re-
BERNARD LIPPMAN, I
THOMAS .1. HANDY. j
JOHN R. POPE, et-offfcio.
REPORT OF THE GRAND HISTORIAN.
R.\ W.\ Edwin A. Quick, Grand Historian, presented the

following report, which was received and ordered printed in the
Proceedings :
M.\ W.\ Frank H. Rorinson,
Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York.
Dear Sir and Brother: The work of the Grand Historian during the
past year is in a line heretofore pursued, and it is gratifying to note that
the interest in this work is steadily increasing amongst the brethren
throughout the State.
Frequent inquiries have been received from officers and members seek
ing information concerning the early history of the Lodges ; in some
instances requests have been made for an early report and sketch of the
Lodge to which the writer belonged.
So far as possible search has been made for the data desired and
assistance given toward placing all information sought after in the hands
of the interested party.
It is assumed that the sketches of Lodges included in preceding reports
have had a tendency to stimulate a desire to learn more concerning
Masonry in this State, and affords much encouragement to the Grand
Historian in prosecuting the work along these lines. With few excep
tions, all information asked for of the Lodges by the Grand Historian hue
been furnished and valuable assistance rendered by the officers and mem
bers during the year. He herein embraces the opportunity to acknowledge
the fraternal courtesies extended, and expresses his thanks for the as
sistance received from these brethren ; he also gratefully acknowledges
the courtesies extended him at all times in the Grand Secretary's office.
It is indeed a pleasure to state that the duties devolving upon the
office are pleasant, agreeable and educational, and although a proper dis
charge of these duties requires time, patience and perseverance, the belief
that the results thus far have been beneficial to our Fraternity is ample
recompense for the time, labor and expense involved.
I thank you sincerely for the honor conferred in reappointing me to
this responsible office, and I also heartily congratulate you upon your
successful administration of the duties devolving upon the distinguished
office to which you were called by the united vote of your brethren. May
unalloyed joy and happiness attend you and yours.
Wirh the warmest regards, I am,
Fraternally yours,
EDWIN A. QUICK,
Grand Historian.
PHOEBUS LODGE, NO. 82,

NEW BERLIN, N. Y.
Warrant : The first warrant granted to Phoebus Lodge, No. 94, is
dated September 2, 1802 ; the warrant under which the Lodge is now
working is dated June 5, 1841 ; both warrants are in possession of the
Lodge.
Minutes : Intact from organization in 1802 to 1835, when charter
was surrendered, and since the revival of Lodge in 1841 to date.
In the month of May, 1S02, a meeting was held in the house of Levi
Blakeslee, at Norwich, N. Y. (now New Berlin), for the purpose of
forming a Lodge. This movement resulted in sending the following peti
tion to the Grand Lodge :
" To the Right Worshipful Grand Master, Wardens and Brethren of the
Grand Lodge of the State of New York.
" We whose names are underwritten, being regular Master Masons
and members of no regular constituted Lodge, having the good of Masonry
in view and feeling a laudable desire to promote the welfare and honor
of the Institution, and being very remote from any regular Lodge, for
the convenience of our respective dwellings and other good reasons have
GRAXD LODGE, 1905. i-i:;
assembled ourselves together and agreed (with the approbation of the

Grand Lodge) to form a new Lodge by the name of Phoebus, to be holden
(at present) at the house of Levi Blakeslee in the Town of Norwich.
County of Chenango. We have nominated, and beg leave to recommend,
our worthy brothers, Arel DeForest to be the first Master, James
Haiku to be the first Senior and Charles Knap to be the first Junior
Wardens of said Lodge, with similar privileges as are enjoyed by other
Lodges within the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge—and the prayer of this
our petition being granted, we promise strict conformity to all the rules
and regulations of the Grand Lodge.
" Dated at Norwich, Chenango County, 15 May A. L. 5802.
" Abel DeForest. James Baird.
Charles Knap. Tracy Robinson.
Levi Blakeslee. Nehemiah Palmer, Jr.
Elijah Palmer. Isaac Green.
Wm. B. Lamphear. Truman Kilborn.
John Calkins. Stephen Carter.
John Simmons. Gideon DeForest."
Endorsed on the petition is the following :
The undersigned Master and Wardens of Western Star Lodge, No.
59, being acquainted with the local situation of the within petitioners and
intimate with the moral characters of many of them, do hereby certify
that we think their request proceeds from the purest motives, and beg
to recommend that the prayer of their petition be granted.
" Done in open Lodge Geo. Walker, Master.
•Iune 3, A. L., 5802. Aaron Morse, Sen'r Warden.
" Attest : Bennet Pierce, Jun'r Warden.
" Jesse Hall, Sect'y."
The Lodge was duly instituted and the officers installed on November
25, 1802, by W.'. George Walker. The following is a copy of his re
port; the original is on file in the Grand Secretaries' office:
" Bridgewater 1st May 1803.
" Brother D. D. Tompkins, Grand Secty of the Grand Lodge of the
State of New York.
"Dear B'r
" Having been appointed by a warrant under the hand and seal of the
Most Worshipful Grand Master dated Sep't 2nd 5802 to institute a Lodge
by the name of Phoebus Lodge at Norwich in the County of Chenango
and to install the officers thereof, do present to you the following report
of my proceedings therein, that on the 25 day of Nov'r 5802 a certain
number of brethren assembled with me in the Town of Norwich in the
County of Chenango and in pursuance to the directions of the before
mentioned warrant proceeded to install B'r Arel De Forest, Master ;
B'r James Baird, Senior Warden, and B'r Charles Knap, Junior
Warden, and to constitute said Lodge agreeable to ancient custom and
usage."
" Accept D'r. Brother my acknowledgement of the honour conferred on
me by the appointment.
" George Walker."
Phoebus Lodge was the first one instituted in Chenango County, the
nearest Lodges to it at the time was Western Star, No. 59 (now No. 15),
at Bridgewater, eighteen miles distant, and Otsego, No. 40 (now No. 138).
at Cooperstown, 25 miles distant.
The records of the Lodge contain some curious items. The following
are a few extracts: January 9, 1805: "Resolved, That the Lodge direct
the Stewards to purchase a cask of crackers, and cheese by the pound for
the use of the Lodge."
April 19, 1815 : " Voted, that Bro. Charles Medrury's quarterly bill
for liquor and rent be allowed."
April 11, 1827: " Voted to allow Bassitt one dollar ($1.00) for beat
ing the bass drum at Bro. L. Hayward's funeral."
At first the Lodge met at the house of Bro. Levi Blakeslee. On
August 3, 1803, it moved to the school-house, about one mile north or
the village of New Berlin, remaining here until January 19, 1804, when a
resolution was adopted removing the Lodge to the house of George Clark
in the town of Brookfield (now Columbus) ; the rent to be paid was fixed
at six shillings per night. The following letter contains some matters of
interest concerning this change in location :
" At an extra meeting of Phoebus Lodge, No. 94, convened agreeable
to summons issued by the W'p'l Master—On motion made and seconded
—voted—with only one dissenting voice that it is expedient for the better
accommodation of the members to remove this Lodge to the house of
George Clark in Brookfield until better accommodations can be provided.
" On this subject we beg leave to represent to the Grand Lodge that
unforeseen circumstances render it very inconvenient lor the Lodge to
continue its sittings at the place where we have formerly met and we
have judged it expedient to remove. We have accordingly taken the steps
prescribed in the constitution and a majority have voted to remove the
Lodge four miles ; into the limits of another town. We request the Grand
Lodge to sanction the procedure and to register it in the Grand Lodge
books, and that notice may be given us as soon as possible.
" With respect we are,
" Arel Deforest, Master,
Tracy Rorinson, S. Warden,
Isaac Green, J. Warden.
'• Done in open Lodge Jan'y 25, A. L. 5804.
" Attest :
" Samuel Bennitt, Sec'y."
It continued to meet at the house of George Clark until May 24.
1807, when it moved to the house of Joshua Lamr ; here it remained
until June 21, 1809, when it again moved, this time to the house of
Charles Medrury, in the town of New Berlin, remaining here until
1817. On February 27, 181U, action was taken toward erecting a build
ing for the Lodge; this movement was successful, the building was com
pleted and occupied in 1817. The Lodge remained here until 1901, wheu
it moved to its present quarters in the Connell Block. The Lodge still
owns the old building.
The Lodge has in its possession a number of interesting relics, among
them being five notes which indicate that at one time the funds were
loaned to members. The following is a sample :
" Six months after date we promise to pay the Treasurer of Phoebus
Lodge Twenty Dollars and interest, value received $20.
" 15 April 1807.
" John Calkin.
Elisha Morgan,
j. tunnecliff.
" Morgan Period."
Although this Lodge was to some extent isolated and out of the track
of the wild swirl of persecution and turmoil which swept over the State,
it did not escape altogether, as the following documents, the originals of
which are in possession of the Lodge, clearly express the sentiments which
prevailed during the earlier period of this memorable epoch.
To the Officers and Members of the Chanters and Lodges of Freemasons,
in the Western part of the State of New York :
We. as members of this community, being desirous of contributing to the
well being of societv. have, after mature reflection, thought proper to
addresB you on a suhieot which has claimed, and still claims, a deep con
sideration, and on which we hnve addressed the public at large: a copy
of which address we herewith inclose you for consideration.
We have found it extremely difficult to present anything which we could
have reason to believe, would be entirely satisfactory to the public, or
to the members of the institution in general.
When we consider the unhappy state of society now existing, and con
template the many evils that will unavoidably befall this section of the
country, unless some measures are adopted to restore harmony and con
fidence, we have, from a sense of duty, felt impelled to make an effort to
bring about so desirable a result.
We believe this cannot be effected otherwise than by extending to each
other a mutual spirit of forbearance and compromise. Whpn passions
are excited, men will not act with reason, criminations and recriminations
are thrown out, and so long as a spirit of that kind is indnleed. there is
an end to all hope of an amicable termination of existing difficulties.
From a regard to the sentiments and feelings of a verv large proportion
of our fellow citizens, entitled to respect, who honestly and most relig
iously believe that the existence of Masonic Chapters and Lodges is pro
ductive of much evil, we have come to the conclusion that, all things
considered, it is expedient to suggest and recommend to you the propriety
of returning the charters thereof, and appropriating your funds for the
support of schools in the places where thev have been collected, as the
only measure that can be adopted to restore harmony to social intercourse.
We do not however consider ourselves as driven to this course, no neces
sity exists for its adoption, but the consideration that the general good
of society will be promoted thereby.
Let us therefore, in a spirit of liberality and forbearance, proffer to the
public this compromise, which we can now do without anv sncrifice of
principle, or great injury to our own feelings, and thus afford them an
opportunity to meet us, on grounds of conciliation, not doubtinc. that
although we have been much abused, and onr principles and sentiments
misrepresented, the dispassionate and candid portion of the community
will be disposed to do us justice.
We cannot but indulge the hope that you will, on mature reflection, con
sent to foreeo personal gratifications for the general good, and thus add
another evidence to those already on record, of our patriotism and readi
ness to contribute to the happiness of mankind.
Ontario County. February 20th. 1829.
Micah Brooks
Bowen Whiting
Lemuel Morse, and seventy six others, making a total of 79 names all
printed on the circular.
To Micah Brooks, Bowen, Whiting, Lemuel Morse and others,
Gentlemen :—
At the last regular meeting of J?hoebus Lodge, the Master laid
before the members thereof a printed communication, under your signa
tures ; bearing date Ontario County, 20th, February 1829. in the form, and
style, of a circular, addressed to the various Lodges of Freemasons in the
western part of this State ; accompanied by an address to the public in
genera), signed with the same signatures ; and as members of the Masonic
Fraternity, but bearing no evidence from which we might infer that it
was ever sanctioned, by the Officers and Members of any regular con
stituted Lodge of Freemasons.
The subject, nevertheless, was taken up, in full Lodge, acted upon with
all due deliberation, and REJECTED by unanimous vote. A Committee
was then appointed, composed of the undersigned Brethren, to drnft an
answer, and transmit to you the views and feelings of the Officers and
Members of Phcebus Lodge on the matter.
In complying with this duty, the committee would remark, that they shall
be governed by no other motives, or feelings, than what will comport with
the Laws of our Country ; and in conformity thereto we would farther
observe, that the views, and feelings, expressed in the outset of your
address, are in perfect accordance with our own, but to your conclusiont
as can never subscribe.
The members of Phoebus Lodge have not been inattentive, or unconcerned
spectators of the events which have agitated the community for two years
past ; but they have viewed them with much feeling and with deep con
cern ; and we do most devoutly join with you in the assertion that, " we
have never considered ourselves, under any obligations to act otherwise
than in accordance with the rules of morality, and in obedience to the
Laws of our Country." We are free to admit, however, that the Masonic
institution, like all other human institutions, is susceptible of abuse ; and
like all others, subject to corrupt and vicious members.
And we farther admit, and most deeply deplore, the fact, that in the
abduction of Morgan, the Laws of our Country were most wantonly and
wickedly violated and that too by men professing to be Freemasons ; and
it has ever been, and still is, our fervent desire that strict, and severe.
Justice might be rendered to the perpetrators of this crime, in obedience
to the Laws of our State. Sensible as we are, however, of the unlimited
veneration we entertain for the public will, and an equal distribution of
Justice under the Laws of our common Country, and our deep solicitude
for the perpetuity of those liberal institutions for the more general dif
fusion of knowledge and education, and our readiness at all times to co
operate with the community in general for their maintenance and sup
port, and notwithstanding what may have been said of us, to the contrary,
in Town, County and State Conventions by amorous and designing indi
viduals ; yet. Charity forbids the idea, that a generous, enlightened and
impartial public, may now, or ever will, demand of the Masonic Fraternity
the surrender of their Charter's, and the transfer of their funds to common
school districts, thereby diverting them from their natural and proper
purposes of hospitality, in order to atone for the crimes of a few individual
members.
Let offended Justice call over the Catalogue of human Institutions, re
ligious as well as moral, give them a scrutinizing investigation and should
any be found whose members have not offended against the majesty of
the Law. by committing crimes, crimes of the most revolting nature ; then
would the Officers, and members of Phcnbus Lodge, most heartily join with
you in the opinion that the public voice may most emphatically call on
us for the surrender of our Charter and our funds.
But, if in truth you are Masons, we are induced to believe you are actu
ated by mistaken views.
It is not the public voice to which you give heed, but the voice of
passion, the voice of persecution, an organized and systematic persecution,
breathing the same spirit which has hitherto drenched the Christian world
in blood, and hearing on its front in characters too legible to be mis
understood that it hath for its object, power and political ascendancy :
and permit us, here, to remark, that the grounds you have taken to allay
this persecuting spirit, and to restore order and tranquility to society.
are wholly untenable.
Give up your Charters and your funds : and for what purpose : will that
satisfy the enemies of Freemasonry? No! you are Masons still and so
they will consider you.
Something more serious and still more degrading in its nature will be
required of yon. the same disfranchising spirit which has driven you to
ihis extreme will hunt you down in the other, something in the nature of
a religious (or rather political) test will be required of you, before you
can be taken into fellowship or admitted to favor with this modern, un
charitable, disfranchising Brotherhood.
Yon will have to renounce and abjure the principles of Masonry, you
will have to protest in the most solemn manner that the tender and af
fectionate ties which have hitherto linked you together in the bonds of
Charity and Brotherly Love, are broken off and that all connections with
the Fraternity are forever dissolved. Are you prepared for all this?
If you are Mnsons, as well might you close your eyes against the bright
luminaries of Heaven, and reject their influences, or turn a deaf ear to
the solemn admonitions of truth and Justice ; as to erase from your
memory and recollections the beauty and excellence of the various degrees
and the moral principles inculcated by their several lectures.
Finally ; we would recommend to the Brethren, of all Lodges, of Free
masons, to remain steadfast and unshaken in their profession, let your
walk and conversation be such as will comport with the strict principles
of our ancient and honorable Institution, and whenever duty, to our
selves, to our fellows and to mankind in general, marks the way, then
by the help of God let us be found fearless.
But give up your Charters and what next : will your condition be amended
or society improved ; we answer No ! whilst the wise and the good may
pity your condition, the unrelenting arm of persecution will be raised
against you. and when driven to the last extremity, they will laugh at
your calamity and mock when your fear Cometh.
Samuel Campbell.
Abel DeForest.
Joshua Lamb.
Rouse Clark.
Philo Bennett.
Abram Baker.
The foregoing letter was reported by the above Committee 15th April,
5829. and accepted by the Lodge.
The Lodge continued to meet, and on August 12, 1829, the following
was adopted : " Resolved—That the public good does not require the
surrender of our Charter."
During these exciting times meetings were held at irregular intervals ;
five meetings were held in 1828, four in 1829, one in 1830, one in 1831,
two in 1832 and one in 1833.
This condition of affairs produced a very depressing effect upon the
members of the Lodge ; friends looked upon them with suspicion and their
position in the community was rendered so uncomfortable that they de
cided to cease holding meetings, and the warrant was surrendered in June,
1835. For several years Masonry in that vicinity was dormant ; still the
spirit of devotion which had heretofore united these brethren was not
entirely destroyed ; they occasionally discussed the matter and considered
the subject of reviving the Lodge. This led to the appointment of a com
mittee consisting of Bros. E. C. Williams, A. C. Welsh and Rouse
Clark, who presented a petition to the Grand Lodge asking for a new
warrant, which was granted June 3, 1841, changing the number to 82,
and naming as officers Rouse Clark. Master : Arraham Baker. Senior
Warden : Samuel AngeiS., Junior Warden. The old warrant and prop
erty of No. 94 was placed in the possession of the resuscitated Lodge, the
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officers were duly Installed September 9, 1841, and the Lodge has enjoyed
an uninterrupted existence since that time.
In the cemetery of St. Andrew's Church, at New Berlin, is a monu
ment, erected to the memory of Bro. Gen. George Washington by Bro.
Caler G. Hall, a member of Phoebus Lodge, No. 82. The monument is
a plain shaft about twenty-five feet high, with inscriptions on all sides.
Near the base on ono side is the following :
" Washington monument erected by Caler G. Hall and presented to
Phoebus Lodge No. 82 P. & A. M., A. L. 5882." Bro. Hall deeded the
plot upon which the monument stands to the Lodge on February 25, 1SS2.
Men in Purlic Life.
William F. Jenks, County Judge. Alvin C. Hazard, Sheriff.
Truman I. Matterson, Assembly E. R. Fuller, Supervisor.
man. John T. Hand, Supervisor.
Jay G. Holmes, County Clerk. George H. Butterfield, Supervisor
Masters of Phgerus Lodge, No. 94.
1S02. Abel DeForest. 1818. A. C. Welch.
1803. Abel DeForest. 1819. Rouse Clark.
1806. Tracy Robinson. 1822. John Pike.
1807. Lemuel Bennett. 1823. William Hall.
1808. Tracy Robinson. 1824. William Hall.
1811. Abel DeForest. 1827. John Pike.
1812. Samuel Campbell. 1828. John Pike.
1813. A. C. Welch. 1829. Abraham Baker.
1814. A. C. Welch. 1830. Rouse Clark.
1817. R. G. Welch. 1833. Rouse Clark.
Masters of Phoerus Lodge, No. 82.
1841. Rouse Clark. 1858. Cyril Beardslee.
1842. Rouse Clark. 1859. Asbra Light.
1843. A. C. Welch. 1860. Cyril Beardslee.
1844. A. C. Welch. 1861. William H. Brownell.
1845. A. C. Welch. 1862. Thomas L. Knap.
1846. A. C. Welch. 1863. William H. Brownell.
1847. A. C. Welch. 1864. William F. Jenks.
1851. Horace Thompson. 1868. William F. Jenks.
1852. Otis P. Coy. 1869. William F. Jenks.
1855. Asbra Light. 1872. George W. Reynolds.
1856. William H. Brownell. 1873. Geo»ge W. Reynolds.
1857. William H. Brownell. 1874. George W. Reynolds.
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1875. George W. Reynolds. 1891. E. R. Fuller,

1876. James L. Dykes. 1892. George W. Reynolds.
1879. G. G. Beers. 1895. M. Hoffman Fish.
1880. G. G. Beers. 1896. M. Hoffman Fish.
1881. G. G. Beers. 1897. Albert B. Beardslee.
1882. G. G. Beers. 1898. Albert B. Beardslee.
1883. Charles P. Cushman. 1899. Henry H. McGuire.
1884. G. G. Beers. 1900. Henry H. McGuire.
1885. William G. Peck. 1901. Henry H. McGuire.
1886. William G. Peck. 1902. Charles L. Banks.
1887. J. Henry Bell. 1903. Charles L. Banks.
1888. J. Henry Bell. 1904. Harry L. White.
1889. J. Henry Bell. 1905. Harrv L. White.
1890. Lester Vail.
NEWARK LODGE, NO. 83,

NEWARK, N. Y.
Warrant : The warrant under which the Lodge has always worked
was issued June 5, 1824, and bears the signature of Joseph Engs, Grand
Master.
The first officers were James P. Bartxe, Master ; Theodore Part
ridge, Senior Warden ; Joseph P. Rorerts, Junior Warden.
The minutes are not intact.
Its name or number has never been changed.
The first meeting held for the purpose of organizing the Lodge was
held in the hotel of John Barse on February 11, 1824, under a dispen
sation of the same date. At this meeting James P. Bartle was elected
Master ; Theodore Partridge, Senior Warden ; Joseph 1*. Rorerts,
Junior Warden ; Joseph A. Miller, Treasurer ; Artemus Doane, Secre
tary ; Caler P. Tireetts, Senior Deacon ; Arraham Fairchilds, Junior
Deacon ; Joseph Tireetts and Benjamin Chittenden, Stewards ; John-
Barse, Tiler. In addition to the above at this meeting were William
Popple, Rufus Andrews and John Daggett.
The second meeting was held February 18th, when a code of by-laws
was adopted and five petitions for initiation were received.
While working under dispensation nineteen candidates were initiated.
The Lodge was instituted and dedicated on July 21, 1824, by Oliver
Allen, acting as Grand Master ; a sermon was delivered by Rev. Bro.
.Moroan and an address by Rev. Samuel W. Brace.
The Lodge continued to meet regularly and prospered; the first year
thirty-three names were added to its roll of membership.
The first election under the charter was held December 1, 1824, when
the following officers were elected : James P. Bartle, Master ; Theodore
Partridge, Senior Warden ; John Daggett, Junior Warden ; Joseph A.
Miller, Treasurer ; Artemus Doane, Secretary.
From 1829 to 1847 no regular meetings were held ; the charter was
never surrendered, as the members occasionally assembled, and in the
face of persecution and danger managed to maintain the legal existence
of the Lodge.
The Morgan excitement was so intense at times that it was unsafe
to meet except late at night, and the utmost secrecy was necessary to
avoid trouble ; even the fact of the existence of the Lodge was concealed.
No elections for officers were held ; James P. Bartle, who was Master
in 1829, erected a stone residence in the village, and he fitted up a room
in the attic in which meetings were held for several years. During these
troublesome and uncertain times no work was done, and no existing
records throw any light upon the transactions of the Lodge ; its history
during these trying years is but a tradition. While no records exist, the
fact remains that these noble men and loyal Masons had fortitude enough
to brave the tide of persecution and sufficient courage to maintain and
uphold the precious truths instilled into their minds at the altar of
Freemasonry.
After the storm of persecution had abated, in 1847 the Lodge once
more resumed its normal condition ; meetings were regularly held in Odd
Fellows' Hall until December 14, 1859, when the Masonic Hall, on the
corner of Main and Palmyra Streets, was dedicated by M.\ W.\ John L.
Lewis, Grand Master : public services were held in the Presbyterian
Church, where an address was delivered by the Grand Master.
The Lodge continued to grow, and on June 24, 1875, new and larger
quarters were dedicated by R.\ W.\ John Vandenrurg, D.D., Grand
Master of the Twenty-first Masonic District. A public meeting was held
in the village park, the Lodge and visiting brethren were escorted to the
park by Geneva and Zenobia Commanderies ; the principal feature of the
ceremonies in the park was an address by W.\ Marvin I. Greenwood.
The festivities concluded with a dinner served by the ladies.
" Jubilee " services were held on April 24, 1889 ; the exercises consisted
of vocal and instrumental music and addresses. A local newspaper in
giving an account of the event said : " W.\ M. I. Greenwood delivered a
stirring address, which was greatly enjoyed by those present. C. L. Ben
nett read the minutes of the first meeting of the Lodge, held in 1824."
Prosperity continued with the Lodge, and in 1900 it again moved, this
time to its present commodious quarters.
On October 17, 1900, the corner-stone of the Public Library in the'
village of Newark was laid by M.\ W.\ Charles W. Mead, Grand
Master : he was escorted to the site by the Lodge. The occasion attracted
a large number of brethren from the surrounding country.
The building was erected by the munificence of Henry C. Rew of
Chicago, who was a native of Newark.
The Lodge has upon its roll of membership seven clergymen, eight
lawyers and ten physicians. With such an array of professional talent
the spiritual as well as the temporal welfare of the members should be in
a healthy condition.
The Lodge is also blessed with musical talent, having a trained choir
of twenty voices. On December 21, 1904, the choir gave a public con
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cert under the auspices of the Lodge ; the entire proceeds of the concert,
amounting to $325, were placed in the hands of a village society, to be
distributed as a Christmas offering to the poor ; the Lodge-room was
placed at the disposal of the society for the distribution of the gifts.
Several members of this Lodge participated in the War of 1812; a
number also served in the Union army in the Civil War. Among those
who gained distinction were :
Isaac M. Lusk, Colonel, 111th N. Y. V.
L. D. Lusk, Captain, 17th N. Y. V.
Edwin K. Burnham, Captain, 111th N. Y. V.
Frederick D. Vanderhoof, Surgeon, 111th N. Y. V.
Masters.
1824. James P. Bartle. 1873. Richard P. Groat.
1825. James P. Bartle. 1874. Marvin I. Greenwood.
1826. Theodore Partridge. 1875. Marvin I. Greenwood.
1827. Theodore Partridge. 1876. Marvin I. Greenwood.
1828. John Daggert. 1877. Marvin I. Greenwood.
1829. James P. Bartle. 1878. Gardner M. Soverhill.
1879. Frank S. Peer.
1847. James P. Bartle. 1880. Frank S. Peer.
1848. James P. Bartle. 1881. Marvin I. Greenwood.
1849. John Daggett. 1882. Marvin I. Greenwood.
1854. James D. Ford. 1887. Marvin I. Greenwood.
1855. James D. Ford. 1888. Marvin I. Greenwood.
1856. James D. Ford. 1889. Carlos A. Stebbins.
1857. John Daggett. 1890. Carlos A. Stebbins.
1858. John Daggett. 1891. Carlos A. Stebbins.
1859. Clark Mason. 1892. Carlos A. Stebbins.
1860. Clark Mason. 1893. William T. Pierson.
1863. Richard P. Groat. 1896. William C. Conrad.
1864. Richard White. 1897. William C. Conrad.
1865. James D. Ford. 1898. William C. Conrad.
1866. John Daggett. 1899. Joseph Gilbert.
1867. Gideon L. Bennett. 1900. Joseph Gilbert.
1868. Chester Fanning. 1901. Joseph Gilbert.
1869. Marvin I. Greenwood. 1902. Newel E. Landon.
1870. Marvin I. Greenwood. 1903. Newel E. Landon.
1871. Day L. Ford. 1904. Harry W. Spoor.
1872. Alexander Hays. 1905. George W. Muth.
ARTISAN LODGE, NO. 84,

AMSTERDAM, N. Y.
Warrant : The warrant in possession of the Lodge is dated June 27,
1855.
Numrer : The first number was 366, which was changed to 84 in 1858.
Endorsed on the warrant is the following : " At the Annual Communica
tion of the Grand Lodge for 1858 the number of this Lodge is changed to
No. 84.
James M. Austin,
Grand ticcty."
Minutes : Not intact.
While the present Lodge dates its birth in the year 1855, it is not
the first Artisan Lodge located at Amsterdam.
In the early part of the last century a Lodge named Artisan, No. 358,
was organized there ; it was warranted March 8, 1823, and was still in
existence when the Morgan trouble began, and in all probability this af
fair caused its death. A reference is made of the Lodge on the minutes
of the Grand Lodge at the communication in June, 1833, when the Com
mittee on Warrants reported a number of Lodges in arrears for dues and
that Artisan Lodge, No. 358, had forfeited its warrant and refused or
neglected to surrender it.
The warrant was revived in 1841, when it was numbered 84, but this
revival was short lived, as the Lodge soon ceased to work.
The first recorded action toward organizing the present Lodge was
in January, 1855, when pursuant to a previous call a meeting was held
on the 5th day of that month for the purpose of organizing a Lodge. At
this meeting the following officers were elected and appointed :
Welcome U. Chase, Master.
John A. Sturtevant, Senior Warden.
Jural Livermore, Junior Warden.
Nathan Neff, Treasurer.
John Stewart, Secretary.
I). W. C. Johnson, Senior Deacon.
Uosea McElwain, Junior Deacon.
Daniel Mills, Tiler.
At an adjourned meeting these officers, with the exception of the
Treasurer and Junior Deacon, were installed.
At the next meeting John M. Hurrs was elected and installed Treas
urer.
The following is the petition asking for a Warrant:
" To the M.\ W.\ Grand Lodge of the State of New York :
" The undersigned petitioners being Ancient Free and Accepted Master
Masons, having the prosperity of the Fraternity at heart and willing to
exert their best endeavors to promote and diffuse the genuine principles
of Masonry, respectfully represent :
" That they are desirous of forming a new Lodge in Amsterdam Vil
lage, County of Montgomery, to be named Artisan Lodge, No. 84.
" They therefore pray for letters of dispensation or a warrant of con
stitution to empower them to assemble as a loyal Lodge, to discharge the
duties of Masonry in a regular and constitutional manner according to

the original forms of the order and the regulations of the Grand Lodge.
They have nominated and elected Bro. Welcome U. Chase to be the
first Master. John A. Sturtevant to be the first Senior Warden and
Jural Livermore to be the first Junior Warden of said Lodge. If the
prayer of the petition shall be granted they promise a strict conformity
to the Constitution, laws and regulations of the Grand Lodge.
" Dated Amsterdam. Feb'y 10, 1855.
" W. U. Chase, J. A. Sturtevant,
John M. Hubbs, J. Liyermore,
Jno. Stewart, D. W. C. Johnson,
Francis Newkirk, Nathan Neff,
J. T. VanOlinda, J. Sanford."
The petition has the following endorsement:
" At a regular meeting of St. Patrick's Lodge. No. 4. held in Johns
town. Fulton County, N. Y., on the first day of March, 5855, it was re
solved that this Lodge do recommend that the prayer of the foregoing
petition be granted.
In witness whereof we have hereunto affixed the seal of our
said Lodge and caused our Secretary to sign the same.
" McIntyre Frarer.
(SEAL) "Beefy."
Also, " Dispensation granted March 14, 1855."
The Lodge was numbered 366 ; it could not receive the old number 84.
as another Lodge had that number, but in 1858 the old number was re
stored.
When first organized the Lodge met in what was known as Sanford's
Hall, on West Main Street, where it remained until 1880, when it moved
to rooms on Chuctanunda Street. Shortly afterward it moved to East
Main Street ; here it remained until September 1. 1900, when it moved to
its present quarters on Market Street, in the building known as the San
ford Homestead Building.
On September 22, 1894, the Lodge participated in laying the corner
stone of the State Armory at Amsterdam ; the ceremonies were conducted
by R.\ W.\ Philip Keck, D.D., Grand Master of the Nineteenth Dis
trict.
On October 21, 1902, in conjunction with Welcome Lodge, No. 829, it
participated in laying the corner-stone of the Amsterdam Public Library.
The services were conducted by R.\ W.\ Daniel A. Bissell, D.D.,
Grand Master.
Several members of the Lodge were in the Union army during the
Civil War. Among those who gained distinction were :
T. E. Pinto, Colonel. 32d Regt. N. T. V.
E. S. Youno. Cantain. 32d Regt. N. Y. V.
E. J. Maxwell, Lieutenant, 32d Regt. N. Y. V.
Men in Purlic Life.
Edmund P. Esterbrook, Chaplain, Stephen Sanford, Congressman.
U. 8. A. S. Pulver Heath, County Judge.
Samuel J. Smith, Chaplain, U. Zera S. Westhrook, County Judge.
8. A. Mayor.
John Sanford, Congressman. Adam Kline, State Senator.
Henry V. Borst, District Attorney, John S. Maxwell, District Attor
County Judge. ney.
Julius Wasserman, School Oom- Edward L. Schmidt, Assemblyman.
missioner. A. V. H. Smyth, Alderman.
Isaac A. Rosa, Sheriff. John H. Stewart, Alderman.
John Warner, Assemblyman. James R. Snell, Assemblyman.
James T. Sugden, School Commis Oscar K. Potter, City Treasurer.
sioner. Alpha T. Van Heusan, Justice of
Thomas laddie, Assemblyman, the Peace.
Mayor. Edward J. Perkins, City Attorney.
David S. Dunlap, School Commis Wilbur E. Jenkins, Alderman.
sioner. John Dwyer, Mayor.
Martin L. Stover, Assemblyman, Bernhardt Machold, Alderman.
Supreme Court Judge. Seely Conover, Alderman, School
John J. Christian, Water Commis Commissioner.
sioner. Robert N. Clark, Mayor.
John M. Candee, Assemblyman. Hicks B. Waldron, Mayor.
Walter J. Cragin, Supervisor. Joseph Perkins, Alderman.
E. Watson Gardiner, Assembly Samuel Wallin, Mayor.
man. William A. Gardner, Mayor.
William J. Kline, Postmaster. William H. Kaufman, Mayor.
James Nichol, Water Commis George R. Hannon, Mayor.
sioner. Middleton Warneck, Water Com
William B. Charles, Assemblyman. missioner.
Spencer K. Warnick, State Sen James Voorhees, Water Commis
ator. sioner.
Julius W. Kimball, Civil Service Freeman T. Huxley, Water Com
Commissioner. missioner.
Cornelius Van Buren, Assembly John Bartholemew, Water Com
man. missioner.
Christian Eitelman, Overseer of Almaran T. Young, Postmaster
the Poor. seventeen years ; appointed in
Alonzo A. Forest, County Treas 1801 by President Lincoln.
urer.
Masters.
1855. Welcome D. Chase. 1874. Hicks B. Waldron.
1856. Jubal Livermore. 1875. Seymour Birch.
1857. Solomon P. Heath. 1876. Seymour Birch.
1858. Cyrus B. Chase. 1877. Almarin T. Young.
1859. Cyrus B. Chase. 1878. Cyrus B. Chase.
1800. George C. Bell. 1879. Julius W. Kimball.
1801. James E. Waring. 1880. Julius W. Kimball.
1802. James E. Waring. 1881. John D. Servis.
1803. George C. Bell. 1882. John D. Servis.
1804. John D. Serviss. 1883. William Putman.
1805. John McClumpha. 3884. William Putman.
1808. Deodatus W. Sturtevant. 1887. William R. Van Deveer.
1809. Deodatus W. Sturtevant. 1888. William R. Van Deveer.
1870. Deodatus W. Sturtevant. 1889. Edward J. Perkins.
1871. Johnson I. Snell. 1890. Edward J. Perkins.
1872. Johnson I. Snell. 1891. Edward J. Perkins.
1873. Judson McIIwain. 1892. David S. Dunlap.
1893. Julius W. Kimball. 1900. Bert W. Kellogg.

1894. Joseph Perkins. 1901. Bert W. Kellogg.
1895. Joseph Perkins. 1902. Charles E. Henderson.
1S96. Edward O. Bartlett. 1903. Charles E. Henderson.
1897. Edward O. Bartlett. 1904. W. Fenton Myers.
1898. Robert N. Clark. 1905. W. Fenton Myers.
1899. Emery Elwood.
WASHINGTON LODGE, NO. 85,

ALBANY, N. Y.
Warrant : The warrant in possession of the Lodge is dated February
15, 1841. Name or number has never been changed.
Minutes : Intact.
In the winter of 1840-41 George S. Girrons, an active and zealous
Mason residing in Albany, assisted by some fourteen or more brethren
began agitating the subject of organizing a new Lodge. In a letter to
the Grand Secretary from Bro. Girrons upon the subject he gives as
the two principle reasons for making their request, first, that Mount
Vernon Lodge, No. 3, had some seventy members, which was sufficient ;
second, that as it was known that an effort was being made to start a
new Lodge numerous inquiries were received from prominent citizens
asking for admission as soon as the Lodge could be organized.
In January, 1841, their efforts resulted in sending the following peti
tion to the Grand Lodge praying for a warrant :
" To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of New York.
" The petitioners hereof humbly shew that they are Ancient Free and
Accepted Master Masons, having the prosperity of the Fraternity at
heart ; they are willing to exert their best endeavors to promote and
diffuse the genuine principles of Masonry.
" For the convenience of their respective dwellings and other good
reasons they are desirous of forming a new Lodge in the city of Albany
to be named Washington.
" In consequence of this desire and for the good of the Craft they
pray for a dispensation to constitute them into a new Lodge (until the
pleasure of the Grand Lodge may be known in the premises) to em
power them to assemble as a legal Lodge to discharge the duties of
Masonry in the several degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and
Master Mason in a regular and constitutional manner according to the
ancient form of the Fraternity and the laws and regulations of the Grand
Lodge.
That they have nominated and do recommend Geo. S. Girrons to
be the first Master, John Owens to be the first Senior Warden and
to be the first Junior Warden of said Lodge; that if the
prayer of the petition should be granted they promise a strict conformity
to all the constitutional laws, rules and regulations of the Grand Lodge.
"Albany, January 21, 1841.
" Geo. S. Gibbons, Robert Erwin,
Thomas Stewart, John Owens,
Wm. Muller. David Callender,
L. S. Z. Gould, Henry Smith.
.Ia's. Haliday. Geo. Field,
John A. Sickels, Eilard Westulo.
John C. Yates, S. Van Vechten,
William Connelly.
1.36 PROCEEDINGS OF THE
At a regular meeting of Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 3, held at Albany.

January 21, 1841, a resolution was adopted recommeiftling the granting
of a warrant for the new Lodge ; the resolution is attached to the petition.
A dispensation was granted by M.\ W.\ Morgan Lewis, Grand
Master, February 6, 1841.
Copy of letter attached to the dispensation :
New York, FcVy 6, 1841.
" Bro. Geo. S. Girrons
" The enclosed Dispensation lasts until Tune at which time the return
will be required with your minute book. Bylaws &c. for inspection, at
which time also the Lodge will ask for the continuance of the Dispensa
tion or for a Warrant. All that will be required of Bro. Hoffman now
will be the installation of the Officers and the delivery over of the Dis
pensation. Study the constitution well and attend to those parts which
I have marked particularly, because they are often neglected.
" I am fraternally yours
" James Herring
"O'd Sec'ty."
The officers were installed by W.\ Lewis G. Hoffman, a Past Master
of Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 3. The following is his report of the event :
"Alrany, March 8, 1841.
.' R.\ W.\ James Herring
" Sir
" Agreenhle to the warrant enclosing a Dispensation from the M.\
W.\ Grand Master, through you directing me to install certain officers
of Washington Lodge No therein named I would state: That on
receipt of such authority I summoned a respectable number of the
Brethren of Mt. Vernon and Temple Lodges and with their assistance
hereby installed the W.\ George S. Girrons as Worshipful Master. John
Owens as Senior Warden and Thomas Stewart as Junior Warden,
and delivered into the hand of W.\ Geo. S. Girrons the Dispensation
authorizinc them to work as a regularly constituted Lodge under the
name of Washington Lodge No. . After which the Brethren com
posing said Lodge did elect John A. Stckels as Secretary. Robert
Erwtn as Treasurer. Henry Smith as Senior Deacon. William Con
nelly as Junior Deacon and Arram Sickles as Tyler.
" All of which respectfully submitted for the approval of the Grand
Officers.
" L. G. Hoffmvn
" P. M. M't Vernon Lod9e"
The installation ceremonies were held in St. John's Hall. A reso
lution was adopted by the Lodge expressing thanks to W.\ Bro. Hoff
man and to the Grand Lodge ; the concluding sentence of the resolution
says : " We pray that the instruction given to us will not prove ' seed
sown on barren ground.' but will produce fruit worthy of being gathered
and tend to the advancement of this Lodge and of Masonry throughout
the world."
In 1849 the Lodge cast its lot with the " Phillips " Grand Lodge, hut
returned to its place in the " Willard " Grand Lodge on March 2. 1852.
The Lodge participated in laying the corner-stone of the State Capitol
at Albany. June 24. 1871. laying the corner-stone of the Home at TJtica
May 21, 1891. and at the dedication of same October 5. 1S92; it also
participated at the dedication of the Masonic Hnll at Albany, September
8. 1876; also at the laying of the corner-stone of the Albany City Hall.
October 13. 1881.
Men in Purlic Life.

John Palmer, who was Secretary Simon W. Rosendale, Attorney-
of State in the State of New General, and Recorder of the
York, was Treasurer of the city of Albany.
Lodge for twenty-eight years ; he Henry Stern, City Judge.
was also Department Comman Daniel Adler, City Judge.
der of the G. A. R. Herman Bendell, Indian Agent.
Grand Lodge Officers.
Myer C. Jacobs, Grand Representative.
Beginning in 1870, and for a period of fourteen years, the officers
of the Lodge were regularly installed by Edmund L. Judson, who was
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge in 1878.
It is quite possible that Bro. Wheeler B. Melius, the present Secre
tary of the Lodge, holds the record for long service in that office in this
jurisdiction, he having been Secretary forty-two years. In a recent
letter to the Grand Historian he said : " When I was secretary thirty
years I had only missed five meetings, but now decrepitude and decay
makes me hug the fire." His is truly an enviable record and an object
lesson of devotion to duty worthy of emulation.
Masters.
1841. George S. Gibbons. 1S74. Henry J. Herschberger.
1842. George S. Gibbons. 1875. Henry J. Herschberger.
1843. George S. Gibbons. 1876. Nathan Nathanson.
1844. George Young. 1877. William Blaisie.
1845. George Young. 1878. William Blaisie.
1846. John A. Sickels. 1879. Herman Bendell.
1847. Lewton Shaw. 1S80. Abram M. Mull.
1848. Moses Schloss. 1881. William Blaisie.
1849. Michael Quinn. 1882. William Blaisie.
1850. Henry Blatner. 1883. Leonard M. Mull.
1851. Robert Jennings. 1884. Leonard M. Mull.
1852. John Leask. 1885. A. B. Brink.
1853. Sigmond Adler. 1886. A. S. Lawyer.
1854. Michael Quinn. 1887. Moses Bendell.
1855. Sigmond Adler. 1888. Henry E. Stern.
1856. Thomas J. Cowell. 1889. Charles E. Hotaling.
1857. Henry W. Scovel. 1890. Joseph H. Simonson.
1858. Henry W. Scovel. 1891. John Best.
1S59. Henry W. Scovel. 1892. John Best.
1800. Henry W. Scovel. 1893. Joseph Gilbert.
1861. Henrv W. Scovel. 1894. Joseph Gilbert.
1862. Thomas J. Cowell. 1895. Joseph Gilbert.
1863. Henry Van Hoesen. 1896. Joseph Gilbert.
1864. Joseph Lederer. 1897. Grant Newcomb.
1865. Mathew Quinn. 1898. Joseph Gilbert.
1866. Joseph N. McDonald. 1899. Henry J. Herschberger.
1867. S. W. Rosendale. 1900. Myer C. Jacobs.
1868. Herman Bendell. 1901. Myer C. Jacobs.
1809. Mathew Quinn. 1902. Joseph M. Bookheim.
1870. Nathan Swartz. 1903. Daniel Adler.
1871. Nathan Swartz. 1904. Samuel S. Wyle.
1872. James Stackhouse. 1905. Louis W. Bookheim.
1873. Nathan Nathanson.
SCHODACK UNION LODGE, NO. 87,

EAST SCHODACK, N. Y.
Warrant : The warrant in possession of the Lodge is dated Decem
ber 1, 1841.
The name or number has never been changed.
Minutes : Intact from organization.
The charter members were :
David Bell. David Booth.
John H. Van Denburg. Henry Sleighter.
John Albertson. John Pulver.
James F. Golden.
The Lodge participated in the laying of the corner-stone of the Home
at Utica, May 21, 1891, and at the dedication of same October 5, 1892.
R.\ W.\ Rev. John Laurenheimer, who has so creditably filled the
office of Grand Lecturer since June 1901, was raised in this Lodge in No
vember, 1893, and was Master in 1896. He served as Assistant Grand Lec
turer of the (old) Seventeenth District in 1898, and as Grand Chaplain
from June, 1899, to June, 1900.
Masters.
1841. David Bell. 1874. Nicholas S. Miller.
1842. David Bell. 1875. Edwin A. Sliter.
1843. David Booth. 1876. Edwin A. Sliter.
1844. David Booth. 1877. Lewis N. S. Miller.
1845. David Booth. 1878. Lewis N. S. Miller.
1846. Nicholas S. Miller. 1879. Lewis N. S. Miller.
1847. Nicholas S. Miller. 1880. Edgar J. L. Sliter.
1848. Nicholas S. Miller. 1881. Edgar J. L. Sliter.
1849. Nicholas S. Miller. 1882. Oscar J. Lewis.
1850. James J. Lansing. 1883. Oscar J. Lewis.
1851. Joseph G. Taylor. 1884. John W. Lowriee.
1852. Joseph G. Taylor. 1885. John W. Lowriee.
1853. Nicholas S. Miller. 1886. William H. Wilber.
1854. Nicholas S. Miller. 1887. Lewis N. S. Miller.
1855. Nicholas S. Miller. 1888. George R. Miller.
1856. Nicholas S. Miller. 1889. George R. Miller.
1857. Nicholas S. Miller. 1890. John Moore.
1860. Lucas Schemerhorn. 1893. George R. Miller.
1861. James Van Allen. 1894. George R. Miller.
1862. James Van Allen. 1895. Henry A. Tillson.
1863. James Van Allen. 1S96. John Laubenheimer.
1864. James Van Allen. 1897. James C. Bradford.
1865. James Van Allen. 1898. Edwin J. Bedell.
1866. James Van Allen. 1899. William T. Finch.
1867. James Van Allen. 1900. Elmer E. Reiclmrd.
1868. Edwin A. Sliter. 1901. Elmer E. Finch.
I869. James Van Allen. 1902. Willard D. Sprang.
1870. James Van Allen. 1903. Walter E. Link.
1871. James Van Allen. 1904. Gilbert Westfall.
1872. James Van Allen. 1905. John A. Harrington.
1S73. Nicholas S. Miller.
FRANKLIN LODGE, NO. 90,

BALLSTON SPA, N. Y.
Warrant : The warrant granted to Franklin Lodge, No. 90, was
issued Jnne 3, 1842, and is in possession of the Lodge.
The name or number of the Lodge has never been changed ; it is, how
ever, proper to state that previous to the organization of this Lodge two
other Lodges existed in that vicinity, one at Ballston Centre, known as
Franklin Lodge, No. 37, and one at Milton Hill, in the town of Milton,
known as Friendship Lodge, No. 118; both are now extinct, the first
ceased work in 1830 and the second held its last regular meeting De
cember 15, 1831. The charter was not surrendered until 1835.
But little is known concerning these old Lodges, most of the records
are missing, still, as nearly all the organizers of Franklin Lodge, No. 90,
were members of these Lodges, and as some of the descendants of these
brethren were members of the present Lodge, some special mention should
be made concerning them.
In 1841, when the movement to organize the present Lodge began, a
petition was presented to the Grand Lodge asking for a revival of the
Charter of Franklin Lodge, No. 37, but owing to an act passed by the
Grand Lodge in 1840 their petition could not be granted, consequently
a new charter was petitioned for and granted.
The petition for Franklin Lodge, No. 37, is dated Ballston, July 11,
1793, and is signed by the following :
John Taylor, James Rogers.
L. Ball, John Barclay,
Benj. Andrews, Daniel Brown,
John Hughan, Gideon Hawley,
Henry Corl, Jr., John Hatch,
Beriah Palmer, A. Miller,
B. Roorback, Hez'h Bailey.
It named as officers, Beriah Palmer, Master ; John Taylor, Senior
Warden ; Henry Corl, Jr., Junior Warden.
The petition has the following endorsements :
" Alrany 10th December 1793.
" I do certify that Beriah Palmer Esq. recommend as Master in
the above petition is a member of Union Lodge No. 1 of the City of Al
bany and capable as well as worthy to discharge the duties of that office,
and am of the opinion that it would be just and expedient for the Grand
Lodge to grant the prayer of the petition as it may tend among other
things to counteract and abolish the meetings and proceedings of a set
of mountebank pretended masons contiguous to Ballston.
" Peter W. Yates
" Master of Union Lodge, Albany."
" Read in Grand Lodge the 5th March 5794 and referred to Brothers
Morton, Morgan and Cocks.
"J. A. G. S."
" Received verbal orders from Morton and Cooks two of the above
committee to issue this warrant on the 16th day of Mav 5794.
"J. A. G. S."
The following letters are interesting, as they tend to show the manner
in which the provisions contained in the Constitution of the Grand Lodge
were construed at that time :
" To the Right Worshipful Jacor Morton, Esq., Grand Master of
Masons of the State of New York.
" The representation of the Officers of Franklin Lodge No. 37 in Ball-
ston, Saratoga County, Respectfully setteth forth—That differences
have taken place among the brethren of this Lodge respecting the con
stitutionality of their last election for Master. It is contended on the
one side that as the Master elect has not served as Warden in this or
any other Lodge of Master Masons (and there being other brethren who
had these qualifications) the choosing him as Master could not be legal.
On the other hand it is maintained (and under which impression the
Lodge acted at the time of the election) that as the present Master had
served as a Warden in the Lodge here of Master Mark Masons and also
as a regular Master of the same Lodge and which Lodge having been
regularly warranted and installed his election to the chair was consti
tutional. At the last Stated Lodge here this subject was taken into con
sideration and a vote passed requesting the Officers to lay before the
Grand Lodge the subject matter in dispute as above mentioned and pray
them to take the same into their consideration and that Brothers Bald
win, Bennett and Hollister or either of them deliver to the Grand
Lodge or any of the Officers thereof such memorial as the officers of
this Lodge might make to them on the subject and take charge of such
communications to us from the Grand Lodge or any of the Officers
thereof as they might think proper to make, in writing or otherwise.
" Although the objections to the legality of the election as above
stated has been but lately brought into view and there being but a few
brethren dissatisfied, still the question being to us new and the constitu
tion not defining in what Lodge it shall be necessary the Master elect
shall have served as a Warden it will be greatly to the peace and hap
piness of the brethren in this quarter if you or any of the Officers of the
Grand Lodge will communicate to us your opinion and directions on this
subject. In making to you this representation we do not mean to be
understood that any division has on this question arisen among us from
design, but a difference of opinion only, and should it be thought by the
Officers of the Grand Lodge that the said election of Master was illegal
we pray you to authorize us to hold a new election to choose another
Master.
" We are very respectfully
" Your Humble Servants
" Raymond Taylor, Master.
ThAdE-U8 PaTcHIn, S. W.
Samuel Young, J. W.
" Ballston 2nd July 1803."
. " New York July 14 A. L. 5803.
" Brethren
" Enclosed I have the honor to transmit you the opinion of the
Grand Master upon the case communicated and submitted to him in
your letter on the 2nd instant. I sincerely hope it may prove satis
factory.
" Accept mv cordial wishes for your welfare and prosperity as a
Lodge and as Brethren.
" I am your friend and Brother
" Daniel D. Tompkins
" Grand. Secretary
" No. 1 Wall Street N. York."
" To the Master, Wardens and Brethren of Franklin Lodge No. 37.
" New York 14 July 1803.
" By a Communication by the Officers of Franklin Lodge No. 37 held
at Ballston in the County of Saratoga it appears " that a brother who
had been Master and Warden of the Mark Lodge annexed to said Lodge
was at the last election of Officers for said Franklin Lodge elected Master
thereof ; but that the brother so elected had never been Master or Warden
of any Lodge, other than the said Mark Lodge, and that there were at
that time other members of Franklin Lodge who had been Wardens of
Master Mason Lodges. That a difference of opinion existed amongst the
members of the said Lodge of the eligibility of the brother chosen Master
under the above circumstances and a desire expressed that the opinion
of the Grand Master and of some of the Grand Officers upon the subject
might be communicated to the said Lodge.
" The Grand Master having attended to the communication from
Franklin Lodge stating the above case and desiring an opinion thereon
and having reverted to the book of Constitutions and considered its pro
visions and directions submits the following observations to the members
of said Lodge.
" The directions of the Constitution respecting the election of a
Master are as follows, ' No brother can be Master of a Lodge till he has
hrst served the office of a Warden somewhere unless in extraordinary
cotes, or when a new Lodge is to be formed and no past or present
Warden is to be found amongst the members. In such cases three mas
ter masons although they have served in no former offices (it they be
well learned ) may be constituted Master and Wardens of such new
Lodge or of any old Lod9e in the like emergency.'
" This clause 1 consider as directory and its intention in my opinion
was to secure so far as possible the filling of the Masters chair by
brethren acquainted with and competent to discharge its duties.
" Such persons are most likely to be found among those who have
acted as Wardens and who from their constant attendance at the meet
ings of the Lodge and also from their having been frequently called to
execute the Masters duties in his absence must have made themselves
acquainted with them, ft is therefore most to the interests of the Fra
ternity that generally, a brother previous to his being called to the
important station of Master should have prepared himself for the im
portant duties of that station by a service in the office of Warden.
" But cases may arise in which it would be highly proper and neces
sary that the aforesaid clause should be dispensed with. What these
cases are it is impossible to designate by a previous rule, they must de
pend upon the particular situation of the Lodge and they are provided
ior under the description of extraordinary cases.
" In the above case it does not appear but that the other brethren
who had served as Wardens declined serving as Master and such case X
should consider as one coming under the above description of extraor
dinary.
" in addition to the above it appears to me that in the present case
the service as Master and Warden in the Mark Lodge most unquestion
ably is within the spir»t if not the words of the Constitution. My own
opinion is that by virtue of the usual charters or warrants granted by
the Grand Lodge, the Lodge to whom it is granted has a right under and
by virtue of that charter to open and hold a Lodge of any of the masonic
de9rees provided they have tne competent number of persons skilled in
those degrees. The mark degree being therefore one recognized in masonry
and the Lodge being held by virtue of a warrant from the Urand Lodge
of this State a service of Warden therein is a service in that station in
a regular Lodge and meets the very words of the Constitution.
" Upon the whole I think the above election legal and proper.
" Jacor Morton, Grand Master."
The old Lodge prospered and continued in good standing until the ef
fect of the Morgan persecution was felt in the community, then it began
to (1. dine, and in a short time ceased to exist, and for almost ten years
no organized body of Masons existed in that vicinity.
In 1841 William Saunders and others applied to the Grand Lodge
for the charter of the old Lodge; when this effort (ailed a petition was
presented to the Grand Lodge in 1842, signed by William Saunders,
William Hawkins, Joseph Jennings and eight others praying for a
new charter under the same name.
This effort proved successful, as will be noted by the following ex
cerpt from the minutes of the Grand Lodge under date of June 3, 1842.
" The Committee on warrants reported in favor of granting a warrant
to constitute a Lodge at Ballston, in the County of Saratoga, by the
name of Franklin Lodge, of which Bro. Wm. Saunders is to be the
first Master; Bro. Wm. Hawkins, S. W„ and Bro. Joseph Jennings,
J.W., and that the property of the late Franklin Lodge, No. 37, be re
turned to said new Lodge, on payment of the usual fee for the Warrant."
The first meeting under the charter was held February 2, 1843, at
which time the following officers were installed : William Saunders,
Master ; William Hawkins, Senior Warden ; Joseph Jennings, Junior
Warden ; William Ford, Treasurer ; Stephen Fox, Secretary ; Stephen
Seaman, Senior Deacon ; Reuren Thompson, Junior Deacon, and
Joseph Kelso, Tiler.
Of the above, William Ford was Master and Stephen Fox Junior
Warden of Franklin Lodge, No. 37, in 1832; William Hawkins and
Joseph Jennings were also members of the old Lodge ; they both lived
to a ripe old age and always took an active interest in the affairs of the
new Lodge.
The Lodge prospered and has upon its rolls several who have been
prominent in public affairs. Among the number was James M. Cook,
who for several years was superintendent of the State Banking Depart
ment ; he was also Assemblyman and State Senator.
Seth Whalen, D.D., Grand Lecturer.
Jonathan S. Smith, D.D., Grand Master.
Masters of Franklin Lodge, No. 90.
1843. William Saunders. 1862. Harvey N. Hill.
1844. William Hawkins. 1863. Simeon H. Drake.
1845. Joseph Jennings. 1864. P. G. Newcomb.
1846. Abel Meeker. 1865. Graham Pulver.
1847. Selden A. Emerson. 1866. Seth Whalen.
1848. Reuben Westcot. 1867. Seth Whalen.
1849. Reuben Westcot. 1868. Benjamin Allen.
1850. Abel Meeker. 1869. Seth Whalen.
1851. Harvey N. Hill. 1870. Seth Whalen.
1852. Abel Meeker. 1871. Seth Whalen.
1853. George Babcock. 1872. Seth Whalen.
1854. Harvey N. Hill. 1873. Seth Whalen.
1855. Abel Meeker. 1874. Jonathan S. Smith.
1856. Harvey N. Hill. 1875. Albert J. Reid.
1857. Harvey N. Hill. 1876. Jonathan S. Smith.
1858. George H. Millham. 1877. Edward F. Grose.
1859. George W. Ingalls. 1878. Edward F. Grose.
1860. Harvey N. Hill. 1879. Edward F. Grose.
1861. Harvey N. Hill. 1880. Edward F. Grose.
1881. C. Fred Wheeler. 1894. William Spencer.

1882. C. Fred Wheeler. 1895. Albert P. Miller.
1883. Frank Jones. 1896. Albert P. Miller.
1884. Frank Jones. 1897. Edward F. Grose.
1885. David Frisbie, Jr. 1898. David Frisbie.
1886. David Frisbie, Jr. 1899. Albert P. Miller.
1887. David Frisbie, Jr. 1900. Henry C. Hall.
1888. David H. Winne. 1901. Henry C. Hall.
1889. David H. Winne. 1902. Frederick W. Watts.
1890. George W. Maxon 1903. Frederick W. Watts.
1891. David Frisbie. 1904. Frederick W. Watts.
1892. William Spencer. 1905. John Keys.
1893. William Spencer.
KING SOLOMON'S PRIMITIVE LODGE, NO. 91,

TROY, N. Y.
Warrant: The original warrant, dated June 4, 1842, is in possession
of the Lodge.
The minutes are intact.
The petition on file in the Grand Secretaries' office is as follows :
" To the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Ancient and Honorable
Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York.
" The undersigned of the degree of Master Mason, residing in the
City of Troy respectfully represent that in their opinion the interests of
Freemasonry would be essentially promoted by the establishment of an
other I»dge in this city and therefore ask for a charter for a new Lodge
under the name and style of King Solomon's Primitive Lodge No.
appointing Achille J. Rousseau, Worshipful Master ; John S. Perry,
Senior Warden ; Joseph A. Wood, Junior Warden.
" Troy, N. Y., November 19, 5841.
* N. T. Woodruff. E. L. Mallary.
Wm. Perkins. Oliver Boutwell.
H. K. Smith. Henry W. Holten.
Job S. Olin. Joseph C. Taylor.
L. McChesney. Franklin Belcher.
Caleb Wright. Geo. H. Bull.
Jo's. A. Wood. John W. Crossman.
Halsey Brower. R. C. Leavings.
Rich'd S. Bryan. John Blass.
John B. Colgrove. C. H. Anthony.
Ebenezer Prescott. J. Phillips, Jr.
A. J. Rousseau. Benj. Cheney.
Samuel G. Huntington. Joseph Gary.
John S. Perry. Nathan Taylor.
Timothy Mann. Thomas Coleman.
John Conkey. Rufus Gilbert.
Edward Chapin. J. G. Bacon.
Geo. R. Davis. A. W. Howlett.
Archibald Bull. Henry Hull.
Wm. D. Haight. Wm. Henry."
Richard Bloss.
The following is endorsed on the petition :
" The undersigned officers of Apollo Lodge, No. 13, recommend the
granting of the prayer of the foregoing petition. It gives us pleasure to
add that we give this recommendation with the sanction and approvul
of Apollo Lodge.
" John D. Willard, Master.
Abel Wetherbee, S. W.
Lyman Powers, J. W.
Ephraim Carpenter, Treas'r.
John W. Brooks, S. D.
'• Troy, N. Y., December 21, 1841." Morton Fairchild, J. D.
The first meeting under the charter was held in St. John's Hall, 264
River Street, on June 30, 1842. At this meeting officers were appointed,
by-laws were adopted and arrangements made toward securing a meeting
place at 279 River Street.
One of the provisions in the by-laws was the following, relating to
petitions for initiation.
" Should only one blackball appear against the candidate, further ac
tion on the petition (unless the opposition be withdrawn) shall be post
poned until the next regular meeting ; and in the interim it shall be the
duty of the Standing Committee on Petitions to ascertain the cause or
reason of the opposition, and if deemed by them insufficient to debar the
candidate they shall endeavor to remove the cause or reconcile the matter
between the opposing brother and the candidate.
" At the next regular meeting the ballot shall be resumed ; and should
the opposition be continued, the candidate shall be rejected."
On August 11, 1842, the Lodge was duly instituted and the officers
installed by R.\ W.'. John D. Willard, Senior Grand Warden of the
Grand Lodge.
In conjunction with a number of Lodges in the vicinity of Troy,
exercises to commemorate the death of Gen. Zachary Taylor were held
in the Universalist Church on July 31, 1850, after which the Lodges
proceeded to the cemetery adjacent to the Third Street Baptist Church,
where an address was delivered by W.\ A. J. Rousseau, and an urn
bearing the following inscription was placed upon a stone pedestal :
" Erected by the
Masonic Fraternity of Troy
to the Memory of
Gen. Zachary Taylor."
A public installation of the officers took place on December 29, 1851.
A prominent feature of the occasion was an address delivered by Rev.
Bro. J. C. Waxdo. In part he said :
" Freemasonry has come down to our day, like the divine parent In
stitution itself, through great tribulation ; but, like her, whose handmaid
she is, Freemasonry has gallantly outrode the storm, improved, rather
than harmed, by the conflict. Yet when the tempest, in the thickest of
its gloom, roared and thundered loudest, few were the hearts of her de
voted crew that did not gather darkness and dismay.
" . . . Providence has wisely ordained to every institution a day
of trial, by which its dross may be purged away and the world be made
acquainted with its spirit and mission. Indeed, no society of earth or of
heaven receives a thorough introduction to mankind till persecution has
opened its batteries upon it in all their fierceness and fury.
" . . . I may not say that, practically, Freemasonry has been
faultless ; that she has wrought, in her peculiar way, all that she could
or should have wrought. But this I will say, and challenge denial, that
there exists not a human society beneath the canopy of heaven which has
had being so long, extended itself so far and waded through seas of trial
so angry, so furious, so reckless, so utterly unprincipled, that has come
off so well.
"... What good work was ever achieved in which woman did
not contribute the generous burden of her sympathies? What enterprise
has not failed from which, from her instinctive and almost prophetic dis
cernment of the right, she has been compelled to withhold them?
" . . . Ladies, we thank you for the encouragement of your pres
ence with us to-night. Freemasonry is the friend of woman. It has no
secret worth a straw, but the secret of doing good, relieving distress and
ministering to the wants of the widow and orphan—and to woman these
things are by no means secret. In these woman is the stronger and man
the weaker vessel. Of the constitution of heavenly charity, you are
the practical exponents, the living commentary ; and ladies, as you value
the integrity, the purity, the virtue of your fathers, husbands, brothers
and sons, when driven by the passing exigencies of business improvement
or pleasure, from the protecting and scantified influences of your per
sonal society, encourage them to put on the tried and proven shield of
Ancient Free and Accepted Masonry. It shall be a rock of defence and
salvation to them in the evil hour."
For several years the Lodge observed the Festival of St. John on
December 27, 1853, the day was celebrated by tha dedication of the
Masonic Hall, corner of First and State Streets, and the installation of
the officers of Apollo Lodge, No. 13, King Solomon's Primitive Lodge,
No. 91, and Mount Zion Lodge, No. 311. An Emergent Grand Lodge
was formed, and M.\ W.\ Reuren H. Walworth, Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of the State of New York, conducted the ceremonies of
dedication, after which the officers of the several Lodges were installed.
In the evening the festival was held in Rand's Hall. An address was
delivered by Bro. Charles L. MacArthur. In closing he said :
" Modern Freemasonry hovers over the carnage of the battlefield to
soothe the wounded and the dying ; it visits the lowly cot and the lordly
dome to minister consolation to the sick and the afflicted, and it coes
down to tne grave to make its last sad tribute of respect. It smooths
the wrinkled brow of age: it whispers consolation into the ears of the
unfortunate ; it provides for the orphan, the widow and the friendless.
Often the charm of the social circle, it gladdens the fireside and the home,
' Warms in the sunshine, freshens in the breeze.'
" If that ' good time ' which many believe to be coming shall ever
come, Freemasonry, having rendered substantial benefits to the arts and
sciences and to society, may retire upon its laurels, and its organization,
rites and ceremonies may be consigned to an unbroken sleep upon the
abyss of time. Until that period arrives, it will be the duty of the mem-
bers to perpetuate intact Freemasonry as it is to-day : while, in the terse
language of M. Guizot, it will be the duty of the brotherhood
' To love one another: this is charity.
" ' To bear with one another : this is tolerance.
" ' To respect one another ; this is the law of liberty.
" * To help one another ; this is our interest when rightly understood.
" ' To rally under the Standard of the Crown, and remember our motto
—" In Hoc Signo Vinces." ' "
When R.\ W.\ Alexander B. King was Master in 1880 he in
augurated the practice (which has been maintained since) of making an
address at the Annual Communications of the Lodge.
On January 20, 1871. the Lodge was incorporated under the Laws
of the State of New York.
On October 21, 1886, the Lodge paid its full quota of the Hall and
Asylum Fund indebtedness ; the sum required was 52,109.70.
The semi-centennial celebration occurred on October 6. 1893. It was
a notable event, and received extended notices in the local newspapers,
among them was the following :
" It falls to the lot of few organizations to enjov such a meeting as
that vouchsafed to King Solomon's Primitive Lodge, No. 91, F. and A. M.
of this city last Thursday evening. The gathering was a notable one in
Masonic annals for it commemorated the semi-centennial of the Lodge.
The rooms were crowded when the gathering was called to order by
W.\ M.\ Joseph A. Leggett. The other officers of the Lodge, in even
ing dress, occupied their various stations. Seven Past Masters of the
Lodge were present, and a number of visitors from other Lodges. After
an organ voluntary the assemblage sang ' Glad Hearts to Thee We
Bring.' and a prayer was offered by the Rev. Joseph Zweifel. Wor
shipful Master Leggett then delivered an eloouent and forceful address,
in which he reviewed the history of the Lodge. After the singing of
Ooring's * Autumn Sunset ' by the Excelsior Quartette, James Ten Eyck.
Grand Master of the State of New York, was escorted into the room and
introduced by Past Grand Master Jesse B. Anthony. The Grand Mas
ter delivered a brief and appropriate address. Solomon Strasser. Grand
Steward of the Grand Lodge, and Charles Melius. D. D. O. M. of the
Twelfth Masonic District, were next introduced and given places on the
nlatform. Past Grand Master Jesse B. Anthony read a history of the
Lodge, which contained much valuable information."
" After the exercises there was a collation, which was thoroughly en
joyable. After the concluding speech, the ioyous gathering dispersed at
the end of an evening of rare pleasure."—Troy Northern Budget.
The Lodge has frequently publicly installed its officers. It partici
pated in laying the corner-stone of the Masonic Temple of Troy on
August 2, 1871, and was also present at Utica when the corner-stone of
the Masonic Home was laid May 21, 1891.
When first organized the Lodge met in St. John's Hall, 264 River
Street; in July, 1842, it met at 279 River Street, known at the time as
Masonic Hall : in 1853 it moved in the Mutual Bank building on State
Street, where it remained for over eighteen years. On January 26, 1871,
a movement toward the erection of a building for the use of the several
Masonic bodies located in Troy was inaugurated ; the outcome of this
was the organization of the Troy Masonic Hall Association. On Feb
ruary 23, 1871, the Lodge subscribed for 560 6hares of stock, and on
March 2d Jesse B. Anthony was elected a trustee to represent the
Lodge in the Association. The erection of the building was pursued
diligently, and on February 8, 1872, rooms in the new building were
leased. The first meeting in the new quarters was held April 4, 1872. On
this occasion the Third Degree was conferred by M.\ W.\ Jesse B.
Anthony, who has been a member of the Lodge since February 23, I860:
he was Senior Warden in 1865; Master 1868-1869 and 1870. M.\ W.\
Bro. Anthony is honored and respected by the Craft throughout the
Empire State : he in turn has honored every position of trust to which
he has been called by his brethren : in 1873 and 1874 he was D. I).
Grand Master of the (old) Twelfth District: he was elected Senior Grand
Warden of the Grand Lodge .Time 4, 1874, which office he filled until
elected Deputy Grand Master .Tune 5. 1879, and on June 3, 1880, he was
elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. Upon the completion of the
Home and School at TJtica he was appointed Superintendent. He en
tered upon his duties February 13, 1893, and has continued in this re
sponsible position ever since.
Men in Purlic Life.
Frank S. Black, Governor of New Thomas Dickson, Assemblyman,
York State. County Treasurer.
Archibald Bull, County Judge. Albert E. Wooster, District Attor
William Kemp. Mayor of Troy. ney.
John M. Francis. TJ. S. Minister to Charles Warner, County Treas
Greece. Portugal and Austria. urer.
Charles L. MacArthur, State Sen David M. Greene, President Rens
ator. selaer Polytechnic Institute.
Russell Sage, Congressman. Hammnn Herrington, Sheriff.
Richard H. Van Alstyne, County Cornelius V. Collins, Superinten
Clerk. dent of State Prisons.
Jacob V. Jacobs, County Clerk.
Jesse B. Anthony, Grand Master. John F. Shafer, District Deputy
Alexander B. King, District De- Grand Master,
puty Grand Master. Henry W.Stewart, Grand Steward.
MA6terS.
1842. A. J. Rousseau. 1864. Alexander B. King.
1846. A. J. Rousseau. 1868. Jesse B. Anthony.
1849. Richard Bloss. 1871. Charles W. Poeble.
1850. Richard Bloss. 1872. Frank A. Andros.
1851. John S. Perry. 1873. Frank A. Andros.
1852. John S. Perry. 1874. William R. Hyde.
1853. Nathaniel T. Woodruff. 1875. William R. Hyde.
1854. A. J. Rousseau. 1876. Charles W. Poeble.
1855. Richard Bloss. 1877. Charles M. Austin.
1856. Richard Bloss. 1878. Charles M. Austin.
1857. Gilbert Geer, Jr. 1879. Frank M. Fales.
1858. Gilbert Geer, Jr. 1880. Frank M. Fales.
1859. George B. Smith. 1881. Charles H. Swartwout.
1860. George B. Smith. 1882. Charles H. Swartwout.
1861. David H. Jones. 1883. Frank C. Hartwell.
1862. David H. Jones. 1884. Frank C. Hartwell.
1863. Gilbert Geer. 1885. Charles M. Austin.
1886. Theodore E. Haslehurst. 1890. Fred E. Wells.
1887. James Kelley. 189T. Joseph McKay.
1888. Albert Smith. 1898. Joseph McKay.
1889. Albert Smith. 1899. George H. Kittridge.
1890. Fred Beiermeister, Jr. 1900. William H. Peekham.
1891. Joseph A. Leggett. 1901. William H. Peekham.
1892. Joseph A. Leggett. 1902. Charles H. Limerick.
1893. John F. Shafer. 1903. Charles Duncan.
1894. Henry W. Smith. 1904. Charles Duncan.
1895. Henry W. Smith. 1905. Arthur J. Burch.
MILITARY LODGE, NO. 93,

MANLIUS, N. Y.
Warrant : The warrant in possession of the Lodge, and under which
it is now working, is dated September 2, 1802.
Minutes : Intact from organization.
The original petition on file in the Grand Secretary's office is signed
by the following:
Caleb B. Merrill. Timothy Teal.
David Williams. Daniel Mulholand.
Levi Ward. Robert Wilson.
Oliver Sweet. Moses Lilly.
Jacob Hodges. John Smith.
Samuel Wilcox. Richard Salmon.
Artemus Jackson. William Harington.
Luther Bingham. Charles Mossly.
Benjamin Hutchins. Libbius Foster.
Oliver Miller. Jacob Patrick.
John Higgins. Robert Carskades.
The three first officers named in the petition were: ,
Caleb B. Merrill, Master.
Timothy Teal, Senior Warden.
David Williams, Junior Warden.
The following is endorsed on the petition :
" To the Most Worshipful Grand Master, Right Worshipful Deputy
Grand Master and Wardens of the Grand Lodge of New York.
" The within petition being presented to United Brothers Lodge do
unanimously approve of the constituting and forming the within men
tioned Lodge at Manlius in the County of Onondaga and from a sufficient
knowledge of the qualifications and moral characters of Brother Caler
B. Merrill, Timothy Teal and David Williams do recommend them
as Master, Senior and Junior Wardens of the aforesaid Lodge.
" Done at Cazenovia the 13th day of July at our Lodge room 1802
and in the year of Masonry 5802.
" Jeremiah Clark M.
James Moore S. W.
Israel Mun J. W.
" Jonas Fay, Sect'y."
The first meeting to consider the subject of organizing a Lodge at
Manilas was held on June 30, 1802, when it was decided to present a
petition to the Grand Lodge and the officers' names had been selected, the
question of a name for the Lodge was discussed, and owing to the fact
that most of the brethren interested in the movement had seen service in
the American army, the name Military was selected.
The next meeting was held November 4, 1802, when the officers were
installed and by-laws were adopted. R.'. W.\ Jedkdiah Sanger, who
installed the officers, made the following report to the Grand Secretary :
" Pursuant to a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Free and Ac
cepted Masons of the State of New York to me directed I have caused
the officers and brethren of the Military Lodge to meet at the Lodge
room in the Town of Manlius in the County of Onondaga on the 4th Nov.
A. L. 5802 and in due form did then and there according to the ancient
rules and customs of Masonry install Caler B. Merrill, Master, Tim
othy Teal Senior Warden and David Williams Junior Warden of said
Lodge.
" Jedediah Sanoer.
" D. Tompkins Esq. G. Secretary."
The Lodge flourished and continued to meet regularly until the in
tensity of the furor occasioned by the Morgan persecution, which so
seriously menaced everything Masonic in that vicinity, compelled it to
close its doors.
The last meeting was held December 25, 1830. The windows and
doors of the Lodge-room were bricked up and the charter was surrendered.
" Por twenty-one years no human voice echoed through its portals or
sound of footsteps were heard within its sacred walls. The dust and
mildew of passing years settled upon its every ornament, and those great
lights so long the cherished beacon to the higher life were closed as with
a pall of death."
In 1851, when the excitement had subsided and the turmoil had
ceased, the brethren again assembled and decided to revive the Lodge ;
an application was made for a new charter, which was granted March
6, 1851.
It received the same name, but was numbered 215, which it retained
until June 8, 1867, when it again received the old number 93, and also
secured the original charter.
The charter members of Military Lodge, No. 215, were:
Illustrious Remington. Lloyd Remington.
Robert Gilmore. Samuel G. •Wilcox.
Alfred Nims. Jabez Lewis.
John W. Lewis. William Walter.
William Taylor. Asel Wilcox.
W. M. Richardson. George Reals.
The first officers were:
Illustrious Remington, Master.
Lloyd Remington, Senior Warden.
Frank May, Treasurer.
Robert Gilmore, Secretary.
Reuben A. Reals, Tyler.
The by-laws adopted by the Lodge in 1802 contain some curious provi
sions ; among them is the following :
" Any of the brethren appearing in the Lodge with long beard or other
way inuecent, or coming at a late hour, or snail curse or swear, snail
abide the award ot a majority ot the members present unuer the penalty
of expulsion."
The safe-guarding of the money and other valuables of the Lodge dur
ing its early life was a matter of serious moment.
The money was placed in a small till, and this with other valuables
was kept in a large wooden chest ; the till and chest each had three locks ;
the key of one lock in each case was held by the Master, one by the
Treasurer and one by the Secretary, consequently neither chest or till
could be opened unless all three were present.
This old chest is still in possession of the Lodge.
One of the rules adopted by the Lodge when first organized was to
present a copy of the Holy Bible to each brother when raised ; this rule
is still adhered to.
AniQng the papers on file in the office of the Grand Secretary is a bill
tor attendance at a meeting of the Grand Lodge. Although no date is
given, it must have been many years ago that the service was rendered,
and in this age of limited express trains it is a curiosity. The following
is a copy of the bill :
"To Ira Selby Dr
" To attendance as proxy for Military Lodge No. 93 at their annual
Communication.
6 Days at $1.50 $9 00
570 Miles travel—14 days 21 00
$30 00
" Rec'd Payment
" Ira. Selry."
For several years the Lodge met at the homes of the brethren, but
about the year 1824 it was decided to secure a permanent home. A com
mittee was appointed and a perpetual lease was obtained of the upper
part of a building erected on Main Street in 1824 by Azariah Smith,
who gave them the desired lease, which reads, "for a consideration of $450,
and a barley-corn a year if demanded, forever." The ownership of this
building has changed several times, but no question as to the validity of
the lease has ever arisen.
On November 3, 1902, the Lodge held its Centennial Celebration. The
exercises consisted of addresses by prominent Masons, vocal and instru;
mental music, followed by a banquet. The address of welcome made by
W.\ Elijah U. Scoville, Master of the Lodge, contained valuable and
interesting information concerning the history of the Lodge. In part,
he Said :
" On the 30th day of June in the year 1802, beneath the hospitable
roof of Bro. Lirrius Foster, in the little hamlet of Eagle Village, on
the eastern slope of the town of Manlius, there assembled a little band
of earnest, enthusiastic and devoted adherents of our mystic tie, in whose
hearts those principles of Masonry, which have come down to us through
the ages and on which the foundations of our noble fabric rests, still
burned with that fervor known only to those who have stood beneath
mat starry-decked canopy, upright in every principle of manhood, tested
by tnat square ol virtue ana renting securely on tuat moral plane where
brotherhood in its broadest sense eiadicates all human distinctions. No
eulogy of mine can add lustre to the names of those venerable brethren
whose deeds ot valor and acts ot kindness have placed them high on the
mil of our nation s honor, or wbose talents have raised them to the front
rank among statesmen and patriots.
Situated as they were many miles from their mother Lodges,
and thus being deprived of that trequeut social enjoyment which should
ever characterize the assembbng ot every well regulated aud governed
Lodge, they resolved to petition to the wand Lodge ot the Slate of New
lork to grant them a charter for a Lodge to be known as Military Lodge.
"... Masonry, like all other organizations, should be judged
by its principles, and the results arising theretrom tor the good and wel
fare ot society. That no society was ever lorined on a belter loundation
or were more excellent rules laid down ior the government ot fraternal
brotherhoods than is inculcated in Masonic jurisprudence, cauuot be
truthfully gainsaid. Over anxiety tor the financial and numerical wel
fare of a Lodge has many times led to grave aud disastrous results, and
to avoid this Military Lodge has ever ueemed it wise to forestall sucl
apparent prosperity by the carelul scrutiny of its proffered material and
the use 01 that safeguard so essential to the good and welfare of the
Order.
" . . . And, as we gather around the festive board, may those bar
riers to that freedom ot thought and action so zealously maintained by
the outside world find no place in this traterual assemblage. But, with
that feeling of equality which characterized the meetings ot our brethren
a hundred years ago, let us torget that any are strangers among us and
only remember we are all brothers bound lor the same destiny where all
distinctions shall be done away and titles become as naught on that great
level of time whither we are so rapidly drifting. Aud finally to my
brethren of Military Lodge.
" As we stand on the threshold of another century of our Masonic
career, looking back at the stern realities of the past and forward to the
untried possibilities of the future and contemplate with pleasure and de
light this legacy bequeathed to us by ancient brethren, let us resolve that
this glorious banner so nobly maintained by them shall by no act of ours
be suffered to trail in the dust or stain or mar the lustre of its bright
escutcheon, but in the maintenance of those noble principles which have
made our Order so illustrious let us pledge each to the other that this
cherished inheritance in all its purity shall be ours to enjoy, ours t0 pro
tect, ours to transmit."
Marters.
1802. Caleb B. Merrell. 1817.
1803. Caleb B. Merrell. 1818. llczekiah Granger.
1804. Caleb B. Merrell. 1819. llezekiah Granger.
1805. Caleb B. Merrell. 1820. llezekiah Granger.
1806. Jarred Luddington. 1821. Hezekiah Granger.
1807. Daniel Mulholand. 1822. Joseph Farr.
1808. James Wattles. 1823. Daniel Mott.
1809. Leonard Kellogg. 1824. Joseph Farr.
1810. Daniel Mulholand. 1825. Joseph Farr.
1811. David Williams. 1826. William Taylor.
1812. Daniel Mulholand. 1827. Robert Gilmore.
1813. 1828. Robert Gilmore.
1814. 1829.
1815. James Higgins. 1830.
1816. Asel Wilcox. 1831. Joseph Farr.
1851. Illustrious Remington. 1879. Wilfred M. Scoville.
1852. Illustrious Remington. 1880. George C. Wells.
1853. Illustrious Remington. 1881. George C. Wells.
1854. Illustrious Remington. 1882. Francis P. Lantry.
1855. Illustrious Remington. 1883. Charles L. Easton.
1856. Uoyd Remington. 1884. Charles L. Easton.
1857. Lloyd Remington. 1885. Bronson Clark.
1858. Alfred Nims. 1886. Bronson Clark.
1859. Illustrious Remington. 1887. Bronson Clark.
1860. Illustrious Remington. 1888. William W. Candee.
1861. Alfred Nims. 1889. William W. Candee.
1862. Alfred Nims. 1890. King H. Freeman.
1863. Illustrious Remington. 1891. King H. Freeman.
1864. Illustrious Remington. 1892. Gilbert H. Tripp.
1867. Albert Wood. 1895. Wesley E. Ackerman.
1868. Albert Wood. 1896. Wesley E. Ackerman.
1869. Illustrious Remington. 1897. Willard J. Phillips.
1870. Bronson Clark. 1898. Willard J. Phillips.
1871. Bronson Clark. 1899. William M. Dewey.
1872. Bronson Clark. 1900. William M. Dewey.
1873. Bronson Clark. 1901. Elijah U. Scoville.
1874. Elijah U. Scoville. 1902. Elijah U. Scoville.
1875. Elijah U. Scoville. 1903. Charles E. Cole.
1876. Bronson Clark. 1904. Herbert J. Haith.
1877. Wilfred M. Scoville. 1905. Herbert J. Haitb.
1878. Wilfred M. Scoville.
LODGE OF STRICT OBSERVANCE, NO. 94,

NEW YORK CITY.
Warrant : The warrant in possession of the Lodge is dated Decem
ber 27, 1843.
The name or number has never been changed.
Minutes : Not intact. The minutes of meeting held April 3, 1S51,
and all minutes from 1879 to 1890 are missing.
On October 19, 1843, a meeting was held in the office of the Grand
Secretary, which at the time was in the Howard House, 429 Broadway.
There were present : R.\ W.\ James Herring, Grand Secretary ; James
H. Rogers, Past Master of St. John's Lodge, No. 1 ; Charles W. Dunn
of Union Lodge, No. 95, Elmira; Alexander Kissam, John E. Good-
child and Constantine Sargint of Fortitude Lodge, No. 19, Brooklyn,
and Morris Aria of Adelphi Lodge, No. 23, New York.
At this meeting a petition for a warrant was prepared and a com
mittee appointed to draw up a code of by-laws.
The petition was presented at a meeting of the Grand Lodge and met
with favorable consideration. The following excerpt from the minutes
GRANT) LODGE, 1905. 153
of the Grand Lodge contains some of the prominent declarations em
bodied in the petition :
" The petitioners set forth in their petition that they intend to con
duct their Lodge with a Strict Observance of the old Masonic Constitu
tion, a Strict Observance of the Constitution and Regulations of the
Grand Lodge, A Strict Observance of Discipline and Order in all things
relating to the duties of Masons and Masonry ; to carry out in practice
every recommendation of the Grand Lodge, especially those relating to
the selection of proper candidates for the Order, the diffusion of Masonic
knowledge by the use of the ritual approved by the Grand Lodge, and
the occupation of every meeting some useful Work, by providing for the
sick and unfortunate of our own members, and by the constant devotion
of our powers to the completion of the great design of erecting a Ma
sonic Temple in this City, and ultimately providing an Asylum for the
aged and the orphans of the Fraternity of this State."
The warrant was duly issued, and on December 27, 1843, the Lodge
was instituted and the officers installed.
McClenachan's " History," Vol. III., page 104, says concerning this
event :
" A petition for a Warrant had been received to hold a Lodge in the
city of New York to be called the Lodge of Strict Observance. The
application was signed by James Herring, Alexander Kissam, Morris
Aria and nine other brethren. The act of the Deputy Grand Master
and the granting of the Warrant to Brothers IIei!:!ino and others were
confirmed.
" It was recommended that the Brethren dine together on St. John's
Day, December 27, on which day the Grand Lodge convened to conse
crate, constitute and install the Lodge of Strict Observance, No. 94."
The following excerpt from the Grand Lodge minutes, under date of
December 27, 1843, gives an account of these ceremonies :
" The Grand Master informed the Grand Lodge that the object of
the meeting was to constitute the Lodge of Strict Observance No. 94 and
to install the officers thereof, for which the Warrant had been granted
by the Grand Lodge at its last meeting.
" The Warrant of the Lodge of Strict Observance No. 94 was then
read by the G. Sect'y.
" The G. M. then proceeded to consecrate and constitute the Lodge.
The D. G. M. informed the G. M. that he had examined the Brethren
named in the warrant and found them .well skilled in the noble science
and royal art.
" The G. M. inquired of the Brethren of the new Lodge if they re
mained satisfied with the Brothers whom they had selected to preside
over them, to which they replied in the affirmative.
"The G. M. directed the R. W. D. G. M. to present the Master of
the new Lodge.
" The D. G. M. presented W.\ Bro. James Herring and bore testi
mony of his qualifications for the office ; he stated that he had known
him many years, in many situations, he had seen him in performance
of his duties when he had time to prepare himself and when taken un
awares, and in all cases the Bro. had acquitted himself with honor to
himself and the fraternity. He is one we are all proud to honor, no man
can say aught against him.
" The G. M. replied that the high and just eulogium which the Grand
Lodge had heard from the R. W. P. D. G. M. was one to which he
heartily responded and that the services of W.\ Bro. Herring he believed
were fully appreciated by all present and by none more than the speaker
who had been associated with him both in the duties of the Grand Lodge
and in St. John's Lodge No. 1.
" That whilst he and the members of St. John's Lodge felt pleasure
at his installation it was mingled with great regret that he should be lost
as a member of the Lodge to which he had lately belonged, but they were
willing to submit to such loss for the benefit of the Fraternity, which
they believed would accrue from the establishment of this Lodge and
which they expect and hope from the name they have adopted will be a
pattern of good order and a model of good work to many other subordinate
Lodges under this jurisdiction.
" The U. M. then installed Bro. James Herring in due and ancient
form. The S. G. Warden installed Bro. Alexander Kissam as S.
Warden.
" The J. G. Warden installed Bro. Morris Aria as J. Warden. The
other officers of the Lodge were installed by the Grand Officers of corre
sponding rank, each Grand Officer giving a suitable charge.
" The new Lodge then formed in procession and paid homage to the
G. M. after which \V.\ Bro. Herring addressed the G. M. and returned
thanks
•' Thein Grand
the name of the
Lodge thenNew Lodge
retired andfor
wastheclosed
honorinconferred.
due form.
( Signed ) " Rorert Rorerts
" O. Secretary P. T."
The first officers of the Lodge were : James Herring, Master ;
Alexander Kissam, Senior Warden ; Morris Aria, Junior Warden ;
James H. Rogers, Treasurer ; Constantine Sargint, Secretary ; Louis
Simons, Senior Deacon ; Joseph Willoughry, Junior Deacon ; John
B. Goodchild and George B. Crandell, Masters of Ceremonies ; John
B. Costa and Charles W. Dunn, Stewards ; Alexander Copeland,
Tiler.
In conformity to the declarations contained in the petitions for the
Charter one of the first acts of the Lodge was to adopt two orphan chil
dren of a late brother ; they were carefully provided for until they were
old enough to earn a livelihood, when they were placed in positions to
do so.
As the Lodge was constituted on St. John's Day, it was natural to
suppose that this festival would be observed, and until recent years it
was observed by holding a banquet and reception for the members and
their families.
When the schism in the Grand Lodge occurred in 1849, which re
sulted in the formation of the " Phillips " Grand Lodge, the influence of
James Herring carried the Lodge into the Phillips body, where it re
mained until the union of the two Grand Lodges in 1838, when it resumed
its old place, and has ever since been a faithful adherent and earnest
worker in the Grand Lodge.
The first Master after the union was Captain Isaiah Rtnders ;
James Herring was Secretary for many years.
The Lodge participated at the laying of the corner-stone of the
Masonic Hall in New York, June 8, 1870 ; the dedication of the same
June 2, 1875, and laying the corner-stone of the Egyptian Obelisk in
Central Park, New York, October 9, 1880. It also, on April 24, 1889,
in conjunction with Alma Lodge, No. 728, and Neptune Lodge, No. 317,
held Jubilee " services at Lenox Hall, corner of Third Avenue and
Seventy-second Street, to celebrate the paying of the debt on the Masonic
Hall, New York City. On this occasion an address was delivered by
Charles M. Frost, Master of the Lodge.
Meeting Places.
The Lodge has been somewhat migratory in its habits, having occupied
no less than fifteen meeting places, as follows : Howard House, December
27, 1843, to July, 1845; Warren Hall, August, 1845, to October, 1845;
Howard House, November, 1845, to April, 1850 ; Freemason's Hall, May,
1850, to April, 185(1; Pythagoras Hall, May, 1856, to August, 1856;
Chinese Building, September, 1856, to April, 1858; Freemasons Hall,
May, 1858, to April, 1861 ; 594 Broadway, May, 1801, to December, 1861 ;
8 Union Square, January, 1862, to April, 1809 ; Odd Fellow's Hall, May,
1809, to April, 1870 ; 275 Bleecker Street, May, 1870, to January, 1873 ;
^89 Bleecker Street, January, 1873, to April, 1873; 117 West Twenty-
third Street, May, 1873, to April, 1874; Booth's Theatre, May, 1874, to
May, 1882 ; Masonic Hall, May, 1882, to May, 1892 ; Third Avenue and
Fifty-seventh Street, May, 1892, to May, 1893 ; Third Avenue and Eighty-
seventh Street, May, 1893, to August, 1893 ; Masonic Hall, August, 1893,
to January, 1900; 202 East One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Street,
January, 1900, to the present time.
Among the members of this Lodge were two whose names will ever
be remembered by the Fraternity in the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge
of the State of New York.
R.\ W.\ James Herring was born in London, England, January 12,
1794 ; he came to America in 1805 ; he received an academic education
at Flushing, Long Island. He was made a Mason in Solomon's Lodge,
Somerville, N. J. In 1822 he removed to New York and affiliated in
Clinton Lodge, No. 143, of which he was Master in 1827, 1828, 1832 and
1834.
Afterward he became a member of St. John's Lodge, No. 1, and in
1843, when Strict Observance Lodge was organized, he became a charter
member, and was its first Master. He was appointed Assistant Grand
Secretary September 3, 1828, and on June 3, 1829, he was elected Grand
Secretary, which office he retained until 1840. In 1849 he cast his lot
with the " Phillips " Grand Lodge, was elected Grand Secretary and re
mained in office until the union of the Grand Lodges in 1858. For several
years he was Grand Representative of the Grand Orients of France and
Brazil, near the Grand Lodge of New York. He was the first appointee
to the office of Librarian of the Grand Lodge ; he was appointed in June,
1862. Bro. Herring delivered many public addresses upon Masonic
topics, and during the " Morgan " period became prominent in his earnest
defence of the Fraternity and bitterly assailed its enemies. As this sub
ject is so frequently mentioned in connection with the older Lodges in
this State, it is not amiss to call attention to his eulogy on Past Grand
Masters Jacor Morton and Elisha W. Kino, delivered in St. Mathew's
Church, Walker Street, New York, June 7, 1837. In alluding to the
Morgan affair, he said in part :
" The whole Masonic Fraternity were charged with guilt ; the Insti
tution and its members were denounced as dangerous ; churches, families
and friends were divided ; and the whole social system was for a long
time uprooted and dismembered. Every man of eminence in the State,
known to be a Mason, was called upon to renounce his connection with
the society, or stand branded as a traitor to the laws of his country. The
Grand Lodge was charged with the crime of aiding the guilty to escape
from justice by the use of its funds, and no means were neglected to bring
the Order to disgrace and ruin, right or wrong.
" The fears of the timid and ignorant attributed the crime of the
guilty to a necessary consequence of Masonic obligation ; the political
intriguant revelled in the prospect of the overthrow of a prosperous rival ;
the myrmidons of society breathed vengeance; and the crafty political
Jesuits labored in their vocation at the polls. Now all this excitement
against Masonry was founded upon false premises. No Masonic duty
interferes with the duty of a man to his country. The abductors of
Morgan were as much without excuse as though they had not been
Masons, and their crime was never palliated nor defended by the Frater
nity in general, nor by the Grand Lodge in particular, nor was there
ever a dollar of tie funds appropriated, knowingly, to aid or shield the
guilty."
The crowning feature of his Masonic career was his inception and
creation of the fund to erect a home for the aged, the widowed and the
orphan. His portrait, painted by his son, Frederick W. Herring, hangs
in the Masonic Hall, New York City, and beneath it is inscribed "Founder
of the Hall and Asylum Fund."
His death occurred at the home of his daughter at Paris, France, on
October 8, 1867. His funeral was held at St. Stephen's Church, New
York City, October 27th. His remains were interred in Greenwood
Cemetery, where Masonic ceremonies were held by his Lodge.
W.\ Bro. Isaiah Rynders was made a Mason in Strict Observance
Lodge in 1828. After serving the Lodge in minor offices he became
Master in 1858, which office he held for eight years. He also served as
Senior Grand Deacon of the Grand Lodge. He died January 12, 1885,
aged eighty years, fifty-seven of which he had been an active member of
his Lodge.
M.'. W.\ William A. Brodie, in his address to the Grand Lodge
June 2, 1885, in alluding to his death, referred to him as " that ' rough
diamond,' Bro. Rynders, though stern and sometimes of rough exterior,
had a tender heart and was ever ready to respond to the call of distress,
and withal was inflexibly just. I shall never forget when, in 1866, as
Junior Warden of my Lodge and an unknown member of this Grand
Lodge, upon the presentation of a resolution providing for the return to
my Lodge of its dues because of loss by fire, and some brother moved that
it be referred to the Committee on Charity, how Bro. Rynders arose and
said : ' Such a reference is an insult to a daughter of this Grand Lodge.
I move its reference to the Committee on Finance.' I here record my
thanks for that act, which was prompted by a love for justice and a feel
ing of sympathy for the weak."
James Herring, Grand Secretary. Charles M. Frost, D.D., Grand
Isaiah Rynders, Senior Grand Dea- Master.
con.
Masters.
1844. James Herring. 1846. James Herring.
1845. James Herring. 1847. James Lucy.
1848. James Lucy. 1878. Augustus Collier.

1849. Thomas Cuthbert. 1879. James F. Bragg.
1850. G. Robins, Jr. 1880. James F. Bragg.
1851. F. L. Vulti. 1881. S. A. Cunningham.
1852. Frederick W. Herring. 1882. S. A. Cunningham.
1853. Frederick W. Herring. 1883. John M. Craig.
1854. Frederick W. Herring. 1884. Edward Gibb.
1855. Frederick W. Herring. 1885. Levi Gibb.
1856. Frederick W. Herring. 1886. Levi Gibb.
1857. Frederick W. Herring. 1887. S. D. Smith.
1858. Isaiah Rynders. 1888. Levi Gibb.
1S59. Isaiah Rynders. 1889. Charles M. Frost.
1860. Isaiah Rynders. 1890. Charles M. Frost.
1861. Isaiah Rynders. 1891. Jackson Bell.
1862. Lewis Feuchtwanger. 1892. Jackson Bell.
1863. Lewis Feuchtwanger. 1893. Edwin S. Brooke.
1864. Lewis Feuchtwanger. 1894. Edwin S. Brooke.
1865. Isaiah Rynders. 1895. Edgar J. Martin.
1866. Isaiah Rynders. 1896. Edgar J. Martin.
1867. Hamilton Wood, Jr. 1897. Clarence W. M. Case.
1868. Hamilton Wood, Jr. 1898. Robert Kopp.
1869. R. B. Ware. 1898. Charles M. Frost.
1870. R. B. Ware. 1899. Levi Gibb.
1871. Thomas Farson. 1900. Levi Gibb.
1872. Thomas Farson. 1901. Levi Gibb.
1873. Augustus Collier. 1902. Levi Gibb.
1874. Augustus Collier. 1903. John L. Himes.
1875. Augustus Collier. 1904. Edward W. Palmer.
1876. John M. Craig. 1905. -Edward W. Palmer.
1877. Johri M. Craig.
UNION LODGE, NO. 95,

ELMIRA, N. Y.
Warrant : The warrant under which the Lodge is working is dated
June 8, 1844.
A sketch of Union Lodge, No. 95, would be incomplete were not some
mention made concerning the life of Union Lodge, No. 30, as the present
Lodge is the legitimate offspring of that Lodge.
In the early part of the year 1793 a number of Masons met to con
sider the advisability of organizing a Lodge. This movement met with
favor, as on June 3, 1793, a petition was addressed to the Grand Lodge,
signed by Amos Park, James Cameron, Nathaniel Seely, Jr., Henry
Starrett, Peter Loop, Jr., Nathan Teal, James Seely and John
Crartree, praying for a warrant to establish a Lodge at Newton (now
Elmira), in the County of Tioga (now Chemung County).
The petition was presented to the Grand Lodge on June 24, 1793, and
on the 28th of the same month a warrant was granted under the name
and number—Union Lodge, No. 30. The warrant was signed by Rorert
R. Livingston, Grand Master, and named as first officers : Amos Park,
Master ; James Cameron, Senior Warden, and Nathaniel Seely, Junior
Warden. The first meeting under the charter was held on August 26.
1793, at the house of Joseph HiNchMAn. At this meeting five petitions
for initiation were received.
The first election for officers was held December 20, 1794, when Amos
Park was elected Master ; Joseph Hinchman. Senior Warden : Henry
Towar, Junior Warden ; John Konkle, Treasurer ; Peter Loop, Jr..
Secretary ; Nathaniel Fairchild, Senior Deacon : Walter Waters,
Junior Deacon ; Nathaniel Teal, Wet Steward : Caler Baker, Dry
Steward, John C. Smith, Pursuivant, and James Cameron, Tiler.
The Lodge continued to meet regularly until 1828, when in common
with many others it succumbed to the persecutions brought about by the
Morgan episode.
The warrant was declared forfeited in 1833. It was not surrendered,
but with other property of the Lodge was carefully preserved by Bro.
Isaac Rge until 1843, when the present Lodge was organized.
For several years previous to 1822 the Lodge met in the " Old Log
Court House." After the erection of the new court-house it removed to
the village, and at the time of its suspension in 1828 it occupied quarters
in what was known as Masonic Hall, located on the south side of Water
Street a short distance east of Baldwin Street. During the existence of
this Lodge 236 names were added to its roll of membership.
The records of the old Lodge contain some curious items. The fol
lowing are samples :
May 11, 1819 : " It was then reported that Elkanah Smith had in
fringed on the Sabbath by working improperly on that day. A committee
was appointed to reprimand Bro. Smith."
January 27, 1827 : " That Bro. Lewis Kelly furnish the Lodge with
2 wooden spades and picks painted black, and two hods of cherry wood."
June 11, 1827: "On motion it was agreed that Bros. Baldwin and
Collinowood be a committee to hand Rev. Bro. Prindle $10.00 as a
donation, with an expression of this Lodge's approbation of his conduct
in supporting the cause of Masonry under persecution."
The Lodge regularly observed the festivals of St. John.
When the old Lodge ceased work. Masonry in Elmira became only a
memory, and remained as such until the summer of 1843. when a number
of Masons residing in the village, fifteen of them being surviving members
of the old Lodge, consulted together and decided to organize a new Lodge
and revive an interest in Freemasonry in that vicinity. Their efforts
proved successful ; a petition was prepared asking for a warrant : the old
warrant was found, and on October 9, 1843, it was surrendered to the
Grand Lodge by W.\ Alrert H. Beckwith. A dispensation was issued
by Morgan Lewis. Grand Master, naming Benajah B. Payne. Master :
H. W. Atkins, Senior Warden, and Elijah Jones, Junior Warden. The
first meeting was held October 25, 1843.
Charter Memrers.
Benajah B. Payne, Thomas Maxwell, Albert A. Beckwith, Archibald
Smith, John W. Wisner, Francis Collingwood, William Williams, James
S. French, Josiah Dunham, Elijah Jones, Isaac Reynolds, Whittington
Sayre. Samuel Riker, Nathaniel Johnson, William C. Waeir, Vincent

Conkling. Jotham Purdy, George Wightman, John C. Roe, Hazokiah W.
Atkins. Adna S. Atkins, John Hughes, Darius Bentley, James Douglass,
George Pierce, Henry MeCowan, Peter B. Tenbroeck, Owen O'Hanlon,
Alexander Roy; Squire Newton, Abraham Riker, Orange Chapman, Isaac
Baldwin, Isaac S. Wood, Samuel Boyer.
The rejuvenated Lodge was consecrated and the officers were installed
in June, 1844. On this occasion an address was delivered by Rev. Bro.
Van Zandt.
The Lodge has participated in several public ceremonials. In 1854
it participated in the dedication of a cemetery ; on August 10, 1865, it as
sisted M.\ W.\ Clinton F. Paige in laying the corner-stone of Grace
Protestant Episcopal Church at Elmira.
On September 5, 1878, the corner-stone of the present Masonic Hall,
on the corner of Lake and Market Streets, was laid.
On August 29, 1879, it participated in the centennial anniversary and
the dedication of n monument to commemorate the victory of the American
troops under General Sullivan over the Indians and Tories. On April
3, 190.3, it assisted R.\ W.\ Frank H. Rorinson, Deputy Grand Master,
in laying the corner-stone of the Federal Building at Elmira.
The first meeting place of the Lodge after its revival in 1843 was in
a brick building owned by Tract Beadle, M.D., on the north aide of
Water Street near Lake Street. It remained here until 1845, when it
moved to Mechanics' nail, on the west side of Lake Street, remaining
there until July, 1857, when it moved to No. 120 Lake Street, known as
Masonic Hall. These rooms were dedicated by the Grand Master in
August. 1857. In December, 1803, it again moved, this time to No. 410
East Water Street, remaining here until the completion of the Masonic
Temple, December, 1879, where it is now located. The Temple is owned
by the Masonic Fraternity of Elmira, and is located on the corner of
Lake and Market Streets.
A spirit of patriotism and love of country has always manifested itself
in the Lodge. Ninety-five of its members were Union soldiers in the
Civil War ; five of the number fell upon the field of battle. The Lodge
has also shown a broad and generous Masonic charity to all who were
needy and unfortunate, as will be noted by the following from the min
utes :
" July 19, 1864. Resolved, That the Relief Committee be directed to
take measures for relief in the matter of clothing, delicacies &e. for the
prisoners of war now in camp in this place who are Masons."
"September 20, 1864. Moved and carried that Fifty Dollars be ap
propriated from the funds of this Lodge for the benefit of our southern
brethren, prisoners of war at Barrack No. 3."
At this meeting a committee was appointed to " Erect a suitable
marker at the head of the grave of Bro. W. B. Eogeston, with the fol
lowing inscription, • W. B. Eggeston, Prisoner of war, Co. B. Wood's Va.
Battery. Died August 22, 1864.' "
Bro. Isaac Baldwin was a colonel in the Revolutionary War, Bro.
Lathrop Baldwin, a son, was a soldier in the War of 1812 and Bro.
Lathrop Baldwin, a grandson, was a Union soldier in the Civil War.
The latter was killed at Peach Tree Creek, Ga,
Beo. Erenezer Bartlett, a soldier in the Revolutionary War. when
initiated October 15, 1793, presented his sword to the Lodge " For Tyler's
use." This prized relic is still in possession of the Lodge.
Men in Purlic Life.
Caleb Baker, Assemblyman, Con Thomas S. Spaulding, County
gressman. Judge.
Vincent Mathews, Assemblyman, George McCann, County Judge.
Congressman. Richard Baker, County Clerk.
Elijah Himan, Sheriff. Charles A. Tulford, County Clerk.
Joseph Hinchman, Sheriff. James D. McCann, County Treas
Grant D. Baldwin, County Judge, urer.
Assemblyman. William T. Reeder, Sheriff.
Eleazer Dana, District Attorney. Isaac S. Boardinan, Sheriff.
Aaron Konkle, County Judge. George O. Hanlon, Sheriff.
Thomas Maxwell, Congressman. Albert A. Beckwith. Sheriff.
Hosea H. Rockwell, Assemblyman, Frank W. Weeks, Sheriff.
Congressman. William Halliday, Sheriff.
Benajah Paine, Surrogate. John M. McDowell, Sheriff.
George W. Buck, Assemblyman. William M. Gregg, General U. S.
Jacob Westlake, Assemblyman. V.
Henry C. Hoffman, Assemblyman. Francis A. Roe, Rear Admiral U.
John I. Nicks, Mayor, State Sen S. N.
ator. Aaron Konkle Hughes, Rear Ad
Patrick H. Flood, Mayor. miral U. S. N.
Granville D. Parsons, Mayor. John W. Wisner, County Judge.
William T. Coleman, Mayor. Solomon Tomlinson, District At
Frank H. Flood, Mayor. torney.
Theodore North, County Judge. Erastus F. Babcock, District At
John W. Wisner, County Judge. torney.
John D. Williams, Junior Grand John Levy, D. D. Grand Master.
Warden. A. Cameron MacKenzie, Grand
Frank W. Weeks, D. D. Grand Chaplain.
Master.
Masters of Union Lodge, No. 30.
1793. Amos Park. 1811. Caleb Baker.
1794. Amos Park. 1812. Samuel Hendy.
1795. Amos Park. 1813. Samuel Tuthill.
1796. Joseph Hinchman. 1814. Solomon L. Smith.
1797. Joseph Hinchman. 1815. Elias Satterlee.
1798. Joseph Hinchman. 1816. Samuel Tuthill.
1799. Amos Park. 1817. John Cherry.
1800. John Kondle. 1818. John Cherry.
1801. John Kondle. 1819. George Guest.
1802. John Miller. 1820. John Fitzsimmons.
1803. John Miller. 1821. Orange Chapman.
1.804. John Miller. 1822. Samuel Tuthill.
1805. John Miller. 1823. Daniel E. Brown.
1800. John Miller. 1824. Daniel E. Brown.
1807. Amos Park. 1825. Isaac Roe.
1808. Caleb Baker. 1826. Samuel Tuthill.
1809. Caleb Baker. 1827. Wyatt Carr.
1810. Caleb Baker. 1828. Albert A. Beckwith.
Masters of 1 Lodge, No. 95.

1874. David S. Door.
1843. Benjamin B. Payne. 1875. Hosea H. Rockwell.
1844. Benjamin B. Payne. 1876. Henry Simpson.
1845. Benjamin B. Payne. 1877. Henry Simpson.
1846. Benjamin B. Payne. 1878. George C. Moore.
1847. James S. French. 1879. George C. Moore.
1848. James S. French. 1880. R. B. Van Gorder.
1849. James S. French. 1881. Charles Van Wagoner.
1850. William M. Gregg. 1882. Charles Van Wagoner.
1851. James S. French. 1883. C. B. Chase.
1852. James S. French. 1884. C. B. Chase.
1853. Daniel S. Hamilton. 1885. James C. Cartledge.
1854. Daniel S. Hamilton. 1886. James C. Cartledge.
1855. James S. French. 1887. Eugene H. Wilkey.
1850. A. O. Reynolds. 1888. John Levy.
1857. William M. Gregg. 1889. Louis D. Caldwell.
1858. George S. McCann. 1890. John D. Williams.
1859. William M. Dingledey. 1891. John T. Munroe.
18(10. William M. Gregg. 1892. Eber B. Ferguson.
1801. Isanc N. Reynolds. 1893. Abraham Harris.
1862. Thomas S. Spaulding. 1894. Frank W. Weeks.
1863. Sutherland DeWitt. 1895. Alonzo P. Ten Broeck.
1864. H. W. Mclntire. 1896. Frank W. Weeks.
1865. H. W. Mclntire. 1897. Thomas W. Fuller.
1866. George H. Cotton. 1898. Frank W. Weeks.
1867. Maurice Levy. 1899. Frank W. Weeks.
1868. Joseph Burbage. 1900. Frank W. Weeks.
1869. Joseph Burbage. 1901. C. E. Frydenburg.
1870. Eleazer E. Merrill. 1902. John M. McDowell.
180. Sutherland DeWitt. 1903. Frank W. Weeks.
1872. Sutherland DeWitt. 1904. Michael B. Heller.
1873. Sutherland DeWitt. 1905. E. Watson Personius.
PHOENIX LODGE. NO. 96,

WHITEHALL, N. Y.
Warrant : The warrant in possession of the Lodge is dated June 10.
1844.
Minutes : Intact from 1844 to date.
Phoenix Lodge, No. 96, is the legitimate successor of Whitehall Social
liodge. No. 145, warranted December 6, 1806.
The Petition.
" To the Worshipful Grand Master, Wardens and Brethren of the Grand
Lodge of the State of New York.
"The petition of the undersigned residents of the Town of Whitehall.
County of Washington and State of New York being Master Masons
regularly made and in regular standing humbly sheweth—That the Breth
ren your petitioners in this place being anxious to establish the principles
of Freemasonry under those salutary rules and regulations heretofore
established by the Order .
" Do humbly pray your honorable Body to grant us a Charter em
powering us to work as legal and duly authorized Master Masons by tin-
name of Whitehall Social Lodge and that the following Brethren being
paRt masters may be installed officers (to wit) Nathaniel Hall Master.
Daniel Earll Sen'r Warden and Gideon Taft .Tun Warden.
" Are situated remote from any regular Lodge, the number of Brethren
residing in the place will we trust be an inducement to your honorable
Body to grant us the privilege we solicit, and your petitioners as in duty
bound will ever pray &c. &c.
Nath'l Hall. Justin Smith.
Gideon Taft. John White.
S. T. Vine. Caleb B. Smith
Sam'l Boardman. Peter Fairchild.
Lewis Barlou. Abner Post.
Thomas Toyer. Samuel Mead.
Jeremiah Adams. Daniel Earll.
E. Holdridge.
•' Whitehall June 7, 1800."
The petition was recommended by Liberty Lodge, No. 55 (now Gran
ville Lodge, No. 55), and Herschell Lodge, No. 89 (now No. 508).
Accompanying the petition was a letter from Nathaniel Hall, stat
ing that in case a warrant was granted it was the desire of the Lodge
that Salem Town, Master of Granville Lodge, No. 55. be appointed to
install the officers.
The last return made by the old Lodge to the Grand Lodge was in
June, 1826. The total membership at this time was thirty-one. The
officers were : Samuel T. Jillson, Master ; Seth Beers. Senior Warden :
James J. Stevens, Junior Warden ; Justin Smith, Treasurer, and John
H. Boyd, Secretary.
The Grand Lodge Register contains the following concerning this
Lodge :
" Warrant forfeited 1832. warrant and property burned about 1834
or 35."
It undoubtedly shared the same fate as did others at that time. A
" History of Washington County " says concerning the Lodges in that
county : " All these Lodges went down under the fierce persecution of the
Anti-Masonic war of 182S to 1832. So bitter and lasting were the conse
quences of the strife that more than twenty years elapsed before a single
Lodge fire was relighted in Washington County. The first Lodge to re
open was at Whitehall and with eminent propriety. Considering the ashes
out of which it emerged it was named Phoenix Lodge."
The first effort to revive Masonry in Whitehall after the old Lodg»-
ceased to work was in 1841. The first page of the minute book of the
present Lodge contains the following :
" A general desire having been expressed by the brethren of the Ma
sonic Fraterity that a resuscitation of the Lodge in the village of White
hall a number of them met by arrangement April 29, 1841, at the house
of J. Ward in said village. After an interchange of sentiments a reso
lution was adopted to carry their wishes into effect and pledges made by
each attending brother to lend his aid and assistance in any way that the
brethren should think proper to adopt.
•* Twenty-two were in attendance each of whom signed a pledge as a
guarantee of the fulfillment of the above arrangement.
The following are the names of the brethren assembled : David B.
Phippine, Justin Smith, Joseph Jillson, John H. Boyd, Willis Osborn, Dan
S. Wright, John C. Parke, Arch Ferris, Warren F. Hitchcock, John Cull,
Horace Stowell, Gideon Taft, M. Richardson, Ellanthan Benjamin, John
L. Smith, Melantton Wheeler, Samuel T. Jillson, Simon Barnes, Arch
Smith and John Parke. They then adjourned to meet again at the same
place on the 6th of May following.
" D. S. Weight Sec. Pro. Tern."
At the subsequent meeting, held May 6, 1841, a committee was ap
pointed to procure a renewal of the Charter, and the following officers
were elected : David B. Phippine, Master ; Dan S. Wright, Senior War
den ; Horace Stoweix, Junior Warden ; John C. Parke, Treasurer ;
Simon Barnes, Secretary ; John L. Smith, Senior Warden ; Joseph
Jillson, Junior Deacon ; Walter Jones and John Cull, Stewards.
For some unexplained reason the matter lagged, and no further action
was taken to revive the Lodge until the summer of 1843, at which time a
meeting was held, and under the sanction of J. Conodon, one of the
Grand Visitors, a petition was prepared asking the Grand Lodge for a
charter.
On February 19, 1844, a Dispensation was granted, and David B.
Phippine, Cyrus T. Boardman and Joseph Jillson were appointed to
organize the Lodge under the name of Phoenix. The officers named were :
David B. Phippine, Master ; Cyrus T. Boardman, Senior Warden ;
Joseph Jillson, Junior Warden ; John C. Parke, Treasurer ; Dan S.
Wright, Secretary. These, together with John H. Boyd, John L.
Smith, James G. Caldwell, Walter Jones and Horace Stowell, were
the charter members.
On June 24, 1844, the Charter was received, and a meeting was held
in a room loaned by the Lodge of I. O. O. F. of Whitehall, for the pur
pose of perfecting the organization and installing the officers. The first
election for officers under the charter was on December 24, 1844, when
David B. Phippine was elected Master ; Cyrus T. Boardman, Senior
Warden ; Dan S. Wright. Junior Warden ; John C. Parke, Treasurer ;
Joun C. House, Secretary, and E. Burroughs, Tiler.
A highly prized relic in possession of the Lodge is a sword presented
by Bro. Col. Simon Barnes, one of the organizers of the Lodge. A reso
lution of thanks to the brother was adopted August 14, 1848.
Twice has the Lodge met with loss by fire. On June 21, 1849, the
room it occupied was destroyed, and all records except the minute-book
were destroyed. again on April 13, 1860, the room was destroyed, but
through the exertion of Bro. A. J. Watkins, a member of the Lodge, the
charter, jewels, seal, book of records and the ledger were saved. Every
thing else was destroyed.
The Lodge held " Jubilee " services on April 24, 1889, to celebrate the
payment of the debt on the Masonic Hall in New York City.
An appropriate programme was carried out nnd addresses were made
by W.\ Edward P. Newcomr and Rev. Bro. Alexander McMillan.
On July 22. 1899, the Lodge participated in the laying of the corner-
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stone of the armory at Whitehall for Company I, Second Regiment,
N. G., N. Y. (Ninth Separate Company).
The ceremonies were conducted by M.\ W.\ Wright D. Pownall,
Grand Master, assisted by his staff of officers. The Grand Lodge and
Phoenix Lodge, No. 96, were escorted to the site by Washington Com-
mandery. No. 33, K. T. of Saratoga.
Men in Purlic Life.
David B. Phippine, the first Master, was Assemblyman for several
years ; Dan S. Wright, the second Master, was a prominent physician,
and was also Assemblyman and State Senator ; the third Master was
Deputy Collector of Customs for Champlain District ; Walter Jones, the
fourth Master, was a pilot on the fleet under Commodore McDonough at
the battle of Plattsburgh, and afterward captain of a revenue cutter at
Rouse's Point ; David Willson, the tenth Master, was Assemblyman, De
puty State Treasurer, Deputy Clerk in the Court of Appeals and Clerk
of the Assembly ; U. H. Teft and James H. Manville were Assemblymen.
Dan S. Wright, Grand Senior War Deputy Grand Master.
den. Edward P. Newcomb, District Dep
Norman Z. Baker, District Deputy uty Grand Master.
Grand Master. Frank A. Hotchkiss, District Dep
Thomas A. Patterson, District uty Grand Master.
Masters.
There is no complete record of the Masters of the First Lodge. So
far as the records on file furnish reliable information, the Masters were as
follows :
Nathaniel Hall.
Samuel T. Jillson.
David B. Phippine.
Melancton Wheeler.
Amos Wisell.
Of the above, David B. Phippine was Master several years.
1844. David B. Phippine. 1861. E. Kirtland.
L845. David B. Phippine. 1862. Dan S. Wright.
1846. Dan S. Wright. 1863. Dan S. Wright.
1847. Cyrus T. Boardman. 1864. Aseph Witherell.
1848. Walter Jones. 1865. Royal B. Jillson.
1849. Dan S. Wright. 1866. Norman Z. Baker.
1850. Dan S. Wright. 1867. Norman Z. Baker.
1851. William Patterson. 1808. Norman Z. Baker.
1852. William Patterson. 1869. Norman Z. Baker.
1853. Silas P. Whitney. 1870. Norman Z. Baker.
1854. David Willson. 1871. Norman Z. Baker.
1855. David Willson. 1872. Norman Z. Baker.
1856. Dan S. Wright. 1873. Warner F. Bascom.
1857. William Patterson. 1874. Warner F. Bascom.
1860. J. Andrew Watkins. 1877. Sidney B. Watkins.
1878. Martin Sawyer. 1892. Albert H. Farrington.
1879. Martin Sawyer. 1893. Charles M. Hotchkiss.
1880. Martin Sawyer. 1894. Charles M. Hotchkiss.
1881. James Spencer. 1895. William T. Bartholomew.
1882. James Spencer. 1896. William T. Bartholomew.
1883. James Spencer. 1897. William W. May.
1884. Henry C. Jillson. 1898. William W. May.
1885. Thomas A. Patterson. 1899. Edward P. Newcomb.
1886. Thomas A. Patterson. 1900. Leonard B. McFarran.
1887. Edward P. Newcomb. 1901. Leonard B. McFarran.
1888. Edward P. Newcomb. 1902. Leonard B. McFarran.
1889. Frank A. Hotchkiss. 1903. A. D. Bartholomew.
1890. Frank A. Hotchkiss. 1904. William J. Williams.
1891. Albert H. Farrington. 1905. William J. Williams.
RENOVATION LODGE, NO. 97,

ALBION, N. Y.
Warrant : The warrant in possession of the Lodge is dated June 11,
1844.
Minutes : Intact from April 1, 1844, to date.
The predecessor of Renovation Lodge, No. 97, was Charity Lodge, No.
376, which was organized in 1824, but was shortlived, as the Morgan per
secutions soon forced it to cease work. For a time it held meetings in
the house of a Mr. Benton, whose son, Andrew J. Benton, preserved the
charter, and when Renovation Lodge was organized became a member,
and the old charter is now in possession of the Lodge.
The petition for Charity Lodge named as officers : Jacor S. Flint.
Master ; Charles Lee, Senior Warden ; John A. Buckland, Junior
Warden, and is signed by the following :
Joseph Hart. Jacob S. Flint.
Curtis Tomlinson. Ora Lee.
Oliver Benton. Orange Starr.
Elisha Smith. William Love.
O. H. Gardener. J. K. Brown.
Calvin Morton. Harry Wood.
Joseph Wheat. Charles Leo.
Calvin Smith. Asa Spencer.
Ransom S. Smith. Joshua Raymond.
Pliny Hitchcock. J. A. Buckland.
Noah Ingersoll. Nathan Whitney.
P. D. Bigelow.
The petition is dated Barre, March 25, 1824.
In 1826 the Lodge reported fifty-six members on its returns to the
Grand Lodge.
When the revival of the Lodge was being considered, the question of
a name was discussed, and finally the name " Renovation was chosen be
cause it was really ' Charity Lodge renovated.' "
A Dispensation was granted March 20, 1844. The charter members
were :
Aretas Haskell, Elijah W. Wood,
Aaron Baldwin, Eri Wood,
Henry Adams, David Jones, and
Jutson Donns, James Benjamin.
The officers named were Aretas Haskell, Master ; Elijah W.
Wood, Senior Warden ; Aaron Baldwin, Junior Warden. These were
installed August 12, 1844, as will be noted by the following report, which
in its mixing of Masonic matters is peculiar :
" To the Worshipful Brother James Herring, Grand Secretary of
Masons in the State of New Xork,—By virtue of an authority issued
from the Grand Lodge of this State authorizing the undersigned to in
stall the Officers of Renovation Lodge No. 97 in the Town of Murray and
County of Orleans in this State, given under the hand and seal of
Alex'r W. Robertson Esq. Grand Master at the City of New York on the
20th of June A. L. 5844, I Joseph Dixon (a Knight Templar) did on
the 12th day of August inst. summon together the following Royal Arch
Masons viz.—John Whitney, William W. Ruggles, Isaac Knapp, B. F.
Towner, Joshua Field, Calvin Church, Newman Spicer, Jarvis Martin.
Lyman Warren, Samuel Ruggles, Isaac Ford, Jutson Donns and D. S.
Culver and with their assistance did install :
Aretas Haskell, Master ;
Elijah W. Wood, Senior Warden ;
Aaron Baldwin, Junior Warden ;
of the said Lodge, as named in said warrant, into their respective offices,
and did constitute the said Lodge according to the ancient usages of Ma
sonry in such cases established, and in obedience to orders this report.
" Given under my hand at Medina, County of Orleans this 20th day
of August A. L. 5844."
" Joseph Dixon,
" Dep G'd Master:5*
The Lodge remained at Murray but a short time, as on March 3, 1846,
an application was presented to the Grand Lodge requesting permission
to remove the Lodge to Medina in the Town of Ridgeway. This request
was referred to the Grand Officers with power, and they did not favor
the change. Subsequently another communication was presented to the
Grand Lodge urging the removal of the Lodge, together with a petition
to organize a new Lodge at Medina. Both papers were referred to the
Committee on Warrants, and on June 4, 1846, the following report of
the Committee was adopted :
" Your Committee find before them a petition from sundry individuals
of Medina, Orleans Co., whom your Committee suppose to be Masons,
petitioning for a Dispensation to form a Lodge. The I)etition is accom
panied by no recommendation, but instead thereof the paper is accom
panied by a petition from Renovation Lodge, No. 97. in the same County,
praying for liberty to remove their Lodge to Medina, a course of pro
cedure on the part of the two bodies totally inexplicable to your Com
mittee.
" Your Committee can come to no better conclusion than to recom
mend that the whole matter be placed in the hands of the Grand Secre
tary, for him to take such course as may be expedient in order that the
true state of the case may be placed before the Grand Master, who is
fully empowered to act in the premises by the prerogative of his station."
The report was adopted and the Lodge was permitted to change its
location.
The first meeting in Medina was held August 31, 1846.
It remained there until 1849, when it moved to Albion, holding its
first meeting here on May 7, 1849.
The Lodge became incorporated under the laws of the State of New
York May 21, 1891.
Men in Purlic Life.
George M. Pullman, Founder Pull William C. Ramsdale, County
man Palace Car Co. Judge.
E. Kirke Hart, Congressman. Dean F. Currie, American Consul,
John G. Sawyer, Congressman, Yarmouth.
County Judge. Henry V. Wilson, Assemblyman.
Isaac S. Signor, County Judge.
Albert S. Warner, D. D. Grand William C. Ramsdale, D. D. Grand
Master. Master.
George W. Barrell, D. D. Grand Warner Thompson, D. D. Grand
Master. Master.
Charles D. Ross. 1). D. Grand Mas
ter.
Masters.
1844. Aretas Haskell. 1875. Samuel H. Taylor.
1845. Aretas Haskell. 1876. George W. Barrell.
1846. Elijah W. Wood. 1877. George W. Barrell.
1849. Silas Knapp. 1880. Albert S. Warner.
1860. Elijah W. Wood. 1881. Albert S. Warner.
1851. Elijah W. Wood. 1882. Alexander Hays.
1852. William H. Drew. 1883. Alexander Hays.
1853. William II. Drew. 1884. Alexander Hays.
1.S54. Elijah W. Wood. 1885. Samuel R. Cochrane.
1855. Andrew J. Weeks. 1886. Charles D. Ross.
1856. El ins S. Reach. 1887. Charles D. Ross.
1857. Elias S. Beach. 1888. Charles D. Ross.
1858. Edwin R. Tanner. 1889. Charles D. Ross.
1859. George Mather. 1890. Gurdon W. Fitch.
1862. George Mather. 1893. W. Crawford Ramsdale.
1863. George Mather. 1894. W. Crawford Ramsdale.
1864. Orlando Hardy. 1895. W. Crawford Ramsdale.
1865. Willard H. Storms. 1896. Lyman S. Linson.
1866. Geo. W. Barrell. 1897. Byron V. Botsford.
1867. Thomas Bell. 1898. Byron V. Botsford.
1868. George Mather. 1899. Byron V. Botsford.
1869. Thomas Bell. 1900. Byron V. Botsford.
1870. Thomas Bell. 1901. W. C. Ramsdale.
1871. ThoniHs Bell. 1902. Warner Thompson.
1872. George Mather. 1903. Warner Thompson.
1873. George Mather. 1904. Warner Thompson.
1874. Samuel H. Taylor. 1905. Jacob Landauer.
10S PROCEEDINGS OF THE
RISING SUN LODGE, NO. 103,

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y.
Warrant: The warrant in possession of the Lodge is dated Septem
ber 6, 1809.
Minutes : Intact.
On June 1, 1808, a Dispensation was issued to Nicholas W. Ancle,
Stephen King, Jared Palmer, Dudley Emerson, John II. Steele.
Seth Perry, Jr., William Laing, George R. Lewis, David Tillotson,
Elezer Bateman, Daniel Hicks, William Angle, Jr., John Kino
and Joseph Benjamin to organize a Lodge in the town of Northumber
land. This was accomplished, and on September 6, 1809, a warrant was
granted by De Witt Clinton, Grand Master, for a Lodge under the
name of Rising Sun Lodge, No. 185 The Lodge remained at Northum
berland until 1821, when it moved to Saratoga Springs, where the first
meeting was held December 27, 1821.
In January, 1831, the charter was declared forfeited, and it remained
dormant until in 1830 it was restored and the Lodge resumed work ; but
only for a time, as on June 3, 1842, the warrant was again forfeited. It
was not long, however, before a movement was again made to revive
Masonry in the village, but a change in the name of the Lodge was deter
mined upon. A petition was presented to the Grand Master, signed by
Daniel D. Benedict, Alvah D. Marvin, Joseph M. Wheeler, G. M.
Davidson, Asher S. Taylor, Eli Stiles, Gardner Bullard, Elijah
Weeks, Stephen Seaman, John Cross and R. McDonald, praying
for a Dispensation to revive the Lodge under the name of Union Lodge.
A Dispensation was issued December 16, 1844, naming as officers:
Daniel D. Benedict. Master;
Alvah D. Marvin, Senior Warden, and
Joseph Wheeler, Junior Warden.
While this effort to revive the Lodge proved successful the change
in the name did not meet with favor, a strong desire to have the original
name manifested itself, and in a short time a petition was sent to the
Grand Lodge praying for the restoration of the old name, Rising Sun.
The Petition.
" To the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of New York.
" The Petition of the undersigned, respectfully represents that on the
16th day of December A. L. 5844 a Dispensation was granted by our
Most Worshipful Grand Master, organizing certain petitioners therein
named into a regular Lodge of Master Masons to be distinguished by the
name of Union Lodge to be held at the Village of Saratoga Springs, in the
County of Saratoga and State of New York, therein authorizing the mem
bers thereof to work as such Lodge until the 15th day of May instant.
"And your petitioners further represent that the said Union Lodge
continued from thence regularly in operation during the aforesaid limit
of such dispensation and that on the 14th day of May A. L. 5845, at a
regular communication thereof your petitioners by resolution were ap
pointed a committee to draft and present to your Worshipful Body a
petition for the revival of Rising Sun Lodge, formerly located in this
GBAND LODGE, 1905. 169
Village and to urge the Grand Lodge, to regard the work and present
members of Union Lodge as legitimately belonging to said Rising Sun
Lodge.
In the discharge of the trust thus committed to them, your petitioners
pray the consideration of the Grand Lodge to the following circumstances
—The said Rising Sun Lodge in A. L. 5835 had forfeited its Warrant by
a delinquency of five years dues and in company with many other sister
Lodges had disused its franchises in consequence of the miserable fanati
cism of that spirit which for many years weakened the energies and im
paired the usefulness of our ancient institution—In the succeeding year
it was regularly revived but incurred another forfeiture from having
made no report or return to the Grand Lodge since that period and its
Warrant was recalled by the action of the Grand Lodge—-Your committee
state in extenuation of such delinquency that soon after the aforesaid
revival those members of the said Rising Sun Lodge who were alone com
petent and skilled to conduct its work, removed from the vicinity and the
Lodge was thereby left without the ability to organize or continue its
existence—This remissness was not occasioned by want of attachment or
fealty to the principles or duties of our ancient Institution but by pecu
liar unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances forcing such result upon
Brethren who were sincerely and ardently desirous of resuming their
former station in the order and mingling again in its benevolent and en
lightened efforts for good—Your petitioners refer for the confirmation of
this statement to some among your worshipful body more familiar than
themselves with the circumstances and further state that in the Month
of March A. L. 5844 a petition was presented to the now M. W. Grand
Master in the City of New York, praying on the behalf of the said Rising
Sun Lodge a renewed restoration of their Warrant—That assiduous ef
forts were made both by the Brethren immediately interested and other
influential Brothers to accomplish the object of such petition—such efforts
were industriously and with good faith continued, but by the concurrence
of many unpropitious circumstances were entirely abortive and some of
the Brethren conspicuous in the attempt were induced to abandon its
prosecution at that time and obtain as they did obtain the dispensation
of the 16th day of December, hereinbefore alluded to—But your petition
ers state that many of the old members of the said Rising Sun Lodge,
ardent and devoted to its interests and zealous for the honor and useful
ness of our parent institution and who were actors in the aforesaid efforts
to reorganize under their old title and character were dissatisfied with
the abandonment of their design and decline to cooperate with the mem
bers of the aforesaid Union Lodge—They respectfully insist that the said
Rising Sun Lodge was justly entitled to the restoration of its warrant
according to the usages of the order and were (un-willing) to sacrifice
a right seeming to them indisputable without direct and decisive action
upon the part of the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge.
" Your petitioners are aware of the incongruity of their position in
asking as members of the new Lodge the restoration of the old. but they
respectfully submit that the circumstances above detailed render their ac
tion consistent and entitle them to be heard upon the whole matter with
out being held concluded by their efforts to establish a new and inde
pendent Lodge—On behalf of those they represent they state that they
are not solely actuated by pecuniary considerations though they are em
barrassed and restricted in their means and are struggling with many
circumstances of weakness and discouragement—The dispersion of their
Brethren—the lamented deaths of many—the long disuse of Masonic
privileges-—the embittered spirit of Anti-Masonry still animating their
enemies to continued malice and defamation and the recent foundation
in this Village of a branch of another modern Fraternity are all cir
cumstances fettering us with difficulties and obstructions. But these are
not urged as the main reasons for the favorable considerations of our
prayer—We appeal to the liberal justice of your worshipful body and
urge as the prominent and commendable purpose of that appeal, the de
sire to demonstrate in our own case that justice to harmonize our brethren
to unite them with us in common and cordial zeal for the interests of
our Brotherhood and establish anew that fraternizing sympathy which
forms at once the attraction and power of our Order.
" Your petitioners therefore respectfully pray that the forfeited war
rant of the Rising Sun Lodge may be restored ; that the surplus money
beyond one year's back dues paid for Union Lodge dispensation be re
funded—That the proceedings of said Union Lodge be adopted as the legi
timate work of said Rising Sun Lodge—That the present members of
said Union Lodge be regarded as Regular members of said Rising Sun
Lodge, and that the officers of said Union Lodge be received as members
of the Grand Lodge at the next June communication the same as if said
Rising Sun Lodge had been reinstated as prayed for in the petition for
that purpose to which your petitioners have referred.
" Dan. D. Benedict
W. A. Beech
John L. Perry
" Dated Saratoga Springs Committee.
May 24th A. L. 5845."
The petition was duly presented to the Grand Lodge, and on June 6,
1845, the Committee on Warrants, to which it had been referred, made
the following report, which was adopted :
" That the charter of Rising Sun Lodge be revived and restored, and
the members of Union Lodge of Saratoga Springs be organized into a
Lodge under said Charter upon the payment of one year's Grand Lodge
dues from the late members of Rising Sun Lodge, that the money received
by the Grand Lodge for the Dispensation of Union Lodge be refunded to
said Rising Sun Lodge ; that the acts and doings of Union Lodge be ap
proved and transferred, together with all implements, jewels, and property
to Rising Sun Lodge No. 103."
The first meeting after the restoration of the name was held on Sep
tember 19, 1845, at which time the officers were elected, and from that
time the Lodge has enjoyed an unbroken existence.
When first organized meetings were held at the homes of the brethren.
This custom was continued until 1822, when it rented a loft of Bro.
Drake, a member of the Lodge ; from here it moved to Congress Hall,
then to the Columbian Hotel. In 1855 it met in a room of Mr. Gardner's :
afterward it occupied a room rented of Dr. Whiting, where it remained
until 1861, when it moved to rooms rented of L. P. Close, remaining
there until April, 1870, when it moved to rooms in a building on Broad
way known as Masonic Temple, where it still remains.
Morgan Period.
One meeting was held in 1828, one in 1829 and but two in 1830. In
1831 it was compelled to cease work, and in common with many others
during that period of bitter persecution forfeited its charter.
The old records of the Lodge contain some curious items. The breth
ren of this Lodge were of a convivial nature and indulged freely in refresh
ments at their meetings. Among the items of expense recorded in the
minutes are the following :
" July 5, 1808, fifty pounds of crackers, one cheese, eight gallons of
beer.
"June 26, 1810, two gallons or rum 1. L, one and one-half gallons of
wine 1. L, 1. S.
Dec. 4, 1810, two gallons cider."
In one case the items of expense at a funeral were :
" Cash for music 2. L. 8. s.
Five quarts rum 15. s.
Three quarts brandy 15. s.
One tumbler broke 2. s."
On March 21, 1815, a Constitution was adopted, and the Secretary
evidently thought it necessary to emphasize the action of the Lodge as he
recorded the vote as follows : " Constitution was adopted by the Lodge by
a unanimous majority."
Until 1852 the Festival of St. John was celebrated by the Lodge.
On November 22, 1889, the Lodge assisted M.\ W.\ John W. Vroo-
han, Grand Master, in laying the corner-stone of the State Armory at
Saratoga Springs.
Washington memorial services were held in Bethesda Church on De
cember 3, 1899, where a sermon on " Washington as a Mason " was de
livered by the Chaplain of the Lodge, Rev. Bro. Joseph Carey.
Masters.
1808. Nicholas W. Angle. 1856. John L. Perry.
1809. Daniel Hicks. 1857. Walter J. Hendrick.
1810. Daniel Hicks. 1858. John L. Perry.
1811. Daniel Hicks. 1859. James H. Wright.
1812. Nicholas W. Angle. 1860. George S. Tabor.
1813. Daniel Hicks. 1861. H. A. Van Dorn.
1814. Daniel Hicks. 1862. A. F. Edwards.
1815. Charles Emerson. 1863. Walter J. Hendrick.
1816. Daniel Hicks. 1864. F. D. Wheeler, Jr.
1817. John S. Wright. 1865. R. Warriner.
1818. Seth Perry. 1866. F. D. Wheeler, Jr.
1819. William Comstock. 1867. Lorin B. Putnam.
1820. Cornelius J. Swartwout. 1868. F. D. Wheeler, Jr.
1821. Cornelius J. Swartwout. 1869. L. R. dishing.
1822. Esek Cowen. 1870. L. R. Cnshing.
1823. D. F. Lawton. 1871. F. D. Wheeler, Jr.
1824. D. F. Lawton. 1872. Charles H. Sturges.
1825. D. F. Lawton. 1873. Charles H. Sturges.
1826. W. A. Langworthy. 1874. M. J. Jennings.
1827. W. A. Langworthy. 1875. L. R. Cushing.
1828. W. A. Langworthy. 1876. L. R. Cushing.
1829. W. A. Langworthy. 1877. Charles H. Sturges.
1830. W. A. Langworthy. 1878. James Mingay.
1879. James Mingay.
1845. Daniel D. Benedict. 1880. Edgar T. Brackett.
1846. Joseph Wheeler. 1881. E. A. Record.
1847. Joseph Wheeler. 1882. George W. Ball.
1848. John L. Perry. 1883. Augustine W. Shepard.
1849. Carey B. Moon. 1884. Augustine W. Shepard.
1850. Joseph M. Wheeler. 1885. J. M. Colcord.
1851. Joseph M. Wheeler. 1886. J. M. Colcord.
1852. W. J. Hendrick. 1887. H. L. Waterbury.
1853. W. J. Hendrick. 1888. H. L. Waterbury.
1854. Gardner Bullard. 1889. Otto Von Below.
1855. Gardner Bullard. 1890. Adelbert P. Knapp.
1891. Adelbert P. Knapp. 1899. Calvin M. Collins.

1892. R. Newton Breeze. 1900. Frank A. Hall.
1893. Fred W. Gardner. 1901. Frank A. Hall.
1894. Albert W. Palmer. 1902. George H. Hall.
1895. Albert W. Palmer. 1903. George H. Hall.
1896. William W. Allerdice. 1904. Allison E. Curtis.
1897. Rohert C. Fonda. 1905. Allison E. Curtis.
1898. Calvin M. Collins.
HIRAM LODGE, NO. 105,

BUFFALO. N. Y.
Warrant : The warrant in possession of the Lodge is dated December
5. 1845.
Minutes : Not intact.
There were several Lodges in existence and working in the Counties
of Erie and Niagara when that whirlwind of persecution against every
thing Masonic and bitter hatred against all who were known to be in any
way or manner connected with these Lodges came sweeping over the
western part of the State of New York, carrying dismay and consternation
to the brethren of these Lodges ; so terrific was its blighting influence
that in a short time not a Lodge was to be found in these counties. For
a number of years little, if anything, was done toward reviving any of
the old Lodges or any effort made to organize a new Lodge. When the
reign of terror had subsided and the bitterness of persecution had ex
hausted itself a numBw of these brethren who had been members of the
old Lodges, together with others who had settled in Buffalo, consulted
together and decided to organize a new Lodge. A meeting was held, and
in November, 1844, a petition signed by the following was sent to the
Grand Lodge praying for a Dispensation :
Henry B. Myer. Merlin Camp.
James Forrestall. Selah Barnard.
Thomas J. Winslow. Horatio C. Gates.
Charles S. Pierce. John A. Weimer.
Abner Cutter. Miles Jones.
Charles Radcliffe. Joseph A. Cameron.
Elijah D. Effuer. John McPherson.
Levi Allen. Nelson Randall.
Benjamin H. Austin. Nehemiah Case.
Benjamin Bidwell. Daniel M. Seaver.
Stephen Powers. Solomon Drullard.
Darius Smith. Thomas Miller.
Onnan Butler. Christian Halstead.
George Case. Isaac W. Newkirk.
Robert Russell. David C. Sough.
Cornelius A. Waldron. Joseph Dorr.
The name selected for the new Lodge was Hiram, and the officers
chosen were : Henry B. Myer, Master ; Selah Barnard, Senior Warden,
and Solomon Drullard, Junior Warden.
GRAND LODGE, 1905.
On January 31, 1845, a Dispensation was granted, which expired by
limitation in June, but was extended to October 20, 1845.
The first meeting after the Dispensation was issued was held on Feb
ruary 14, 1845.
The first election for officers under the charter was held December 20,
1845, when Henry B. Myer was elected Master ; Nelson Randall,
Senior Warden ; Charles S. Pierce, Junior Warden ; Rorert Russell,
Treasurer, and Stephen Powers, Secretary.
The Lodge was duly constituted and the officers installed on January
1, 1846, by R.\ W.\ Asher Torrance, assisted by R.\ W.\ Peter P.
Murphy, R.'. W.\ W. E. Cooper and others, all of Lockport Lodge, No.
73.
Soon after the Lodge was constituted there developed among the mem
bers a desire to scrutinize and study the laws and regulations of the
Grand Lodge, as the following resolution, adopted March 10, 1846, clearly
indicates :
" Resolved—That a committee of three be appointed to examine the
Constitution of the Grand Lodge and report to the Lodge whether there
be anything, in their opinion, in the said Constitution which this Lodge
r-ould protest against."
As no further action was taken by the Lodge concerning this subject,
the presumption is that the committee failed to discover anything of suf
ficient importance to " protest against."
In order that the brethren might become well informed upon Masonic
subjects, the services of Bro. J. S. Weed of Saratoga, N. Y., was secured
to deliver a series of lectures before the Lodge upon Ancient Freemasonry.
At one time it was the custom of the Lodge to elect a representative
to attend the communications of the Grand Lodge. On February 5, 1847,
Bro. Joseph Fowler, of St. John's Lodge, No. 1, of New York City, was
elected, but his authority was revoked on August 10, 1849. The following
excerpt from the minutes fully explains the cause :
" Resolved—That Hiram Lodge, No. 105, cannot recognize the exist
ence of any body of Masons who place themselves distinct and independent
of the Grand Lodge of the State, and as St. John's Lodge, No. 1, of New
York now declare themselves independent and others have formed them
selves into a body which we must deem clandestine.
" Therefore we hereby revoke the authority heretofore given to Bro.
Joseph Fowler to represent this Lodge in the Grand Lodge."
In conjunction with Concordia Lodge, No. 143, and Buffalo Chapter
It. A. M., No. 71, the Festival of St. John was publicly celebrated on
June 25, 1849. As this was one of the first occasions when the Masons
of Buffalo appeared upon the public streets since the Morgan persecution,
it aroused much interest. The address issued by the Fraternity calling
attention to the matter contained the following :
" This being the first public demonstration in this section for many
years, it is desirable that the procession should be numerous and impos
ing : so that the unenlightened may see and know that Masonry was not
dead but sleeping. . . . We rejoice in being able to say that the pre
judices which once existed against our Order here have nearly passed
away, giving good reason to hope that they will soon be numbered among
the things that were.
" The 24th of June being Sunday, the celebration will be on Monday ,
the 25th. The procession will form precisely at 10 o'clock in Masonic
Hall, on the corner of Washington and Exchange Streets, and proceed
thence to one of the churches of the city, where an oration will be deliv
ered and other appropriate exercises will take place according to ancient
usage."
The services were held in the Universalist Church.
Hiram Lodge has always evinced an active interest in enterprises seek
ing to aid the indigent Mason or relieving the widows and orphans of
such ; it has also quickly responded to all calls of a charitable nature. It
was represented in 1851 at meetings in Albany and New York held for
the purpose of considering the project of building an Asylum for Masons.
On April 16, 1847, a communication was received from a Masonic Lodge
at Zanesville, Ohio, stating that it had forwarded one hundred barrels of
flour to relieve the distressed Masons in Ireland, and requesting the Lodge
to forward the same to New York. A committee was appointed and the
request was complied with. In 1864 the sum of $200 was donated for the
sick and wounded in the army and navy. In 1873 $500 was contributed
toward the erection of the Masonic Hall in New York City. In 1878 a
donation of $50 was made toward relieving the sufferers from fever in one
of the Southern States.
The jewels used by the Lodge have an interesting history. In Decem
ber, 1807, a petition was sent to the Grand Lodge praying for a Dispen
sation to hold a Lodge at New Amsterdam (now Buffalo) and to be named
Western Star Lodge.
The petitioners stated that the nearest Lodge was sixty miles distant.
For some unknown cause this effort failed, and on January 6, 1812, an
other petition was forwarded to the Grand Lodge. The petitioners stated
that the Lodge was to be located in " The village of New Amsterdam,
Township of Buffaloe, at the house of Bro. Joseph Landon."
Hon. Dewitt Clinton at the time was Grand Master. He mani
fested a deep interest in the project, and promptly endorsed the following
upon the petition : " The Grand Secretary is requested to make out a Dis
pensation on the above application for two years and to deliver it to Mr.
Bassford."
The Dispensation was issued January 31, 1812, and a charter was
granted December 24, 1814, to Western Star Lodge. No. 239.
Shortly after the Lodge was warranted it was presented with a set
of jewels, each jewel bearing the following inscription :
" Presented by ihe M.\ W.'. Grand Master of Masons. Dewitt Clin
ton, to Western Star Lodge, No. 239."
When the Lodge surrendered its charter these jewels were placed in
the custody of Dr. John W. Claiik. and when Hiram Lodge was organ
ized ho delivered them to the Lodge at a meeting held on March 7, 1845.
with the exception of the square and compasses, which could not be found.
In 1852 a brother of Hiram Lodge visited a Lodge in Detroit. Mich., and
discovered upon the altar of that Lodge the missing jewels. Steps were
at once taken to recover the long lost jewels, and ns soon as the Detroit
Ixtdge was appraised of the facts connected with them it at once delivered
them to Hiram Lodge.
The relics are highly prized by the Lodge.
A public installation of the officers took place on December 29, 1848.
The fiftieth anniversary of the Lodge was held December 5, 1895. The
ceremonies were conducterd in the Masonic Temple, which was kindly
placed at the disposal of the Lodge by the Masonic Hall Association. Ad
dresses were delivered by R.\ W.\ William A. Sutherland, Deputy
Grand Master, and W.\ Joseph Fowler. Upon the following evening a
reception was given for the ladies in the same place, the festivities con-
. -lulling with a supper.
The first meetings of the Lodge were held at 219 Main Street, where
it remained until June 4, 1847, when it moved to the corner of Exchange
and Washington Streets, remaining here until August 16, 1861, when it
moved to the corner of Main and Swan Streets. This was its home until
July 14, 1876, when it again moved, this time to the corner of North Divi
sion and Washington Streets. On December 21, 1882, its quarters were
damaged by fire, and it was not until September 14, 1883, that its rooms
could be again occupied. While the building was undergoing repairs the
Lodge met in the rooms of the Lodge of Ancient Landmarks. No. 441, on
the corner of Court and Main Streets. On March 15, 1887, the Lodge
once more suffered, in the total destruction by fire of the building it
occhpied.
These fires occasioned considerable loss to the Lodge, and while the
minutes books were rescued, they are in a badly damaged condition, and
some parts of the contents are illegible. After the second fire the Lodge
found quarters in the Austin building on the corner of Franklin and West
Eagle Streets, where it remained until the completion of the Masonic
Temple, into which it moved on January 8, 1892, and it still occupies the
same quarters.
The Lodge has frequently participated in ceremonies of a public char
acter and has assisted in laying corner-stones of public and religious edi
fices. On August 20, 1852, the corner-stone of the German Evangelical
Church, Black Rock, Buffalo was laid.
May 5, 1858, the corner-stone of the New York State arsenal, Buffalo,
was laid.
August 2, 1804, the corner-stone of the Universalist Church. Buffalo,
was laid.
September 26, 1806, a memorial tablet in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buf
falo, was laid.
August 8, 1807. the corner-stone of the State Normal School. Fredonia.
X. Y.. was laid.
April 15, 1809, the corner-stone of the State Normal School, Buffalo,
was laid.
July 23, 1809. a monument of the Firemen's Benevolent Association,
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, was dedicated.
July 13. 1871, the corner-stone of the Asbury M. E. Church, Buffalo,
was laid.
June 24. 1872, the corner-stone of the City and County Hall, Buffalo,
was laid.
September 18, 1872, the corner-stone of the State Asylum for the
Insane. Buffalo, was laid.
October 21, 1880, the corner-stone of the Soldier's Monument, Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, was laid.
July 4, 1882, the corner-stone of the Soldier's and Sailor's Monument,
Lafayette Square, Buffalo, was laid.
July 4, 1885, the corner-stone of the 74th Regiment Armory, Virginia
St., Buffalo, was laid.
July 20, 1890, the corner-stone of the Masonic Temple, Niagara Street,
Buffalo, was laid and on January 20, 1892, if was dedicated.
June 19, 1897, the corner-stone of the U. S. Post Office Building, Buf
falo, was laid.
July 4, 1898, the corner-stone of the 74th Regiment Armory, Connecti
cut Street, Buffalo, was laid.
May 30, 1903, the corner-stone of the 60th Regiment Armory, Buffalo,
was laid.
The Lodge was present and took an active part in each of the fore
going ceremonies.
Men in Purlic Life.
Nelson Randall, Major-General N. Joseph L. Whittet, Assemblyman.
Y. S. Militia. John A. Pettit, M.D., Asst. Health
Daniel D. Bidwell, Brigadier-Gen Commissioner.
eral U. S. Army. John Kenney, Coroner.
Gustavus A. Scroggs, Brigadier- Albert L. Beyer, Assessor.
General N. Y. Militia. Frederick Kendall, Grade Crossing
William S. Bull, Brigadier-General Commissioner.
N. Y. S. N. G. ; Superintendent Peter W. Van Peyma, M.D., School
of Police. Examiner.
Peter C. Doyle, Brigadier-General William Palmer. Asst. City Attor
N. Y. S. N. G., Captain U. S. ney.
Vols. William P. Koehler, Supervisor.
William P. Rogers, Major-General Earl G. Danser, M.D., Medical Ex
N. Y. S. N. G., Colonel U. S. aminer.
Vols., Mayor and Member of Fred O. Murray, County Treas
Congress. urer.
George W. Clinton, Judge Supreme Eugene W. Harrington, Deputy
Court. City Comptroller.
Erastus C. Knight, State Comp Frank W. Standart, Assemblyman.
troller and Mayor. Charles W. Fuller, Superintendent
George L. Remington, County of Poor.
Clerk, Captain U. S. Vols. Aljram Durr, Alderman.
Benjamin H. Austin, District At Daniel O'Grady, Deputy Excise
torney. Commissioner.
Joseph Fowler, M.D., Police Sur Augustus T. Budd. Captain U. S.
geon. Vols.
Nelson Randall, Grand Master. James McCredie, District Deputy
Joseph K. Tyler, District Deputy Grand Master.
Grand Master. Erastus C. Knight, District Dep
Benjamin H. Austin, District Dep uty Grand Master.
uty Grand Master. Joseph Fowler, District Deputy
Grand Master.
GRAND LODOE, 1905. 17T
1845. Henry B. Myer. 1876. George L. Remington.

1846. Henry B. Myer. 1877. John Masters, Jr.
1847. Nelson Randall. 1878. John Masters, Jr.
1848. Nelson Randall. 1879. Charles H. Rathbun.
1849. Charles S. Pierce. 1880. Burrall Spencer, Jr.
1850. Benjamin H. Austin. 1881. William F. Rogers.
1851. Benjamin H. Austin. 1882. Hawley Klein.
1852. Benjamin H. Austin. 1883. William J. Donaldson.
1853. James H. Barton. 1884. William J. Donaldson.
1854. James H. Barton. 1885. George W. Voss.
1855. Gustavus A. Scroggs. 1886. George W. Voss.
1856. James H. Barton. 1887. George W. Voes.
1857. James H. Barton. 1888. Erastus C. Knight.
1858. Joseph K. Tyler. 1889. Erastus C. Knight.
1859. Riley Hayford. 1890. Girard McVickar.
1860. James H. Barton. 1891. Girard McVickar.
1861. James H. Barton. 1892. Joseph Fowler.
1862. Andrew Mason. 1893. Joseph Fowler.
1863. Andrew Mason. 1894. Albert J. Sigman.
1864. Hawley Klein. 1895. Albert J. Sigman.
1865. Hawley Klein. 1896. Charles E. Markham.
1866. Henry Waters. 1897. William Dempster.
1867. Chilion M. Farrar. 1898. William Dempster.
1868. Andrew Mason. 1899. William F. Pfciffer.
1869. Henry Smith. 1900. William F. PfeiCfer.
1870. Henry Smith. 1901. Cyrus L. Barber.
1871. William F. Rogers. 1902. Cyrus L. Barber.
1872. Theodore C. Knight. 1903. Benjamin W. Cornwell.
1873. Henry Smith. 1904. Frederick W. Kendall.
1874. Solomon Taylor. 1905. Frederick W. Kendall.
1875. George L. Remington.
MANITOU LODGE, NO. 106,

NEW YORK CITY.
Warrant : The warrant under which the Lodge is working is dated
March 3, 1846.
Minutes : Not intact. Missing from January, 1806, to January, 1872,
and from June, 1878, to September, 1882.
On November 21, 1845, a dispensation was issued to Oscar Coles, John
A. Kennedy, John R. Taylor, Amza Fuller, Samuel Gelston, Isaac H.
Gibbs, Charles Baxter, Charles J. McGowan and Royal G. Millard for
a Lodge to be called Manitou. The Lodge worked under the dispensation
nntil the charter was granted March 3, 1846.
The first officers were :
Oscar Coles, Master;
John A. Kennedy, Senior Warden ;
John R. Taylor, Junior Warden ;
Amza Fuller, Treasurer ;
Samuel Gelston, Secretary ;
Isaac H. Gibbs, Senior Deacon ;
Charles Baxter, Junior Deacon.
Tbe Lodge was instituted and the officers installed by R.\ W.\ Wil
liam Willis, Past Deputy Grand Master, April 17, 1846.
It entered upon its career under exceedingly favorable prospects. At
the first meeting nine applications for membership were received, and at
the second meeting eleven names were proposed. The officers were ener
getic and influential. For several years it prospered, but shortly after
the seism in the Grand Lodge, in 1849, the conditions changed. A lack
of interest was shown by the members, which continued for several years,
until, in 1856, a disposition to surrender the charter found expression,
and finally a motion to do so was defeated by a tie vote. This action had
a salutary effect; the members began to realize where they were drifting;
an energetic spirit soon developed ; an interest in the movement toward
reuniting the Grand Bodies began to assert itself ; work for the " Union "
was the rallying cry, and ere this happy event was consummated Manitou
was again active and vigorous, and has ever so continued. It has heartily
engaged in whatever work was required of it by the Grand Lodge and
bas very materially assisted in all matters pertaining to the Hall and
Asylum. At the fair held in I860 its work added the sum of $093.15 to
the fund ; in 1872 it was again active in making the fair a success, and
also during the great fair of 1887. It was not only one of the first Lodges
to contribute to the fund, but was one of the first to pay its quota of
the debt.
Among the adherents of this Lodge was that brother of noble impulses
and great liberality, Hon. Napoleon B. Mountfort, who was a zealous
Mason and earnest worker in the Lodge. He purchased a $1,000 bond
of the Hall and Asylum Fund, which he presented to the Lodge. He left
a bequest of $5,000 to the Hall and Asylum Fund. His portrait hangs
in the Masonic Hall, New York City.
Greenfield Pote was Tiler of the Lodge for fifteen years.
The Lodge celebrated its fifth anniversary by giving a supper to the
members and friends, November 21, 1850, and its fiftieth anniversary by
a reception in 1895.
It participated in the laying of the corner-stones of the Masonic Hall
in New York City and the Home at Utica. and was also present at the
dedication of these buildings. It assisted in the laying of the corner-stone
of the Egyptian Obelisk in Central Park. October 9, 1880.
Meeting Places.
The Lodge first met at the Howard House on Broadway (City Hotel),
where it remained until 1850, when it moved to Freemason's Hall, 000
Broadway, remaining here until 1856, when it moved to the Chinese
Building.
In 1858 it returned to Freemason's Hall, remaining there until 1861,
when it moved to Odd Fellows' Hall, corner of Grand and Centre Streets.
In 1808 it again returned to Freemason's Hall, remaining here but one
year, when it returned to Odd Fellows' Hall. In 1873 it again moved,
this time to 117 West Twenty-third Street, where it remained until 18S0,
when it moved to its present quarters in Masonic Hall, corner of Sixth
Avenue and Twenty-third Street.
Men in Purlic Life.
Napoleon B. Mountfort, City Judge. John A. Kennedy, Chief of Police.
New York City.
Oscar Coles, Grand Master. Napoleon B. Mountfort, Grand
Frank Magee, Grand Steward. Steward.
Masters.
1845. Oscar Coles. 1876. Jesse Newman.
184a Oscar Coles. 1877. Frank Magee.
1847. Oscar Coles. 1878. Frank Magee.
1848. Samuel Gelston. 1879. Frank Magee.
1849. John A. Kennedy. 1880. Frank Magee.
1850. Daniel Underbill. 1881. Frank Magee.
1851. Napoleon B. Mountfort. 1882. John Stewart.
1852. Wilson Small. 1883. George E. Marks.
1853. William D. Kennedy. 1884. Robert L. Warke.
1854. Napoleon B. Mountfort. 1885. George E. Marks.
1855. Napoleon B. Mountfort. 1886. William L. Tuthill.
1856. Joseph R. Taylor. 1887. Saram R. Ellison.
1857. Simeon S. Post. 1888. James B. Nisbet.
1858. Simeon S. Post. 1889. Charles J. Scburheck.
1859. Oscar Coles. 1890. Clifton A. E. Merritt.
1860. Oscar Coles. 1891. Roswell O. Stebbins.
1861. Joseph A. Baker. 1892. Roswell O. Stebbins.
1862. Joseph A. Baker. 1893. Charles H. Bushong.
1863. James P. Curran. 1894. Charles H. Bushong.
1864. James P. Curran. 1895. Charles H. Bushong.
1865. James P. Curran. 1896. William H. Fairchild.
1866. George W. Nelson. 1897. Wilson Taylor.
1867. Leonard W. Sawtell. 1898. S. Allen Kennard.
1868. Leonard W. Sawtell. 1899. Le Roy B. Sherman.
1869. John C. Helme. 1900. Ellery Sanford.
1870. John C. Helme. 1901. George G. Freer.
1871. Thomas H. McBride. 1902. George G. Freer.
1872. Thomas H. McBride. 1903. John H. Thorpe.
1873. George E. Hyatt. 1904. Thomas F. Handy.
1874. George E. Hyatt. 1905. Frank B. Burggraf.
1875. Jesse Newman.
SCIPIO LODGE, NO. 110,

AURORA, N. Y.
Warrant : The warrant issued to Scipio Lodge is dated March 22,
1797, and is in possession of the Lodge. It bears the signature of Rorert
R Livingston, Grand Master.
The first number was 58, which it retained until June, 1846, when it
was changed to 110.
The petition presented to the Grand Lodge on January 18, 1797, is
180 PROCEEDING8 OF THE
dated Scipio, December 1, 1795. A remnant of this petition is on file in
the Grand Secretary's office. It is signed by the following:
Seth Sherwood. John Tillotson.
Andrew Simpson. Victory S. Towsley.
Silas Holbrook. Benjah Boardman.
Edward Paine. John Beardslee.
Nathaniel Williams. Andrew Englis.
Samuel Dunn. Uriah Dollay.
Ab'm Markle.
Seth Sherwood was the first Master.
Comfort Tyler was the first Senior Warden and John Ttllotson
was the first Junior Warden.
Regular meetings were held until December 15, 1828, when an election
for officers occurred. From this time until its revival in 1845 there is no
record of any meeting.
A meeting was held on March 5, 1845, called for the purpose of re
suscitating the Lodge. The minutes of this meeting contain the following :
"The order and harmony of our Ancient and Honourable Institution
having become disturbed it hath not seemed good and advisable for some
years for the Brethren of Scipio Lodge, No. 58, to hold its regular convo
cations.
" The craft impressed with the beauty, symmetry and high moral char
acter of the Order of Free Masonry have taken council together and have
determined the revival of this Lodge. To that end a committee was ap
pointed to draft a petition to the Grand Lodge asking for a renewal of
the Charter and electing Brother Salem: Town as Representative for that
purpose."
The petition was duly presented to the Grand Lodge by Bro. Town,
and on June 5, 1846, the Committee on Warrants made the following
report, which was adopted :
"That an application from the Brethren of Aurora, Cayuga Co. for
the resuscitation of their former Charter to be held in the Town of Scipio,
your committee find that proceedings have been had in the case at a
former day which have been regular; that the petitioners are extremely
desirous of having their Charter and name restored to them under a new
number for which they are willing to pay the usual fees. Your committee
believe their request to be reasonable and proper and they recommend
that the said Charter be given them under the name and title of Scipio
Lodge No. and that Bro. be the first Master, Bro.
be the first Senior Warden and Bro. be the first Junior Warden
and that the Rev. Bro. Salem Town a member of the Lodge be authorized
to hold an election and install the officers."
The original warrant was returned to the Lodge with the following
endorsement :
" This warrant was authorized to be re-issued to Scipio Lodge No.
110 as a new Warrant applied for at the Annual Communication of the
Grand Lodge June 1846.
" Jacor Phillips, Deputy Grand Matter.
R. R. Boyd, Deputy Grand Secretary."
A meeting was held on June 17th, when the following officers were
installed :
GRAND LODGE. 1905.
Charles Lefferts, Master ; Coral C. White, Senior Warden ; Wil
liam H. Squires, Junior Warden ; Charles B. Shipard, Secretary ;
John Eagles, Treasurer; Benjamin Lampkin, Senior Deacon, and
Silas Ludlow, Junior Deacon.
Salem Town, Charles Lefferts, Samuel Mandell, Coral C. White, Daniel
Merscreu, Charles E. Shepard, William H. Squires, Benjamin Lampkin
and John Eagle were named as Charter members.
For a time the Lodge occupied rooms in the village academy, which
was partially destroyed by fire in October, 1805, when most of its prop
erty was destroyed. This misfortune seriously crippeld it, but in 1806
the Lodge erected a building and occupied it until, in 1819, with the as
sistance of Aurora Chapter, No. 64, a building was erected and is still
occupied by the Lodge.
The corner-stone of this building was laid by Dewitt Clinton, Grand
Master, and who at the time was Governor of the State of New York.
There are no records of the Lodge in existence which give any definite
cause for the sudden cessation of meetings in December, 1828, but in all
probability this Lodge, in common with many others, was compelled to
cease work, owing to the excitement occasioned by the Morgan anti-
Masonic crusade. However, the members occasionally assembled in an
informal manner and conferred over the situation. About 1836, while
such a meeting was being held, a raid was attempted by a band of anti-
Masons, who came armed with all sorts of weapons with which to vent
their spite upon these loyal men, but when they arrived they found the
place well guarded, and, fearing to begin operations, withdrew for con
sultation. Finally they decided that it would be disastrous to themselves
to make the proposed assault, and left the village.
Salem Town, who was for a time a member of this Lodge, was
Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge for many years. He was prominent
in his labors for education, and became highly esteemed by the people of
Aurora by a long residence among them. In the village cemetery stands
a monument erected to his memory, upon which is inscribed, " Erected
by his Brethren."
Masters.
1797. Seth Sherwood. 1813. Frederick Delano.
1798. Seth Sherwood. 1814. Frederick Delano.
1799. Comfort Tyler. 1815. Luther Lakin.
1802. Comfort Tyler. 1818. Jedediah Morgan.
1803. Comfort Tyler. 1819. Jedediah Morgan.
1804. Comfort Tyler. 1820. Ozias B. Culver.
1805. Frederick Delano. 1821. John Almy.
1806. Frederick Delano. 1822. Samuel Mandell.
1807. Frederick Delano. 1823. Ozias B. Culver.
1808. Andrew Simpson. 1824. Samuel Mandell.
1809. Christopher Morgan. 1825. Samuel Mandell.
1812. Augustus Christy. 1828. Samuel Mandell.
1846. Charles Lefferts. 1876. Delos Aiken.
1847. Charles Lefferts. 1877. Delos Aiken.
1848. Charles Lefferts. 1878. William J. Morgan.
1849. John A. Dodge. 1879. William J. Morgan.
1850. Charles H. Richmond. 1880. N. Lansing Zabriskie.
1851. James N. Smith. 1881. Christopher B. Morgan.
1852. William A. Kirby. 1882. William J. Morgan.
1853. Joseph W. Webb. 1883. Edward L. French.
1854. Bradley A. Shepard. 1884. Edward L. French.
1855. Charles H. Richmond. 1885. Alfred K. McAlpine.
1856. Charles H. Richmond. 1886. Alfred K. McAlpine.
1857. Charles H. Richmond. 1887. Samuel D. Mandell.
1858. Charles H. Richmond. 1888. Samuel D. Mandell.
1859. John A. Leach. 1889. Samuel D. Mandell.
1860. John F. Ely. 1890. Samuel D. Mandell.
1861. William J. Morgan. 1891. Maurice Polhamus.
1862. William J. Morgan. 1892. Walter A. Bartlett.
1863. Coral C. White. 1893. Walter A. Bartlett.
1864. William J. Morgan. 1894. Walter A. Bartlett.
1865. Coral C. White. 1895. Walter A. Bartlett.
1866. Coral C. White. 1896. Samuel D. Mandell.
1867. John B. Brown. 1897. Maurice Polhamus.
1868. Erastus H. Husscy. 1898. Maurice PoIhamus.
1869. Erastus H. Hussey. 1899. Maurice Polhamus.
1870. Erastus H. Hussey. 1900. Walter A. Bartlett.
1871. James Anthony. 1901. Ross A. Reynolds.
1872. William O. Covy. 1902. Robert F. Masher.
1873. Erastus H. Hussey. 1903. Henry N. Gifford.
1874. Delos Aiken. 1904. Henry N. Gifford.
1875. Delos Aiken. 1905. Frank L. Polhamus.
REPORT OF THE GRAND LECTURER.
R.\ W.\ John Laurenheimer, Grand Lecturer, presented

the following report, which was received and ordered printed in
the Proceedings:
To M.\ W.\ Frank H. Rorinson,
Dear Sir and Brother: I herewith present my fourth annual report as
Grand Lecturer for the year ending April 30, 1905.
As required by the Book of Constitutions, I appeared before the
Custodians of the Work and exemplified the ritual before beginning my
work.
In connection with the first Convention of the year, and with the
assistance of R.\ W.\ Artuur D. Manning and various other brethren.

I dedicated the new temple of North Bangor Lodge, No. 556, on October
12, 1904.
With a very few exceptions, the Conventions during the year have
been largely attended, and in every Convention the interest has been
very marked. There has also been a decided improvement in the exempli
fication of the work in the Conventions. I am firmly convinced that the
brethren are so satisfied with the ritual that no changes are demanded.
The Grand Lecturer desires to acknowledge with grateful appreciation
the many courtesies which have been extended to him by the brethren
while discharging his official duties.
The following named brethren have given valuable assistance as
Assistant Grand Lecturers in their respective districts :
1. Henry H. Van Dyck. 24. William T. Bush.
Borough of Brooklyn—Frank W. 25. Samuel Hunt.
Robbins. 26. Arthur S. Thayer.
Boroughs of Manhattan, Bronx ami 27. John P. Listman.
Richmond—Robert W. Mor- 28. William A. Bcntley.
29. Lincoln Gardner.
12. Charles Brookes. 30. W. Elondo Greenfield.
13. Charles W. Many. 31. William S. MacDonald.
14. Henry H. Hallenbeok. 32. David L. Edwards.
15. Simon L. Newland. 33. Isaac C. Edington.
16. James H. Curtis. 34. Fred. E. Blake.
17. Charles A. Starin. 35. Frank W. Warner.
18. Leslie T. Browne. 3G. Pierre dishing.
19. John B. Vibbard. 37. William Cameron, Jr.
20. George W. Curry. 38. William H. Ellis.
21. David L. Spooner. 39. Edward F. Norton.
22. Orrin E. Robinson. 40. John W. Ware.
23. John E. Briggs. 41. J. Charles Little.
In conclusion, I desire to express to you, M.\ \VY. Grand Master,

my sincei'est thanks, not only for the honor you have conferred upon
me. as well as for the interest you have manifested in my work, and for
the encouragement you have given me in the discharge of my duty.
Permit me to congratulate you on the success of your administra
tion, and to express the prayer that the blessing of the Great Architect of
the Universe may continue to abide with you.
JOHN LAUBENHEIMER,
Grand Lecturer.
REPORT OF THE GRAND LIBRARIAN.

R.\ W.\ John R. Pope, Grand Librarian, presented the fol
lowing report, which was received and referred to the Committee
on Finance:
Dear Sir and Brother: I herewith transmit my report as Librarian
for the term you appointed me.
In accepting this office, the duties of which I was an entire stranger
to, I was fortunate enough to secure the retention of W.\ Bro. Andrew
Herz to again act as Assistant Librarian. This good brother has served
in this office for a number of years, and has given entire satisfaction to
the Librarians he has served under, and to those who visit the Library,
whether to use magazines or newspapers, or to consult books bearing
on Masonic subjects. The reports as to the number of visitors show
a decided increase, and the young brethren are seeking information to
better fit themselves for active Masonic work.
The visiting brethren from the upper part of the State have ex
pressed admiration and commendation for the Library, and spoke with
pride about our room and its furnishings to the members of their family
and friends who accompanied them on their tour of inspection through
our magnificent Hall.
During the year we have been in receipt of a number of histories of
Lodges and reports of celebrations of the One Hundredth and of the
Fiftieth and Twenty-fifth anniversaries of their institutions as a Lodge.
These histories and reports are of great value to the Fraternity, not only
iB having them on our shelves, but that they may be of service to Lodges
in helping the Committees, who are appointed by Lodges, to arrange for
such celebrations. We urge upon brethren who have charge of such mat
ters to place us on their mailing list. The reports from Lodges of other
jurisdictions than our own are earnestly requested.
During the year we have received a large number of Masonic papers
and magazines, which were placed on our tables for the use of visitors.
We are under special obligation to the donors, and to print all the names
would take more space than is allotted for this report.
I desire, however, to make special mention of R.\ W.\ Oren Root.
Grand Chaplain. Clinton N. Y. ; Bro. Edwin C. Wood, of New York
Gity ; R.\ W.\ Henry Schaefer, of Buffalo ; Bro. John C. Smith, and
Gil W. Barnard, of Chicago, 111. ; Geo. P. Rupp, Grand Librarian of
the Grand Lodge, of Pennsylvania ; John H. Cowles, Louisville, Ky.
The Grand Secretaries and Recorders of the various Grand Lodges,
Grand Chapters, Grand Commanderies, Grand Council of Royal and
Select Masons, and of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Bodies,
and of the Grand Chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star, have fur-
■ished us with the reports of their respective organizations. These have
GRAND LODGE, 1905. i8.ri
been duly acknowledged, and we take this opportunity to again renew

our thanks.
To M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary, and the
brethren who assist him in his office, we are under many obligations for
their co-operation and assistance. The financial transactions for the year
have been as follows :
Balance $0 15
Appropriation 1,400 00
Total $1,400 15
Disbursements :
Salary attendaut $-100 00
Extra work by attendant 20 00
Bookbinding and repairs 102 00
Printing, stationery, etc 30 42
Books, Proceedings, periodicals, etc 157 94
Postage, expressage and sundries 27 34
For printing catalogue of medals, jewels and
curios in Library room and in cases in halls 500 00
$1,243 70
Cash on hand 150 45
$1,400 15
In accordance with the custom adopted by my predecessors, I have
forwarded to the Home at Utica the weekly and monthly magazines and
periodicals which we place on our tables for the use of visitors, and I
have no doubt but that they are appreciated by those at the Home.
I cannot close this report without expressing to you my appreciation
of the honor you have done me by the appointment as Grand Librarian.
The work has been congenial, and I have derived great pleasure in the
performance of the duties of the office. I sincerely trust that my work
has met with your approval.
Fraternally yours,
JOHN R. POPE,
Grand Librarian.
REPORT OF THE MASONIC BOARD OF RELIEF.

The Masonic Board of Relief of the City of New York,
Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, submitted the following
report, which was ordered printed in the Proceedings :
Dear Sir and Brother: The Masonic Board of Relief of the City of
New York, Boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx, organized pursuant to
action of Grand Lodge at its Annual Communication in June, 1879. re
spectfully submits its Twenty-sixth Annual Reprot, covering the year
ending April 14, 1905 :
Financial.
The receipts for the year are as follows :
Balance on hand, April 14, 1904 $14,165 24
Dues from Lodges 3,951 8«i
Donations 100 00
Rents 481 00
Interest 574 04
Money returned 170 OJ
Total $19,442 73
The disbursments for the year were as follows :
For charity on 124 warrants $2,268 00
'• printing books and stationery 38 20
" expenses, repairs and supplies, Shelter 307 42
Taxes 24" 63
For water taxes 23 00
" salary of Secretary 300 00
" telegrams and postage 15 08
'• attendant at Shelter 100 00
" insurance 92 82
Total $3,392 85
Balance on hand 10,049 88
$19,442 73
Since our last annual report we have met with the loss, by death,
of our esteemed and beloved Secretary, R.\ W.\ William Delamatee.
At the organization of this Board, in June, 1879, Beo. Delamater
was elected its Secretary, and at each annual meeting thereof the breth
ren reelected him. He brought to the discharge of its duties a keen in
telligence and a sympathy and a desire to assist those of our brethren
who, through stress of sickness or adversity, were compelled to seek our
aid. It was my good fortune to become one of his co-workers iu this
Board when I was elected the presiding officer at the annual meeting in
June, 1884, and it was a source of great pleasure when at each annual
meeting since then to have him reelected its Secretary.
During the twenty-one years we served the Board as President and
Secretary there was never a discordant note to mar the harmony of our
official intercourse. We missed him for many months from our bi-weekly
meetings, and fondly anticipated that his health would again permit of
his taking an active interest in our work. He looked forward with this
expectation. It has been ordained otherwise.
The success of our Board is in a considerable measure due to his
active interest and the zealous manner in which he worked for its en
dorsement by the Craft. We shall ever bear in remembrance his many
virtues, his kindly interest, and the hearty way in which he entered upon
the work in which we are engaged.
The work of the Board is being faithfully attended to by the officers
and the delegates chosen by the Lodges that constitute the Board. We
have been able to render prompt and generous assistance to those who
have applied to us. Our meetings are usually of an interesting charac
ter, each case presenting some slight difference. It is a school of in
struction for the young brethren. Each Lodge is entitled to name as
many delegates as they have votes in the Grand Lodge, and this creates a
Board of 425 delegates.
During the past twenty-six years we have had a large number of
brethren serve as delegates, and we can only recall the name of one
such brother who allowed his name to be stricken from the Lodge roll for
non-payment of dues.
We are inclined to believe that in the service of assisting the so
journer the lessons taught in the Lodge are more strongly cemented. We
believe that Lodges would benefit themselves by sending their newly made
brethren as delegates, and have the great lesson of charity exemplified to
them in cooperating with us in extending relief, visiting the sick, and
advising and cheering the unfortunate.
We cordially invite brethren to visit the Shelter House owned by us
at 215 West Twenty-first Street. The building is set apart for our work,
and furnishes a meeting place for the Charity Committee on Tuesday and
Saturday evenings and a lodging place for the sick and unfortunate who
apply to us. During the year we have arranged to have a brother in
attendance each day to respond to any call that they made for assistance
or advice. This has been found to be a good plan, as it permits of
prompt attention to all appeals.
In the distribution of our charity we have been saved many hundred
dollars by the information furnished us in the circulars issued by the
General Masonic Relief Association of the United States and Canada.
We commend them to all Lodges as a safeguard against imposition by
the unworthy, who are traveling over the country and applying at every
crossroad from brethren and lodges for money.
JOHN R. POPE,
President.
REPORT OF THE GERMAN MASONIC TEMPLE

ASSOCIATION.
R.\ W7. Christian C. Gerhardt submitted the report of

the German Masonic Temple Association, which was received
and referred to the Standing Committee on Hall and Asylum
Fund:
Dear Sir and Brother: Another year with its many changes has been
added to the great Eternity and has brought in its wake sorrow to some
and joy to others.
1H8 PROCEEDINGS OF THE
The year just pnst. the twenty-eighth of our existence, has been a
prosperous and successful one in many respects for our Association, bnt
before reciting all the details of importance that occurred during the year,
permit me to pause but a moment to recall the names and memory of
those brethren who were active in the work of the German Masonic Tem
ple Association and who are with us no more ; amongst these are :
John F. Mienhardt, P. M. of Copernicus Lodge.
Friedrich W. Schweitzer, P. M. of Teutonia Lodge.
Adolph Platz, P. M. of German-Union Lodge.
Carl H. Krull, P. M. of United Brothers Lodge.
And manv other good workers in our Association and district. Before
completing this report, one more name of a brother dear to us all must
be added, that of R.\ W.\ Ludwig Seecer, District Deputy of the Ninth
.Masonic District, who, after a short illness, died at his home at West
New Brighton, S. I. R.\ W.\ Bro. Seeger was one of our most active
members in the Association, and he is greatly missed by all the brethren
of the district.
During the past year the annual St. John's and Grape-Festival were
held, with more than usual good results ; as these two festivals netted us;
the sum of $4,500 towards the maintenance of our beautiful Home at
historic Tappan, which we have greatly improved by the addition of a
new, large kitchen with the necessary ranges and steam boxes and
utensils, besides installing on electric motor pump for our water supply
and many other improvements.
Our Home in Tappan is now providing for twenty-six aged and
indigent brethren, their wives and widows, who are all in comparatively
good health.
The M.\ W.\ Grand Master F. H. Rorinson, M.\ W.\ Grand Secre
tary Edward M. L. Ehlers, M.\ W.'. Past Grand Master .Tons Stew
art and many other well-known brethren visited our Home at our annua)
Trauben-Fest, and all expressed themselves as well pleased with the result
of our labors in regard to the Home and the management thereof.
In conclusion, permit me to thank you and the Grand Lodge officers,
past and present, for the many courtesies shown the German Masoni.
Temple Association during the year, and last, but not lenst. I am in duty
bound to render thanks to my brother officers and members of the Associa
tion, and all brethren of the district, for their zeal and earnest work, for
it was through their efforts that we achieved such great success.
The brethren of the German-Masonic Temple Association all join
with me in one accord in expressing to our M.\ W.\ Grand Master ami
his associate (Jrand Officers, and to all the Craft throughout the State,
our most hearty good wishes for future prosperity.
The report of the financial Secretary is herewith appended.
Most fraternally yours,
CHRISTIAN C. GERHARDT,
President German Masonic Temple Association.
RECEIPTS.
Rent receipts |5.519 00
Committee receipts in Tappan 1,200 76
St. John's Festival 1.958 90
Trauben-Festival 3,391 35
Receipts of interest 803 33
Donations 680 00
All other receipts 732 00
$14,310 79
Balance on hand, January 1, 1904 772 75
Total $15,113 54
DISBURSEMENTS.
Maintenance of Home in Tappan $5,042 04
Temple Building, 220 East 15th Street 3,943 52
St. John's Festival expenses 140 00
Trauben-Fest expenses 644 05
All other disbursements 1,028 87
$11,399 68
Balance on hand, January 1, 1905 3,713 86
Total $15,113 54
RECAPITULATION.
Real estate, 220 East 15th Street $55,000 00
Inventory of same 3,559 00
Home at Tappan 23,959 17
Inventory of same 3,147 74
Mortgages 20,000 00
Deposited in Savings Banks 17,510 53
Balance on hand, January 1, 1905 3,713 86
Grand total $126,890 30
Verified by
HENRY BREUNICH,
Financial Secretary.
LOUIS P. SEEGER, )
JACOB HIMMELSBACH, [ Auditing Committee.
MARTIN M. SCHWENSEN, )
REPORT OF THE BROOKLYN MASONIC GUILD.
The Brooklyn Masonic Guild submitted the following report,

which was received and referred to the Standing Committee on
Hall and Asylum Fund:
To the Grand Lod9e of the State of Neio York:
The Executive Committee of the Brooklyn Masonic Guild respect
fully report the operations of the Guild for its third year.
During the past year Clinton Lodge, Tuscan Lodge and Hyatt Lodge,
of the Second District ; Lessing Lodge, of the Ninth District, and Damas
cus Commandery have qualified as Founders. The sums received during
the past year, and the total amounts contributed by Founders to date are
as follows :
Founders. 1904. 1905. Total.
$764 .... $764
(2) Adytum Lodge 177 $82 259
(3) Altair Lodge 505 .... 505
220 10 230
25 100 125
(6) Bedford Lodge 130 5 135
80 930 1,010
59 .... 59
(9) Central Lodge 232 . . . '. 232
. . . 1,934 593 2,527
188 87 285
199 5 204
(13) Crystal Wave Lodge 465 126 591
(14) Day Star Lodge 47 100 147
(15) Delta Lodge 55 .... 55
(10) Ezel Lodge , 218 .... 21P
(17) Fortitude Lodge 349 .... 34..
230 10 240
218 45 283
(20) Kedron Lodge 50 50 100
(21) Kings County Lodge 12 .... 12
605 .... 005
355 95 450
640 1,360 2,000
(25) Mistletoe Lodge 110 .... 110
(20) Montauk Lodge 550 307 857
141 .... 141
(28) Orion Lodge 428 12 440
152 178 330
(30) Sandalphon Lodge 107 107
... $9,245 $4,105 $13,350
19,245 $4,105 $13,350
(31) 850 1,105 2,015
(32) 90 .... 90
(33) Stella Lodge 313 93 406
(34) 141 359 50(1
(35) Brooklyn Chapter 25 25
(36) 25 •s,
(37) Nassau Chapter 10 40 50
(38) 301 301
(39) 124 124
(40) 5 ."i
(41) . . 10 10
(42) Hill Grove Lodge 400 100 500
(43) 100 43 143
(44) 121 121
(45) ri ri
(46) 500 500
(47) 1 1
(48) 5 5
$11,039 $6,537 $18,170
—making the total votes of founders 18,176 at the annual meeting of
April 22, 1905.
At our last annual meeting the Guild unanimously adopted our
recommendation that the Trustees purchase a site at the earliest practica
ble moment and procure plans and specifications and adopt measures to
provide the balance of money necessary for our Masonic Temple. Ac
cordingly, after inspection of a large number of sites, the Trustees selected
and purchased a plot at the northeast corner of Lafayette Avenue and
Clermont Avenue, in the Borough of Brooklyn, being 100 feet in front on
Lafayette Avenue by 195 feet in depth on Clermont Avenue. It cost
$45,000, and the title was closed November 1, 1904. It is most advan
tageously situated, and is easy of access. Lafayette Avenue is 70 feet in
width and Clermont Avenue is 80 feet in width, and it is one of the
highest points in the Borough and in a select residential neighborhood.
Twenty-five thousand dollars of the purchase price was taken from
the treasury and $20,000 was advanced from the estate of W.\ Bro.
William A. Stuart, on account of the legacy given by his will, and was
secured by a temporary mortgage, which has been assigned to the Guild
by the executor in the final settlement of the estate, and is to be cremated,
thus leaving the site unincumbered.
A programme for a limited competition to select an architect for the
building has been prepared and from the large number of applicants
fifteen architects whose experience by their own reports seemed most satis
factory, have been invited to compete. Their designs are to be submitted
to the Trustees for examination on May 20, 1905, and on or before June
24, 1905, the architect is to be selected by the Board of Trustees, acting
as a jury, with the assistance of their professional adviser. Meanwhile
the building upon the site is in the possession of the former owners at a
rental equal to two per cent, upon the investment, under a lease to expire
June 1, 1905.
A suggestion has been made that a lawn and floral fete be held upon
the premises during the month of June, the proceeds to be added to the
building fund, and this is submitted for consideration.
During the past year, in a proceeding instituted by W.\ Bro. Arel
Crook, executor of the Stuart estate, the Court of Appeals exempted the
Stuart legacy from local taxation, thus saving about $4,500 for the years
1903 to 1905, inclusive, to the Guild, and in a further proceeding likewise
instituted, the Surrogate's Court of Kings County required the State
Comptroller to refund to the Guild $250 transfer tax. An application has
likewise been made for the exemption of our site from taxation, and we
anticipate a favorable result, thus further saving a large sum per year to
the Guild.
The executor of the Stuart estate recently caused his accounts to be
judicially determined, and during the past month paid to the Treasurer
of the Guild in cash the sum of $86,032.33, being the balance of the
Stuart legacy, which, with the sum of $20,000 heretofore advanced, and
the interest thereon, $339.96, and personal articles valued at $44.50, after
deducting all court charges, makes the legacy $106,416.79, being several
thousand dollars in excess of our previously reported estimates.
We fully appreciate the response made to our appeals to the Ma
sonic bodies of Brooklyn, and gratefully acknowledge the generosity of
those who have so cheerfully contributed. Many of our Brooklyn breth
ren are yet to be heard from. Perhaps some who have given will see their
way to add some further tribute toward the cause in which we are so
deeply interested.
We have now in the treasury $96,202.85 in cash, out of which mast
come necessary expenses connected with architects' competition and
services and for other purposes.
Notwithstanding all that has been accomplished, much remains to be
done before our building can be erected and be ready for occupancy.
After the architect's plans and specifications are completed contracts must
be made to erect the building to cost approximately $300,000, and ar
rangements made to obtain funds to complete the building, and then a
permanent loan to cover the amount required above the sum in the treas
ury. This undertaking demands our best efforts, guided by intelligence
and experience. At least a year will be required to complete the build
ing, under the most favorable circumstances, after ground is broken.
Advance towards the accomplishment of our cherished hope has been
conservative, but never flagging. A continuance of the spirit now animat
ing the brethren and their united, zealous effort towards increasing the
building fund in the treasury and reducing the amount to be borrowed
will assuredly provide us a Temple which will be an ornament to our
borough and a source of pride to all who have contributed, and will prove
of the greatest benefit to our Craft. Its early completion depends upon
the Masons of Brooklyn, all of whom are interested in the undertaking,
which is for the benefit of all Brooklyn Masonic bodies.
On April 15, 1905, the monument of W.\ Bro. Stuart was unveiled
in Greenwood Cemetery with appropriate exercises. M.\ W.\ Fkaxk
Hurd Rorinson, our Grand Master, honored us with his presence and an
eloquent address. He was accompanied by M.\ W.\ Edward M. L.
Ehlers, Grand Secretary ; R.\ W.\ John R. Gardner, Grand Treas
urer; R.\ W.\ Warren C. Hurrard and R.\ W.\ John D. Kennedy,
Grand Chaplains ; M.\ W.\ John Stewart and M.\ W.\ William
Sherer, Past Grand Masters, and R.\ W.\ Rufus L. Scott, Jr., and
R.\ W.\ Henry L. Redfield, District Deputy Grand Masters, under
escort of the combined Lodges of Brooklyn.
The following amendment to the By-Laws has been proposed by W.\
Bro. Morehouse and, with unanimous approval of the Board of Trus
tees, is submitted for consideration.
Amend Article VIII. of the By-Laws to read as follows :
These By-Laws may be revised, amended, altered, modified or
changed at any annual or special meeting of the Guild by a two-thirds
vote of the delegates present and voting on the basis of donation repre
sentation, provided such proposed amendment shall have been submitted
in writing to the President and Secretary at least sixty days prior to the
meeting of the Guild at which action thereon is to be taken and written
notice thereof shall be mailed by the Secretary to each Founder at least
thirty days before such meeting.
Dated April 22, 1905.
Respectfully submitted,
ABEL CROOK, Chairman, )
JOHN E. SPARROW, [ Executive Committee.
ROBERT JITDSON KEN WORTHY,)
To the Brooklyn Masonic Guild and to the Grand Lod9e F. i£ A. M. of

the State of New York:
In accordance with Article IV., Section II., of the By-Laws of the
Brooklyn Masonic Guild, I submit the following as my annual report for
the year ending April 22. 1905 :
Donors' Fund as per last report (less interest) $11,639 00
Additional :
Adytum Lodge $82 00 Minerva 1,360 00
Anglo-Saxon 10 00 Orion 12 00
Aurora Grata 100 00 Sanctorum 178 00
Bedford 5 00 St. Albans 1,165 00
Brooklyn 930 00 Stella 93 00
Commonwealth 593 00 Zeredatha 359 00
Cosmopolitan 97 00 Hill Grove 100 00
Covenant 5 00 Sterling 43 Oil
Crystal Wave 120 00 Clinton 121 00
Day Star 100 00 Tuscan 5 00
Greenwood 10 00 Leasing 500 00
Joppa 45 00 Hyatt 5 00
Kedron 50 00 Nassau Chapter 40 00
Long Island 95 00 Damascus Commandery . . 1 00
Montauk 307 00
Total $6,537 00
Benefactors' Fund as per last report (less interest) $668 00
Additional :
Jacob Ruppert $200 00 Charles R. Smith 100 00
George Ehret 200 00 William H. Meyer. ... 50 00
Beadleston & Woerz. . . 100 00 Joseph Fallen 25 00
John H. Weber 100 00 Edward E. Piereon... 25 00
Edward Cooper 25 00 Henry H. Heert & Co. 50 00
Charles A. Shaw 100 00 Estate of William A.
Otto Huber 100 00 Stuart 106,032 33
Total $107,770 33
General Fund (Fair) as per last report 14,245 38

Increase $1 75
Rent, Lafayette Avenue property 450 00
Interest account covering all funds 1,077 90 1,529 65
Total $15,775 a3
Grand total $141,721 36
Disbursements by order of the Guild :
Site Lafayette and Clermont Avenues $45,000 00
Lawyers' Title Insurance Co. of New York,
searching title and guarantee 267 50
Lawyers' Title Insurance Co. of New York,
survey for architects' programme 50 00
Sundries (covering printing, circulars, post
age, stationery, rent for annual meeting
and Fair settlements) 201 01
45,518 51
Balance $96,202 85
SUMMARY.
Assets, April 22, 1905—Cash on deposit :
Kings County Trust Company $30,613 39
National City Bank of Brooklyn 23,589 46
Williamsburg Trust Company 22,000
People's Trust Company 20,000 00
$96,202 85
Real estate:
Property Lafayette and Clermont Avenues (100 x 195) . 45,000 00
Total assets $141,202 85
CHARLES A. TONSOR,
Treasurer.
To the Brooklyn Masonic Guild and to the Grand Lodge of the State of
New York:
The undersigned, Auditing Committee of the Brooklyn Masonic-
Guild, have examined the Treasurer's books and vouchers, and have
compared the same with the foregoing Treasurer's report, and find the
statements therein contained to be correct. We have also examined the
hank books and find the amounts on deposit to be as stated in such report.
The assets of the Guild at this date consist of the real estate
at northeast corner of Lafayette and Clermont Avenues,
100 x 195 feet, at cost $45,000 00
Cash on deposit at interest 96,202 85
Total assets $141,202 85
Dated April 22, 1905.
JOHN E. SPARROW, ) A .u. —
GEORGE FREIFELD, [ Aud.ttng Committee
ABEL CROOK, \ Brooklyn Mason* Gmld.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
CREDENTIALS.
M.\ W.\ Edward M. L Ehlers, Grand Secretary.
W.\ Frederick E. Blake, Master Evening Star Lodge, No. 44.
W.\ Cortlandt N. Gavitte, Master Chancellor Walworth Lodge.
No. 271.
JURISPRUDENCE.
M.\ W.\ Joseph J. Couch, Past Grand Master.
M.\ W.\ Jesse B. Anthony, Past Grand Master.
M.\ W.\ J. Edward Simmons, Past Grand Master.
M.\ W.\ William A. Brodie, Past Grand Master.
M.\ W.\ John W. Vrooman, Past Grand Master.
M.\ W.\ William Sherer, Past Grand Master.
M.'. W.\ James Ten Eyck, Past Grand Master.
M.\ W.\ Frederick A. Burnham, Past Grand Master.
M.\ W.\ William A. Sutherland, Past Grand Master.
M.\ W.\ Wright D. Pownall, Past Grand Master.
CHARTERS.
W.\ Charles C. Flaesch, Master Freedom Lodge, No. 324.
W.\ George H. Alvord, Master Hornellsville Lodge, No. 331,
W.\ Ward K. Angevine, Master Yonnondio Lodge, No. 163.
W.\ Charles E. White, Master Middleburg Lodge, No. 663.
W.\ Rorert Miller, Jr., Master Cyrus Lodge, No. 208.
W.\ Emil Stoll, Master German Pilgrim Lodge, No. 179.
W.\ Charles A. Dyckman, Master Courtlandt Lodge, No. 34.
W.\ William C. Prime, Master Nepperhan Lodge, No. 736.
W.\ Albert Merritt, Master Bedford Lodge, No. 574.
GRIEVANCES.
W.\ Alexander Brough, Master Republic Lodge, No. 690.
W.\ Milrury Van Valkenrurg, Master Genesee Falls Lodge, No.
507.
W.\ Gustavus A. Moonet, Master Ancient Lodge, No. 724.
FINANCE.
M.\ W.\ James Ten Eyck, Past Grand Master.
W.\ George J. Jackson, Master Kane Lodge, No. 454.
W.\ D. Austin Sniffen, Master White Plains Lodge, No. 473.
PAY OF REPRESENTATIVES.
W.\ William A. Johnson, Master Binghamton Lodge, No. 177.
' W.\ Harry D. Wachtler, Master Germania Lodge, No. 722.
W.\ Martin H. Blecher, Master Harmonie Lodge, No. 699.
CONSTITUTION.
W.'. Charles P. Williams, Master Humanity Lodge, No. 406.
W.\ William W. Chace, Master Hudson Lodge, No. 7.
CHARITY.
R.\ W.\ John R. Gardner, Grand Treasurer.
W.\ Clarence Stetson, Master Oriental Lodge, No. 224.
W.\ John H. Smith, Master Wadsworth Lodge, No. 417.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
R.\ W.\ George H. Woolley, Proxy Ancient Landmarks Lodge, No. 441.
W.\ Franklin S. Craley, Master Temple Lodge, No. 14.
W.\ William H. Kronsrein, Master Corner Stone Lodge, No. 367.
PRINTING.
W.\ J. Castree Williams, Master Crescent Lodge, No. 402.
W.\ George C. Hillman, Master Erie Lodge, No. 161.
W.\ Rorert L. Cox, Master Washington Lodge, No. 240.
DECEASED BRETHREN.
R.\ W.\ Alexander C. Mackenzie, Grand Chaplain.
W.\ JohN P. Listman, Master Syracuse Lodge, No. 501.
W.\ William H. Baker, Master Parish Lodge, No. 292.
The Grand Secretary presented several petitions, communi
cations and resolutions, which were received and referred to
appropriate committees.
The Grand Lodge was then called from labor to refreshment
until to-morrow morning at nine o'clock.
The Grand Lodge resumed its session on Wednesday morn

ing May 3, a.d. 1905, a.l. 5905, at nine o'clock.
Present M.\ W.\ Frank H. Rorinson, Grand Master.

Officers and Representatives as before.
Also M.s. W.". Frederick A. Burnham, Past Grand Master.
R.". W.'. Townsend Scddder, Deputy Grand Master, in the

chair.
Prayer by R.\ W.\ Oren Root, Grand Chaplain.
The minutes of yesterday's session were read and approved.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.
M.". W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers, from the Committee on

Credentials, presented the report of said Committee, which was
received and the names contained therein ordered placed upon
the roll as representatives of the several Lodges at this Annual
Communication.
To the Grand Lodge:
Your Committee respectfully report that tbe following Lodges are entitled
to be represented at this Annual Communication by the Brethren hereinafter
named :
1 8t. Joh>8 Otto Denis .Master.
2 bni. Royal Arch Frank 8. Logee Master.
3 Mt. Vernon Eugene Crawford Master.
4 St. Patrick's John E. Hagadorn Master.
5 Masters' George C. Baker Master.
6 St. George's Andrew Kidd, Jr Master.
7 Hudson William W. Chace Master.
8 Holland Peter Stuyvesant Pillat J. Warden.
9 Unity A. Ross Rider Master.
10 Kingston Philip Elting Master.
11 Antiquity John S. Miller Proxy.
12 Trinity Leonhard Lehmaier Master.
13 Apollo James E. Blackburn Master.
14 Temple Franklin S. Craley Master.
15 Western Star Herbert E. Palmer Master.
16 Prince of Orange Charles N. Green Master.
17 L'Union Franoaise Clement A. Berard Master.
19 Fortitude Ralph L. Raphael Master.
20 Pioneer Joha H. Morich Master.
21 Washington Edgar A. Lear Master.
22 St. John's William H. Harris Master.
23 Adelphi Moses M. Riglander Master.
26 Alrion Thomas E. Geistwelt Master.
27 Mt. Moriah .. Albert Winternitz Master.
28 Benevolent W. Lewis Fay Master.
30 Dirioo Aaron Morris Proxy.
31 Lotus Albert Baker, Jr Master.
32 Warren Mandeville G. Burger Master.
33 Ark Wilford Van Tassel Master.
34 Couhtlandt Charles A. Dyckman Master.
35 Howard George A. Fleming Master.
39 Olive Branch Merton R. Skinner Master.
40 Olive Branch Bert C. Sterling Master.
41 Sylvan John Hall Master.
44 Evening Star Fred E. Blake Master.
45 Union Charles D. Goodrich Master.
46 Huguenct Frederick D. Le Count Master.
47 Utica Andrew McCarthy Master.
48 Ark Samuel T. Clifton Master.
49 Watertown George B. Calder Master.
50 Concord Chester F. 8parling Master.
51 Fidelity Clark N. Baldwin J. Warden.
53 Brownville Albert J. Fowler Master.
54 German Union GustavGnam Master.
55 Granville Charles N. White Master.
56 St. Alrans Morris D. Moxley Master.
58 Phoinix Fred A. Schneck Master.
60 Suffolk Wellington P. Leek Master.
62 Manhattan Thomas J. Mahoney Master.
63 Morton Harry M. Warner Master.
64 La Fayette Fred J. Milligan Master.
65 Morning Star George C. Whiting S. Warden.
66 Richmond Albert Nordenholz Master.
67 Mariners' Reno R. Billlngton Proxy.
68 Montgomery Rudolph Weissker Master.
69 Naval Henry Schwack Master.
TO John Hancock Joseph Gulllermaln Master.
73 Lockport William J. Hooper Master.
75 Evening Star Daniel Jones Master.
79 Hamilton Willmer Elllthorp Master.
88 Phojrus Harry L. White Master.
83 Newark George W. Muth Master.
84 Artisan W. Fenton Myers Master.
85 Washington Louis W. Bookheim Master.
86 Ptthagoras Arduin J. Menzl Master.
87 Schodack Union John S. Harrington Master.
90 Franklin John Keyes Master.
91 King Solomon's Primitive; Arthur J. Burch Master.
93 Military Herbert J. Haitb Master.
94 Lodge of Strict Orservance Edward W. Palmer Master.
95 Union E. Watson Personius Master.
96 Phojnix Nathan E. Foote S. Warden.
97 Rencvation Jacob Landauer Master.
98 Columria Augustus H. Van Deusen Master.
103 Rising Sun Allison E. Curtis Master.
104 Lewis Frank G. Mackey Master.
105 Hiram Frederick W. Kendall Master.
106 Manitou Frank B. Burggraf Master.
107 North Star Edwin T. Dunn Master.
108 Milo Oliver E. Ketchum J. Warden.
109 Vallet George W. Cooper Master.
110 Scipio Frank L. Polhamus Master.
111 8t. Lawrence Welby W. Haile Master.
112 Steuren Clinton W. Richardson Master.
113 Seneca Harry W. Le Clear Master.
114 Union Edgar Cassidy Master.
115 Phojnix -Frank P. Magee Master.
116 Cohges Thomas H. Sprague Master.
117 Painted Post Blalostoski Phillips Master.
118 Addison Union Edwin C. Smith Master.
119 Oasis Charles G. Rose Master.
120 Hamilton Dayton F. Smith S. Warden.
121 Glens Falls Charles E. Bullard Master.
122 Mount Morris Fred X. Bowen Master.
123 Dundee Albert T. Beardslee Master.
124 8t. Paul's Harry M. Piatt Master.
126 Eastern Light LeRoy G. Martin Master.
127 Oswego David M. Russell Master.
128 Oodensrurg Rosco P. Johnston Master.
129 Sanger Emory G. Brown Master.
130 Port Bryon Samuel H. Rooney Master.
131 Myrtle Simeon J. Crofut Master.
132 Niagara Frontier George B. Clark Master.
134 Lowvillr Alonzo S. Dano Master.
135 Sackett's Harror Eugene F. Ltvermore Master.
136 Mexico Adelbert C. Lindsley Master.
137 Anglo-Saxon Howard Wood Master.
138 Otsego George H. Carley Master.
139 Milngr Edgar B. Case Master.
140 Clinton William E. Adams J. Warden.
141 Cato Edgar F. De Forrest Master.
142 Morning Sun L. Warren Pratt Master.
143 Concordia George Schlenker Master.
144 Hiram John D. Mclntyre Master.
145 Moont Moriah Royal S. Blodget Master.
146 Western Union Charles Rich Master.
147 Warren Arthur M. Seekell Master.
148 Sullivan John V. Flaherty Master.
149 Ausarle River Nathan T. Hewitt Master.
150 Sauquoit George B. Smith Master.
151 Sentinel Allen R. Mead Master.
152 Hangver Albert G. Pierce Master.
153 Friendship E. Burt Cornell Master.
154 Penfield Union Alfred Joyce Master.
155 Clinton Louis Miller Master.
156 Ocean Samuel Omphalius Master.
157 Trumansrurg John D. Wixon Master.
158 Carthage Arthur W. Thompson Master.
159 Pcltneyville Edward H. Lapp Master.
160 Seneca River Wlllard W. Lewis Master.
161 Erie George C. Hillman Master.
162 Schuyler's Lake George M. Counrod Master.
163 Yonngndio Ward K. Angevin e Master.
164 Philanthropic Almon M. Farnsworth Master.
165 Boonville Webster S. Seavey J. Warden.
166 Forest Harry G. Dunkley... Master.
167 Susquehanna Herbert M. Ramsdell Master.
168 Montour Claude Pitts Master.
169 Clinton Arthur M. 8cripture Master.
171 Lafaroeville Romaine Loucks Master.
172 Chaumont Charles A. Llndsley Master.
173 Monrge George C. Brown Master.
174 Theresa Lester H. Pool Master.
175 Oxford Charles Du BoisBroughton.. . Master.
176 Montezuma George A. Woldford Master.
177 Binghamton William A. Johnson Master.
178 Atlantic Josiah Van Siclen S. Warden.
179 German Pilgrim Erail Stoll Master.
180 Westchester Amos Osborn Squire Master.
181 Little Falls J. Frank Ncwitt Master.
182 Germania Louis F. Steitz Master.
183 Farmerville Delos T. Bennett Master.
184 Turin Harvey N. Gaylord Master.
185 Independent Mlron W. Neal Master.
187 Darct Herman J. Messing Master.
188 Marsh John G. 8nyder Master.
190 Mujtn Herman L. Rels Master.

191 Leeangn Frederick W. Emmerson Master.
193 Ulster William V. Burbaus Master.
194 Piatt . .' Edgar K. Rhoads S. Warden-
195 Excelsior Kingman B. Page Master.
196 Solomon's Frank E. Russell Master.
197 York Harry L. Follett Master.
198 Silentia Theodore S. Schlauch Master.
199 Harmony Otto Bausch Master.
300 Sincerity Ulysses G. Burnett Master.
201 Joppa James R. Pollock Master.
302 Zschokke Emil Bartscb Master.
203 Templar Joseph Mallon S. Warden.
304 Palestine Henry A. McCarthy Master.
205 Htatt Albert B. Comstock Master.
206 Empire Citt Max Z. Stein Master.
207 United States John M. Reilly Master.
308 Ctrus Robert Miller, Jr, Master.
209 National Benno Loewy Master.
210 Worth Archie R. Horner Master.
211 Pocahontas Edward L. Guion Master.
213 Racket River Arthur E. Ames Master.
214 Geneseo Rodney E. Gooding Master.
216 Franklin J. Oscar Goetz Master.
217 Gouverneur Herman H. Gerner Master.
318 Hartland Charles Seward Master.
219 Summit Frank P. Wolfe Master.
221 Cayuga Seneca J. Snyder -....Master.
223 Roman George T. Davis Master.
224 Oriental Clarence Stetson Master.
225 Allegany Charles D. Wildrick Master.
236 Antwerp Gary H. Wood Master.
227 Eastern Star Abraham White Master.
229 Oriona Carl Fritz Master.
230 Wellsville Fred Arnold Master.
231 Canastota Arthur N. Ellis Master.
232 Navigator Andrew Rledell Master.
233 Pacific Robert J. 8chofleld Master.
234 Rising Sun Charles H. Kenyon Master.
235 Ketstonk William J. McLaughlin Master.
236 Philipstown John A. Holland Master.
237 Champlain Albert Scriver S. Warden.
238 Orient Truman D. Chickering Master.
239 Cattaraugus Fred C. Beals Master.
240 Washington Robert Lynn Cox Master.
241 Constitution Edward V. A. Kennedy Master.
243 Eureka Edward J. Flack Master.
244 Hope Isaac Fromme Proxy.
245 Polar 8tar Guy W. Culgin Master.
246 Arcana James A. Kelly Proxy
247 Tonawanda Ray M. Stanley Proxy.
248 Palmtra Charles F. Uriawold Master.
249 Charter Oak George N. Boehm Master.
250 John D. Willahd Charles W. Bollinger Master.
252 Olean William S. Steele Master.
253 Old Oak Leonard Dailey Master.
254 Walworth Fred M. Daansen S. Warden.
255 Living Stone Maurice L. Doty Master.
256 Fort Brewerton James Keating Master.
257 Mount Neroh Frederick Herrmann Master.
258 Macedonia Reuben A. Mills Master.
259 8lsco Dana Braisted J. Warden.
260 Mount Hope Carmi F. Goodman Master.
261 Evans Carroll D. Shaver Master.
262 PH-MIX Robert S. Cougdon Master.
263 Mount Verngn George W. Barber Master.
264 Baron Steuren George Piatt Master.
265 Spredsville Harry S. Boyer ..Master.
266 Poughkeepsie George Worrall Master.
267 Fort Edward Seymour H. Durkee Master.
268 Hermann Henry Paradies Master.
270 Oneida Albert E. Emms Master.
271 Chancellor Walworth. .Cortlandt N. Gavitte Master.
272 Mystic Tie Benjamin Hamilton Master.
273 Metropolitan Charles E. Lockwood Master.
274 Arcturus John F. Evans Master.
275 Sylvan Grove Charles E. Thurston Master.
276 Mohawk Valley James C. Rossmau Master.
277 Henry Clay William Rlcbtberg Master.
278 Marion Robert Ingram Master.
279 King Solomon's Edward M. Marum S. Warden.
280 Doric Jonas W. Eley Master.
282 Oteoo Union Arthur W. Hermess Master.
283 Beacon Jesse M. W. Scott Master.
284 Baltic John A. Smith Proxy.
285 Georoe Washington Charles T. Seddon Master.
286 Montauk James B. Whlton Master.
287 Continental Charles Looney Master.
288 Brooklyn John T. Riley Master.
289 St. Andrew's Forest J. Clark Master.
290 Spencer John Knox Master.
291 North'n Constellation..George Todd Master.
292 Parish William H. Baker Master.
293 Cape Vincent Frank R. Gardner Master.
294 Canandaigua Charles H. Caple Master.
295 Cataract Frank S. A. Coon Master.
296 Clayton William H. Rees Master.
297 Alexandria Charles N. Haas Master.
298 Fish House Jay C. Lovejoy Master.
299 Kesheo.ua Joseph Lovell Master.
301 Irondequoit Beth M. Hamilton Master.
802 Norwich Daniel R. Hall Master.
803 Sylvan Will C. Scott Master.
304 Schiller Joseph Schmidt Master.
805 Central Citt Frederick W. Sajrcr Master.
306 Cura George H. Swift Master.
307 Ellicottville George Dietter Master.
308 Seneca Lake John P. Castner J. Warden.
309 Newrurgh Frederick S. McDowell Master.
310 Lexington Frank Dames Master.
311 Mount Zion James H. Lasker ' Master.
313 Stony Point Luther O. Markham Master.
815 Wawayanda Wesley A. Kipp Master.
316 Atlas Jacob C. Kllnck Master.
317 Neptune William Allison Master.
318 Joseph Engs Eddy C. Gilbert Master.
319 Black Lake Robert W. McAuliffe Master.
320 Union Star Earnest U. Smith Master.
331 St. Nicholas George M. Kirkner Master.
322 Star of Bethlehem Benjamin F. Conkling Master.
323 Amity William J. Magee Master.
324 Freedom Charles C. Flaesch Master.
325 Repurlican Burr J. Morgan Master.
326 Salem Town John M. Freese Master.
327 Acacia Thomas H. Lomas Master.
328 Port Jervis John Stoll, Jr Master.
330 New York William H. Sheeley Master.
331 Hornellsville George H. Alvord Master.
332 Jefferson Mott B. Hughey Master.
333 Westrrook William A. Osborn Master.
334 Cherrt Valley Frederick S. Brien Master.
335 Widow's Son Edward B. Wagoner Master.
336 Medina Burt M. Frary Master.
337 Greenrush Frederick A. Ham Master.
338 Putnam Reinhard H. Luthin Master.
339 Puritan William B. Wilson Master.
340 Modestia Christian Flierl Master.
341 Clyde George D. Barrett Master.
342 Lily Otto F. Herman Master.
343 Rondout Robert M. Reevs Master.
345 Lodi Morrison E. Brown Master.
347 Hampton William J. Lewis Master.
348 Adelphic Arthur L. Foster Master.
349 Peconic Frederick H. Tasker Master.
350 Chemung Valley John L Ford Master.
351 8PrINGVILLE Ira W. Smith Master.
352 Homer Walter J. Stafford Master.
354 Progressive Thomas E. Turner Master.
355 Jerusalem J. Walter Wright Master.
356 United Brothers Henry Tietjen Master.
357 Caneadea AlonzoO. Arnold Master.
358 Queen Citt Percy Eaton Master.
359 Randolph Odell H. Dean Master.
360 Afton Charles S. Butler Master.
361 Central Edward J. Hall Master.
362 Valatie Edward Risedorph Master.
363 Evergreen Charles P. Stannard Master.
364 Horseheads Henry Saunders Master.
365 Goshen Augustus Gillespie Master.
367 Corner Stone William H. Kronsbeiu Master.
368 Croton William H. Weeks Master.
360 Callimachos Erving T. Jones Master.
371 Sagamore Edmund P. Kennedy Master.
372 Sandy Hill Ira C. Getten Master.
373 La Sincerit* Arthur G. Goldbaeh Master.
374 Monumental Frank E. Burnett Master.
375 Niagara Louis H. Frick Master.
376 Ontario Theodore A. Blake Master.
377 Rushville Ira E. Farnsworth * Master.
378 Bio Flats Samuel A. Minler S. Warden.
379 Oakland Daniel J. Gannon Master.
380 Murray William A. Mason Master.
381 Huguengt Hubbard R. Yetman Master.
382 Long Island James S. Lawson Master.
383 Aurora Fred W. Reynolds Master.
884 Cherry Creek Almon J. Abbey Master.
385 Weedsport Herbert T. Morrison Master.
386 Jordan Charles W. Laird Master.
387 La Fraternidad Enrique A I fanI Master.
388 Upper Lisle Wayne D. Valentine Master.
389 Margaretvillr Reuben L. Countrymen Master.
391 Salem Thomas R. Lewis Master.
392 Sodus Abram C. Shaw Master.
393 Waddington J. Edgar McKee Master.
394 Corleskill Edward H. Van Ness Master.
895 Amrer John H.Dewey Master.
396 Deposit Charles H. Stiles Master.
397 Ivy Charles W. Ufford Master.
398 Home William B. Webster Master.
399 Maine Irving D. Brougham Master.
400 Van Rensselaer Martin E. Brimmer Master.
402 Crescent J. Castree Williams Master.
403 Greenpoint Gustav Knocke Master.
404 Constellation Philip S. Goodwin Master.
406 Humanity Charles P. Williams Master.
407 Waverly Fred W. Genung Master.
408 City Harry A. Moore Master.
409 Commonwealth Arthur L. Wright Master.
410 La Clements Am. Cos Jules Moire Master.
411 Candor Dyar Eastman Master.
412 Hoffman Isidor Budwig Master.

413 West Star John Wolf Master.
414 Surira George F. Scrlba Master.
415 Pulaski Hermann S. Killam Master.
416 Wayne J. 8eldon Brandt Master.
417 Wadsworth John Henry Smith Master.
418 Mosaic Oliver Cairns Master.
419 Arcade Andrew J. Langmade Master.
430 New London Thomas W. Lauther Master.
421 Genga Casper Fenner Master.
422 Frontier City Burton P. Porter Master.
423 Herkimer Judson Bridenbecker Master.
425 Warrensrdroh William F. Wilkinson Master.
426 Northfield John B. Bacon Master.
427 Cascade William B. Faulk Master.
428 High Falls John P. Haines Master.
429 Gloversville Henry J. Anthony Master.
430 Star or Hope William N. Sauerbrle Master.
431 Acrcrn John T. Blakley Master.
432 Rhinereck William C Ackert Master.
433 Fort Plain Fred F. Smith ..Master.
434 Hiawatha Theodore Taylor Master.
435 Otseningo H. Carl Hardie Master.
437 Wamponamon George H. Cleveland Master.
438 Marathon Alex. C. Robacher Master.
439 Delhi J. Henry Arbuckle Master.
440 Vienna Alfred B. Christian Master.
441 Ancient Landmarks George H. Woolley Proxy.
442 Windsor Leslie H. English Master.
444 Sherrurne Edward N. Smith S. Warden.
445 Cassia Benjamin Levinger Master.
446 Oltmans Alfred Dresduer Master.
447 Franklin Henry Sulzbacber Master.
449 Hiram Cyrus Evers Master.
450 Rising Star Isaac H. Venn Master.
451 Delta James W. Sawyer Master.
452 Ancient Citt William Wensley Master.
453 Clinton James R. Brennen Master.
454 Kane George J. Jackson Master.
455 Newport .'...James W. Greene S. Warden.
456 Senate Loren Parkhurst Master.
457 Harlem Charles E. Halgbt Master.
458 Shekomeko William A. Silvernail Master.
459 Urrana Maurice A. Hoyt Master.
461 Yew Tree Clarence A. Douden Master.
462 Attica Henry S. Austin Master.
463 Lamoka Charles E. Shafer Master.
464 Downsville Harlen H. Hawks Master.
466 Oneonta Charles J. Beams Master.
467 Greenwich Charles L. Francisco Master.
468 Catskill J. Rodney Magee S. Warden
470 Cortlandville Vern Coville Master.
471 Tompkins William L. Hawkins Master.
472 Dryden Earl E. Akinson Master.
473 White Plains D. Austin 8niffen Master.
474 Belmont Harlen C. Vanderhoef Master.
475 Batavia Oreu C. Steele Master.
476 Fairfort Thomas J. Bridges Master.
477 Wildwood MottMeldrin Master.
478 Dansville Dewitt M. Cole 8. Warden.
479 Etolian Alex. G. Colby Master.
480 Werotock William H. Tempieton Master.
481 Camrridge Vallrt Frank Richardson Master.
482 Richfield Sprjnos Melvln F. Hoke Master.
483 Zerrdatha Charles Stewart Master.
484 Colomrian Thomas Roberts Master.
485 Stella Alfred J. Jupp Master.
486 Ionic James H. Roberts Master.
487 Tecumseh C. Wesley Orr Master.
488 Corinthian L. Henry Herman Master.
489 Manahatta Oliver H. La Barre Proxy.
490 Pyramid William J. Carson Master.
491 Schoharie Valley Albert A. Rickard Master.
492 Wtomino Henry A. Murphy Master.
493 South Side Joseph T. Losee Master.
494 Jephtha Edgar P. Bunce Master.
496 Groton William D. Baldwin Master.
497 Glen Dalr Frank A. Griswold Master.
498 De Molat Edward D. Peters Master.
499 Deer River L. L. Dewey Proxy.
500 Hermon Michael H. Kallder Master.
501 Stracurr John P. Listman Master.
504 Montgomery William C. Bradley Master.
505 Northern Light William H. Robinson Master.
506 Rodman Jacob H. Hughes Master.
507 Genesee Falls Milbury Van Valkenburg Master.
508 Herschel Samuel Pashly Master.
509 Lindenwald Alfred R. Ostrom Master.
510 LrBERTY Edwin S. Brown Master.
511 Kings County Henry H. Kracke Master.
512 Humroldt Moritz Barin Master.
513 Massena Justin B. Andrews Master.
514 Zion Mason H. Holmwood Master.
515 Butternuts Charles F. Busbne1 1 Master.
516 Park Henry Holding Master.
517 Frontier Albert 8. Barnes Master.
519 Architect August Braun, Jr Master.
520 Salt Springs William G. Williams Master.
521 Callicoon Valentine Scheidell Master.
522 Skaneateles William Wright Master.
523 Normal Louis A. Pellon Master.
534 Morning Star Frank W. Knapp Master.
535 Liverpool Charles J. Bretzer Master.
526 Henrietta Homer E. Benedict Master.
527 Akron Joseph L. Wilder J. Warden.
528 Monitor William A. Wylie S. Warden.
529 Mountain Thomas Cryne Master.
531 Fultonville George M. Albot Master.
532 Monticrllo H. Lynden Hatch Master.
533 Round Hill Dorr W. Hardy Master.
534 Tioga William L. Bettes Master.
535 Americub George M. Brosboll Master.
536 Nassau William 8chroeder, Jr Master.
537 Gramerot Alfred J. Weber Master.
538 Weester William F. Kittleberger Master.
539 Fayette Henry W. Yakely Master.
540 Hill Grove Alexander F. Higbie Master.
541 Brasher William H. Capell. Proxy.
543 Gariraldi Francesco d'AIessanrtro Master.
543 Triluminar Joseph R. Stewart Master.
544 Warsaw Charles W. Many Proxy.
545 Copernicus Friedrich Grenz Master.
546 Jamaica Isaac N. Failor Master.
547 Cameron Mills Henry Bartlett Master.
548 Laurens James Harrison Master.
549 Warsaw Harry J. Ward Master.
550 Hanniral Clarence^B. Brower Master.
551 Ransomville H. S. Ransom Master.
552 Hancock Adam C. Bleck Master.
553 Farmers Albert A. Lull Master.
554 Working Charles E. Nichols Proxy.
555 Diamond William Johnstone Master.
556 North Bangor Ward H. Barnum Master.
557 James M. Austin John H. Sanford Master.
558 Andover Vernon L. Egglestine Master.
559 Walton Charles A. Bartow Master.
560 Wolcott Arthur M. Jurden Master.
561 Delaware Charles G. Curtis Master.
562 Franklin Henry R. Bradley Master.
563 Cornucopia Charles C. Downing Master.
564 Sandt Creek Le Roy F. Hollis Master.
565 Guiding Star John B. Rae Master.
566 Russell J. C. Smith Proxy.
567 Argyle William F. Cowen Master.
568 St. Cecils George Johnston Master.
569 Greenwood Ernest W. Stratmaun Master.
570 Avon Springs James D. Anderson Master.
571 Cojur de Lion Erwin Mould Master.
572 Mt. Hermon . .William H. Sawyer Master.
573 Dr Petster Thad. P. Day 8. Warden.
574 BEDroBD Albert Merritt Master.
575 l) live Herbert H. Corbett Master.
576 Fessler Edward Lauger Master.
577 Elk George C. Munsou Muster.
578 Fayetteville Hirain L. Avery Master.
579 Portvillk Harry C. Holeomb Master.
580 Glen Cove William H. Weeks Master.
581 Winfield Arthur J. Hose Master.
583 Wawarsing Matthew Van Keuven Master.
583 I'rattsbukuh John H. La Grauge Master.
584 Ashlar Grant, J. Tefft Master.
585 Cosmopolitan Martin Luther Frescoln Master.
58 i I -us i, CiTT Raymond J. Taylor Master.
587 Ahwaga Del Ray A. Cameron Master.
588 Ulorr Morton Bishop Proxy.
589 Ramapo Samuel Hart Master.
590 Roue Valorus Ellinwood Proxy.
591 Llion Victor C. Lewis Master.
592 Scuenevus Valley Theodore Kuapp Master.
594 Alden Frank L. Barnet Master.
595 Sourates Andrew Wolf Master.
598 Hopewell Watson I. Wintermule Master.
597 Westehn Light Edward L. Teed Master.
598 Tarernacle ..Louis A. Goettler. . ... Master.
599 Kennyetto David D. Crouse Master.
000 Evangelist George B. Roane S. Warden.
601 Altai it John J. MacCrum Master.
002 Adirondack John H. Demlng Master.
603 Astor Henry D. Downs . Master.
604 Perfect Ashlar Leon Sanders Master.
605 Tieunderrah Perry D. Foote Master.
606 Masonville Frank L. Ostrander Master.
607 Hudson River Nathan S.Taylor Master.
608 Lessing Charles S. Koehler...„ Master.
610 Ivanhor Charles H. Stoddard Master.
611 St. Johnsville James H. Healy Master.
612 Hillsdale Richard L. Cannon Master.
613 Cleveland Charles T. Whitney Master.
614 Newark Valley Fred W. Witte Master.
615 Stissino William Bostwick Master.
616 Cazengvia Edward C. Covell Master.
617 Teutonia Edmund A. Kolb Master.
618 Tyrian George H. Klages Master.
619 Eagle Truman S. Stevens Master.
620 Clinton F. Paior Charles S. Phillips Master.
622 Central Square George L. Webb Master.
624 Sharon Springs J. Spencer Hyney Master.
625 Fraternal Fred J. Velzy Master.
626 Franklinvillr David A.Owen Master.
627 Wallkill A. Otto Zwalius Master.
n-js Citizens J. Howland Paton Master.

629 Ggethe George Rhein S. Warden.
630 Gilroa Peter J. Richtmyer Master.
631 Girakd Louis N. Donnatin Master.
633 Richville Frank A. Rich Master.
634 Scotia Alexander H. Burgess Master.
635 Advance John F. H. Landwehr Master.
636 Manual Casper A. Georg Master.
637 Rising Light Ferd C. Reed Master.
638 Crystal Wave J. Henry Ru we Master.
639 Somerset Harry R. Bennett Master.
640 Adytum Frederick Bryne Master.
641 Copestonr James S. Kennedy Master.
642 Knickerrocker James £. Hardenbergh Master.
643 Daniel Carpenter Charles H. Grube Master.
645 Riverhrad George M. Vail Master.
646 Red Jacket Frederick M. Williams Master.
647 Mistletge Robert E. A. L'Estrange. . u Master.
648 Centreville Irving A. McKiuley Master.
649 McClellan Charles Marlatt Master.
650 Amrot John J. Burllngame Master.
651 True Craftsman's Arthur A. Alexander Master.
653 MamAB- Joseph W. Simons Master.
654 Emanuel Felix Flateau Master.
655 Bunting Walter H. Clayton Master.
656 Euclid Edward Hodges Proxy.
657 Livingston Joshua Snowden Master.
658 Morrisvillr Lynn B. Chase Master.
659 South Otselic Charles H. Woodley Master.
660 Rochester Charles P. Shirley Master.
661 Beethoven Oscar Cahn Master.
662 Camrridge Patrick J. Cochlin Master.
663 Middleeurgh Charles E. White Master.
664 Amicarle Bert Perry Master.
665 Macedon Beal M. Smith S. Warden.
666 Dover Horatio S. Benson Master.
667 Cuukchville Seneca J. Egelstou Master.
669 Port Letden C. Howard Miller Master.
670 Star Edward B. Manchester J. Warden.
671 Wappingers W. Rowland Blythe Master.
672 AmENLA George H. Bierce Master.
673 Avoca Murray Thompson Master.
674 Gratitude Edwin S. Comstock Master.
675 Yates George S. Webber ..Master.
676 Schuyler David Cromie Master.
677 Reuses Edwin Hughes Master.
678 Seawanhaka Joseph H. Pearce Master.
679 iEoNiAN A. Raborg Hunt Master.
680 Victor William C. Ralston Master.
681 Caroline Le Roy McWhorter Master.
882 Nunda Station A. Grant Stockweather Master.
(184 Berne Winfleld S. Schoonmaker Master.
687 Oswegatchie Robert Parmelee Master.
688 Depacville Prescot D. Patch Master.
689 What Cheer Malcomb C. Judson Master.
690 Repurlic Alexander Brough Master.
691 Meridian Edward S. Clock Master.
692 De Ruyter George A. Spaulding Master.
693 Kedemah Richard A. Austin Master.
694 Blazing Star Edward K. Emery Master.
695 Alcyone George Edwin Bartow Master.
696 Peacock George A. Chase J. Warden.
697 Faxton Edward C. Hare Master.
698 Herder Rudolph H. Doscher Master.
699 Harmonic Martin H. Blecher Master.
700 AquilA George A. Holsapple Master.
701 Beacon Light William Horton Master.
702 Marrle Allen Castle Master.
703 Gavel William H. Taubert Master.
704 Tuscan Otto Miller Master.
705 Acacian Myron E. Gray Master.
706 Cincinnatus A. Ray Baldwin Master.
707 Mount Horee Angus J. Wood Master.
708 Kisco Harrison T. 81osson Master.
709 Merchants John Schumacher Master.
710 Ridgewood Charles A. Du Moulin, Jr Master.
01 Standard James R. Sutherland Master.
712 Pelham Harry T. Booth Master.
03 Social Frank Hincher Master.
714 Wiei.and Philip Jaeger Master.
715 Iroquois William W. Wilson Master.
06 Horasco Blin S. Cushman Master.
717 Orion Harry V. Raymond, Jr Master.
718 Adonai Martin G. Schantz Master.
719 Acanthus Frank W. Donnelly Master.
720 Pisgah Stephen N. Gould Master.
721 Jerusalem Temple James Lord Master.
722 Germania Henry D. Wachtler Master.
723 Rockland William B. Hand Master.
724 Ancient Gustavus A. Mooney Master.
725 Southern Light L. C. Colgi ove S. Warden.
736 Cautious David M. Newitt. Master.
727 Charitt Frederick E. Styles Master.
728 Alma Frederick Hohenthal Master.
729 College PorNT Morris L. Strauss Master.
730 New Hope Elmer L. Beecher Master.
731 Sunnyside William Morrison Master.
732 Ezel Ammiel F. Decker Master.
733 Bethel Charles A. Ferguson Master.
734 Veritas Joseph Baum Master.
735 Uhland August Ehser Master.

736 Nepperhan William C. Prime Master.
737 Guttenrerg John A. Lehmann Master.
738 Mizpah Walter J. Lake Master.
739 Radiant Alphonse W. Welner Master.
740 Allemania Herman Laudermann Master.
741 Social Friendship Martenus Mulder Master.
743 8tar op Cura Phil. T. Lutz Proxy.
743 Maihonides Samuel Qoldbach Master.
744 Pentalpha Seymour G. Best Master.
745 Stuttesant Edwin Smith Master.
746 Roome Theodore C. Lefevre Master.
747 Sanctorum William T. Jobson Muster.
748 Lincoln Philip H. Kransch Master.
749 Fellowship Christopher McCoy Master.
750 Shakespeare William Goldsticker Proxy.
751 La Universal Laureano Tuero Master.
752 Naphthali Albert Behning Master.
753 Justice Charles Glenn Master.
754 N-An Frank S. Lape Master.
755 Savona Willis J. Crunling Master.
756 Aurora Grata Edward M. Healy Master.
757 Silver Claude Dairym pie Master.
758 Covenant Charles E. Brown Master.
759 Oatka Le Roy M. Slocum Master.
760 Klopstock Albert M. Roehrig Master.
761 Maple Grove Charles S. White Master.
763 Centennial Silas Musliner Master.
764 Savannah Albert Reed Master.
765 Von Mensoh William Schneider Master.
766 Occidental Frederick Seisser Master.
767 Dunkirk Horace C. Pentecost Master.
768 Sapphire Vernon D. Kasson Master.
769 Anthon William H. Friday Proxy.
770 Golden Rule William H. Robinson Master.
771 Solon Fredrick Kleinschmidt Master.
772 Rescue Siduey D. Swinton Master.
774 Lansing Dolphus C. Mosher Master.
775 Mount Leeangn Hart D. Beach Master.
776 Reliance James D. Torrey... Master.
777 Restoration Emmet Colvin Master.
778 Livonia Scott L. McNinch Master.
779 Clio William H. Wood Master.
780 Henrt Renner Shep. L. VIbbard Master.
781 Canasrkaga John D. Beecher Master.
782 Triune John G. Moller Master.
784 Kinc Hiram Frederic V. Webster Master.
785 Niagara River Henry B. Eshclman Master.
786 Italia Nicholas Conforti Master.
787 Gasport Andrew J. Underbill Master.
788 Fortune Hoyt R. Hibbard Master.
789 White Face Mountain. . .John C. Little Muter.
790 Tahawcs Jerome M. Stickney Master.
791 Livingston Manor Orion N. Sprague Master.
792 Minerva John Doddridge Master.
793 Barylon Benjamin B. Wood Master.
794 Mount Defiance Charles A. Hunt Master.
795 Whitnrt's Point Fred E. Walter Master.
796 Dolgevtlle Albert J. Sautmier Master.
797 Frank R. Lawrence Henry R. East Master.
798 Dat Star Thomas Johnstone, Jr Master.
799 Oriskant August H. Merrill Master.
800 Apawamis Frederick G. Koch Master.
801 Sidney Francis F. Bowen Master.
802 Onondaga Thomas R. Baker Master.
S08 Kedron Francis Kaley Master.
804 Onesquethau Edward J. Sherman Master.
805 Corinthian Temple. Lorin E. Mason Master.
806 Matinecock Edward P. Waldrou Master.
807 Mount Taror Dayton E. Slater Master.
808 Oltmpia Harry G. Heyson Master.
809 Uriel Hiram A. Whitter Master.
810 Maohias Homer E. Pratt Master.
811 Berean James L. Merritt Master.
812 Arion John P. Barse Master.
813 Herron Harry S. Thwaites Master.
814 Sconondoa Fred H. Merry Master.
815 John Hodge David H. Conley Master.
816 Monoaup John M. Hall Master.
817 Sterling Edward E. Adams Master.
818 Melrose Joseph W. Weir Master.
819 Composite Berthold Schnurer Master.
820 On Da Wa R. George Scott Master.
821 Bethany Milton M. McGruer Master.
822 Massafequa Eugen F. McKinley Master.
823 Deprw William Lutz Master.
824 Mazzini Francesco Ughetta Master.
825 Kilwinning Thomas R. Fleming Master.
826 Sutherland Maurice N. Bingham Master.
827 Harlem Vallet Henry F. Blessing Master.
828 Plattsrurgh Wm. H. Chappel Master.
829 Welcome Richard Peck Master.
830 Eunice Archibald K. Fowler Master.
831 James Ten Etck Ira E. McLane Master.
832 Halcyon David H. McKenzie Master.
833 Adoniram Clare Willard Master.
834 Lake Placid Benjamin W. Lewis Master.
835 Highland Charles R. Riselay Master.
836 Sandalphon Albert H. Collins Master.
837 Hesperus Will J. Davy Master.
838 CoHNKTquoT Julius Hauser Master.
839 Athelstane Abram J. Hopper Master.
840 William McKinley Ascber Morris Proxy.
841 Agawamuce George W. Vedder Master.
842 Transportation George Gustavus Street Master.
843 Star of tur East Tenuis R. Barns Master.
844 Radium Fred B. Horton Master.
845 Ganskvoort Henry C. Thompson Master.
846 Buffalo Charles E. Eisele Master.
847 Mt. Arar Almon T. Clarke, Jr Master.
EDWARD M. L. EHLERS, )
FREDERICK E. BLAKE, t Commitke.
CORTLANDT N. GAVITTEi )
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.
M.\ W.\ James Ten Eyok, from the Committee on Finance,

presented the report of said Committee, which was received and
its recommendations adopted.
To the Grand Lod9e:

The Committee on Finance recommend that the following appropria
tions be made :
For the salary of the Grand Pursuivant. $400 00
Tiler 400 00
Lecturer .. 2,400 00
" " " " Secretary . 5,400 00
JAMES TEN EYCK, )
GEORGE J. JACKSON, \ Committee.
D. AUSTIN SNIFFEN, )
R.\ W.\ Frank Mehz, District Deputy Grand Master of the

Fortieth Masonic District, having been called away on important
business, the Grand Master appointed K.\ W.\ Clarence A.
Slone in his stead.
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF FIVE

PAST GRAND MASTERS.
M.\ W.\ J. Edward Simmons, from the Special Committee
of Five Past Grand Masters, presented the report of said Com
mittee, which was received, its recommendations adopted and
so much as call for amendments to the Book of Constitutions
and Rules of Ordar, referred to the Committee on Consti
tution.
To the Grand Lod9e:
The Special Committee appointed at the last Annual Communication
of the Grand Lodge under the following resolution :
" Resolved, That the Special Committee of five Past Grand Masters
be continued in service during the year, under instructions to investigate
the bookkeeping and accounting of all departments of Grand Lodge, with
authority to employ such expert service as may be necessary, the expense
of same to be paid upon warrant drawn on the Grand Treasurer,"
beg leave to report that they have given the matters referred to them much
consideration and, with the aid of an expert accountant, they have made
a thorough investigation of the office of Grand Secretary, where all the
accounts of the Grand Lodge center. They have also examined the ac
counts of the Grand Treasurer, the Trustees of the Hall and Asylum
Fund, and of the Trustees of the Permanent Fund.
System of Accounting.
Your Committee find the present system of accounts has been in opera
tion for some years ; nevertheless, we do not believe it wise to continue a
system that affords opportunity for wrong doing. Through a liberal
construction of the constitution, in regard to the duties of the Grand
Secretary, and those of the Grand Treasurer, we find that the Grand
Secretary has assumed many of the duties of the Grand Treasurer, and
thus the office of Grand Treasurer is not the important position which
the makers of the constitution intended it to be.
While the affairs of Grand Lodge may go safely on for a long term
of years by allowing its functions to be practically performed by one
officer, the others being, as it might truly be said, titular officers only, still
a time may come by reason of neglect or a mistaken notion of economy
of administration, when the craft may regret its neglect to hold each of
its officers to a strict compliance with the law.
The Constitution.
The Constitution of the Grand Lodge, in defining the duties of the
Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary, is explicit in detailing the same.
In Section 29 it is provided that:
" It shall be the duty of the Grand Treasurer to take charge of all
the funds, securities and vouchers of the Grand l-odge, depositing the
funds (and securities) in the name of the Grand Lodge, payable on his
order as Grand Treasurer, in some depository to be approved by the
Grand Master ; to pay all orders duly drawn under the laws or special
direction of the Grand Lodge, when certified to by the Grand Secretary."
Grand Secretary.
Among the duties of the Grand Secretary enumerated under Section
30, paragraph 5, are :
" To receive and keep a proper account of all moneys of the Grand
Lodge, with the date of their receipt, and pay over the same promptly
to the Grand Treasurer, taking his receipt therefor."
This makes the Grand Secretary a receiving officer, but not a dis
bursing officer, except of such funds as may be placed in his hands by the
Grand Treasurer, by resolution of the Grand Lodge.
It has been the custom of the Grand Secretary to receive all moneys
and to deposit the same to his credit as Grand Secretary, and from time
to time to draw warrants against these deposits in favor of the Grand
Treasurer.
The Committee recommend that the Constitution, which requires
that the Grand Secretary " pay over promptly to the Grand Treasurer "
all moneys received by him, be observed, and that the Grand Secretary
rrouiptly deposit the same to the account of the Grand Treasurer, instead
of to his own account as Grand Secretary, and that he notify the Grand
Treasurer of the deposits made, and the proportions of said deposits
which are payable to the Trustees of the Hall and Asylum Fund and to
Grand Lodge accounts ; and that all moneys specifically appropriated by
the Grand Lodge for the use of the Grand Secretary be kept by that
officer in a separate account, for which he shall render a statement at the
close of the year.
Board of Trustees of the Hall and Asylum Fund. ,

The Board of Trustees of the Hall and Asylum Fund, being an
incorporated body, and its members being liable under the law for any
loss of funds placed in their possession, it seems to your Committee that
this Board can do the work of the Standing Committee on Hall and Asy
lum Fund and also of the Trustees of the Permanent Fund with satisfac
tory efficiency with less complication aiid with greater safety. We, there
fore, recommend that the Standing Committee of the Hall and Asylum
Fund and the Board of Trustees of the Permanent Fund be abolished,
and that the fund designated as the " Permanent Fund " be turned over
to the Trustees of the Hall and Asylum Fund. Separate accounts for the
Permanent Fund may be kept by the Trustees of the Hall and Asylum
Fund, so that the use of said fund may be restricted as it now is under
Section 45 of the Constitution.
We would also recommend that the Committee on Accounts be
abolished and that a Standing Committee of Audit be appointed whose
duty shall be to audit and examine annually the accounts and books of
the Trustees of the Hall and Asylum Fund, Grand Treasurer and Grand
Secretary, and make an annual report to Grand Lodge. This Committee
shall have power to employ an accountant and to draw upon the Grand
Treasurer to pay for his services.
In making these recommendations, your Committee have in view the
attainment of the following ends, viz. :
That a modern system of accounting for each department of the
Grand Lodge be adopted.
That the Grand Secretary's duties, as named in the Constitution, be
all the duties imposed on him.
That the responsibilities of the Grand Treasurer be assumed en
tirely by that officer.
That the Board of Trustees of the Hall and Asylum Fund assume
' entire control over its property, funds, stores, and the management of its
subordinates.
As the disbursements of the Board of Trustees of the Hall and
Asylum Fund will probably approximate $200,000 annually, it seems
wise at this time that the best system that can be devised of accounting
both for its moneys and for it supplies be established.
In order to render effective these recommendations, the Committee
offer the following amendments to the Constitution :
Resolved, That Section 45 of the Constitution be amended by striking
out the words on the second line reading, " In a Board of Trustees de
nominated the Trustees," and all of the third and fourth lines reading,
" of the permanent fund consisting of the Grand Master, Deputy Grand
Master, Grand Wardens and Grand Secretary," so that Section 45 of the
Constitution when amended will read as follows :
The Permanent Funds.
Sec. 45. The management of the permanent fund shall be vested
in the Board of Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund, and all
the invested funds of the Grand Lodge shall be placed under the manage
ment and stand in the names of the said Trustees, whose duty it shall
be to take the best measures for the security and increase of said fund,
and to invest, from time to time, as a majority may decide upon, all
moneys which shall come into the hands of the Grand Treasurer, after
paying salaries, representatives and rent, and after leaving in his hands,
for charitable and contingent purposes, such sum as the Grand Lodge
may from time to time direct. The said Trustees shall deposit in the
hands of the Grand Treasurer the securities and vouchers of the said in
vested funds, and shall not have the power to appropriate any part of the
fund without a vote of the Grand Lodge at an annual communication.
Also, Resolved, That Section 29 of the Constitution be amended by
striking out the word Permanent in the fifth line of paragraph 4 and
inserting Hall and Asylum Fund, so that the fourth paragraph will read,
when amended, as follows :
To report annually to the Grand Lodge the amount of his receipts
and expenditures by items, and from whom and when received, and to
whom and when paid, and the amount of securities in hi3 hands for funds
invested by the Trustees of the Hall and Asylum Fund.
Also, Resolved, That Section 29 of the Constitution be amended as
follows : By striking out the word " an " in the second line of the fifth
paragraph, and inserting the word " the ;" also, by striking out in the
fourth line all after the word " office," and also all of the fifth line, and
by adding to the article the following : He shall give to the Grand Secre
tary a receipt for all moneys deposited by that officer to the credit of the
Grand Treasurer's account, so that paragraph 5, when amended, will
read as follows, viz. :
To execute and file with the Grand Master an official bond with sureties
in the amount of $50,000, to be approved by the Grand Master, at the
commencement of each term of office, conditioned that he will pay or
deliver on demand to the Grand Lodge, or to his successor in office, all
funds and property of the Grand Lodge that shall come into his hands
as Grand Treasurer and remain unexpended, and that all moneys of the
Grand Lodge in excess of his official bond, which shall come into his
hands during his term of office, shall be paid by him to the Trustees of the
Hall and Asylum Fund. He shall give to the Grand Secretary a receipt
for all moneys by that officer to his account as Grand Treasurer.
The Committee also move to amend the Constitution by striking out
Section 46, and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to be known as
Section 46 :
Accounts of Grand Treasurer, Grand Seuretary and the Trus
tees of the Hall and Asylum Fund.
Resolved, That a Standing Committee of three Past Masters shall be
appointed annually by the Grand Master, to be called the Committee of
Audit, whose duty it shall be to examine and audit annually the accounts
of the Trustees of the Hall and Asylum Fund, the Grand Treasurer and
Grand Secretary, and nrake report at the annual communication of the
Grand Lodge.
The Audit Committee shall have power to employ an accountant and
to draw upon the Grand Treasurer for compensation for his services.
The Committee also move the following amendments to the rules of
order :
Resolved, That each department of the Grand Lodge, viz., the Grand
Secretary, the Grand Treasurer and the Trustees of the Hall and Asylum
Fund be equipped with only such clerical help as may be recommended
by the Committee of Audit and approved by the Grand Lodge, but that
no clerk employed in one department shall be employed in any other.
Resolved, That paragraph 13 of the rules of order be stricken out.
Resolved, That the rules of order and paragraphs thereof be ar
ranged in numerical order in accordance with these changes.
All of which is fraternally submitted,
J. EDWARD SIMMONS,
WILLIAM SHERER.
JOHN STEWART, \- Committee.
WILLIAM A. BRODIE,
JAMES TEN EYCK,
REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE OX GRAND MAS

TER'S ADDRESS.
W.\ Frank S. Logee, from the Special Committee on Grand

Master's Address, presented the following report, which was re
ceived and its recommendations adopted:
To the Grand Lodge:
The Special Committee appointed to sub-divide the address of the
Grand Master and refer its several matters to appropriate committees
beg to report :
1. That so much as relates to the Fraternal Dead be referred to the
Committee on Deceased Brethren.
2. That so much as relates to the establishment of new Lodges be
referred to the Committee on Charters.
3. That so much as relates to amendments to the Constitution be
referred to the Committee on Constitution.
4. That so much as relates to Perpetual Penal Jurisdiction tie re
ferred to the Committee on Jurisprudence.
5. That so much as relates to transportation be referred to the
same Committee to report at the next session of the Grand Ixidge.
6. That so much as relates to the German Masonic Temple and
Home be referred to the Committee on Hall and Asylum Fund.
7. That so much as relates to the appointment of a Committee for
the Tompkins Memorial Fund be referred to the Grand Master with
power.
8. That so much as relates to Clandestine Masonry and Legislation,
your Committee recommend that the action of the Grand Master in that
matter be approved.
9. That so much as relates to the Home at Utica be referred to the
Committee on Hall and Asylum Fund.
10. That so much as relates to the Knights Templars' Reception at
Madison Square Garden be referred to a Special Committee of Three to
recommend appropriate action.
11. That so much as relates to the Masonic Sanatorium for Con
sumptives be referred to the Committee on Hall and Asylum Fund.
FRANK S. LOGEE. )
ARTHUR J. BURCK, - Committee.
DANIEL R. HALL, )
R.\ W.\ Henry L. Redfield, District Deputy Grand Master

of the Second Masonic District; W.\ Alrert S. Rickard, Mas
ter of Schoharie Valley Lodge, No. 491, and W.\ George D.
Barrett, Master of Clyde Lodge, No. 341, were appointed a

special committee on the Knights Templars' Eeception.
On motion of M.\ W.\ John W. Vrooman, Past Grand
Master, the thanks of Grand Lodge were extended to the Special
Committee of Five Past Grand Masters for their work.
ELECTION OF GRAND OFFICERS.
The hour for the special order having arrived, the Grand
Lodge proceeded with the election of officers.
M.\ W.'. John Stewart, Past Grand Master, in the chair.
TELLERS.
W.\ Theodore C. Lefevre, Master Roome Lodge, No. 746.
W.\ Philip Elting, Master Kingston Lodge, No. 10.
W.\ Elon L. Schermerhorn, Master Newport Lodge, No. 455.
W.\ John A. Holland, Master Phillipstown Lodge, No. 236.
W.\ Ira E. McLane, Master James Ten Eyk Lodge, No. 831.
\V.\ Arthcr G. Goldrach, Master La SinceritG Lodge, No. 373.
W.\ Charles H. Stoddard, Master Ivanuoe Lodge, No. 610.
VW. Charles N. Green, Master Prince of Orange Lodge, No. 16.
W.\ Ralph L. Raphael, Master Fortitude Lodge, No. 19.
W7. Charles C. Downing, Master Cornucopia Lodge, No. 563.
W.\ George W. Cooper, Master Valley Lodge, No. 109.
VV.'. Harry A. Moore, Master City Lodge, No. 408.
M.\ W.\ Frank H. Rorinson was elected Grand Master by

acclamation.
R.\ W.\ Townsend Scudder was elected Deputy Grand
Master by acclamation.
R.\ W.\ S. Nelson Sawyer was elected Senior Grand War
den by acclamation.
R.\ W.\ Charles Smith was elected Junior Grand Warden
by acclamation.
R.\ W.\ Johx R. Gardner was elected Grand Treasurer by

acclamation, but declined the office.
R.\ W.\ Frederick P. Morris was elected Grand Treasurer
by acclamation.
M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Eh lers was elected Grand Secretary
by acclamation.
The Grand Master resumed the chair.
R.\ W.\ Frank E. Haff presented a proposed amendment
to Section 107, which was referred to the Committee on Con
stitution.
until this afternoon at one o'clock.
GRAND L0DQE, 1905. 221
The Grand Lodge resumed its session on Wednesday after

noon, May 3, a.d. 1905, a.l. 5905, at one o'clock.
Present M.\ W.\ Frank H. Rorinson, Grand Master.
Prayer by R.\ W.\ John Laurenheimer, Grand Lecturer.
The minutes of this morning's session were read and ap
proved.
M.\ W. •. John W. Vrooman, Past Grand Master, addressed
the Grand Lodge in reference to the children of the Home, and
presented the following resolutions, which were, on motion,
adopted :
Retolved, That voluntary contributions from individuals, Lodges,
Chapters, Commanderies and other Masonic bodies be invited and accepted
for two special purposes :
First. For the encouragement of good behavior and good scholarship
in the Masonic School at Utica, annual or biennial prizes be offered to
a certain number or to all of the children in the school. These prizes to
consist of a two days' trip to the City of New York, while the Grand
Lodge is in session. The name of each prize to be known and designated
as the " Masonic Home Merit Prize."
Second. For the further and higher encouragement of good behavior
and good scholarship, a certain number of prizes, say four or six, be offered
annually to boys and girls showing the highest percentage in point of
deportment and scholarship. These prizes to consist of the payment of
all expenses for a full course of study in a College, University, State
Normal School or other high grade educational institution offering to the
pupil a complete course in engineering, medicine, law, divinity or such
other profession or calling as may be decided upon. This particular
prize to be known and designated as the " Masonic Home Scholarship
Prize."
Third. Reiolved, That these resolutions be referred to a special
committee, consisting of the Most Worshipful Grand Master, the Trus
tees and Superintendent of the Masonic Home, with the suggestion that
they give this matter their best consideration, and report upon the resolu
tions in such manner as they may deem best for the interests of all con
cerned at the next Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge.
The Grand Master announced that Bill No. 1591, referred

to in his address to the Grand Lodge, had been signed by the
Governor of the State, and is now law, as follows:
AN ACT
To amend the penal code, in relation to obtaining by fraud or without
authority signatures to applications or property for degrees, secrets
or membership in secret fraternities.
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem
bly, do enact as follows:
new section to be numbered five hundred and sixty-seven-a, to read as
follows :
§ 567-a. Obtaining by fraud or without authority signature to appli
cations
ties.—Aorperson
property
who for degrees,
willfully by secrets
color sororaidmembership
of any falseintoken
secretor fraterni
writing,
or other false pretense or false statement, verbal or written, or without
authority of the Grand Lodge hereinafter mentioned, obtains the signa
ture of any person to any written application, or any money or
property for any alleged or pretended degree, or for any alleged or pre
tended secret work, or for any alleged or pretended secrets of, or mem
bership in any secret fraternal association, society, order or organization
having a Grand Lodge in this State, or in any subordinate lodge or body
thereof, is punishable by imprisonment for not more than three years or
by a fine to an amount not exceeding the value of the money or property
obtained, or by both.
$2. This act shall take effect September first, nineteen hundred
and five.
REPORT OP THE COMMITTEE ON CHARTERS.

W.\ Charles C. Plaesch, from the Committee on Charters,
its recommendations adopted.
To the Grand Lodge:
The Committee on Charters herewith respectfully submits its report
as follows :
In the matter of the petitions for the establishment of Lodges, viz. :
Marshal1, at the City and County of New York ;
North Woods, at Old Forge, in the County of Herkimer ;
Garfield, at Ravena, in the County of Albany ;

Lake Shore, at Brocton, in the County of Chautauqua ;
George W. White, at Brooklyn, in the County of Kings ;
said Lodges having complied with the constitutional requirements, we
recommend that charters be granted.
We recommend, however, that the name of said George W. White
Lodge be changed to East New York Lodge and that the name of said
Oarfield Lodge be changed to Russell Lodge.
In the matter of the petition of Berean Lodge, No. 811, located at
Cattaraugus, in the County of Cattaraugus, for a duplicate charter, the
original having been destroyed by fire, we recommend that said duplicate
charter be issued without fee.
CHARLES C. FLAESCH,
GEORGE H. ALVORD,
WARD K. ANGEVINE,
ROBERT MILLER, JR.,
EMIL STOLL, r Committee.
CHARLES A. DYCKMAN,
ALBERT MERRITT,
CHARLES E. WHITE,
WILLIAM C. PRIME,
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION OF APPEALS.

R.\ W.\ Joseph J. Little, Chief Commissioner, presented
the report of the Commission of Appeals, which was received
and ordered printed in the Proceedings.
To the Grand Lod9e:
The Commission of Appeals beg leave to fraternally report that they
have not been called on to consider a single case at this session of the
Grand Lodge; thus for a second time within a few years the brethren
have demonstrated their full ability to settle all matters of difference
without appeal to the Grand Lodge.
The Commission of Appeals desire to congratulate the Craft upon
this era of harmony and brotherly love, proving in such an emphatic man
ner how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in
uDity.
All of which is fraternally submitted,
JOSEPH J. LITTLE, Chief Commissioner.
J. HUNGERFORD SMITH, y
EDGAR C. EMERSON,
THOMAS PENNEY, Commissioners.
JERE T. DURHAM,
WALTER M. HAND,
BEPORT OF THE CUSTODIANS OF THE WORK.

R.\ W.\ William L. Swan, from the Custodians of tbe
Work, presented the report of said Custodians, which was re
ceived and its recommendations adopted.
To the Grand Lodge:
The Custodians of the Work report as follows :
First. That absolutely no change or alteration of any kind has been
made in the Esoteric Work, and that none therein is contemplated or
recommended.
Second. That the Grand Lecturer exemplified the " Work " com
mitted to him before this Committee prior to holding any conventions ; we
take pleasure in certifying that he has adhered loyally to the prescribed
•' Standard," and given entire satisfaction in all parts of this jurisdiction
because of his courteous and kindly manner in imparting the " Work."
Third. That no suggestion regarding what is known as the " Floor
Work " in the conferring of the three degrees in the lodge-room has ever
been made by us, it being deemed best to leave this matter to the discretion
of the Masters of the different Lodges.
Fourth. Since last December the new Monitor has been in the hands
of the Craft and passed through its probationary period. In compiling
it, the old Monitor was taken as the base from which to construct the
new: matter lacking therein was taken from recognized authorities, pains
being taken to have all parts conform to the " Standard." It is the result
of careful, patient and conscientious labor, but—like everything human—
is imperfect ; these imperfections are neither numerous nor important,
and a revision has been made of the portion relating to the three degrees,
in which work we have had the benefit of the experience and advice of the
Grand Lecturer, so that we feel sure that—when it shall be issued—it
will merit the cordial approval of the Craft.
The next issue of the Monitor will contain the old Burial or Funeral
service and the address relative to the Holy Bible, both of which, the
Grand Lecturer informs us, are desired by a large number of brethren.
That portion of the new Monitor which relates to ceremonies to be
performed by the Grand Master and his associates was taken—for the
most part—from the printed " Proceedings " of past years, or from copies
(courteously placed at our disposal by the Grand Secretary) which had
been already used by Grand Lodge officials. As we are informed that
this part of the book is susceptible of improvement, we purpose conferring
with the Grand Master on this subject, to the end that the revised
Monitor may be as near correct as possible, and a complete and satisfac
tory " Vade Mecum."
In this connection we recommend that, when the revised Monitor is
issued, those who own copies of the present edition shall be permitted to
exchange them therefor without additional charge on surrendering those
now in their possession.
GRAND LODGE, 1905. 22f)
Fifth. Regarding the use of a " Dummy " in the Third Degree,
which was referred to us, we take this opportunity of saying that the
custom is disapproved, and hope that the Grand Lodge will take such
action at this session as will lead to its abrogation. We are informed that
many brethren throughout the State have expressed their opinions on this
subject, and hope that the practice will be suppressed. No objection or
criticism regarding the wearing of costumes by those who legitimately
participate in the work has ever, to our knowledge, been made, and we
see no reason why Lodges may not be permitted to use them if they sn
desire, providing the Standard Work is strictly followed.
We recommend the adoption of the following resolution, viz. :
Resolved, That the use of a " Dummy " in conferring the Third De
gree, or the substitution of any brother or object in any part thereof for
one actually having the degree conferred on him, is hereby prohibited.
In conclusion, we would like to have it impressed on the mind of
every member of our Fraternity that the Custodians are, and ever will be,
glad to receive suggestions which are offered in a kindly and helpful
spirit ; all such will receive courteous and careful consideration, and
may be the means of bringing about much that will be beneficial to those
most interested in the result of their labors.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM L. SWAN,
AUGUST EICKELBERG,
JAMES A. BECKETT, f Custodians.
OSCAR F. LANE,
J. WILLIAM PROUSE,

until to-morrow morning at nine o'clock.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
The Grand Lodge resumed its session on Thursday morning,

May 4, a.d. 1905, a.l. 5905, at nine o'clock.
Present: M.\ W.\ Frank H. Rorinson, Grand Master.

Prayer by R.\ W.\ James W. Ashton, Grand Chaplain.
The minutes of yesterday afternoon's session were read and
approved.
The following letter from M.\ W.\ Charles W. Mead, Past
Grand Master, was read :
Alrany, N. Y., May 3, 1903.
M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers,
Dear Brother Ehlers: Graciously present to the brethren of the
Grand Lodge my most cordial and fraternal greetings, and the expression
of my deep regret and keen disappointment that the performance of
legislative duties here will deprive me of the pleasure of meeting with
them at this annual Communication.
Sincerely and fraternally yours,
CHARLES W. MEAD.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CHARITY.

R.\ W.\ John R. Gardner, from the Committee on Charity,
its recommendation adopted.
To the Grand Lodge:
Your Committee on Charity hereby reports that but one application
for relief has been presented.
The petitioner is a worthy one, and entitled to assistance, and we

therefore recommend that the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) be
donated for the relief of the widow of a certain Past Grand Lodge offi
cer, payable quarterly by the Grand Treasurer.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTION.
M.\ W.\ John Stewart, from the Committee on Constitu

tion, presented the report of said Committee, which was re
ceived, its recommendations adopted, and the proposed amend
ments to the Constitution adopted so far as could be done at one
annual communication.
To the Grand Lodge:
The amendments to the Constitution are many and require your
careful consideration.
First. In 1904 the Grand Lodge, upon recommendation of the Com
mittee on Constitution, adopted the following :
Third. In the matter of proposed abrogation of Rule of Order No.
14, which provides for a committee of one from each Masonic District
before whom the Grand Lecturer shall exhibit the Standard Work, your
Committee would recommend the abrogation of this rule, and amend Sec
tion 3 of the Constitution, and insert after the word " fund " the words
" custodians of the work."
This seems to have been an error. We therefore recommend to strike
out Sub-division 14 of Rule of Order XII., and renumber remaining Sub
divisions so as to read consecutively from 1 to 16.
Second. Your Committee believe that the amendment suggested by
the Grand Master is both timely and useful, and recommend its adop
tion. As amended the section will read as follows :
" Sec. 42. The use of any written or printed, or written and printed,
ritual of Work and Lectures by the Lodges or brethren of this jurisdiction
is absolutely prohibited."
Third. In the matter of the amendment of Article XVII., Section
107, your Committee find that this is an adjustment of jurisdiction which
is simply local, and as the brethren affected by the change are more
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competent to judge what is best for their interests, your Committee

recommend the adoption of the amendment.
ARTICLE XVII. CANDIDATES, JURISDICTION OVER.
Section 107. The jurisdiction of a Lodge over candidates for initia
tion extends over all persons residing nearer to it by an air line than to
any other Lodge within the jurisdiction, except that if there be more
than one Lodge in a city or village, those Lodges shall have concurrent
jurisdiction ; and, except that Lodges in the Boroughs of Manhattan.
Brooklyn and the Bronx, City of New York, shall have concurrent juris
diction. Lodges within the Borough of Richmond, City of New York,
shall exercise exclusive concurrent jurisdiction over all persons residing
in the said Borough, and each Lodge in the Borough of Queens, City of
New York, shall exercise exclusive jurisdiction over all persons residing
nearer to it by an air line than to any other Lodge, except that the
Lodges within the former City of Long Island City, designated as the
First Ward of the Borough of Queens,- City of New York, as at present
constituted, shall have concurrent jurisdiction.
The jurisdiction of the Lodges in the City of Troy, as at present
constituted, shall remain as prior to the annexation of the Village of
Lansingburg.
The jurisdiction of the Lodges in the City of Buffalo, as at present
constituted, shall be limited to candidates residing in the said city.
Fourth. Your Committee invite the attention of the Grand Lodge to
a proposed amendment to Article XVII., Sections 108 and 109, for the
reason that it is the restoration of a law formerly a part of our Con
stitution. While it may cause some inconvenience to the individual seek
ing membership, your Committee is of the opinion that the change
would prove beneficial to the Craft. The effect of this amendment is to re
quire a four months' residence within the jurisdiction of the Lodge on the
part of the petitioner. Amend Article XVII., Section 108, to read as
follows :
A Lodge shall not initiate any candidate who is a resident of the
State of New York, unless he has been such resident for twelve months
next preceding the date of the petition for such initiation, and for four
months a resident within the jurisdiction of the Lodge to which he peti
tions ; and no Lodge shall initiate any candidate who is not a resident of
the State of New Y'ork, and has not beeu a resident of its jurisdiction
for at least four months, without consent of the Lodge under the jurisdic
tion of which such candidate resides, or has last previously resided ;
provided, however, this section shall not apply to persons in the United
States military or naval service.
Amend Article XVII., Section 109, by inserting after the sixth ques
tion an additional question, as follows :
" Have you resided in the town, village or city in which you now re
side for four months last past? "
Fifth. It has been suggested that the following amendment be
offered by your Committee to Section 47 of Article VII. by striking out
from the second line thereof the words " Grand Pursuivant."
GRAND LODQE, 1905. 229
The object of this amendment is to make the office of Grand Pursui
vant an honorary and not a salaried position. Experience has demon
strated that the Grand Tiler can perform all the work connected with
his department. If this change be made, the Grand Lodge can, without
additional expense, compensate the Grand Tiler commensurate with his
services.
Sixth. During, the short space of time allotted at this session of the
Grand Lodge it could not be expected of the Committee on Constitution
to offer suggestions to the brethren of the Special Committee who have
had the various amendments under consideration for a whole year, and
which have been read in full. We therefore submit these amendments
without comment.
In order to render effective these recommendations, the Committee
offer the following amendments to the Constitution :
Resolved. That Section 45 of the Constitution be amended by strik
ing out the words on the second line reading, " In a Board of Trustees
denominated the Trustees," and all of the third and fourth lines reading,
" of the permanent fund consisting of the Grand Master, Deputy Grand
Master, Grand Wardens and Grand Secretary," so that Section 45 of the
Constitution when amended will read as follows :
The Permanent Funds.
Section 45. The management of the permanent funds shall be in
vested in the Board of Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund,
and all the invested funds of the Grand Lodge shall be placed under the
management and stand in the names of the said Trustees, whose duty it
shall be to take the best measures for the security and increase of said
funds, and to invest from time to time, as a majority may decide upon,
all moneys which shall come into the hands of the Grand Treasurer,
after paying salaries, representatives and rent, and after leaving in his
hands, for charitable and contingent purposes, such sum as the Grand
Lodge may from time to time direct. The said Trustees shall deposit in
the hands of the Grand Treasurer the securities and vouchers of the said
invested funds, and shall not have the power to appropriate any part of
the fund without a vote of the Grand Lodge at an annual communication.
Also, Resolved, That Section 29 of the Constitution be amended by
striking out the word Permanent in the fifth line of paragraph 4 and
inserting Hall and Asylum Fund, so that the fourth paragraph will read,
when amended, as follows :
To report annually to the Grand Lodge the amount of his receipts
and expenditures by items, and from whom and when received, and to
whom and when paid, and the amount of securities in his hands for
funds invested by the Trustees of the Hall and Asylum Fund.
Also, Resolved, That Section 29 of the Constitution be amended as
follows : By striking out the word " an " in the second line of the fifth
paragraph and inserting the word " the," also by striking out in the
fourth line all after the word " office," and also all of the fifth line, and
by adding to the article the following: He shall give to the Grand Secre
tary a receipt for all moneys deposited by that officer to the credit of the
Grand Treasurer's account, so that paragraph 5, when amended, will
read as follows, viz. :
To execute and file with the Grand Master an official bond with
sureties in the amount of $50,000, to be approved by the Grand Master,
at the commencement of each term of office, conditioned that he will pay
or deliver on demand to the Grand Lodge, or to his successor in office,
all funds and property of the Grand Lodge that shall come into his
hands as Grand Treasurer and remain unexpended, and that all moneys
of the Grand Lodge in excess of his official bond which shall come into
his hands during his term of office shall be paid by him to the Trustees
of the Hall and Asylum Fund. He shall give to the Grand Secretary a
receipt for all moneys deposited by that officer to his account as Grand
Treasurer.
The Committee also move to amend the Constitution by striking out
Section 46, and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to be known as
Section 46:
Accounts of Grand Treasurer, Grand Seuretary and the Trus
tees of the Hall and Asylum Fund.
Resolved, That a Standing Committee of three Past Masters shall
be appointed annually by the Grand Master, to be called the Committee of
Audit, whose duty it shall be to examine and audit annually the accounts
of the Trustees of the Hall and Asylum Fund, the Grand Treasurer and
Grand Secretary, and make report at the annual communication of the
Grand Lodge.
The Audit Committee shall have the power to employ an accountant
and to draw upon the Grand Treasurer for compensation for his services.
The Committee also move the following amendments to the rules of
order :
Resolved, That each department of the Grand Lodge, viz., the Grand
Secretary, the Grand Treasurer and the Trustees of the Hall and
Asylum Fund be equipped with only such clerical help as may be recom
mended by the Committee of Audit and approved by the Grand Lodge,
but that no clerk employed in one department shall be employed in any
other.
Resolved, That paragraph 13 of the rules of order be stricken out.
Resolved, That the rules of order and paragraphs thereof be ar
ranged in numerical order in accordance with these changes.
Seventh. Your Committee deem it wise that all matters affected by
the proposed amendments be laid over until their adoption by the Grand
Lodge at its next annual Communication.
As the brethren of the Grand Lodge will have a full year for the
consideration of these amendments, we will trust to your good judgment
for their approval.
JOHN STEWART, )
WILLIAM WALLACE CHACE, [ Committee.
CHARLES P. WILLIAMS, )
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON DECEASED BRETHREN.

R.\ W.\ Alexander C. Mackenzie, from the Committee
on Deceased Brethren, presented the report of said Committee.
which was received and its recommendations adopted.
To the Grand Lodge:
" Friend after friend departs ;
Who hath not lost a friend?
There is no union here of hearts
That finds not here an end."
Since the members of the Grand Lodge twelve months past separated
one from the other a number of worthy brothers beloved have been bidden
by the great author of life to cease their earthly activity to come up
higher into their immortal reward. Therefore it is fitting that we should
turn aside for a brief period from the important, practical duties of the
Grand Lodge to call to remembrance their departure and to reverently
contemplate their new and exalted destiny. To do so will not only enable
us to pay affectionate tribute to their memory and to lovingly think of
them amid the ethereal bliss and ineffable glory beyond the strife and
strain, the smiling and the weeping of this strenuous world, but it will
tend to fit and prepare us who remain for the blessed change promised
to and waiting for the pure in heart, who alone shall see (iod.
We are comforted in this hour by the blessed doctrine of immortality,
which has been known to every age and to every race, and which is pre
cious to Masons. Long before the God-guided pen of inspiration inscribed
it as a message of divine revelation, the Egyptian, with perhaps crude
conception of it, embalmed his dead that they might fittingly enter into
and enjoy the spiritual world. In centuries far remote the Hindoo bade
his loved ones adieu in full assurance that they were to abide for ever
more under sanctified conditions in the eternal world. The cultured Greek
of ages long dissolved looked upon the place of the dead as the abode of
the just, wherein they were made perfect by the teaching of pure philoso
phy. The crude but subtle-minded American Indian conceived of the
destiny of his departed brothers as the happy hunting ground beyond
the light blue sky.
Rising to higher authority, we find the inspired ' writers of the
sacred scriptures (belief of which has in all ages glorified Masonry)
conceiving of the future state as a land of God-centered splendor, the
dwelling place of Jehovah, in whose presence, by faith, they saw fullness
of joy, and at whose right hand, by faith, they discovered pleasures abid
ing for evermore.
These conceptions of immortal life enable us in joyous comfort to
think of our departed brothers who lived, according to the sacred chart
of Masonry, as dwelling in peace and joy, beyond the dark valley and
shadow of death. May we not at this time for a few moments profitably
exercise our soul vision that we may behold our brothers in their fair
country, where those of ceaseless toil and trouble here below do rest and
run and are not weary? Where those whose earthly portion was afflic
tion, whose every breath was a sigh, whose every prayer a groan, now
know no sorrow. Where those whose bodies were racked with pain and
wasted with disease now feel no suffering. Where those who were
lonely and separated from the sweets of society and domestic love have
associations close and pure with the redeemed of the lodge glorified.
May we not profitably think of their fair country as a land on
whose blissful shore there rests no shadow, falls no stain—a land whose
skies are not like earthly skies of light and shade ; a land that has no
need of sun to dissipate the gloom of night, within whose celestial borders
our brothers live and long for the coming of those they love? We find
deep consolation in knowing that they are not dead, in that they have
not ceased to live.
" Him whom we call dead,
From mortal body once whose spirit shone
And quickened it to beauty, hath he gone
To wandering loneliness 'mong shadows dread?
From earthly house decayed hath this one fled,
A straying spirit, organless, and wan?
Nay, not unclothed is he, but clothed upon,
From body new-create his light is shed—
And lo ! our Lord-Friend awaiting stands,
Who life and incorruption brought to light,
To bring us to our house not made with hands :
And in his presence there shall be no night ;
Who, who can fear to cease this faltering breath
And be at home with God? And this is death ! "
In thus meditating upon our departed brothers and their higher
destiny, we are reminded that as Masons we recognize larger possibilities
than are included under the material and mental, which so largely mani
fest themselves in the life we are living. These meditations compel us to
refuse, no matter what the allurements of worldly ambitions, no matter
what the perplexing problems thrust upon us, to spend all our time in
trying to make the most and the best of the present life which is within
the range of the visible, the tangible, and the knowable. To do so would
lead us to do violence to the most tender impulses of the human spirit,
its deepest sensibilities, and its immortal longings, manifested from the
dawn of human history. Ours as Masons is a larger and more rational,
a more spiritual interpretation of life, than that which is limited to the
visible, the tangible and the knowable ; it includes the invisible, the in
tangible, the unknowable, even eternal life.
" Else, whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,
This longing after immortality?
Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror,
Of falling into naught? Why shrinks the soul
Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
'Tis the divinity that stirs within us ;
'Tis heaven itself that points out a hereafter,
And intimates Eternity to man."
To this transcendent truth of all the ages the great light of Masonry,
God's word of revered truth, gives positive endorsement. Let us comfort
one another with this truth while we remain here below in joyful anticipa
tion of that hour when we shall one by one be called from labor to
refreshment in the Lodge Celestial, to dwell forever with the great
Architect of the Universe.
" Who never meant that man should scale the heavens
By strides of human wisdom. In his works,
Though wondrous, he commands us In his word
To seek him rather where his mercy shines."
Your Committee recommends that a memorial page be set apart in
the printed Proceedings of this Grand Lodge, and be suitably inscribed
with the name and date of death of each of the following named brethren :
Samuel S. Stafford. John M. Milne.
William Henry; White. John G. Bogert.
George W. White. William S. Thomson.
Peter M. W. Verhoeven. William Delamater.
Rorert Bonynge. Ludwig Philip Seeger.
William C. Lochekty. Louis W. Duesing.
Arod K. Dudley. Clair M. Mersereau.
Horace White. William Gibson.
Washington Mullin. Jacor Eidt.
Henry J. Smith. Edwin B. Simonds.
Gates Curtis.
ALEXANDER C. MACKENZIE, )
JOHN P. LISTMAN, [committee.
WILLIAM H. BAKER, )
Inscribed
TO THE MEMORY
OP
W.\ SAMUEL S. STAFFORD.
PAST DISTRICT DEPUTY CJRAND MASTER

TWENTY-EIGHTH MASONIC DISTRICT.
DIED MAY 4, 1904.

Inscribed
TO THE MEMORY
or
W. . WILLIAM HENRY WHITE.
PAST QRAND SWORD BEARER.
DIED JULY 3, 1904.

Inscribed
TO THE MEMORY
OP
\ W. . GEORGE W. WHITE,
PAST GRAND TREASURER.
DIED JULY 10, 1904.

Inscribed
TO THE MEMORY
or
R. . W.\ PETER M. W. VERHOEVEN,
former representative of the crand lodge of prince

Edward island
near the crand lodge of new york,
DIED AUGUST I. 1904.

Inscribed
TO THE MEMORY
OP
\ W.\ ROBERT BONYNGE,
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GRAND LODGE OF NEVADA

NEAR THE GRAND LODGE OF NEW YORK.
DIED SEPTEMBER 7, 1904.

jwscrtbjed
TO THE MEMORY
OP
.\ W.\ WILLIAM C. LOCHERTY,
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CRAND LODGE OF QUEBEC

DIED SEPTEMBER 24. 1904.

Inscribed
TO THE MEMORY
OF
W.\ AROD K. DUDLEY,
PAST DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTER

THIRTIETH MASONIC DISTRICT.
DIED OCTOBER 21, 1904.

Inscribe
TO THE MEMORY
or
W.\ HORACE WHITE,

FIFTEENTH MASONIC DISTRICT.
DIED NOVEMBER 18, 1904.

Inscribed
TO THE MEMORY
OF
W. . WASHINGTON MULLIN.
PAST GRAND SWORD BEARER.
DIED NOVEMBER 28, 1904.

Inscribed
TO THE MEMORY
OF
W.\ HENRY J. SMITH,
Past Grand Steward.
DIED JANUARY 24, 1905.

Inscribed
TO THE MEMORY
OF
W.\ GATES CURTIS,

FIFTEENTH MASONIC DISTRICT.
DIED JANUARY 13, 1905.

Inscribed
TO THE MEMORY
OF
. W.\ JOHN M. MILNE,
PAST DISTRICT DEPUTY QRANO MASTER

TWENTY-SECOND MASONIC DISTRICT.
DIED FEBRUARY 3, 1905.

Inscribed
TO THE MEMORY
OF
R.\ W.\ JOHN G. BOGERT,
FORMER REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GRAND LODGE OF VIRGINIA

NEAR THE QRAND LODGE OF NEW YORK

Inscribed
TO THE MEMORY
W.\ WILLIAM S. THOMSON.
PAST CRANO 8TANDARD BEARER.

TO THE MEMORY
OP
. W.\ WILLIAM DELAMATER.
PAST GRAND LIBRARIAN.

Inscribed
TO THE MEMORY
OF
W.\ LUDWIG PHILIP SEEGER,
past district deputy grand master

Ninth masonic District.
DIED MARCH 12, 1905.

Inscribed
TO THE MEMORY
OF
.\W.\ LOUIS W. DUESING,
REPRESENTATIVE Of THE GRAND LODGE OF ALABAMA

DIED MARCH 26, 1905.

Inscribed
TO THE MEMORY
OP
W.\ CLAIR M. MERSEREAU.
Past Grand steward.
DIED APRIL 12, 1905.

Inscribed
TO THE MEMORY
or
R.-.W. . WILLIAM GIBSON,
Past district Deputy Grand Master

Eighth masonic district.

Inscribed
TO THE MEMORY
or
.\ W.\ JACOB EIDT,
PAST GRAND SWORD BEARER.

Inscribed
TO THE MEMORY
OF
W.\ EDWIN B. SIMONDS,
past District Deputy Grand master

Thirty-seventh Masonic district.

On motion, the amendments to Article I, Sections 3 and 6,

of the Book of Constitutions, submitted at last Grand Lodge,
were finally adopted.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ANTIQUITIES.

R.\ W.\ William H. Andrews, from the Committee on An
tiquities, presented the following report, which was received and
its recommendation adopted :
To the Grand Lodge:
The Committee on Antiquities, to whom was referred the application
of American Union Lodge, No. 1, of Marietta, Ohio, for the delivery to
that Lodge of the Minute Book of American Union (Military Union)
Lodge, which is now in the possession of the said Committee, respectfully
reports :
That the said Minute Book has been in the possession of this Grand
Lodge for many years, having been presented by Evergreen Lodge, 363,
of New York.
That it contains minutes of Lodge communications from 177G to
119; also the first and last code of By-Laws adopted by the Lodge, as
well as two pages of signatures of members and Lodge accounts.
That during a large part of the period represented by these entries
said Lodge was working under authority of the Provincial Grand Lodge
of New York, having been chartered by Dr. Peter Middleton, the Pro
vincial Grand Master, in the year 1776, as Military Union Lodge, No. 1.
That said Minute Book forms one of the articles in the Collection
of Antiquities, and is described at length in the Descriptive Catalogue
jnst issued by the Committee, being No. 20 of Class J, " Letters, Minute
Books, etc.," accompanied by two half-tone illustrations of pages in said
Minute Book. By reference to this description a summary of the historical
facts connected with the Lodge will be learned, and it will be seen that
the said Book contains minutes of a Lodge under the New York jurisdic
tion. Moreover, the said Book never was the property of the applicant
nor in its possession ; but came rightfully into the possession of the Grand
Lodge of New York as a gift from one of its own subordinate Lodges.
It cannot be properly parted with unless by the consent of the donor.
To surrender it now would be to the irreparable damage and injury of
the Collection. And American Union Lodge of Ohio has no right or
claim to the Book, except that it bears the same name as the Lodge
whose minutes are there recorded in part, and is in a sense the successor
of said Lodge, though there is a break in the continuity, as the Lodge
was for some years not represented in the Grand Lodge of Ohio.
But it must be borne in mind that a large part of these minutes are
the records of Military Union Lodge, No. 1, which was an Army Lodge
under the jurisdiction of New York. The petitioning Lodge can have no
possible color of title to such records.
Finally, at the request of the Secretary of the petitioning Lodge, who
signs the present application, this Committee has made a transcript of
the whole of said minutes, being a complete copy of the said Book, and
has long ago sent the same to the said Secretary, in whose hands it now
remains.
For these reasons the Committee on Antiquities recommends that the
application be denied.
WILLIAM H. ANDREWS, ,
CHARLES DAVIS,
WILLIAM J. ALLEN,
WILLIAM SCHROEDER, Committee on Antiquities.
BERNARD LIPPMAN,
THOMAS F. HANDY,
JOHN R. POPE,
REPOET OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON KNIGHTS

TEMPLARS' BALL.
R.\ W7. Henry L. Redfield, from the Special Committee

on Knights Templars' Ball, presented the following report,
which was received and its recommendations adopted:
To the Grand Lod9e:
The Committee to whom was referred the matter of the Knights
Templars' Grand Charity Ball, given for the benefit of the Masonic Home
at Utica, beg respectfully to report as follows :
Whereas, An association of Knights Templars of the State of New
York was organized, with the hearty concurrence of R.\ E.\ Sir Joffii
Little. Grand Commander, with the following officers: R.\ E.\ Sir
William J. Maxwell, Chairman ; E.\ Sir W. E. Duncan, Vice-Chair
man ; E.'. Sir John R. Gardner, Treasurer ; R.\ E.\ Sir John H.
Bonnington, Secretary, and with E.\ Sirs John E. Sparrow, Elias
Whitney, Rorert D. Lyon and Samuel C. Milrourne as chairmen of
various committees : and
Whereas, Said association did, on the evening of the ninth day of
January, nineteen hundred and five, give a Grand Charity Ball in Madi
son Square Garden for the purpose of raising funds for the Masonic
Home at Utica ; and
Whereas, Through their persistent efforts and remarkable executive
ability, the great enterprise was conducted to a most successful issue, re
sulting in the raising of nearly seventeen thousand dollars, of which
twelve thousand has already been remitted to the Grand Lodge for the
said Home ; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons
of the state of New York, do hereby tender to R.\ K.\ Sir William J.
Maxwell, and through him, his associate officers and committees, to the
Knights Templars throughout the State, our sincere and heartfelt thanks
and our deep and profound gratitude for their loving and generous service
and for their bountiful and magnanimous gift.
REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON HALL

AND ASYLUM FUND.
R.\ W.\ Clayton S. Scott, from the Standing Committee

on Hall and Asylum Fund, presented the report of said Com
mittee, which was received and its recommendations adopted.
To the lira ml Lodge:
The Standing Committee on Hall and Asylum Fund submits the
following as its annual report, together with its recommendations on the
various matters referred to it :
The Committee has held its regular meetings quarterly at Utica on
the following dates : June 24 and November 14, 1904, and March 20,
1905. A special meeting was also held in New York, September 30, 1904,
at the request of the Grand Master.
At its first meeting of the year the Committee organized by the re
election of the officers of the preceding year, as follows : R.\ W.\
Frederic C. Wagner as Chairman, R.\ W.\ Clayton S. Scott as Secre
tary. The Chairman appointed R.\ W.\ John C. Thompson and the
Secretary as a sub-committee to examine the accounts of the Trustees.
At each meeting at Utica the Home has been carefully inspected,
and, while much has been found which merits our commendation of the
management of Superintendent Anthony and his assistants, this Com
mittee freely reports that it has found little to warrant its criticism.
Reports of the Committee's meeting have been regularly submitted to
the Grand Master, as required by the Book of Constitutions.
The sub-committee appointed to examine all accounts and bills apper
taining to the management of the Hall and the Home, spent hours of
faithful labor in personally inspecting each bill, and in the examination
of all mortgages and other securities and deposits reported by the Trus
tees, and it will be a matter of great satisfaction to the Craft to again
receive the assurance that the reports are absolutely correct, and that
the reserve fund is carefully invested in interest-bearing securities, which
are amply protected.
German Masonic Temple Association.
The broad-minded generosity and liberal spirit of the brethren of
the German Masonic Temple Association have again been demonstrated
during the past year. Its report shows that twenty-six inmates are being
well cared for at its Home at Tappan, with no assistance from the
Craft at large ; but when the needs of the Home at Utica were pre
sented to the Fraternity of this great State, from no district came a
more enthusiastic response than was received from our German brethren
of the Ninth, to whom no small measure of commendation is due for their
unanimous vote for the increase of the per capita tax.
Brookxyn Masonic Guild.
The report of the Brooklyn Masonic Guild shows that the hopes of
the brethren of that borough for a Temple which shall be a credit to the
Lodges represented in its membership are approaching fruition, and their
untiring efforts deserve our cordial commendation.
Masonic Sanatorium for Consumptives.
A sufficient sum voluntarily contributed having accumulated for the
purchase of a site for a sanatorium for the treatment of tubercular
patients who are ineligible for admission to the home at Utica, and such
site having been purchased from the aforesaid voluntary contributions,
this Committee would recommend that the Trustees be authorized to
carry out the intentions of this laudable undertaking as soon as, in their
judgment, the same is deemed feasible.
During the past few months, while action on the proposed per capita
tax amendment was pending, the Home at Utica was a subject for gen
eral discussion in the various lodges of the State, by which means a
more intimate knowledge of our great Masonic charity and its manage
ment was brought to the members of the Fraternity than at any time
since the Home was instituded. Still more forcibly has this knowledge
been brought to us at this session of the Grand Lodge by the generous
action of Transportation and Frank R. Lawrence Lodges, to which we
are indebted for the practical demonstration before this Grand Lodge of
the successful work which is being accomplished in the children's depart
ment of our Home. The presence of those children on the platform of
this Grand Lodge will never be forgotten by those who witnessed it, and
it should be the means of stimulating the brethern to a renewed interest
in the work which they represented.
A large measure of the labors done by this Committee during the
past year has been in personally investigating as to the merits of appli
cants for admission to the Home. By assigning such applications to
members of this Committee residing nearest the applicant, the Trustees
have been relieved of much labor and the Grand Lodge of no small item
of expense, as in no case has any member of this Committee made any
charge for the expense incurred in such investigation. In this connec
tion this Committee might add that the entire expense incurred by it has
been in attending its meetings, and that it has averaged less than $300
per year.
The work of the Trustees in the performance of their duties merits
the highest commendation of the Fraternity. The vast responsibilities
which are imposed upon them make serious demands upon their time, and
the faithful manner in which they have discharged these duties should
not be under-estimated.
During the months recently passed the Lodges by their votes have
signified their desire that our Home at Utica be enlarged, so as to provide
for those now waiting for admission and for others who will soon be
knocking at our doors. The Trustees, in their report, have outlined their
plans for carrying out this desire on the part of the brethren of this
jurisdiction. This Committee believes it unwise to hamper the Trustees
with specific instructions, but with an abiding faith in their sound busi
ness judgment, their strict integrity and their devotion to the best inter
ests of the Fraternity, we would recommend that, as soon as they deem
it expedient, they proceed with the erection of such addition to the present
building, or of such new building or buildings as, in their judgment, may
be necessary for the accommodation of not less than 200 additional
inmates.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
FREDERIC C. WAGNER, ]
CLAYTON S. SCOTT,
JOHN C. THOMPSON,
HENRY LIPPMANN,
HERBERT E. BUGDEN, *! tomm,ttee-
JAMES K. STOCKWELL,
ROBERT JUDSON KENWORTHY,
MARCUS C. ALLEN, J
On motion of K.\ W.\ Clayton S. Scott the following

preamble and resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, The brethren of this Grand Lodge have, at this Annual
Communication, been permitted to see an exhibition of the training re
ceived by the children at our Home at Utica ; and
Whereas, The privilege of witnessing this inspiring spectacle was
due to the generous action of Transportation Lodge, of Buffalo, and
2C0 PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Frank R. Lawrence Lodge, of Rochester, which Lodges, with SI.\ W.\
Jesse B. Anthony and the constitutional Grand Lodge officers, paid the
entire expense necessary in bringing the delegation of children and their
attendants to this city and entertaining them here ; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Lodge are justly due and
are hereby extended to these Lodges, to M.\ W.\ Jesse B. Anthony,
Superintendent of the Home, and the constitutional Grand Lodge officers,
whose beneficent act will always be held in grateful remembrance by this
Grand Lodge.
Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be directed to send certified
copies of this resolution to each of the above-mentioned Lodges.
REPOET OF THE COMMITTEE ON GRIEVANCES.

W.\ Alexander Brough, from the Committee on Griev
ances, presented the report of said Committee, which was re
ceived and ordered printed in the Proceedings.
To the Grand Lod9e:
The Committee on Grievances reports that no matters have been
referred to this Committee for its consideration during the present
session of the Grand Lodge. The Committee therefore offers no recom
mendations or resolutions for the attention of the Grand Lodge.
ALEXANDER BROUGH,
GUSTAVUS A. MOONEY, Committee,
MILBURY VAN VALKENBURG. )
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OX FOREIGN COR-

RESPONDENCE.
M.\ W.\ Jesse B. Anthony, from the Committee on For
eign Correspondence, presented the following report, which was
received and its recommendations adopted:
To the Grand Lod9e:
The application for recognition by the Grand Lodge of Queensland
has had the careful consideration of your Committee, and for a particular
statement of facts incident thereto reference is made to the report on
Correspondence (page 110).
Briefly stated, there are located in the state of Queensland, subordi
nate to the English, Irish and Scottish Constitutions, 152 Lodges, and
while the proceedings relative to the formation of this Grand Lodge were
in all respects regular, nevertheless there were but 39 Lodges which
united in its formation, a number considerably less than a majority,
which, under the Masonic status of the Lodges located in this State,
we deem to be an essential qualification.
Your Committee cannot at this time give its approval to the newly
organized Grand Lodge of Queensland, and therefore recommend that
action be deferred.
Regarding the request of the Grand Lodge of France for the exchange
of mutual representatives, your Commitee have carefully investigated the
position of the French Grand Body, also the decree of the Supreme
Council relinquishing its supiemacy over the Grand Lodge of France,
which is now a sovereign Grand Body, with exclusive control over the
degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry.
As we have, however, been unable to establish the fact that the
French Masons consider the belief in the Great Architect of the Universe
an essential condition for the reception of candidates into the Fraternity,
and as we have further learned, upon inquiry from an official source o '
the French Grand Lodge, that the belief in the Great Architect of the
Universe with the French Craft is more of a " symbol " than a " dogma,*'
contrary to the fundamental principles of the Ancient Craft, as held and
determined by the Grand Lodge of New York, we have no option but to
recommend that the application of the Grand Lodge of France be declined.
JESSE B. ANTHONY,
EMIL FRENKEL, Committee.
J. STEWART WILSON..1
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PRINTING.
W.\ J.\ Castree Williams, from the Committee on Print

ing, presented the report of said Committee, which was received
and its recommendation adopted.
To the Grand Lod9e:
The Committee on Printing respectfully recommends that the Grand
Secretary be authorized to contract for all printing required by the
Grand Lodge or that may be needed in the discharge of his duties.
J. CASTREE WILLIAMS,
GEORGE C. HILLMAN, Committee.
ROBERT L. COX,
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE.

M.\ W.\ William Sherer, from the Committee on Juris
prudence, presented the report of said Committee, which was
received and its recommendations adopted.
To the Grand Lod9e:
Your Committee on Jurisprudence beg leave to report on the several
matters referred to us as follows :
Case of Bro. Charles T. Walker and Oakland Lodge, No. 379.
Satisfactory proof was filed with us of the payment by Bro.
Walker of his dues to Oakland Lodge in full to June 1, 1904, the proof
being a receipt by the Secretary under the seal of the Lodge, dated Janu
ary 5, 1904.
April 19, 1904, Bro. Walker petitioned for membership in Warsaw
Lodge, No. 549, and was elected a member thereof. A certificate of this
election, pursuant to Section 102 of the Constitution, was furnished by
Warsaw Lodge to Oakland Lodge, together with a written request,
signed by Bro. Walker, reinforced by his personal presence in the
Lodge and his personal request for the regular dimit, pursuant to said
Section 102.
Oakland Lodge refused to comply with the request, and informs the
Grand Lodge, by a brief filed in behalf of the Lodge, that it believes the
action of the brother in asking for his dimit was unmasonic conduct
based upon improper motives.
Your Committee is of opinion that two interpretations of Section
102 are impossible and that it is the duty of Oakland Lodge to immedi
ately issue the dimit, in defiance of which Oakland Lodge itself would be
liable to discipline.
In re, the request for leave to visit clandestine Lodges.
The Master of a Lodge in this jurisdiction requests of the Grand
Lodge permission to visit certain clandestine Lodges in the City of New
York and to permit members of those clandestine Lodges to visit his own.
The said clandestine Lodges claim to hold charters under the Grand
Lodge of Hamburg.
Your Committee recommends that the prayer of the petitioner be
denied.
Perpetual Jurisdiction.
Your Committee find several requests for action relative to cases of
candidates rejected in other jurisdictions who, removing to ours, and
elected to membership in our Lodges, find their pathway obstructed by
the refusal of the foreign jurisdiction to waive its claim.
Your Committee is not prepared, at the present time, to advise
aggressive action on this subject. We believe it better to acquiesce, for
the present, in what seems unjust to us than to reopen this mooted
question.
WILLIAM SHERER, for the Committee.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON UNFINISHED

BUSINESS.
R.\ W.\ George H. Woolley, from the Committee on Unfin
ished Business, presented the report of said Committee, which
was received and ordered printed in the Proceedings.
To the Grand Lodge:
The Committee on Unfinished Business hereby report that all un
finished business from the last Annual Communication has been disposed
of at this Grand Lodge.
GEORGE H. WOOLLEY,
FRANKLIN S. CRALEY, }. Committee.
WILLIAM H. KRONSBEIN, J
REPORT OF THE PAST GRAND MASTERS.

M.\ W.\ William A. Brodie, Past Grand Master, presented
the following report, which was received:
To the Grand Lodge:
Your Committee, to whom was referred several communications and
documents relative to a Masonic Sanatorium for Consumptives, respect
fully report :
That we are of the opinion that it is extremely doubtful whether,
under the Act of Incorporation, the Trustees of the Hall and Asylum
Fund are authorized to acquire the title of real property for, or to under
take the building, equipment and management of, a Sanatorium for Con
sumptives.
That the check for three thousand dollars tendered to the Treasurer
or Trustee of the Masonic Sanatorium League was accompanied by the
condition that it should be expended in the purchase of land, " provided
that the Grand Lodge will erect the buildings to establish such a Sanato
rium for Consumptives."
Your Committee is of opinion that the Grand Lodge ought not to
undertake to erect the buildings to establish such a Sanatorium, and we
recommend that the Grand Ixxlge decline to assume any obligation with
reference to the establishment of such a Sanatorium or the erection of
buildings therefor.
Your Committee are of opinion that the charity contemplated by the
brethren and their friends in the said communications referred to this
Committee would best be served by such use of the money as would in no
wise obligate the Grand Lodge in any respect whatsoever, and to this end
we think plain declaration should be made that under no circumstances
shall the Grand Lodge treasury be drawn upon nor any tax levied upon
the brethren for any part of the cost of the erection, establishment or
maintenance of such a Sanatorium.
We recommend the adoption of the following resolutions :
Resolved, That the deed tendered to the Trustees of the Hall and
Asylum Fund does not transfer the title free and clear of all incum
brances, as was contemplated by the resolution of the Grand Lodge of
3904, because three thousand dollars of the purchase price thereof was
tendered under the condition that the Grand Lodge will erect the build
ings to establish such a Sanatorium.
Resolved, That the Grand Lodge declines to erect the buildings and
that the Trustees of the Hall and Asylum Fund be and they are hereby
directed to decline to accept such conveyance under said conditions.
J. EDWARD SIMMONS, )
WILLIAM SHERER,
JOHN STEWART, I
JAMES TEN EYCK, j- Committee.
WILLIAM A. BRODIE.
WILLIAM A. SUTHERLAND,
WRIGHT D. POWNALL
R.\ W.\ Townbend Scudder, Deputy Grand Master, offered
the following substitute for the recommendations of the Com
mittee, which being accepted by the Past Grand Masters, the
report was unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Lodge be extended to the
brethren whose love of suffering humanity has prompted them to noble
efforts, having for object the establishment of a consumptives' sanatorium,
and their noble work do receive its commendation ; but as good business
judgment demands that the Grand Lodge should know its financial re
sponsibilities before it undertakes the erection of buildings on the do
nated land ; therefore, be it
Resolved, That this Grand Lodge do act as custodian of such funds
as may be donated for the establishment of a consumptives' sanatorium,
but that buildings be not erected, or appropriations made therefor, until
the needed funds are in hand from voluntary contributions.
The following letter was filed with the Grand Secretary:
New York, May 4, 1905.
Mr. Isi Fischer,
New York.
Friend Fischer: At the request of Mrs. Caroline Neustadter, I beg
to inform you that her gift of three thousand dollars ($3,000) for the
purchase of land for a Masonic Sanatorium for Consumptives is uncondi
tional.
Yours very truly,
I. OPPENHEIMER.
R.\ W.\ Townsend Scudder, Deputy Grand Master, in the
chair.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.

M.\ W.\ James Ten Eyck, from the Committee on Finance,
presented the following report, which was received and its rec
ommendations adopted:
To the Grand Lodge:
The Committee on Finance submit the following report, and recom
mend that appropriation be made as follows :
Membership in General Masonic Relief Association, United
States and Canada $400 00
Music furnished Grand Lodge 65 00
Surety Bond, Grand Treasurer 50 00
4 ; rand Librarian 1,000 00
Committee on Foreign Correspondents and Translations 600 00
Grand Treasurer, clerk hire 300 00
Grand Secretary, clerk hire 3,480 00
Grand Lecturer, traveling expenses 900 00
Committee on Antiquities 500 00
C. H. Koster Co., decorations 25 00
Custodians of the Work 165 98
Der Fuhrer, publication of Addresses, Grand Lodge Officers.. . 50 00
Masonic Standard, publication of Addresses, Grand Lodge
Officers 200 00
Standing Committee on Hall and Asylum Fund 353 68
Your Committee would also recommend that the Grand Treasurer be.
and hereby is, authorized to pay upon certificates of the Grand Secretary
the necessary expenses connected with the office of Grand Master, Grand
Secretary and Grand Treasurer, including postage, printing and sta
tionery for the ensuing year.
JAMES TEN EYCK, j
D. AUSTIN SNIFFEN, [ Committee.
GEORGE J. JACKSON, )
The Grand Officers were installed in their several stations

by M.\ W.\ William A. Sutherland, Past Grand Master, as
sisted by R.\ W.\ William H. Prangen, Grand Marshal.
On motion, R.\ W.\ Edwin H. Hammer and R.\ W.\
Frank E. Haff were elected Trustees of the Masonic Hall and
Asylum Fund by acclamation, each for a term of three years, in
accordance with the nomination of M.\ W.\ Frank H. Ror
inson.
M.\ W.\ Frank H. Rorinson, Grand Master, nominated
266 PROCEEDINGS OP THE
for Commissioners of Appeals R.\ W.\ Jerrie T. Durham in

place of R.\ W.\ Jerrie T. Durham, and R.\ W.\ Walter M.
Hand in place of R.\ W.\ Walter M. Hand, which nomina
tions were confirmed by Grand Lodge.
The Grand Master addressed the Grand Lodge, expressing
his gratitude for the cordial support given him during the past
year and referring in feeling terms to the ready response ac
corded his appeal for contributions to erect a memorial to Past
Grand Master Tompkins, and stating that while awaiting in
stallation the following letter had been placed in his hands:
New York, May 2, 1905.
Masonic Temple.
Dear Sir and M.'. W.'. Brother: I have the honor to report to you
that there was subscribed or collected at the Temple Club dinner, on the
evening of April 28th, the sum of $692.50 for the Tompkins Memorial
Fund. I suppose this should be turned over to Colonel Ehlers as cus
todian of all such funds.
Yours fraternally,
CHARLES N. GREEN,
President Temple Club.
These minutes were then read and approved, and the One
Hundred and Twenty-fourth Annual Communication of the
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New
York was closed in ample form with prayer by R.\ W.\ Joseph
Silverman, Grand Chaplain.
Grand Secretary.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE BOOK OF CON

STITUTIONS.
Amend Article IV., Section 29, Sub-division 4, to read as

follows :
4. To report annually to the Grand Lodge the amount of

his receipts and expenditures by items, and from whom
and when received, and to whom and when paid, and
the amount of securities in his hands for funds invested
by the Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund.
Amend Article IV., Section 29, Sub-division 5, to read as

follows :
5. To execute and file with the Grand Master an official bond,

with sureties, in the amount of $50,000, to be approved
by the Grand Master, at the commencement of each
term of office, conditioned that he will pay or deliver,
on demand, to the Grand Lodge, or to his successor in
office, all funds and property of the Grand Lodge that
shall come into his hands as Grand Treasurer and
remain unexpended; and that all moneys of the Grand
Lodge in excess of his official bond which shall come
into his hands during his term of office shall be paid by
him to the Trustees of the Hall and Asylum Fund.
He shall give to the Grand Secretary a receipt for all
moneys deposited by that officer to his account as Grand
Treasurer.
Amend Article VL, Section 42, to read as follows:

Sec. 42. The use of any written or printed, or written and
printed, ritual of Work and Lectures by the Lodges or brethren
of this jurisdiction is absolutely prohibited.
Amend Article VII., Section 45, to read as follows:

Sec. 45. The management of the permanent funds shall be
invested in the Board of Trustees of the Masonic Hall and
Asylum Fund, and all the invested funds of the Grand Lodge
shall be placed under the management and stand in the names
of the said Trustees, whose duty it shall be to take the best
measures for the security and increase of said funds, and to
invest from time to time, as a majority may decide upon, all
moneys which shall come into the hands of the Grand Treasurer,
after paying salaries, Representatives and rent, and after leaving
in his hands, for charitable and contingent purposes, such sum
as the Grand Lodge may, from time to time, direct. The said
Trustees shall deposit in the hands of the Grand Treasurer the
securities and vouchers of the said invested funds, and shall not
have the power to appropriate any part of the fnnd without a
vote of the Grand Lodge at an Annual Communication.

Accounts of Grand Treasurer, Grand Secretary and Trustees
of the Hall and Asylum Fund.
Sec. 46. Resolved, That a Standing Committee of three
Past Masters shall be appointed annually by the Grand Master,
to be called the Committee of Audit, whose duty it shall be to
examine and audit annually the accounts of the Trustees of the
Hall and Asylum Fund, the Grand Treasurer and Grand Secre
tary, and make report at the annual communication of the Grand
Lodge.
The Audit Committee shall have the power to employ an
accountant and to draw upon the Grand Treasurer for compensa
tion for his services.

Sec. 47. The Grand Treasurer, Grand Secretary, Grand
Lecturer and Grand Tiler shall each receive such stated compen
sation for his services as the Grand Lodge shall direct, which
compensation shall be fixed before said officers or any of them

are elected or appointed, and shall not be altered at any time
so as to affect the incumbent in office. In the computation
of time relative to salaries of said officers, the year shall be con
sidered as commencing on the first day of May, and such salaries
shall be payable in equal monthly installments on the last day
of each calendar month, except the month of April, when salaries
shall be paid on the fifteenth.
Amend Article XVIL, Section 107, to read as follows:

Sec. 107. The jurisdiction of a Lodge over candidates for
initiation extends over all persons residing nearer to it by an
air line than to any other Lodge within the jurisdiction, except
that, if there be more than one Lodge in a city or village, those
Lodges shall have concurrent jurisdiction; and, except that
Lodges in the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx,
City of New York, shall have concurrent jurisdiction. Lodges
within the Borough of Richmond, City of New York, shall exer
cise exclusive concurrent jurisdiction over all persons residing
in the said Borough, and each Lodge in the Borough of Queens,
City of New York, shall exercise exclusive jurisdiction over all
persons residing nearer to it by an air line than to any other
Lodge, except that the Lodges within the former city of Long
Island City, designated as the First Ward of the Borough of
Queens, City of New York, as at present constituted, shall have
concurrent jurisdiction.
The jurisdiction of the Lodges in the City of Troy, as at
present constituted, shall remain as prior to the annexation of
the village of Lansingburgh.
The jurisdiction of the Lodges in the City of Buffalo, as at
present constituted, shall be limited to candidates residing in the
said city.
Amend Article XVIL, Section 108, to read as follows:

Sec. 108. A Lodge shall not initiate any candidate who is
a resident of the State of New York, unless he has been such
270 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE, 1905.
resident for twelve months next preceding the date of the peti
tion for such initiation, and for four months a resident within
the jurisdiction of the Lodge to which he petitions; and no
Lodge shall initiate any candidate who is not a resident of the
State of Xew York, and has not been a resident of its jurisdic
tion for at least four months, without consent of the Lodge under
the jurisdiction of which such candidate resides, or has last pre
viously resided; provided, however, this section shall not apply
to persons of the United States military and naval service.
Amend Article XVII., Section 109, to read as follows:

Sec. 109. A Lodge shall not initiate a person except upon
his petition. A petition for initiation must be signed by the
petitioner, and by a member of the Lodge petitioned, and shall
not be received unless the petitioner shall have answered therein
the following questions:
What is your full name?
What is your age?
Where were you born?
Where do you reside?
What is your occupation?
Have you resided in the State of New York the twelve
months last past?
Have you resided in the town, village, or city in which you
now reside for four months last past?
Have you ever, to your knowledge or belief, presented a peti
tion to any Masonic Lodge? If so, when and in what
Lodge?
Have you ever, to your knowledge or belief, been rejected in
any Masonic Lodge? If so, when and in what Lodge?
Do you believe in the existence of one ever living and true
God?
Do you know of any physical, legal, or moral reason which
should prevent you from becoming a Freemason?
APPENDIX.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE GRAND MASTER.

1905-1906.
R. . W.\ CLARENCE A. BARBOUR.... Rochester.
R.\ W.-. WILLIAM F. ANDERSON.. . Oulnlng.
R.-. W.\ ROBERT MORRIS KEMP New York.
Grand Chaplains.
R.\ W.-. HENRY H. MURDOCK Gloversvllle.
R.\ W.-. WILLIAM H. KEPHART New York.
R.-. W.-. ALBERT L. GREIN Buffalo.
R.\ W.\ ROB'T JUDSON KENWORTHY Grand Marshal Brooklyn.
R. . W.-. S. MERRITT HOOK Grand Standard Bearer. New York.
R.\ W.-. OSCAR CAHN New York.
R.\ W.\ FRED E. BLAKE Grand Sword Hornellsvllle.
R.\ W \ WILL L. LLOYD Bearers Albany.
R.\ W.\ EDWARD J. VA8S Brooklyn.
R. . W.-. JOHN H. THORPE New York.
R. . W.\ SIMON W. COOPER Babylon.
R.-. W.-. GEORGE J. KRAUS New York.
R.\ W.\ FRANK L. BARNET Grand Stewards. . Alden.
Rv. W.-. LLEWELLYN H. BROWN... Hammondsp't.
R.\ W.-. FREDERICK W. SAGEK [ Syracuse.
R.-. W.-. ROBERT SMITH New York.
R.-. W.-. J. JOSEPH ROSSBOTTOM... Brooklyn.
R.\ W.-. CHARLES H. BISSIKUMMER Grand Directors of Albany.
R.-. W.-. SEWARD H. VAN NESS Ceremonies Coblesklll.
R.\ W.\ JOHN P. MILLER Oswego.
R.\ W.-. WARNER THOMPSON Albion.
R.\ W.-. MILTON W. DAVISON Senior Grand Deacon . Canlsteo.
R.\ W.-. CHARLES F. PARSON8 Junior Grand Deacon .New York.
R.\ W.-. JOHN LAUBENHEIMER Grand Lecturer Albany.
R.\ W.-. JOHN R. POPE Grand Librarian Brooklyn.
R.\ W.\ EDWIN A. QUICK Grand Historian Yonkers.
W.-. JOHN A. WILLIAMS Grand Pursuivant New York.
W.\ ANDREW FERGUSON Grand Tiler Brooklyn.
District Deputy Grand Masters.
1. Suffolk, Queens, and Nassau

Counties R.\ W.\ Paul H. Grimm Glen Cone.
2. Lodges Id Borough of Brook
lyn, New York City, as here
tofore numerically arranged. .R.\ W.\ William H. Friday Brooklyn.
3. Lodges in Borough of Brook
lyn, New York City, as here
tofore numerically arranged. .R.\ W.\ John E. Sparrow Brooklyn.
4. Lodges in Boroughs of Manhat
tan and Bronx,New York City,
No. 1 toNo. 166, inclusive ...R.\ W.\ J. Howard Wainwrioht, New York.
tan and Bronx, New York City,
No. 178 to No. 271, inclusive.. R.\ W.\ William Bell Wait. Jr., Nat York.
No. 272 to No. 454, Inclusive. .R.-. W.\ S. Dana Horrakd Nat York.
No. 457 to No. 641, inclusive. .R.-. W.\ Frederick P. Hammond, A'e* York.
tan and Bronx, New YorkCity,
No. 642 to No. 848, inclusive. .R.-. W.\ J. Fred Crter Nat York.
9. Lodges working in German in
the City of New York R.\ W.\ Andrew Rikdell New Yurk.
10. Lodges working in French,
Spanish, or Italian in the
City of New York R.\ W.\ Manuel Muina New Yotk.
11. Lodges in Borough of Rich
mond, New York City R.\ W.\ William R. Eddt StapUUm.
12. Westchester and Putnam
Counties R,-. W.\ William A. Mills Arl Chrtter.
IS. Rockland and Orange Counties. K W.-. Charles W. Many Florida.
14. DutchessandColumblaCounties.R.-. W. . George Chatterton Fuhktil.
15. Ulster aud Greene Counties R.-. W.\ Richard A. Austin Cairo.
16. Sullivan aud Delaware Counties.R.-. W. -.Valentine ScmtiiKiA.,Jfffntctivillt.
17. Albany, Rensselaer, and Sche
nectady Counties R.\ W.-. Edward H. Lisk Troy.
18. Schoharie and Otsego Countlea.R.-. W.-. Nathaniel P. Willis. Cooperstoten.
19. Herkimer, Montgomery, and
Fulton Counties R.\ W.\ John B. Virrard Fort Plain.
20. Washington County R.\ W.\ Oscar O. Niles Fort Edward.
21. Saratoga and Warren Counties . .R.\ W.\ Arkam M. Hollister Corinth.
22. Essex and Clinton Counties R.\ W.-. Bert D. Severance Willeboro.
23. St. Lawrence County R.\ W.-. Frederick E. Bach Ihtsdam.
24. Jefferson and Lewis Counties... R.\ W.\ Jerry R. Sturtevant Theresa.
25. Oswego County R.\ W.\ Frank B. Foots .IbrWi.
26. Oneida County R.\ W.-. Alfred J. Bromley Utica.
27. Onondaga, Madison, and Cort
land Counties R.-. W.-. Arthur N. Ellis Canattota.
28. Chenango and Broome Counties.R.-. W.-. Lrrot G. Martin Greene.
29. Tioga, Chemung, and Schuyler
Counties R.-. W.-. Henry M. Clarke Elmird.
SO. Tompklnsand Cayuga Counties.R.-. W.\ Blin S. Cushman Ithaca.
31. Seneca, Tales, and Ontario
Counties R.\ W.-. John C. Davis Seneca Falls.
82. Wayne County R.\ W.\ David L. Edwards Clyde.
33. Monroeand Livingston Counties.R.-. W.\ James G. Greene Rochester.
34. Steuben County K.\ W.\ Edwin C. Smith Addison.
85. Allegany County B.\ W.\ Frank W. Warner An9elica.
36. Wyoming and Genesee Coun
ties R.-. W.\ William J. Hockey ...Attica.
87. Orleans and Niagara Counties.. R.\ W.\ Anderson C'rowforth. . .Lockport.
38. Erie County R.\ W.\ William H. Ellis Buffalo.
39. Cattaraugus County R.\ W.\ Glenn M. Congdon Gowanda.
40. Chautauqua County R.\ W.\ Haruy B. Lyon Dunkirk.
41. Franklin County R.-. W.\ Arthur D. Manning.Saranac Lake.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
COMMITTEES.
HALL AND ASYLUM FUND.

R.\ W.\ FREDERIC C. WAGNER, New York.
R.\ W.\ GEORGE H. WOOLLEY, Buffalo.
Bro. J. 8LOAT FASSETT, Elmira.
R.\ W.\ SANFORD W. SMITH, Chatham.
W.\ JAMES S. THOMPSON, North Tonawanda.
R.\-W.\ ARTHUR M. BULLOWA, New York.
W.\ HENRY M. LOVE, Utica.
R.\ W.\ WILLIAM J. HUTCHEON, New York.
W.\ GEORGE E. HATCH, Rochester.
ANTIQUITIES.
W.\ ELMER B. SILVER, New York.
W.\ WILLIAM J. ALLEN, Brooklyn.
W.\ WILLIAM H. SAUE, New York.
R.\ W.\ JOHN J. HUBSCHMITT, New York.
W.\ 8AMUEL C. WILSON, New York.
W.\ THOMAS P. LAIRD, Buffalo.
R.\ W.\ JOHN R. POPE (ex-offlcio), Brooklyn.
CUSTODIANS OF THE WORK.

R.\ W.\ WILLIAM L. SWAN, Oyster Bay.
R.\ W.\ AUGUST EIOKELBERG, New York.
R.\ W.\ JAMES A. BECKETT, Hoosick Falls.
R.\ W.\ OSCAR F. LANE, Schenevus.
W.\ J. WILLIAM PROU8E, Buffalo.
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
M.\ W.\ WILLIAM 8HERER, Brooklyn.
R.\ W.\ EMIL FRENKEL, New York.
R.\ W.\ J. STEWART WILSON, New York.
ACCOUNTS.
R.\ W.\ ALMET R. LATSON, New York.
W.\ ROBERT H. ROY, Brooklyn.
R.\ W.\ WILLIAM J. WILEY, New York.
ADVISORY.
M.\ W.\ JOHN STEWART. New York.
M.\ W.\ WILLIAM A. SUTHERLAND, Rochester.
R.\ W.\ WARREN C. HUBBARD, Brooklyn.
R.\ W.\ ROUGIER THORNE, Flushing.
R.\ W.\ RUFUS L. SCOTT, Jr., Brooklyn.
List of Grand Lodges,
WITH NAME AND RESIDENCE OF THE

GRAND SECRETARY.
Name. Grand Secretary.

Alabama. George A. Beaucbamp Montgomery.
Arizona George J. Roskruge Tucson.
Arkansas Fay Hempstead Little Rock.
California George Johnson San Francisco.
Colorado Charles H. Jacobson Denver.
Connecticut John H. Barlow Hartford.
Delaware Benjamin F. Bartram Wilmington.
District of Columbia Arvlne W.Johnston Washington.
Florida Wilber P. Webster Jacksonville.
Georgia William A. Wolihin Macon.
Idaho TheophllusW. Randall... Boise.
Illinois Joseph H. C. Dill Bloomlugton.
Indiana Calvin W. Pratber Indianapolis.
Indian Territory Joseph 3. Murrow Atoka.
Iowa Newton R. Parvln Cedar Rapids.
Kansas Albert K. Wilson Topeka.
Kentucky Henry B. Grant Louisville.
Louisiana Richard Lambert New Orleans.
Maine Stephen Berry Portland.
Maryland William M. Isaac Baltimore.
Massachusetts Sereno D. Nickerson Boston.
Michigan Lou B. Wlnsor Reed City.
Minnesota Thomas Montgomery St. Paul.
Mississippi Frederic Speed Vlcksburg.
Missouri John R. Parson St. Louis.
Montana Cornelius Hedges Helena.
Nebraska Francis E. White Omaha.
Nevada Chauncey N. Noteware. . . Carson.
New Hampshire Frank D. Woodbury Concord.
New Jersey Thomas H. R. Redway Trenton'.
New Mexico Alpheus A. Keen Albuquerque.
New York Edward M. L. Ehlers New York.
North Carolina John C. Drewry Raleigh.
North Dakota Frank J. Thompson Fargo.
Ohio Jacob H. Bromwell Cincinnati.
Oklahoma Territory James S. Hunt Guthrie.
Oregon James F. Robinson Eusiene.
Name. Grand Secretary. Residence.
Pennsylvania William A. Sinn Philadelphia.
Rhode Island S. Penrose Williams Providence.
South Carolina Charles Inglesby Charleston.
South Dakota George A. Pettigrew Sioux Falls.
Tennessee John B. Garrett Nashville.
Texas John Watson Waco.
Utah Christopher Diehl Salt Lake City.
Vermont Henry H. Ross Burlington.
Virginia George W. Carrington Richmond.
Washington Thomas M. Reed Olympia.
West Virginia George W. Atkinson Charleston.
Wisconsin William W. Perry Milwaukee.
Wyoming William L. Kuykendall . . . Saratoga.
Belgium Eug. Brand Brussels.
British Columbia Robert E. Brett Victoria.
Canada Hugh Murray Hamilton, Ont.
Costa Rica Juan Francisco Echeverria. San Jos*!.
Cuba Aurelio Miranda Havana.
Denmark Rasmus 0. Nielsen Copenhagen.
Eclectic Union Wllhebn Lotz Frank't-oo-Main.
England Edward Letch worth London.
Germany William Wald Berlin.
Hungary Ignacz Fekete Budapest.
Ireland Henry E. Flavelle, D. G. 8. Dublin.
Italy Gustavo Canti Rome.
Manitoba James A. Ovas Winnipeg.
Mexico Felix M. Igleslas City of Mexico.
New Brunswick J. Twining Hartt St. John.
New South Wales Arthur H. Bray Sydney.
New Zealand Malcolm Niccol Dnndedin.
Norway Theodor Hansen Christiania.
Nova Scotia Thomas Mowbray Halifax.
Peru J. Benjamin Choza Lima.
Porto Rico Albert. E. Martinez 8an Juan.
Prince Edward Island Nell MacKelvie Summeraide.
Quebec Will H. Whyte Montreal.
Royal York G. Mitzlaff Berlin.
Saxony Ernst Hattenius Dresden.
Scotland David Reid Edinburgh.
8nuth Australia James H. Cunningham... Adelaide.
Sweden Sven H. B. Svenssnn Stockholm.
Switzerland Panl Ele Boujour Neuchatel.
Tasmania John Hamilton Hobart.
Three Globes Oscar Zwickau Berlin.
Victoria John Braini Melbourne.
Western Australia J. D. Stevenson Perth.
Zur Eintracht Carl Nies Worms.
Znr Sonne George H. Fischer Bayreuth.
GRAND LODGE, 1905. ii I
Representatives of the Grand Lodge of New York

near other grand lodges,
IN THE ORDER OF THEIR APPOINTMENT.
Grand Lodge. Name. Location.

Utah John S. Scott Salt Lake City.
Rhode Island Hsnrt W. Rugg Providence.
Virginia Beverly R. Welleord, Jh Richmond.
South Carolina Charles Inglesrt Charleston.
Quebec Melrourne M. Tait Montreal.
Cuba Juan B. Hernandez Havana.
Mississippi P. M. 8avery Tupelo.
Manitoba John W. Harris Winnipeg.
Idaho Charles Himrod Boise.
Arizona Morris Goldwater Prescott.
Missouri Noah M. Givan Harrlsonville.
Prince Edward Island John G. J. Weldon Cbarlottetown.
West Virginia Forrest W. Brown Charlestown.
Arkansas Benjamin F. Atkinson Fort Smith.
Connecticut John G. Root Hartford.
Vermont Frank Plumlet Northfield.
Illinois Walter A. Stevens Chicago.
Nebraska Edward K. Valentine West Point.
Denmark. Jens Peter Aastrup Copenhagen.
North Dakota Silvester J. Hill Fargo.
Minnesota Jacor A. Kiester Blue Earth City.
Sew Hampshire John Pender Portsmouth.
I re! in < 1 Lord Muskerrt Drumcollogher.
Tasmania Rorert James Sadler Hobart.
California Wm. Larkin Woodrow San Jose."
Delaware Wm. Stewart Allmond Wilmington.
Hungary Donat Ziffeukk Vienna.
Eclectic Union Alexander Marc Weisbaden.
Victoria Isaac A. Isaac Melbourne.
South Australia James H. Cunningham Adelaide.
British Columbia W. A. DeWolf Smith New Westminster.
Florida Elmer E. Haskell Palatka.
Canada Hugh Murray Hamilton.
England John Wimrurn Laurie London.
New Brunswick Henry Graham Saint Stephen.
Nova Scotia William F. MacCot Halifax.
District of Columbia Henry S. Merrill Washington.
North Carolina Needham B. Brouohton Rnleigb.
Colorado Frank G. Mirick Pueblo.
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Grand Lodge. Name. Location.
New South Wales John B. Trivett Sydney.
Indian Territory Joseph S. Mukrow Atoka.
Sweden Aug. Fked. H. Klintrrrg Stockholm.
Indiana William E. English Indianapolis.
Kansas Maurice L. Stone Wamego.
Belgium Alrert J. Kroqrr Antwerp.
Maryland Alfred E. Booth Baltimore.
Tennessee Archirald N. Sloan Chattanooga.
Alabama George P. Harrison Opelika.
Norway Anton Ludvig Thune-Larsen. .. Christiania.
Nevada Reuren Battels Winnemuca.
Porto Rico Jose Enrique Denton San Juan.
Georgia Rorert L. Colding Savaunah.
Oregon Henry B. Thielsen Salem.
Royal York Odo Bkiegler Berlin.
Michigan Frank 0. Gilrert Bay City.
Costa Rica John M. Keith San Jose.
8outh Dakota George W. Snow Springfield.
Germany Felix Seckt Berlin.
Washington Edwin Hugh Van Patten Dayton.
Oklahoma Territory Harper S. Cunningham Guthrie.
Zur Sonne Carl Schneider Bayreuth.
Ohio Charles S. Hoskinson Zuiesvflle.
Wisconsin D. McL. Miller Oconomowoc.
Scotland William Inolis Leith.
Texas George W. Tyler Belton.
Switzerland Louis Reicuenrach St. Gall.
New Zealand Howell Y. Widdowson Christcburch.
Western Australia Frederick Lee Parkes Perth.
New Mexico James W. Donavan Raton.
Valle de Mexico Frederick E. Young City of Mexico,
Montana Lew L. Callaway Virginia City.
Zur Eintraeht George W. Koch Giesr-en.
Three Globes Rudolf Dahm? Berlin.
Saxony Oskar Lehmann Dnsden.
New Jersey George W. Fortmeyer East Orange.
Louisiana A. G. Brice New Orleans.
Maine Henry R. Taylor Jlachias.
Representatives of other Grand Lodges near the

Grand Lodge of new York,
IN THE ORDER OF THKIK ACCREDIT.
Name. Locution. Grand Lodge.

George Van Vliet New York Montana.
Ralph E. Prime Yonkers Oregon.
Antonio Gonzalez Brooklyn Cuba.
William H. Kennedy Brooklyn North Carolina.
John S. Denton Jamaica Minnesota.
William Johnston New Rochelle Tasmania.
Rorert Rorerts New York Manitoba.
B. Frank Palmer Larcbmout Arizona.
Marvin I. Greenwood Newark West Virginia.
John B. Alliger Rondout Kansas.
Valentine Schneider New York Victoria.
John W. Allison New York Georgia.
David M. Drurt Brooklyn Wisconsin.
Joseph J. Little New York England.
Ivan T. Burnet Little Falls Ohio.
James H. Llotd Troy Idaho.
Alfred B. Price New York Indian Territory.
Hiram L. Hutchens Canandaigua Sweden.
Joseph Morris Ward New York New Jersey.
Jamrs H. Kennedt New York South Carolina.
William N. Pennet New York Ireland.
Sodthrick Heererd New York Missouri.
Frederick Heeg Brooklyn Arkansas.
George W. Millar New York New Zealand.
Frederick B. House New York Connecticut.
Timotht M. Cheesman New York Belgium.
John Weer, Jr.. Gouverneur Nova Scotia.
Philip M. Nast, Jr Hornellsville Porto Rico.
Ferdinand Gorrel New York Eclectic Union.
Jgel H. Prescott, Jr Buffalo Michigan.
Georor A. Benton Rochester Maine.
George W. Boskowitz New York Switzerland.
George H. Toop New York British Columbia.
Cei.estinc Lopez Brooklyn Peru.
Waldo H. Richardson New York Indiana.
Emil Frenkel New York Royal York.
James H. Mitchell Cohoea Tennessee.
George R. Hodgkins Albany South Dakota.
Name. Location. Grand Lodge.
Edward C. M. ton Cronau Brooklyn Germany.
George W. Stake Stapleton Saxony.
Horacs S. Vajc Voast Schenectady Maryland.
Mtrr C. Jacors Albany Oklahoma Territory.
Arthur E. Sutherland Rochester Washington.
William 6. Janes Albany Texas.
Henry W. Root Buffalo Costa Rica.
Frederick Schrgeder Brooklyn Zur Sonne.
William Bamrer Brooklyn Rhode Island.
John G. Folsom New York Vermont.
. Frederick J. Brown Yonkers Delaware.
Matthias Goodrrson Brooklyn New Brunswick.
Charles B. Wilkinson New York Florida.
Rorert Ogilvt New York Nebraska.
William Sulzer New York Mississippi.
James Aitken Cohoes Scotland.
Henry Muller New York South Australia.
Alrert Waoner Brooklyn Three Globes.
Samuel Wasserman New York California.
J. Hunoerford Smith Rochester Canada.
Cort R. Hincken Brooklyn Virginia.
Adolph Finkenrerg New York Hungary.
Peter Van Cott Brooklyn Utah.
Andrew B. Martin Brooklyn Western Australia.
Edward Gregory Brooklyn Prince Edward Island,
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REPORTS
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District Deputy Grand Masters.
To Mr. Frank H. Rorinson,

Grand Master of Masons in the State of A'eic York.
Dear Sir and M.'. W.'. Brother: In compliance with the requirements
of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York, I have
transmitted to M.\ W.'. Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary, the
annual report of the Lodges in the First District. This report shows a
total membership of 3,310, an increase of 200 for the year 1904.
Every Lodge in the district has been officially visited by me, and in
every instance I was received with courtesy, and with manifestations of
loyalty to you and to the Grand Lodge. The message of the Grand
Master was everywhere listened to with attention, and I take pleasure in
bearing witness to the harmony which I found to exist. The condition of
Masonry in the district is eminently satisfactory.
It also affords me gratification to report that the amendment to the
Constitution, laying upon the Craft a per capita tax for the maintenance
of an addition to the Home at Utica, has been unanimously adopted by
the Lodges of the First District.
On January 11th and 12th the Annual Convention for the exempli
fication of the Standard Work was held in the rooms of Glen Cove
Lodge, under the direction of R.\ W.\ Bro. John Laurenheimer, Grand
Lecturer, and all but four of the Lodges were represented. The courteous
manner of the Grand Lecturer and the hospitality of the brethren of Glen
Cove Lodge combined to render the convention a successful and pleasant
one.
In conclusion, permit me again to express to you my thanks for the
honor done me and Cornucopia Lodge by my appointment as District
Deputy Grand Master, the discharge of the duties of which office has
afforded me unalloyed pleasure.
With best wishes for your health, prosperity and happiness, I sub
scribe myself,
ROUGIEK THORNE,
D. D. G. M., First Masonic District.
Dear Sir and M.'. W.', Brother: Complying with the statutes of
the Grand Lodge, I have forwarded to M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Eeilers
the annual report, showing the conditions of the Lodges of the Second
Masonic District for the year ending December 31, 1904.
As your representative, I have visited officially every Lodge in the
district, beside which it has been my privilege to have paid fraternal
visits to many of the Lodges, assisting in the work, and noting with great
pleasure on all occasions the great interest, brotherly love, zeal and loyalty
which abound throughout the district. On all occasions it has been my
desire, in accordance with your instructions, to instil in the minds of our
beloved brethren the great moral precepts of our Grand Institution. That
they have appreciated my humble efforts in that direction has been
evinced by the universal cordial greeting and hearty reception and an
ever-increasing attendance of the members of the Craft ; demonstrating
on every occasion their love for the officers and brethren of the individual
Lodges, their good will to the district, and their loyalty to the Grand
Body and its Most Worshipful Grand Master. Our district was repre
sented at the consecration of Radium Lodge at Ossining, on June 30th, I
having the honor of acting as Junior Grand Warden. We were also rep
resented at the laying of the cornerstone of the Masonic Temple in the
Bronx a few weeks later.
We refer with a great deal of pleasure to the fact that every Lodge
in the Second Masonic District voted affirmatively upon the Constitu
tional Amendment, and that they are also responding to your earnest
plea in connection with the Daniel D. Tompkins Memorial Fund.
The care exercised in the admission of members to our order, the
interest manifested in the conferring of the degrees, the constant increase
of attendance and growth in financial strength and influence for good,
together with the great interest manifested in all that pertains to the
welfare of the Craft in general, are conditions which we note with great
satisfaction ; this having been accomplished very largely through the
faithful service of my worthy predecessors. All but four of the Lodges
show an increase in membership aggregating two hundred and sixty-three,
making the total number of Masons in our district at the close of the
calendar year five thousand six hundred and twenty-four.
Under the leadership of W.\ Bro. Max Litten1eru, Bro. Henry J.
Furlong and Bro. Isaac Caplan, acting as Master, Senior and Junior
Wardens, respectively, representing twenty Master Masons residing in the
section known as East New York, to whom you were pleased to grant a
dispensation, under which they have been working in a very creditable
manner, there have been raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason
nineteen ; beside which there are in waiting for the Second Degree six,
and for initiation two. Believing these brethren to be worthy, loyal and
true, I trust they will be granted a Charter at the coming meeting of the
Grand Lodge.
The Fiftieth Anniversary of the consecration of Corner Stone Lodge,
No. 367. \Y.\ Bro. William H. Kuonsrein, Master, was celebrated in
its lodge-rooms on the evening of the 15th of March. The occasion was
one of great interest. A tine musical and literary programme was ren
dered, a brief and interesting history of the Lodge was read by R.\ W.\
Bro. Goodrody. and n large gathering of the Craft testified to the im
portant and honorable position which this Lodge holds in the Second
Masonic District. The occasion was honored by the presence of W.'.
TOWNSeND SCLDDer, M.\ W.\ JOHN STEWART and M.\ W.\ EuWARD
M. L. Ehlers.
Tyrian Lodge, No. 618, has purchased a building site, fifty by one
hundred feet, which they now hold unincumbered. They have a building
fund of fourteen thousand dollars, and expect to break ground for the
erection of a Masonic Temple in the autumn of this year.
Most Worshipful Sir, permit me to state that we sincerely appreciate
the great honor you conferred upon Hill Grove Lodge, No. 540, by
appointing one of its members your direct representative for the Second
Masonic District. I am not unmindful of the honor thus conferred upon
me. and I have ever kept in mind the great obligations that were then
assumed, it haviim been nj.v constant endeavor to discharge the various
duties of the office to the best of my ability.
Extending to you my most hearty congratulations for your wise and
able conduct of the affairs of the Grand Lodge, my best wishes for your
increased health and continued prosperity and the consummation of the
grand and noble objects which your administration has promulgated,
1 am,
Sincerely and fraternally,
HENRY L. REDFIELD,
D. D. G. M., Second Masonic District.
To Mr. Fraxk 11. Rorinson,

Grand Master of Masons in the State of Neic York.
Dear Sir and M.\ IV.\ Brother: Having transmitted to M.\ W.\
Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary, as required by the Constitution
of the Grand Lodge, the statistical report of the condition of the thirty-
four Lodges comprising the Third Masonic District on the 31st day of
December last. I beg to report further as follows :
The report discloses an increase in membership in every Lodge but
one. and in that one a trifling loss of three.
The necessity for care in the selection and admission of candidates
has been earnestly impressed upon the Lodges by your representative,
attention has been paid to this suggestion, so this increase in numbers
can only be regarded as a healthy gain.
. With our neighboring district, the Second, we have maintained close
and cordial relations. Visits have frequently been exchanged, the brethren
of the two districts have become better acquainted and, so far as possible
and desirable, the lines of division have been obliterated.
When the Grand Lecturer came to us, we held a joint convention,
and both the Second and Third Districts vied with each other in extend
ing those courtesies that the opportunity afforded. We are indebted to
R.\ W.\ Bro. Redfield, D. D. G. M. of the Second District, for his
generous suggestion that a Past Master of the Third might receive the
appointment as Assistant Grand Lecturer for both districts. The Grand
Lecturer's convention was held on the evenings of March 24th and 25th,
was well attended, carefully observed, and has since borne noticeable fruit.
Of the gigantic strides made by our enterprise for a Temple in
Brooklyn, you have immediate and personal knowledge, for by your own
presence grace and dignity were added to the occasion when the monument
of our benefactor was dedicated to the Craft. We earnestly hope and
expect that by two years, at the furthest, the Lodges of Brooklyn will be
comfortably and appropriately housed in a building suitable to their
needs and their standing in our Fraternity.
The Third District has acted favorably by a three-fourths vote on
the proposed amendment to the Constitution. That the vote could not be
unanimous was owing to the great size of our district, its manifold
points of view and resulting differences of opinion, differences honest in
themselves, but all giving way now to the one single wish to support oar
Grand Master in this noble and difficult undertaking.
The support given to your representative throughout the district has
been constant, unfailing, unanimous. Every Lodge has been emphatic in
its assurances of loyalty and attachment to the Grand Lodge and to you
and these assurances have borne upon their face the evidences of truth.
To represent you in this district and under these conditions has been
a source of pride and pleasure, giving rise to a body of personal recollec
tions that will stay by me as long as anything human can, and for this
opportunity I thank you most sincerely.
Fraternally yours,
RUFUS L. SCOTT, JR.,
D. D. O. M., Third Matonic District.

Dear Sir and M.'. W.'. Brother: Pursuant to and in conformity
with the provisions of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge. I have
transmitted to M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary, a
statistical report of the condition of each Lodge in the Fourth Masonic
District for the year ending December 31, 1904.
GRAND LODGE, 1905. 28!>
Dining the year I have, in my official capacity, visited each of tlui
Lodges in this district, and have the honor to report that peace, har
mony and loyalty everywhere prevail.
The hooks and records of thp various Lodges have been found cor
rectly, carefully and intelligently kept. The ancient landmarks of Free
masonry are being preserved with care and caution, marked evidences of
progress in the skill and learning of the Craft being apparent through
out the District, largely attributable to the energetic and unremitting
labors of R.\ W.\ 'John Laurenheimer, Grand Lecturer, through the
several exemplifications conducted under his direction.
The material prosperity of our brethren, as well as the recognition
of the fundamental principles of our Craft, have been evidenced by the
unanimous approval which our Lodges have given to the recent amend
ment of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge.
Not only have we this evidence of material prosperity and this recog
nition of that truly altruistic motive operating more and more as a dynamic-
force for the uplifting of men, but, in accessions, we point with pride to
an increase of two hundred and fifty-one, bringing the roll of the Fourth
Masonic District up to four thousand eight hundred on the iilst day of
December, 1904.
In conclusion, permit me to express, not only personally, but also
on behalf of Independent Royal Arch Lodge, No. 2, our profound gratitude
for the honor conferred through my appointment, and to tender to you
our renewed assurances of loyalty, affection and esteem, bespeaking for
your future that goodly measure of happiness, contentment, honor and
prosperity which should fittingly and must inevitably crown a life so
fully ornamented with exemplifications of the ennobling tenets of our
Craft. I am. Most Worshipful Sir,
Yours cordially and fraternally,
ALMET REED LATSON,
D. D. O. M.. Fourth Masonic District.

Grand Master of Masons in the State of Ncw York.
Dear &ir and M.'. W.'. Brother: In accordance with the require
ments of the Constitution of the Grand Iodge, 1 have transmitted to
M.\ \Y.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary, my report of the con
dition of the Lodges in the Fifth Masonic District for the year ending
December 31, 1904.
This report shows a substantial increase in the membership of the
Lodges of the district, and I am pleased to say that the material chosen
by our brethren shows care and good judgment in its selection.
As your representative, I have visited all the Lodges in the district,
besides visiting each Lodge one or more times socially.
In each and every instance I have been received with the utmost
cordiality and true fraternal courtesy, and with expressions of sincere loy
alty to you and to the Grand Lodge.
The question of the Constitutional Amendment, or per capita tax, as
it was called, evoked some discussion, but a very large majority of the
Lodges adopted it unanimously, and the few who at first were against it
readily changed their opinion and voted for its adoption.
Peace and harmony dwell in all the Lodges of the district. There is
a most commendable desire and effort among the brethren not only to ren
der out ritual work up to the " Standard," but to keep alive an interest
and to kindle an enthusiasm among the brethren in the cause of Masonry,
and to teach the firm and undying truths which support the whole fabric
of our institution.
Permit me to thank you again for the honor you have conferred upon
me and upon Franklin Lodge, No. 216, in appointing me to be your per
sonal representative in the Fifth Masonic District ; to congratulate you
upon the success of your administration, and to wish you long life and
all the blessings which can be vouchsafed for honest effort and sincere
endeavor.
THOMAS BALMFORD.
D. D. O. M., Fifth Masonic District.

Dear Sir and M.'. W.\ Brother: As required by Section 37 of the
Constitution of the Grand Lodge, I have transmitted to M.\ W.\
Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary, a statement of the condition of
each Lodge in the Sixth Masonic District for the year ending December
31, 1904.
I have visited officially every Lodge within my jurisdiction, bavin;
been received most cordially and fraternally on all occasions, and am
pleased to be able to report that perfect harmony prevails throughout
the district, that there has been a marked increase in membership, and
the strongest evidence of loyalty to the Grand Lodge and to the Grand
Master has been displayed.
Among the other notable events in the history of the district several
Lodges have celebrated their Fiftieth Anniversary, namely, Lily Lodge,
No. 342 : Putnam Lodge, No. 338, and Sagamore Lodge, No. 371.
With reference to the amendment to Section 43 of the Book of Con
stitutions of the Grand Lodge, increasing the per capita tax fifty cents,
to be appropriated to the Hall and Asylum Fund, every Lodge in the
Sixth Masonic District approved of the same.
We have suffered an irreparable loss in the denth of R.\ W.\
George W. White. Past Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge and for
seven years President of the Masters' and Past Masters' Association of
the Sixth Masonic District. No one was more distinguished for active
and unintermittent energy for the Masonic Craft than he.
I am grateful to you for the honor you have conferred upon Franklin
Lodge, No. 447, in my appointment as your representative in the Sixth
Masonic District.
Fraternally yours,
HERMAN J. KATZ,
D. D. O. M., Sixth Matonic District.

Grand Master of Masons in the State of yew York.
Dear Sir and M.'. W.'. Brother: In conformity with the require
ments of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, I have transmitted to
M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary, the report of the
condition of the Lodges in the Seventh Masonic District for the year
ending December 31, 1904.
I have visited every Lodge in the Seventh District one or more times
during the year, socially as well as officially, and have discovered most re
assuring evidences of prosperity and fraternal harmony. The cordiality
and courtesy extended to me on each of these visits testify very clearly
the loyalty of the brethren, not only to Masonry, but to yourself as Grand
Master.
It is a source of great satisfaction to me to be able to report that
each and every Lodge in the Seventh District adopted the amendment to
the Constitution relative to the per capita tax.
Among the important events of the year was the meeting of Harlem
Lodge, No. 457, in commemoration of their two thousandth communica
tion, which took place on the evening of December 14, 1904. Also the fra
ternal visit of St. Cecile Lodge, No. 568, which was made to University
Lodge, No. 610, of Philadelphia, Pa., on November 25, 1904, in acknowl
edgement of the visit made by University Lodge on April 5, 1904.
I thank you most sincerely for the honor you have conferred upon
Copestone Lodge and upon myself in making me your representative in
this district. I have performed all the duties pertaining to the office to
the best of my ability, and if my efforts have met with your approval,
then I am well pleased.
Fraternally,
WILLIAM J. WILEY,
D. D. O. M.. Seventh Masonie District.
Dear Sir and M.'. W.\ Brother: In obedience to the requirements
of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge I have forwarded to M.'. W.\
Edward M. L. Ehlers, Graud Secretary, the annual report, in tabulated
form, of the Lodges comprising the Eighth Masonic District.
The report shows a substantial net increase numerically, which in
crease, I am pleased to state, from cartful observation and investigation,
has not been obtained at the expense ot the character essentials by which
all petitioners should be carefully measured.
I have officially visited each of the Lodges of the Eighth Masonic
District, and in every instance was, as your personal representative
therein, accorded the kindest and most cordial welcome and reception one
could possibly receive, and on all sides observed abundant evidences of the
district's loyalty to yourself and love of the principles of which our hon
ored institution advocates the practice.
On the evening of Thursday, June 9, 1904, at the Grand Opera House,
Twenty-third Street and Eighth Avenue, in this city, in company with
K.\ W.'. J. Stewart Wilson, R.'. Yv.'. Amos H. Stephens, K.'. W.'.
RudoLPH Holde and other distinguished Craftsmen, 1 organized Marsnall
Lodge, U. D., seventy of the seventy-one brethren whose names appeared
in the dispensation unswering roll call, thus showing the interest they had
in the organization of the Lodge, which they hope, and I predict, will
prove a valued adjunct to the Craft in this Metropolitan jurisdiction.
The rendition of the ritual 1 have carefully watched and everywhere
have witnessed efforts commendable on the part of the officers to maintain
the standard of excellence required by the Grand Lodge and insisted upon
by the Grand Lecturer.
The record books of the different Lodges have been thoroughly exam
ined, and in every instance have been found to contain accurate accounts
of all proceedings.
It is with unfeigned pleasure that 1 am able to state that the pro
posed amendment to Section 43 of the Book of Constitutions of the Grand
Lodge in relation to the imposition of fifty-cent per capita tax for appro
priation to the Hall and Asylum Fund was unanimously adopted by the
Lodges of this district, which I am persuaded evidences not only the
generosity and magnanimity of the brethren, but the great measure of
confidence they had, first, in the plan itself and, second, in all of those
who recommended it for adoption.
The suggestion you offered upon the occasion of the corner-stone lay
ing of Guiding Star Lodge building, at which you did me the honor to
permit me to act as Senior Grand Warden, for the erection of a suitable
monument to the memory of M.'. W.\ Daniel D. Tompkins, Past Grand
Master, has taken firm hold upon the brethren of the district, and has re
sulted in such substantial donations to this praiseworthy cause as to
justify thoroughly the wisdom of the project, and ere long it is earnestly
hoped that a shaft befitting the name and deeds of that great Mason,
statesman and patriot will rise in honor of one of the grandest examples
of manhood this country ever knew, and as a just tribute of respect from
the Fraternity for one whose memory it feels proud to venerate.
In conclusion, allow me to offer you my earnest congratulations upon
the successful administration you have so deservedly enjoyed, and, thank
ing you in behalf of Gavel Lodge, No. 703, for the honor conferred upon
it. at the same time recording my sincere appreciation of the honor con
ferred upon myself, and heartily wishing you many happy years of life
in which to enjoy all that you have so magnificently accomplished, I
remain.
Fraternally and faithfully,
FRANCIS D. HAINES,
D. D. G. M., Ei9hth Masonic District.

Dear Sir and M.'. IF.\ Brother: In transmitting to you my report
of the condition of Masonry in the Ninth District, it is with deep regret
that I am compelled at the outset to refer to the death of our beloved
and highly esteemed District Deputy, R.\ W.\ Bro. Ludwig Seeger.
Brother Ludwig Secger, after a most severe illness, died on March
12. 1905. His funeral took place March 14 from his late residence and
was attended by a great number of the brethren, including M.\ W.\ Bro.
Edward M. L. Ehlers and M.\ W.\ Bro. John Stewart.
Bro. Seeger, by his steady devotion to the principles of the Fra
ternity, his attractive personality and his manly character, won the es
teem and love of all his brethren, and in their hearts is left the deep
impression that a true, earnest and sincere Mason has been called away
from his family, his friends and brethren.
I have forwarded to the Grand Secretary the report of the Lodges in
the district for the year ending December 31, 1904, which shows that they
are in a prosperous condition, with a healthy increase in membership
over the preceding year.
The Lodges in the district have all been officially visited, either by
my predecessor or myself, and also fraternal calls made, and in each
instance we have been received, as your representative, with the most
distinguished consideration.
It is with pride that I now refer to the unanimous approval of the
Lodges in the district to the Constitutional amendment, making sure the
maintenance of our Home at Utica, demonstrating thereby the undoubted
loyalty of the brethren toward the Grand Lodge and yourself.
During the year United Brothers Lodge, No. 356, celebrated its
fiftieth anniversary, November 30 and December 1, 1904, with the usual
enormous and enthusiastic attendance of brethren from all the Lodges in
the district, R.\ W.\ Townsend Scudder, M.\ W.\ Edward M. L.
EirLErS and M.\ W.\ John Stewart being among those present.
Deeply grateful for the confidence reposed in me, and thankful for
the opportunity of service as one of your official family, I am,
Fraternally yours,
JOHN J. HUBSCHMITT.
D. D. G. M., Ninth Matonic Dittrict.
To Mr. Frank Ef. Rorinson,

Grand Matter of Matont in the State of New York.
Dear Sir and M.'. W.'. Brother: I have, pursuant to constitutional
requirements, forwarded to the Grand Secretary the annual tabular report
showing the numerical condition of the Latin District.
The district has made a net gain in membership of over seven per
cent. Only one Lodge has made no numerical gain ; this Lodge is La
Fraternidad, which is known as the Cuban Lodge, and this condition
can be readily understood, for its membership is peculiarly Cuban, and.
with the prosperous conditions which prevail in their native country, it
can be readily understood that Cubans are not only no longer coming to
New York as they formerly did, but many are constantly returning to
their native land.
All the Lodges show a healthy financial condition, and the utmost
peace and harmony prevail, not only in the Lodges, but fraternal visits
are ever and constantly increasing.
I am also happy to be able to state that the district, with its usual
promptness to respond to every appeal which involves the help and suc
cor of the infirm and distressed, stands united in the project for the
increase of the facilities of the Home, and unanimously and without diffi
culty approved the Constitutional amendment imposing what, in so far as
several of our Lodges are concerned, could well be called a burden, and
it is especially a pleasure to say that those Lodges which, all in all,
could least bear the burden, and upon whom it fell most heavily, were
the most prompt in expressing their approval of a measure which will
enable the Grand Lodge to more adequately discharge some of the charita
ble obligations which fell upon the Craft.
All of my relations in the administration of the affairs of the district
have been most pleasant, and I desire to record my appreciation of the
assistance rendered me by Colonel Ehlers and my predecessors, and
my thanks to you for your unfailing courtesy and ready advice.
Thanking you again for the honor which you have conferred upon me,
and with best wishes for your continued success and prosperity, believe
me,
Yours very truly and fraternally,
MANUEL MUINA,
D. D. G. M., Tenth Masonic District.

Dear Sir and M.'. W.'. Brother: In conformity with the provisions
of the Constitution, I beg to report as follows : .
I have mailed the statement of the condition of the Lodges in the
Eleventh District for the year ending December 31, 1904. to the Grand
Secretary, and am glad to say that the additions to the Fraternity this
year embrace some of the very best men in this borough.
I have found much pleasure in visiting all the Lodges in the district,
both socially and officially, and have always been received as your hon
ored representative in such a spirit of welcome as to be fully in accord
with the loyalty which I know the brethren have for their Grand Master.
The financial condition of the Lodges steadily improves, and there are
now hopes that plans will soon be matured for another Masonic Temple
on Staten Island.
The Richmond Borough Convention for the exemplification of the
work, held in the Masonic Temple of Tompkins Lodge, March 23d and
24th, was very largely attended by a most appreciative gathering, thereby
testifying to the wisdom of R.\ W.\ Bro. John Laurenheimer in grant
ing a separate convention for this district instead of having a joint con
vention for Richmond and Manhattan Boroughs, as was done last year.
Both R.\ W.\ Bro. Laurenheimer and R.\ W.\ Bno. Morrow de
serve the thanks of the brethren of the district for the skilful and cour
teous manner in which they conducted the convention.
I wish to assure you of my appreciation of the honor you have con
ferred upon Huguenot Lodge and myself by appointing me as your repre
sentative in this district, and I hope I have performed the duties of the
office satisfactorily.
Fraternally yours,
CHARLES U. THRALL.
D. D. G. M., Eleventh Masonic District.
Grand Master of Masons in the State of yew York.
Dear Sir and M.'. W.'. Brother: The District Deputy Grand Master
of the Twelfth Masonic District presents his compliments and embraces
this opportunity to express to yon his sincere and heartfelt gratitude for
the distinguished honor conferred upon him at your hands and for the pre
ferment shown Courtlandt Lodge, No. 34, F. and A. M., in the selection
of him as the personal representative of the Grand Master in the Twelfth
Masonic District, comprising a total of sixteen Lodges, fourteen in the
County of Westchester and two in the County of Putnam, and being a
part and portion of the Metropolitan District.
In obedience to the instructions laid down in Sub-division 5 of Sec
tion 37 of Article V. of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Free and
Accepted Masons in the State of New York, he has transmitted to M.\
W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge, the
customary statement in tabular form of the number, name and location
of each Lodge in the district, the name of its Master and Secretary,
place of meeting and the number of members on its roll.
This statement shows a total of 2.727 Master Masons in good stand
ing on December 31, 1904, an increase of 241 over 1903, said increase
distributed as follows :
Courtlandt, No. 34 1 Diamond, No. 555 1
Huguenot, No. 46 24 Mamaro. No. 653 IS
Westchester, No. 180 12 Marble. No. 702 5
Solomon's. No. 196 7 Kisco. No. 708 13
Phillipstown. No. 236 2 Nepperhan, No. 736 7
Hiawatha, No. 434 31 Apawamis. No. 800 9
Rising Star, No. 450 26 Radium (new Lodge), No. 844 . 66
White Plains, No. 473 21
A total of 243
Croton Lodge, No. 368, shows a decrease of 2
Making a net increase of 241
Omitting Radium Lodge, No. 844, which was chartered at and by
the last session of the Grand Lodge, and which increase naturally in
cludes many former Masons affiliated, it will be seen that Hiawatha
Lodge, of Mount Vernon, shows the largest increase, with Rising Star.
Huguenot and White Plains a close second, third and fourth. The
average increase was about fourteen to a Lodge, and Croton, of Brewster,
was the only one to show a falling off, due to natural and unavoidable
causes.
The report forwarded to the Grand Secretary reveals the fact that
the largest Lodge in the district, on December 31, 1904, was Rising Star,
of Yonkers, with 424 members. Hiawatha, of Mount Vernon, was next,
with 299, while Huguenot, of New Rochelle, occupied the third place of
honor, with 297 ; Mamaro, of Port Chester, with 182. fourth, and Court
landt, of Peekskill, fifth, with 177. The smallest Lodge numerically in
the district was Marble, No. 702. of Tuckahoe. with 62 members: Ra
dium, No. 844, of Ossining, second, with 66, and Apawamis, No. S00,
third, with 87. The other Lodges in membership compare favorably with
what are generally termed the " country Lodges." The average member
ship of the sixteen Lodges is one hundred and seventy and a fraction.
Complying with Sub-division 2. Section 37, of Article V. of the
Grand Lodge Constitution, the District Deputy has made an official visit
to each of the Lodges in the district upon the following dates :
Phillipstown Lodge, No. 236, Cold Spring, N. Y.. November 17, 1904.
Diamond Lodge, No. 555, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., November 18. 1904.
Hiawatha Lodge. No. 434. Monnt Vernon. N. Y., November 21. 1904.
Rising Star Lodge, No. 450, Yonkers, N. Y.. November 22. 1904.
Radium Lodge, No. 844, Ossining, N. Y., November 29, 1904.
White Plains Lodge, No. 473, White Plains, N. Y., November 30, 1904.
Kisco Lodge, No. 708, Mount Kisco. N. Y., January 20. 1905.
Westchester Lodge, No. 180. Ossining, N. Y.. January 23. 1905.
Proton Lodge, No. 368, Brewster, N. Y., February 15, 1905.
Marble Lodge, No. 702, Tuckahoe. N. Y.. February 20, 1905.
Nepperhan Lodge. No. 736. Yonkers. N. Y.. February 23. 1905.
Mamaro Lodge, No. 653. Port Chester. N. Y.. February 27, 1905.
Solomon's Lodge, No. 196. Tarrytown. N. Y., March 2, 1905.
Huguenot Lodge, No. 46. New Rochelle, N. Y., March 17. 1905.
Apawamis Lodge, No. 800, Mamaroneck, N. Y., March 23. 1905.
Courtlandt Lodge, No. 34, Peekskill, N. Y., April 13, 1905.
Upon each occasion the District Deputy was accorded a most cordial
and fraternal welcome. Nothing was left undone by Master, officers or
brethren to make the visit pleasant and agreeable, and thus honor you,
Most Worshipful Sir, in honoring your representative. Upon each visit
the District Deputy endeavored, to the best of his ability, to encourage
and compliment the brethren, where encouragement and commendation
was merited or needed, and, at the same time, suggestion and advice and
perhaps, anon, criticism was not withheld where it was believed to be
necessary, or where it would have a salutary effect. Such matters as are
prescribed by the Constitution were presented, together with such sugges
tions as you had made at the beginning of the Grand Lodge year, and
also such matters as a personal knowledge of the Lodge, its needs, or
shortcomings seemed to demand.
It was the intention to call upon each Lodge a second time, and he
has already done so in many cases. But unexpected business and other
engagements have prevented his being able to report the consummation
of this plan at this time. But health and business permitting, he hopes
to complete the second " swing around the circle " before May 1. Several
Lodges he has visited several times. The geographical position of many
of the Lodges makes the journey not especially difficult, but rather long,
roundabout and inconvenient.
Your District Deputy believes that he can report from his visits and
his knowledge of the situation in the district that peace and harmony
prevail in all the Lodges but two, where there has been some feeling and
difficulty and controversy. But that is, in a measure, we believe, fast dis
appearing, and the Lodges will come out chastened by the fire and more
enthusiastic for the Craft and more strongly cemented than before.
One of the most delightful paragraphs of this report is this, in which
the District Deputy reports formally to you, Most Worshipful Sir, as he
has previously done informally, that the amendment to the Constitution,
anent the fifty-cent per capita tax for our Home at Utica, was adopted
unanimously by the district, each Lodge voting promptly upon the ques
tion and in the affirmative. And we are as pleased to know that the
amendment was carried and became a part of the statutes as we were to
cast our votes in its favor. We are creditably informed that one of our
Lodges, Huguenot, No. 46, was one of the first to report its vote and, in
fact, so early was it in the Grand Lodge year, that a second action was
necessary to make it conform to the later notices sent out by the Grand
Lodge. We believe also that this district is doing and will do its share
in the other commendable enterprises endorsed by you, such as the Home
for Consumptives, a site for which we believe has been selected in this
Twelfth Masonic District among the hills of Putnam County, the Tomp
kins Monument Fund, etc.
The Annual District Convention for the exemplification of the Stand
ard Work was held in the rooms of Courtlandt Lodge, No. 34, F. and A. M.,
Feekskill, on the evening of February 21 and the afternoon and evening of
February 22, at which place and time Rev. and R.\ W.\ Joitn Lauren-
heimeu, Grand Lecturer of the Grand Lodge, instructed the officers and
brethren who were present from the various Lodges in the district. Those
who had met Rev. Bro. Laurenheimer knew what to expect. Those who
met him for the first time were soon his fast friends. All united in
words of commendation of his excellent work and heartfelt thanks for his
careful, painstaking, conscientious exposition of the degrees, as well as
his kindly words and charming manner in imparting the knowledge and
instructing the brethren. We believe that the Grand Master is to be con
gratulated that his selection of the Grand Lecturer has been such a
popular one with the Craft, and the Grand Lodge is indeed fortunate in
having one so well qualified in every particular to accomplish the great
work entrusted to his care. The convention in this district was royally
entertained for the two days by Courtlandt Lodge in the manner for
which they have become so well known. A sincere expression of gratitude
wa3 openly made by motion and vote for their hospitality, and also to the
Grand Lecturer for his important part in the two days' programme.
The District Deputy has to report the receiving and examining one
application for admission to our Home, a brother of Marble Lodge, No.
702, Tuckahoe. It was approved and forwarded along the channels in
such case made and provided.
An effort has been made during the present Grand Lodge year to
establish a new Masonic Lodge at Croton-on-the-Hudson. Many pre
liminary steps were taken, and you will recall correspondence concerning
the same. But for certain reasons there was a hiatus, and the matter is
just now in abeyance. The effort will, in all probability, be renewed im
mediately after the Grand Lodge. There seems to be a growing field for
a Masonic Lodge at Croton-on-the-Hudson, and the project is earnestly
and favorably recommended to the next Deputy from this district.
Through the efforts of R.\ W.\ Franklin T. Davis, the District
Deputy of last year, a Past Masters' Association was formed, and he
speaks concerning it in his report, found on page 310 of the Proceedings
of the last Grand Lodge. It is a pleasure to say that the Association has
prospered. Its first annual dinner was a success and brought together,
as no other occasion could, the Masters and Past Masters of the sixteen
Lodges for social intercourse and for the exchanging of thought and idea
which always inures to the benefit of the Craft. At the annual meeting
recently held the following officers were elected : President, R.\ W.\
Franrxin T. Davis ; First Vice-President, W.\ William A. Bate, of Ris
ing Star, No. 450, Yonkers ; Second Vice-President, R.\ W.\ Charles M.
Baxter, of Apawamis Lodge, No. 800, Mamaroneck ; Third Vice-Presi
dent, R.\ W.\ Charles F. Chapman, of Kisco Lodge, No. 708, Mount
Kisco ; Secretary, W.\ Charles Brooks, of Apawamis Lodge, No. 800,
Mamaroneck ; Treasurer, W.'. Charles H. Vanderrilt, of White Plains
Lodge, No. 473, White Plains.
A charter having been granted at the last Grand Lodge to Radium
Lodge, at Ossining, the new Lodge, No. 844, was publicly constituted and
its officers installed on Thursday evening, June 30, 1904, by R.\ W.\
Townsend Scudder, Deputy Grand Master.
There have been a number of Masonic events in the district during
the past year worthy of notice did time and space permit. Westchester
Lodge, No. 180, of Ossining, which has had a year of unparalleled pros
perity and gain, held its fifty-fourth anniversary on Thursday evening,
December 8, 1904, and the public occasion was one long to be remembered
by the Craft in the entire district. M.\ W.\ John W. Vrooman and
M.\ W.\ John Stewart were among the speakers. On Sunday evening,
June 5, 1904, Rev. and R.\ W.\ John Laurenheimer preached an elo
quent and instructive sermon in St. Paul's M. E. Church, Peekskill, before
a large gathering of Masons, not only members of Courtlandt Lodge, No.
34, but many from adjoining towns. Kisco Lodge, No. 708, of Mount
Kisco, held a " reunion communication " on the evening of April 7th, which
was a red letter night in their history and the occasion of the gathering to
gether of many Masons of prominence from the various sister Lodges.
Hiawatha Lodge, No. 434, of Mt. Vernon, has had a number of extra occa
sions, and it is worthy of record concerning that Lodge that the number
of candidates is growing so rapidly that the Lodge has found it necessary
to meet every Monday night instead of twice each month to clear their
trestle board, and the prospect is that it will be necessary to continue the
arrangement throughout the year.
The District Deputy takes this occasion to make record of the un
divided support and intense loyalty displayed toward him and constantly
given him during the year by the Masters, officers and brethren of the
several Lodges in his district. Their attitude has been most gratifying
and thoroughly appreciated. It was especially demonstrated in the warm
and cordial reception given him in Courtlandt Lodge, No. 34, at Peekskill,
on Thursday evening, April 13th, upon the occasion of his final official visit
and horns coming, when there gathered in the Lodge room the largest
number of distinguished Craftsmen ever assembled there and over thirty
past and present Grand Lodge officers and past and present Masters at
tended your representative. At all his previous visits he has been equally
honored by the attendance of Masters and Past Masters in the district in
large numbers.
The District Deputy, in conclusion, desires to express his congratu
lations to you upon the prosperity and the great success which has at
tended your administration as Grand Master and the good that you have
accomplished for our beloved Craft, and he extends his personal thanks
for many favors, courtesies and thoughtful remembrances upon different
occasions. He expresses the united wish of the three thousand Mason's
in our jurisdiction that health and happiness may ever attend you upon
your way.
In this spirit this annual report is submitted, and the District Deputy
begs to remain obediently your servant and,
Fraternally yours,
GEORGE E. BRIGGS.
D. D. G. M., Twelfth Masonic District.

Dear Sir and M.'. TP.\ Brother: In compliance with Constitutional
requirements. I have transmitted to the Grand Secretary the statistical
report of the condition of the fourteen Lodges comprising the Thirteenth
Masonic District.
This report shows a net gain in membership of 340, only one Lodge
reporting a loss during the year, and that of only one member.
I have visited officially every Lodge in the district, and in every
instance have been received with marked courtesy and cordiality.
The District Convention was held at Haverstraw, February 14th and
15th, and all who had the pleasure of hearing R.\ W.\ John Lauren-
heimer. Grand Lecturer, were enthusiastic in their praise of his manner
of exemplifying the Standard Work.
Permit me to thank you for the honor conferred in appointing me as
your representative in this district.
With best wishes for your continued health and happiness, I am,
Fraternally,
RICHARD W. OLDFIELD.
D. D. G. M., Thirteenth Masonic District.
Dear Sir and if.'. W.'. Brother: In accordance with provisions of the
Constitution, I have forwarded to M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers.
Grand Secretary, the report of the Lodges constituting the Fourteenth
Masonic District.
I am very grateful to you for the honor conferred upon me by
naming me as your representative in this district ; and I desire, also, to
express my appreciation of the very cordial and hearty manner in which
I have been received throughout this jurisdiction on occasion of my offi
cial visitations.
I have already visited, or have arranged to visit, nearly all the
Lodges, and am pleased to report for the district a general healthy condi
tion and growth, as evidenced by a net gain of one hundred during the
Masonic year.
The Annual Convention of R.\ W.\ John Laurenheimer, Grand
Lecturer, was held in Masonic Temple, No. 32 Cannon Street, Pough-
keepsie, on Thursday and Friday, February 23 and 21, 1905, and was
largely attended.
R.\ W.\ Bro. Laurenheimer, by his unvarying courtesy and grace
ful tact, has endeared himself to the brethren of this vicinity, and the
Standard Work, as taught by him, will, I believe, be more closely followed
than ever before, because of the efficiency of his teaching.
Upon invitation of Poughkeepsie Lodge, No. 206, and Triune Lodge,
No. 782, Rev. and R.-. W.'. Bro. Laurenheimer came to this city on
Sunday, April 8th, and delivered an interesting and instructive sermon
in the evening to resident and sojourning Masons at the Second Dutch
Keformed Church, the service being well attended, several brethren com
ing from other Lodges in nearby towns and villages.
On September 15, 1904, in accordance with a dispensation issued to
me on September 9, 1904, the cornerstone of Union Free School Building
of Red Hook was laid agreeably to Ancient Craft usages and in ample
form, and under the auspices of Monumental Lodge, No. 374.
I was favored by the valued assistance of the following named breth
ren on that occasion : R.\ W.\ James M. DeGarmo, R.\ W.\ George
H. Sherman, R.\ W.\ Wessell TenBroeck, W.\ Andreas V. Haioht,
W.\ Henry D. Lewis, W.\ John A. Williams, as Grand Tiler; W.'.
Thomas E. Thompson, W.\ Andrew Rockehfeller, W.\ John G.
Moller, W.\ Andrew Gedney, W.\ Frank E. Burnett, Rev. and Bro.
Van Kleeck Harris, Bro. John F. Silver, and Bro. Charles C.
Currey.
I desire to extend to you most hearty congratulations upon the
success of your efforts in maintaining the dignity of the Grand Lodge
and the furtherance of that great Masonic Work which lies so near to
your heart.
I trust that yon may be permitted to put it into execution and see
the full fruition of your earnest endeavors.
CLINTON D. PARKILL,
D. D. O. M., Fourteenth Masonic DUtrict.

Dear Sir and M.'. W.'. Brother: In compliance with the Constitu
tion, I have forwarded my annual report to M.\ YVY. Edward M. L.
Ehlers, Grand Secretary, on the condition of the Lodges in the Fifteenth
Masonic District.
More than two-thirds of the Lodges in this district concurred in
the amendment to the Constitution in relation to the tax to enlarge and
support the Masonic Home at Utica.
Every Lodge in the district, with one exception, is in a prosperous
condition, and most of them have been and are doing considerable work.
Kingston Lodge, No. 10, of which I have the honor of being a member, is
in a very flourishing condition, and already, since the first day of January
of this year, the Lodge has elected thirty-five petitioners. This promises
to be the banner year in the history of No. 10, which is now in the one
hundred and fifteenth year of its existence.
During the last year a gain of about twenty-nine was made in the
district, and this, considering the fact that there have been a number of
deaths and unaffiliations, is indeed a very creditable showing.
One of the Lodges in this district, Social Friendship, located at New
Baltimore, suffered an entire loss by fire during the early part of February.
The charter of the Lodge was in possession of the Master. This Lodge
is rather in a poor way, hardly having a square mile of territory to
draw its candidates from. Ark Lodge, of Coxsackie, is just south of it;
Onesquetha Lodge, at Coeymans, only a short distance north ; the Hud
son River is on the east, and on the west there is a Lodge at Ravena
under dispensation. This territory has not sufficient population to sup
port four Lodges, and, in my opinion, Social Friendship Lodge, at New
Baltimore, should unite with the Lodge at Ravena.
The Convention for the exemplification of the Standard Work was
held at Saugerties on February 16th and 17th, and was well attended.
The work was exemplified by R.\ W.\ and Rev. John Laurenheimer
in his usual masterful manner.
On Sunday evening, March 26th, BrO. C. L. Palmer, pastor of the
Church of the Comforter of Kingston, delivered a sermon to members of
Kingston Lodge, No. 10, Kondout Lodge, No. 343, and Kingston Chapter,
Order of the Eastern Star. The service was well attended, and Bro.
Palmer delivered a scholarly and interesting sermon.
In conclusion, permit me to thank you for the honor conferred upon
Kingston Lodge, No. 10, as well as myself, and to congratulate you upon
the signal ability with which the administration of the office of Grand
Master has been marked during the past year.
Fraternally and sincerely yours,
JOSEPH DRAKE,
D. D. O. M., Fifteenth Masonic District.

Dear Sir and M.'. W.'. Brother: In compliance with the require
ments of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, I have the honor of sub
mitting my annual report as District Deputy Grand Master of the Six
teenth Masonic District.
I have this day transmitted to the Grand Secretary the annual tabu
lated statement for the year ending December 31, 1904, which shows the
largest year's increase in membership since the formation of the present
Sixteenth District.
The Annual Convention for the exemplification of the Standard
Work was held in Sidney Lodge, No. 801, Sidney, November 15-16,
1904, under the guidance of R.\ W.\ John Laurenheimer, Grand Lec
turer. The attendance was large, and the thorough and comprehensive
instruction imparted by R.\ W.\ Bro. Laurenheimer was of great value
and highly commended by those who availed themselves of the privileges
of the convention. My observation is that the work of those Lodges
which were represented at the Masonic Convention is uniformly superior
to that of those which neglected the opportunity.
I deem it not only a pleasure, but a duty, on behalf of this district,
to express deep appreciation of R.\ W.\ Bro. Laurenheimer. By his
unceasing and arduous labors, and apparently inexhaustible patience, he
has won the esteem and love of every Craftsman, and by his lofty ideals
elevated the Fraternity and given an impetus to Masonry never before
known in this jurisdiction.
I have visited officially all the Lodges of the district, with the ex
ception of three, and, as your representative, have been received with
marked honor and courtesy, which assures me of the loyalty of the Craft
to their Grand Master.
During the past year my attention has been more especially directed
to the recently adopted Constitutional Amendment, so vital to the future
life and influence of the Utica Home, and it is a source of great pride
and gratification that nearly ninety per cent, of the Lodges of the Six
tecnth Masonic District ratified the action of the Grand Lodge. To R.\
W.\ Dow Beekman, President of the Board of Trustees of the Hall and
Asylum Fund, I am deeply indebted for his eloquent and masterly appeal
at the District Convention in behalf of the Home.
It is indeed a pleasure to look back upon the year now drawing to a
close, and find that nothing has occurred to retard the upward and on
ward course of the Fraternity and that peace and harmony prevail.
Finally, Most Worshipful Sir, for the honor conferred upon me and
Margaretville Lodge, No. 389, and the trust and confidence reposed in me,
I sincerely thank you. For your successful administration of affairs ac
cept my warmest congratulations. Assuring you of my personal regard
and esteem, I am,
Fraternally yours,
JOHN W. TELFORD,
D. D. G. M., Sixteenth Masonic District.

Dear Sir and M.'. W.'. Brother: Conforming with the requirements
of the Book of the Constitution, I have the honor to inform you that 1
have this day forwarded to the Grand Secretary my report of the Lodges
in this district.
I have visited aud extended your greetings and best wishes to every
one of the twenty-eight Lodges, and am pleased to be able to say that
harmony and brotherly love prevail in all of them, and that a fair and
healthy gain has been made in the membership of the district. My pil
grimages to the various Lodges have been sources of great pleasure, and I
have had the earnest support and backing of the present and past Grand
Lodge officers and Masters and Past Masters. As your representative,
I have been cordially received and welcomed in every Lodge, and have
been impressed during these visits by the large number of brethren pres
ent and their respect and esteem for and loyalty to their Grand Master
and the Grand Lodge.
The District Convention for the exemplification of the work was held
in the Masonic Temple, Albany, January l0th and 17th, and had the
largest attendance of any convention ever held. The work of the degrees
was exemplified by R.\ W.\ Bro. Laurenheimer in his usual cheerful,
careful and dignified manner, and all present were most attentive aud de
sirous to be possessed of the Standard Work. I can assure you that most
of the Lodges of the district are as nearly perfect in the work as possible,
and I doubt if they are excelled by any in the jurisdiction.
During my incumbency as District Deputy Grand Master, I had the
honor to assemble the brethren of Garfield Lodge, U. D., and start them
on that which I hope may be an honorable and profitable career to them
selves, our institution and those among whom they labor. Both the
officers and the brethren are earnest and sincere in their undertaking, well
Tersed and good workers, and should the Grand Lodge deem it expedient
to grant them a charter, 1 think it will prove an honorable addition to
the Lodges of our district.
In conclusion, I desire to. tender you the warm thanks of Apollo
Lodge, No. 13, as well as my own, for the honor you have conferred upon
it and upon myself in my appointment as your representative in this
district.
Courteously and fraternally yours,
EDWARD H. LISK,
D. D. O. M., Seventeenth Masonic District.

Dear Sir and M.'. W.'. Brother: In accordance with the requirements
of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, I have forwarded to SI.\ W.\
Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge, the report
of the Lodges comprising the Eighteenth Masonic District for the year
It will be seen from this report that the Lodges of this district are
generally in a healthful and prosperous condition. There has been an
increase of 82 in the membership of the Lodges of this district during
the past year, which is an average of over four members to each Lodge.
This of itself indicates that the Lodges within this district are in an
active working condition.
I am pleased to report that I know of no dissensions existing among
the members of the Fraternity in this district or among the Lodges
thereof. In all of my official visitations as District Deputy Grand
Master I have been received with most cordial and fraternal greetings.
On June 25, 1904, this district, and more especially Freedom Lodge,
at Unadilla, had the honor of your presence at the laying of the
cornerstone of the new Masonic Temple of that Lodge. As you, of course,
know, the occasion was a most enjoyable one. You may be pleased to
know that the Temple is now completed, and that Freedom Lodge now
has one of the most attractive and best-equipped Lodge-rooms in this
section.
On October 1, 1904, R.\ W.\ Charles Smith, Junior Grand War
den of the Grand Lodge, together with other brethren of this district,
conducted the laying of the cornerstone of the State Armory at Oneonta.
On November 3, 1904, a new Lodge-room was dedicated at Gilberts-
ville, Otsego County, and during the early part of this year a new
Lodge-room was also dedicated at Springfield Center, Otsego County,
At both of these dedications R.\ W.\ Charles Smith. Junior Grand
Warden, acted as Grand Master. Each of these Lodges now has
suitable quarters, of which they can well feel proud. The cornerstone
laying at Oneonta and the dedication of the two last-named Lodge-rooms
were each and all of them most enjoyable and pleasant Masonic events.
The District Convention was held at Richfield Springs on January
26 and 27, 1905, and was under the immediate supervision of R.\ W.\
John Latirenheimer. Grand Lecturer. Although we were not favored
with the best of weather, yet the Convention was, in all respects, a suc
cessful one, and contributed much to the benefit of those in attendance.
Resolutions were adopted most heartily thanking Bro. Laurenheimer
for his part in the work of the Convention, and expressing to him the
high regard in which he is held by the brothers of this district. We were
honored by the presence at the convention of R.\ W.\ Charles Smith,
Junior Grand Warden, and R.\ W.\ Oscar F. Lane, both of whom are
held in the highest respect and esteem by our Fraternity.
I desire, at this time, to thank you for the honor Conferred upon
Otsego Lodge, No. 138. and also upon myself, in appointing me Deputy
Grand Master for this district, and I trust that my discharge of the duties
of that position have merited the approval of yourself and the brethren.
Congratulating you upon the high degree of success which has at
tended your administration as Grand Master and upon the flourishing
condition of Masonry in this State, and trusting that the future may
have in store for you abundance of happiness and prosperity, I remain,
Fraternally and respectfully yours,
NATHANIEL P. WILLIS.
D. D. O. M., Ei9hteenth Masonic District.

Dear Sir and M.'. W.'. Brother: In conformity with Constitutional
requirements. I herewith submit a summary of my official acts for the
Masonic year now drawing to a close.
In July, in company with R.\ W.\ Alfred J. Bromley, D. D. G. M.,
Twenty-sixth Masonic District, and W.\ John B. Virrard, Assistant
Grand Lecturer of this district, I visited Old Forge and assisted R.\ W.\
Bro. Bromley, to whom the dispensation was issued, in establishing a
Lodge at that place. If granted a charter, it will make the twentieth
Lodge in the Nineteenth Masonic District. As it is situated in a region
of the Adirondacks renowned for its scenic beauties, has a large influx
of summer tourists, and as the brethren seemed to be fully cognizant of
their duties and responsibilities, and from their isolated position are
denied many of the privileges of Masonry, I incline to the opinion that
it would be an act of wisdom, as well as justice, to establish a Lodge at
that place.
In August, acting as Deputy Grand Master, I assisted in the lay
ing of the cornerstone of the new armory in the city of Gloversvil!e.
This ceremony was performed by R.\ W.\ Daniel A. Bissell in an able

and impressive manner, after which an eloquent and scholarly address
was given by the Rev. Bro. H. H. Murdock.
Having learned that Garoga Lodge, No. 300, was holding no meet
ings and was in a moribund condition, in September last, in company
with W.\ John B. Virrard, Master of Fort Plain Lodge. I visited
Rockwood, where Garoga Lodge is located, to ascertain if anything
rould be done to rescue it from its impending dissolution. I personally
interviewed as many of the members as possible, urging them to take im
mediate action tending to the resuscitation of the Lodge. I trust my
visit was not unproductive of some benefit, as it was agreed that a dis
pensation should be asked for permitting them to elect officers in October,
nnd in December officers were duly elected and installed and, at intervals,
meetings have been held. As I found but two members of the Lodge
at Rockwood, but several more at Ephratah, five miles to the south, a
more populous and, to all appearances, a more prosperous village, with
better surroundings, I advised the brethren, as soon as suitable rooms
could be secured, to make an effort to remove the Lodge to the latter
place, believing that with an earnest and united endeavor on their part it
might regain something of its pristine vigor and usefulness.
November 2d, I attended the formal opening of the new rooms of St.
Johnsville Lodge, No. 611. The exercises connected therewith were in
teresting in character and greatly enjoyed by all present. This Lodge
now has rooms tastily and richly, not to say sumptuously, furnished,
which compare favorably in appearance with those of any Lodge in the
district.
November 30th, I attended the annual banquet given by the two
Lodges of the city of Amsterdam. This was a most enjoyable event, and
was further enlivened by the presence of M.\ W.\ John W. Vrooman,
who gave an able and feeling address. The Rev. Bro. Brundage, of
Albany, also gave an eloquent and scholarly address.
I have now nearly completed my visitations of the various Lodges
under my supervision. On each occasion I have been welcomed by a
large concourse of loyal and enthusiastic brethren, the Lodge-rooms in
some instances being crowded to their utmost capacity. Everywhere, in
my jurisdiction, I have been received with the utmost cordiality and the
warmest demonstrations of affection. I shall always remember with
gratitude inexpressible and love unalterable my brethren of the Nineteenth
District.
The Annual Convention was held in the rooms of Little Falls Lodge
in December last. The sickness of an employee compelled me to forego
the pleasure of being present throughout the entire session, but I learn
that the brethren were very much pleased with the rendition of the
esoteric part of the ritual by R.\ W.'. Bro. Laurenheimer. and previous
to adjournment resolutions were unanimously adopted highly commending
him for his zeal and efficiency.
My statistical report, this day forwarded to the Grand Secretary,
shows the number of Master Masons in this district on the 31st of Derem
ber last to be 3,152, an increase over the preceding year of 85. The
growth, however, is a healthy one, as there is no rivalry between the
Lodges as to which shall raise the greatest number of candidates.
Quality, not quantity, is the watchword, and the lines are being drawn
closer rather than relaxed.
The present rounds out twenty-one years of official service. As I
have now been honored far beyond my deserts, I do not expect ever again
to occupy a Masonic office; but I shall never cease to take a deep and
abiding interest in the affairs of the Craft, and trust that when the
summons to repair to the Grand Lodge above shall come, I may still be
found a faithful gleaner in the field of Masonry.
In conclusion, permit me to again thank you for the great honor
you have conferred in selecting me to act as your representative in this
district. I congratulate you on the marked success of your administra
tion. The Masonic Home, soon to be enlarged so as to afford suitable
accommodations for all the indigent and unfortunate members of the
Craft, will inextricably link your name with those of your predecessors
who have made this stupendous charity an assured and lasting success.
JASPER D. FITCH,
D. D. O. M., Nineteenth Masonic District.

Grand, Master of Masons in the State of New York.
Dear Sir and M.'. W.'. Brother: As required by the Constitution, I
have forwarded to M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary, a
report of the standing of the several Lodges in the Twentieth Masonic
District for the year ending December 31, 1904.
I have officially visited every Lodge in the district and, as your
representative, have been most cordially received and heartily welcomed.
The Annual Convention for the exemplification of the Standard Work
was held October 31st and November 1st in the rooms of Ashlar Lodge,
No. 584, F. and A. M., in Greenwich, under the direction of R.\ W.\
John Laurenheimer, Grand Lecturer, who performed his duties in such
a pleasing and dignified manner that he won the love and respect of all ;
and at the close of the convention resolutions were unanimously adopted
for the kind and courteous manner in which he conducted the several
sessions.
I am pleased to report that everv Lodge in the district affirmed the
amendment to Section 43 of the Book of Constitutions, and that the
best of brotherly feeling prevails throughout the district.
My duties, as your representative, have been a source of pleasure
and social enjoyment, for to work for and with such a body of men as
the Masonic Craft represent is to me, and should be to every brother, a dis
tinguished honor.
In conclusion, permit me to express my sincere appreciation of the
honor conferred upon me and Fort Edward Lodge, No. 267, F. and A. M.,
of which I am a member, in appointing me your representative in the
Twentieth District.
Congratulating you upon your very successful administration, I sin
cerely trust that your future will be one of prosperity and happiness.
I am,
Fraternally yours,
OSCAR O. NILES,
D. D. G. M., Twentieth Matonic District.

Dear Sir and if.\ W.'. Brother: I have forwarded to M.\ W.\
Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary, the annual report of the Lodges
in the Twenty-first Masonic District for the current year.
The report shows an increase in membership of eighty-four. I am
convinced that great care should be taken in selecting candidates for
Masonry. Marked improvement in this particular is being shown among
the Lodges of this district.
My first official duty was to accompany R.\ W.\ Charles Smith to
assist in instituting Gansevoort Lodge, No. 845. The ceremonies were
performed in a most dignified, impressive and masterly manner. The offi
cers were installed by M.\ W.\ Charles W. Mead.
A successful District Convention was held at Glens Falls under the
able direction of B.\ W.\ John Laurenheimer. In making my official
visits, I have observed the excellent results of his superior instruction in
the Standard Work.
A feeling of loyalty to the teachings of our beloved institution pre
vails throughout the district. The various Lodges have been most cordial
in receiving official visits.
Permit me to thank you for the honor conferred in appointing me
as your representative in this district.
Fraternally yours,
ABRAM M. HOLLISTER,
D. D. G. M., Twenty-first Masonic District.
Dear Sir and M.\ W.\ Brother: As prescribed by the Constitution.
I have this day forwarded to M.\ WW Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand
Secretary, the report of the Lodges of the Twenty-second Masonic Dis
trict for the year ending December 31, 1904.
During the year of my incumbency I have visited all of the Lodges
in the district except two. I have in all of my visitations been welcomed
in such a way as to clearly show that Ancient Craft Masonry in the dis
trict is not waning. The work in all of the Lodges has been of high
order, and the solemnity that prevailed in the work of each degree was
very marked and fully appreciated by the brethren.
The District Convention was held with Iroquois Lodge, No. 715, in
November, 1904. The work was under the direction of B.\ WY. Jors
Laurenheimer, Grand Lecturer, whose efforts were heartily appreciated
by the goodly number of representatives of the several Lodges present.
With the active participation and keen interest in Masonic affairs, to
gether with the peace and harmony that prevail, makes the Twenty-
second District particularly prosperous and fortunate.
I wish especially to thank the Masters of this district for the cordial
receptions extended to me, as your representative, and it affords me great
pleasure to report this happy state of affairs to you.
Accept my sincere thanks for the honor you have conferred upon
me and Iroquois Lodge by appointing me as your representative in this
district. Congratulating you on the success of your administration, and
with hearty greeting, 1 am,
Fraternally yours,
BERT D. SEVERANCE,
D. D. G. J/., Twenty-second Masonic Distriet.

Dear Sir and M.\ W.\ Brother: I have transmitted to M.\ W.\
Edward M. L Eulers, Grand Secretary, the annual report of the Lodges
in the Twenty-third District.
It affords me great pleasure to report the affairs of the district in a
very satisfactory condition. It has been my pleasure to visit a majority
of the Lodges under my jurisdiction, and in every instance I have been
highly honored and royally received. I should have been pleased to visit
every Lodge but for the fact that some of them are so situated as to take
much time to get to them and return, and the roads in this section the
past winter have been very bad. The convention for the exemplification
of the Standard Work was held at Massena, October 26-27, 1904.
There was a large attendance of representatives from the various Lodges.
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The convention was under the direction of R.'. W.\ John Lauiien-
heimer, Grand Lecturer, and all who were present were unanimous that
the method of instruction adopted by the Grand Lecturer is excellent. He
possesses a thorough knowledge of the true work, and has a remarkable
tact, both pleasing and stimulating, and should he return to this district
another year, I am sure he will be welcomed by a much larger attendance.
By observation and proper information, I am convinced that harmony
prevails throughout the district, and that there is every reason to feel that
the Craft are making good and substantial progress. Fully appreciating
the great honor you conferred upon me in appointing me to share in
your administration, and hoping that my services have given you some
part of that satisfaction which the honor of serving you has given me.
1 am, M.\ W.\ Sir,
Fraternally yours,
FREDERICK E. BAUM,
D. D. G. M., Twenty-third Masonic District.

Dear Sir and M.\ W.\ Brother: I have this day sent to the Grand
Secretary my annual report. It shows a net increase of 91 during the
year 1904, and the work accomplished thus far during the present year
of 1905 indicates still greater activity and increased prosperity. Har
mony, real brotherly love and enthusiasm for our noble work are every
where in evidence. In one Lodge alone there was during 1904 a net in
crease of 43.
I have visited every Lodge when dates could be arranged, but regret
that I have not had an opportunity to visit every one. I have been very
ably assisted in my visitations by R.\ W.'. William T. Bush, of Low-
ville, Assistant Grand Lecturer, who is an ornament to the Craft. We
have uniformly been received with all the honor due our stations and
most cordially entertained.
Work was held in the beautiful and commodious rooms of Clayton Lodge,
No. 296. It was by far the most largely attended convention ever held in
this district. R.\ W.\ John Laurenheimer, Grand Lecturer, maintained
his excellent reputation and won, if possible, new laurels.
I congratulate you most sincerely on the success of your administra
tion. May your every effort and enterprise in life be ns successful as
your leadership in Masonry.
Again thanking you for the honor which you have conferred upon
me, I am,
JEREMIAH R. STURTEVANT,
D. D. G. M., Twenty-fourth Masonic District.
Grand Matter of Masons in the State of Arew York.
Dear Sir and M.\ W.'. Brother: As required by the Constitution, I
have forwarded to M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary,
the annual report of the Lodges in the Twenty-fifth District for the year
I have officially visited nearly all the Lodges in the district and, as
your representative, have been received with cordiality and fraternal con
sideration, which( demonstrates the loyalty of the brethren, not only to
Masonry, but to yourself as Grand Master. The general condition of
the district is most satisfactory. All the Lodges visited are, financially
and Masonically, prosperous.
The District Convention was held at Masonic Hall, Parish. October
28th and 29th, and was well attended, and the three degrees were ex
emplified by R.\ W.\ John Latjrenheimer, Grand Lecturer. The con
vention unanimously adopted a resolution expressing its appreciation of
the courtesy and skill of our Grand Lecturer.
Permit me to express my sincere thanks for the honor you have
conferred upon me in appointing me as your representative in this dis
trict. I consider it a special honor and privilege to have been associated
with your administration, under whose rule the perpetual maintenance of
the Masonic Home is guaranteed.
FRANK B. FOOTE,
D. D. G. I/., Twenty-fifth Masonic District.

Grand Master of Masons in the State of Arew York.
Dear Sir and M.'. W.\ Brother: In conformity with the require
ments of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, I have forwarded to M.'.
W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary, the annual report of the
condition of the Twenty-sixth Masonic District for the year ending
December 31, 1904.
The report will show a marked increase in the total membership
of the district, a membership that reflects credit upon the Lodges for the
care taken in the selection of material to uphold the high standard and
to insure a continuance of the prosperity of the Fraternity.
I am pleased to report that I have visited every Lodge in the dis
trict, and on each occasion have been received and treated with every
consideration, and everywhere the spirit of loyalty to the Grand Lodge and
the Grand Master was manifest. Peace and harmony prevail in the dis
trict, and the Lodges, without an exception, are in a healthy and pros1ier-
ous condition, several owning and meeting in their own Temples.
On the 29th day of July, 1904, your District Deputy had the honor,
under a dispensation issued to him by the Grand Master, to institute, in

ample form, North Woods Lodge, located at Old Forge, Herkimer
County. He was assisted by R.\ W.'. Jasper D. Fitch and W.\ Bro.
Virrard, of the Nineteenth District.
On December 12th and 13th, the District Convention was held at
Utica, for the exemplification of the Standard Work, and was
very largely attended, every Lodge in the district being represented, and
under the direction of our courteous and painstaking official, R.\ W.\
John Laurenheimer, Grand Lecturer, was a great success. Owing to
my illness at this time, W.\ Bro. Thayre, Assistant Grand Lecturer,
called the convention to order and took charge of its affairs, for which I
am duly thankful. It was a great disappointment to me not to have been
able to be present on this occasion, but from every Lodge that I have
visited I have heard nothing but the highest praise for the manner in
which our Grand Lecturer conducts these conventions, and it will always
be a pleasure for us in the Twenty-sixth District to welcome him here.
On the last evening of the convention the delegates and visiting brethren
were entertained by the members of Utica, Oriental and Faxton Lodges.
On January 19th, Western Star Lodge, No. 15, located at Bridge-
water, celebrated its 108th anniversary in a manner that reflects credit
upon this, the oldest Lodge in the Twenty-sixth District, whose history
dates back to April 21, 1796.
I wish at this time to again thank you for the honor you have con
ferred upon Faxton Lodge and myself by appointing me as your repre
sentative in the Twenty-sixth District. To me personally it has been a
year of great pleasure, and I shall always remember it as one of the
greatest honors of my Masonic career.
With best wishes for your health and happiness, I am,
ALFRED J. BROMLEY,
D. D. O. M., Twenty-sixth Masonic District.

Dear Sir and if.\ TV.\ Brother: I have this day forwarded to M.\
W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers, our Grand Secretary, my annual report as
your District Deputy in and for the Twenty-seventh Masonic District for
the year ending December 31, 1904, as prescribed by the Constitutions of
the Grand Lodge.
At the District Convention, held at Syracuse during the month of
March, every Lodge in the district was represented, and the members of
the Convention were banqueted and welcomed by the three Lodges sta
tioned at Syracuse.
Your representative has officially visited nearly every Lodge in the
district, and is pleased to state that harmony and goodfellowship
prevail.
Thanking you for the honor which you have conferred upon me, and
congratulating you upon the success of your administration, I remain,
Respectfully and fraternally yours,
WILLIAM S. FARMER,
D. D. G. M., Twenty-seventh Masonic District.
To Mr. Frank II. Rorinson,

Dear Sir and M.'. W.'. Brother: I have the honor to submit the
following report, pursuant to the provisions of Sub-division 6, section 37,
of the Book of Constitutions.
The report of the condition of the Lodges of the Twenty-eighth Ma-
sonic District has been forwarded to M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlees,
Grand Secretary.
I have visited officially, as your representative, each of the seventeen
Lodges in the district, and found peace and harmony prevailing and the
brethren working together in unity. The Lodges are all healthy and
prosperous, and while the report to the Grand Secretary shows a falling
off in membership in some, it is accounted for in the dropping from the
rolls those in arrears for dues.
The District Convention was held in the city of Binghamton, No
vember 16th and 17th last. The Lodges were well represented and the
degrees were carefully and painstakingly exemplified under the able direc
tion of R.\ W.\ John Laurenheimer.
I am proud to say that all of the Lodges, save two, voted unani
mously in favor of the adoption of the amendment to Article VII., Sec
tion 43, of the Book of Constitutions.
In conclusion, permit me to congratulate you upon the splendid
condition of the Craft throughout this Empire jurisdiction, due very
largely to the thoroughly efficient manner in which you have performed
the duties of your high office, and to thank you for the honor conferred
in appointing me your representative in the Twenty-eighth District.
With kindest personal regards, I am,
Fraternally yours,
HARRY C. WALKER,
D. D. Q. M., Twenty-ei9hth Masonic District.
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Dear Sir and M.'. W.\ Brother: As required by the Constitution of
the Grand Lodge, I have forwarded to M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers.
Grand Secretary, the annual report, showing the condition of the several
Lodges constituting the Twenty-ninth Masonic District for the year end
ing December 31, 1904.
In conformity to the duty imposed upon me by the Constitution of
the Grand Lodge, I have endeavored to visit all of the Lodges in the
Twenty-ninth Masonic District. Owing to a recent affliction in my im
mediate family, a number of the visits which had been planned were
necessarily postponed, and while I hope to visit the remaining Lodges of
the district during the two weeks immediately preceding the meeting of
the Grand Lodge, I may not be able to meet with one or two of the
Lodges in the district. I have had correspondence with all of the Lodges
which have not been visited, and have tried to keep in close Masonic
touch with the officers and brethren of all of the Lodges.
I am glad to report that the condition, as shown by the detailed
statement, indicates a healthy growth of Masonry in the Twenty-ninth
District. The District Convention was held on the 18th and 19th of
November, 1904, in the rooms of Waverly Lodge, No. 407, at Waverly.
The Lodges were all represented, with the exception of two, by officers
or members of the Lodges, and the attendance at the convention was
very satisfactory. The instruction given by R.\ W.\ John Lauren-
ueimek was greatly appreciated by all present, and I find evidences
in my official visits that the instruction given by him has borne fruit in
the high standard and accurate work upon the floor of the several Lodges
in the district.
I am also glad to report that, while the proposed amendment to the
Constitution, providing increased funds for the Masonic Home in the city
of Utica, was not acted upon favorably by every Lodge in the district, the
action was nearly unanimous, and the sentiment in the district is and
has been overwhelmingly in favor of the proposed step.
The most important action affecting the local conditions in the dis
trict which has been taken during the past year was the organization at
the time of the District Convention of the Past Masters' Association of
the Twenty-ninth Masonic District. It is believed and hoped that this
organization will bring the Past Masters into closer touch with the
working forces in the district, and that such Association will redound to
the good fellowship and an increased interest in Masonic activity.
The initial steps for the formation of such an Association were
taken at the District Convention held in 1903 under the auspices of
RV. W.\ Bro. Gardner. At the election of officers, R.\ W.\ Clayton
S. Scott, of Owego, N. Y., was elected President, and under his manage
ment there can be little question in regard to the success and usefulness
of the organization.
I am glad to report, in conclusion, that, so far as I have been able
to learn or discover, harmony has prevailed in all of the Lodges in the
district.
I wish to congratulate you upon your successful administration, and
thanking you on behalf of Waverly Lodge, No. 407, and myself for the
honor you have conferred upon me by my appointment as your repre
sentative in this district, I beg to remain,
Most cordially and fraternally yours,
FRANK A. BELL,
D. D. G. M., Twenty-ninth Masonic District.

Grand Matter of Masons in the State of Neu> York.
Dear Sir and M.'. W.'. Brother: As required by the Constitution of
the Grand Lodge, I have forwarded to M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Emails,
Grand Seretary, the report of the Lodges comprising the Thirtieth Ma
sonic District for the year ending December 31, 1904.
The report shows an increase in membership in all of the Lodges but
three, with a net gain of 121 members in the district.
I have officially visited every Lodge in the district, and in every
instance have been cordially received as your representative.
The District Convention was held in the rooms of Fidelity and
Hobasco Lodges, at Ithaca, November 29 and 30, 1904, under the
direction of R.\ W.\ John Laurenheimer. The convention was well
attended, and nearly all of the Lodges in the district were represented.
Bro. Laurenheimer exemplified the degrees in his usual able and
courteous manner. I wish to express my appreciation to the brethren of
Fidelity and Hobasco Lodges for their entertainment and to the Crafts
men's Club for their courtesies extended to the visiting brethren. The
resolutions adopted have been forwarded to you with my report of the
convention.
It was my privilege to install the officers of Groton Lodge, No. 496,
St. Paul's Lodge, No. 124, and Cato Lodge, No. 141.
The proposed amendment to the Constitution was submitted to all
of the Lodges early in February, and was adopted by eighteen of the
Lodges in the district, in many of them without a dissenting vote, and
I feel that the brethren are to be commended for their loyalty and the
true Masonic spirit that they displayed on this question.
One of the largest gatherings of Masons during the past year was
with St. Paul's Lodge, Auburn, March 24. The Third Degree was
conferred, followed by a banquet ; more than four hundred brethren
were in attendance. This communication was honored by the presence
of R.\ W.\ S. Nelson Sawyer, Senior Grand Warden ; also, R.\ W.\
William S. Farmer, District Deputy Grand Master of the Twenty-
seventh District, and R.\ W.\ George Kent, Past Grand Standard
Bearer. Many members of the Fraternity from adjoining cities and
towns were present, twenty-three Lodges being represented. Perfect ar
rangements were made by St. Paul's Lodge for the comfort and entertain
ment of the visiting brethren.
Thanking you for the honor which has been conferred upon me a
second time, and with best wishes for a happy and prosperous future, I
remain,
Cordially and fraternally yours,
CHARLES M. ADAMS,
D. D. G. M., Thirtieth Masonic Dittrict.

Dear Sir and M.'. W.'. Brother: I have this day forwarded to M.\
W.\ Edward M. L. Ehijers the report of the different Lodges in the
Thirty-first Masonic District, in accordance with the Grand Lodge Con
stitution.
The numerical strength of Masons in this district, December 1, 1904.
was 1,997, which is a gain of 83 for the year. I am by no means
ashamed of this report, as it is one of the best that has ever been sub
mitted to the Grand Lodge from this district. I have officially visited the
different Lodges, and have exemplified for them or have seen Standard
Work exemplified by them, and assure you that the Standard Work of
Masonry is very closely followed in this district.
On each of my official visits I have been received with courtesy
and cordiality. The records of each of the Lodges are carefully kept,
and all of the Lodges are in a healthful and prosperous condition, peace,
harmony and brotherly love prevailing among all of the members.
I have used my best endeavors to create and preserve on record an
expression of my gratitude to the brethren of this district for the many
acts of kindness which they have shown to me, and as this has all been
done in your name, I feel sure that all the brethren have a very kindly
feeling toward you. I have been greeted with a large attendance at all
of our meetings, and the brethren have been pleased with the instruction
and counsel I have given them.
Work was held at the rooms of Ark Lodge, No. 33, in Geneva, and was
noted for its large attendance and the interest manifested by the brethren.
Great credit is due R.\ W.\ Bro. Laurenheimer for his zeal and the
efficient manner in which he offers instruction, and I know that he bas
greatly endeared himself to the hearts of all the brethren who were fortu
nate enough to attend this convention.
I desire to heartily congratulate you upon your very successful ad
ministration and to sincerely thank you for the high honor you conferred
upon me by appointing me as your representative in this district.
With best wishes for your future happiness and prosperity,
JOHN C. DAVIS,
D. D. G. M., Thirty-first Masonic District.
the Grand Lodge of the State of New York, I have forwarded to M.\ W.\
Edward M. L. Ehi.ers, Grand Secretary, a tabulated report showing
the condition of the several Lodges comprising the Thirty-second Ma
sonic District for the year ending December 31, 1904.
The report shows an increase of membership in all but two Lodges,
with a net gain of ninety members in the district.
I have visited officially, as your representative, every Lodge in the
district, and have been courteously and cordially received, thus demon
strating the loyalty of the brethren to the Grand Lodge and to yourself
as Grand Master.
The District Convention for the exemplification of the Standard
Work was held in Masonic Hall, Palmyra, on March 6th and 7th.
and was well attended, nearly all of the Lodges in the district being repre
sented. R.\ W.'. John Laurenheimer, Grand Lecturer, again demon
strated his ability as a teacher, and won the hearts of all who were so
fortunate as to be present.
Macedon Lodge, No. 665, Macedon, has, during the past year, erected
a new Masonic Hall, which they are now furnishing, and will soon
occupy. They are in a flourishing condition.
In conclusion, permit me to cordially thank you for the honor you
have conferred upon me by appointing me your personal representative in
this district; also, to thank you in behalf of Pultneyville Lodge, No. 159.
Finally, congratulating you on the signal success of your administration,
and trusting that you may be spared for many more years of service
for the Craft and pleasure to yourself, I am,
ROBERT S. CARR,
D. D. G. M., Thirty-second Masonic District.

ments of Sub-division 6 of Section 37 of the Constitution of the Grand
Lodge, I beg to submit the following report of the condition of Masonry
in the Thirty-third District, and of my acts therein as your representative.
The tabular report which has been heretofore transmitted to the
Grand Secretary shows an aggregate membership in the twenty-seven
Lodges of 0,473 Master Masons on December 31, 1904, a net increase of
313 over the previous year.
It has been my privilege to make an official visit to each Lodge, and

I have in every instance been received with the greatest courtesy, and
am gratified to be able to report that I have found the several Lodges,
without exception, harmonious, enthusiastic and energetic in their labors
in the Masonic quarries, realizing fully their duties not only to the
brethren in their immediate vicinity, but also to the Craft at large.
Among the large and active Lodges in the city of Rochester there pre
vails an exceptional degree of harmony, due not only to their labors to
gether in the erection of their handsome Temple, but also to the formation
during the present year of an association of the various Masters, which,
by visiting the several Lodges in a body, and by careful consideration of
matters of common interest, has done much to destroy the spirit of jeal
ous and unfraternal rivalry which has at times prevailed. A due care
appears to be observed to maintain the high standard of character which
is required for admission to the Order, and several cases of Masonic
discipline which have come under my observation gives evidence that there
exists a determination to purge the rolls of the names of any members
who have proven themselves unworthy.
Seven Lodges outside the city of Rochester own the whole or parts
of the buildings occupied by them, the latest addition to this number
being Penfield Union Lodge, No. 154, which in December last dedicated
an exceptionally handsome and well-equipped Masonic Temple with cere
monies presided over by M.\ W.\ William A. Sutherland. Several
other Lodges have already formulated plans for accomplishing a like re
sult in the near future.
In my official visits I have called attention to the pending amend
ment to the Constitution, for the further support of the Masonic Home
at Utica, and have sought to make clear the urgent necessity of providing
further revenue to sustain its beneficent work ; and am pleased to report
that, so far as the returns have come to me, only three of the Lodges of
this district have taken adverse action upon such amendment.
Work was held in the Temple at Rochester, on February 27th and 28th,
under the direction of Rev. and R.\ W.\ John Laurenheimer, Grand
Lecturer, and attracted an exceptionally large attendance, representatives
being present from all but four Lodges, three of which are located at the
most distant points in the district. The graceful, scholarly and courteous
manner in which the instructions of the Grand Lecturer were imparted
excited the deepest interest of all the brethren, and cannot fail to result in
greater uniformity and fidelity to the authorized ritual of the Order.
I beg to express, in conclusion, my profound appreciation of the
honor conferred upon Geneseo Lodge, No. 214, and myself by my appoint
ment as your official representative in this district, and the hope that I
have been able, in some slight measure, to contribute to the brilliant suc
cess which has attended your administration.
Respectfully and fraternally yours,
GEORGE B. ADAMS.
D. D. O. J/., Thirty-third Maxonic District.

Orand Master of Masons in the State of New York.
Dear Sir and M.'. W.'. Brother: In accordance with the require
ments of the Constitution, I have this day forwarded to M.\ W.\ Edward
M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary, the annual report of the Lodges com
prising the Thirty-fourth Masonic District for the year ending December
31, 1904.
The report shows that, with a very few exceptions, the Lodges
have made substantial gains in membership, and the district, for the
first time in the history of the Craft, has reached and passed the 2,000
mark. I believe the Lodges have used such close scrutiny in the selection
of candidates that the high honor, glory and reputation of the Craft will
be fully maintained.
It has been my privilege to visit officially, as your representative, all
the Lodges of the district, and in each instance have been accorded a
most hearty and cordial reception.
I find the Lodges are all endeavoring to work as close to the Standard
Work as circumstances will permit, and the utmost harmony and loyalty
to yourself as Grand Master and to the Grand Lodge prevails, as a
unanimous vote in favor of the per capita tax for the support of our
Home at Utica will attest.
The Annual Convention was held in Masonic Hall, Hornellsville, on
November 21st and 22d, when the three degrees were ably and thoroughly
exemplified by the Grand Lecturer, R.\ W.\ John Laurenheimer. The
pleasing and painstaking manner in which he gave instructions elicited
deserved applause and hearty commendation.
On Sunday evening, November 20th, at the First Presbyterian
Church in Hornellsville, the Masons of that city and vicinity were
privileged to listen to a splendid sermon, directed particularly to the
subject most dear to the heart of the speculative Mason, by It.\ W.\ and
Rev. John Laurenheimer, Grand Lecturer. There was a very large
turnout of the brethren, including the Grand Master and the Grand
Marshal, and all were justly pleased at the opportunity offered them to
listen to the pleasing sermon.
Permit me to most heartily congratulate you upon your exceedingly
successful administration, which is evinced by the action of the Lodges in
providing ample funds for the enlargement and maintenance of our
loved Home at Utica.
Please accept my sincere thanks for the high honor conferred upon
Morning Star Lodge, No. 65, and myself by my selection as your per
sonal representative in your home district, and with hearty and cordial
wishes for your good health and continued success, I remain,
MILTON W. DAVISON,
D. D. G. M., Thirty-fourth Masonic District.

Chrand Master of Masons in the State of New York.
Dear Sir and M.'. TP.'. Brother: It gives me pleasure to report the
generally prosperous condition of the Lodges of the Thirty-fiflh District.
Owing to impassable roads and other circumstances over which I had
no control, it has been impossible for me to visit all of the Lodges of the
district. I have, however, visited most of them, and hope to make other
visits before the Grand Lodge convenes.
As your representative, I have been always most kindly and cordially
received. The interest shown in the work and in Masonic matters gen
erally has been, without exception, most gratifying. Every Lodge in the
district gave hearty support to the proposed amendment, enlarging the
Masonic Home at Utica.
The Annual Convention was held at Cuba on November 22d and 23d.
We were entertained in a hospitable manner by the Cuba brethren.
There was an unusually large attendance, every Lodge save one being
represented, and a marked interest shown.
We were instructed in the work of the three degrees by R.\ W.\
Beo. Laurenheimer, Grand Lecturer, in his usually pleasing and im
pressive manner. Bro. Laurenheimer has won a very warm place in
the hearts of all Masons in the Thirty-fifth District.
I sincerely congratulate you upon the success of your administration,
and thank you for the honor conferred upon me in making me your repre
sentative in this district. With kindest regards, I am,
Fraternally yours,
ARTHUR B. BURROWS,
D. D. O. M., Thirty-fifth Masonic District.

the Grand Lodge, I have forwarded to M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Ebxers,
Grand Secretary, a tabulated report of the Lodges in the Thirty-sixth
Masonic District for the year ending December 31, 1904. I have visited
every Lodge in the district officially, and several in a social way, and, as
your representative, I have been received most cordially and kindly,
which testifies to the loyalty of the brethren to the Grand L-dge and to
their Grand Master. The report shows an increase in membership, and
the indications are for continued activity along this line throughout the
district during the present year. I can also report all the Lodges in
the district in a prosperous condition financially.
On November 28. 1904, the District Convention was held in the
Masonic Hall, Attica, for the exemplification of the Standard Work.
All the Lodges in the district were largely represented. R.\ W.\ John
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Laurenheimer, Grand Lecturer, assisted by R.\ W.\ Pierre Cushing.
Assistant Grand Lecturer from this district, exemplified the work in the
three degrees in a most able manner, winning the respect of all present
by the dignified and courteous manner in which he corrected errors and
imparted instruction, after which he gave a wonderful address in sup
port of the Masonic Home at Utiea. No one can meet Bro. Lauren
heimee without feeling impressed that he is a genuine Christian gentle
man, and it makes one feel proud of his connection with an Order thai
sends out such men to represent it and exemplify its great principles. We
trust his life may be spared for many years to come. Altogether, I think
it one of the most successful conventions ever held in this district. I am
also pleased to note that the Lodges are following the Standard Work
closely.
Your representative was honored by being invited to install the offi
cers of the following Lodges : Attica Lodge, No. 462, Attica ; Constella
tion Lodge, No. 404, Perry : Hesperus Lodge, No. 837, Bergen, and West
Star Lodge, No. 413, Varysburg. All of these functions were largely
attended.
The acquaintances made and friendships formed during my year as
your representative are very dear to me, and will always be remembered
with pleasure. I desire to extend my sincere thanks to the brethren for
their uniform courtesy and kindness to me on all occasions.
And now, Most Worshipful Sir, allow me to express my sincere
thanks for the honor you have conferred on Attica Lodge, No. 462, and
upon myself by my appointment as your representative in the Thirty-sixth
Masonic District, and to express the hope that my administration of the
trust reposed in me has been satisfactory to you and the craft.
In conclusion, permit me to extend my hearty congratulations upou
the success of your administration, and, thanking you most sincerely for
the high honor you have conferred on me, and hoping that success may
crown all your future efforts, I remain,
WILLIAM J. HOCKEY,
D. D. G. M., Thirty-sixth Masonic District.
To Mr. Prank H. Rorinson,

Orand Master of Masons in the State of New York.
the Grand Lodge, I have forwarded to M.\ WV. Eiiward M. L. Ehlkr>
the annual report showing condition of the various Lodges in the Thirty-
seventh Masonic District.
I have, as your representative, visited all but two of the Lodges in
this district, and in every instance was received with a courtesy and
cordiality which demonstrates the high esteem in which you are held by
the Craft.
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On the occasions of my visits I explained to the brethren the over
crowded condition of the Home, its needs, and the measures proposed for
its relief, and urged, as a duty binding upon them as Masons, to vote
for the adoption of the proposed amendment, imposing the fifty cents per
capita tax, and though, greatly to my regret and chagrin, only a small
percentage of the Lodges in this district voted for the amendment, yet I
rejoice to know that it was carried, and that the Home will now be
enabled to carry out to the fullest extent the beneficent scheme of its
existence.
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The statistical report shows a very satisfactory increase in the
membership of the district, and the financial standing of the various
Lodges is most excellent ; in some cases the balance being of such an
amount that I have felt impelled to remind the members not to let the
desire of having a prosperous Lodge cause them to neglect the important
charitable and benevolent principles of our Order.
Among the most pleasing of the events of the year participated in by
me were the dedication of the new Lodge rooms of Social Lodge, No. 713.
at Kendall (the old Ground Floor Lodge), the ceremonies of which
were ably and impressively conducted by M.\ W.\ William A. Suther
land ; the celebration of the semi-c outennial of Niagara Lodge. No. 375.
of Lockport ; the reception given by Sutherland Lodge, No. S2(i, North
Tonawanda, to St. George's Lodge, of Toronto, Canada; the installation
of the new officers of Lockport Lodge, No. 73, and the installation of my
own successor in office as Master of Renovation Lodge, No. 97, Albion.
Our Annual District Convention was held in the rooms of Renova
tion Lodge, No. 97. Albion, on March 3d. 1905, and was largely at
tended, the experiment of completing the work of the convention in one
day proving most successful.
The manliness, courtesy and proficiency of R.\ W.\ John Lauren-
heimer. Grand Lecturer, won for him the admiration of every member of
the Craft in attendance, who united in an enthusiastic resolution in his
praise.
The high standard set by the Grand Lecturer, not only in his work,
but in his honorable manhood, has had a most beneficial effect upon the
Craft in this district.
Permit me to congratulate you upon the success of your adminis
tration of the affairs of the Grand Lodge, and to say that your efforts
in behalf of the Home will stand as a lasting monument to your Masonic
memory.
Again, with sincere thanks for the high honor you have conferred
upon me and for all past favors,
I am sincerely and fraternally yours,
WARNER THOMPSON,
D. D. O. M., Thirty-snenth Masonic District.
ments of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, I have forwarded to M.\
W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary, a tabulated report of the
Lodges in the Thirty-eighth District for the year ending December 31,
1904. The report shows a total membership of 6,208, an increase of 414
for the year.
It has been my pleasure to officially visit every Lodge in this district.
On each of these occasions your representative was received with cor
diality and courtesy, which exemplifies the loyalty of the brethren of the
Thirty-eighth District to the Grand Master and to the Grand Lodge.
The loyalty displayed to me by the Past Masters, Masters and breth
ren of the Lodges of this district during the performance of my duties
as your representative is greatly appreciated and very gratifying to me,
and I shall always cherish with much pleasure the friendships and ac
quaintances formed during my year as your representative.
Harmony prevails throughout the district. The Lodges are al! in
good financial condition, the records well and correctly kept, and the
brethren are taking unusual interest in promoting the welfare of the
Craft.
In accordance with your instruction on the occasion of my official
visits, I presented the matter of the amendment to Article 7. Section 43,
of the Book of Constitutions, relating to the levying of a per capita
tax of fifty cents per member for the maintenance of the Home at
Utica. The message delivered by me was in every instance received in a
true Masonic spirit, and aroused the enthusiasm of the brethren. It is
my pleasure to report that every Lodge save one voted unanimously in
favor of the amendment, thus testifying to the steadfastness of the
brethren of this district to one of the principal tenets of our profession,
" charity."
On May 30, 1904, the Grand Master, M.\ W.\ Frank H. Rorinson-,
dedicated, consecrated and constituted Buffalo Lodge, No. 846, and in
stalled its officers. The ceremonies were of the usual impressive charac
ter. The Grand Master was assisted by the following : R.\ W.\ J.
Hungerford Smith, as Deputy Grand Master ; R.\ W.\ S. Nelson
Sawyer, Senior Grand Warden ; R.\ W.\ Charles Smith, Junior Grand
Warden ; R.\ W.\ John R. Gardner, Grand Treasurer ; M.'. W.\ Ed
ward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary ; M.\ W.\ Christopher G. Fox,
Past Grand Master ; R.\ W.\ William S. Carter, Grand Chaplain : R.\
W.\ William H. Prangen, as Grand Marshal ; R.\ W.\ R. Kenneth
Hickford and Frank L. Sirley, Grand Stewards ; R.\ W.\ Walden M.
Ward, Grand Director of Ceremony ; R.\ W.\ James B. Snelgrove,
(Jrand Junior Deacon ; R.\ W.\ Milton W. Davison, D. D. G. M..
Thirty-fourth District; R.\ W.\ Elias Haffa, D. D. G. M., Thirty-
eighth District; R.\ W.\ George F. Thompson, D. D. G. M., Thirty-
seventh District ; R.\ W.'. Jgel H. Prescott, R.\ W.\ Henry W.
Root, Grand Representatives ; W.\ Andrew Ferguson, Grand Tiler, and
many other distinguished Craftsmen.
The officers of the new Lodge were installed as follows : Charles E.
Eisele, W. M. ; Walter S. Wiles, S. W. ; Willard H. Orr, J. W. ;
Hugh S. Townsend, Treasurer ; Henry P. Duerr, Secretary.
Incidental to this visit, the Grand Master, accompanied by his staff,
paid a brief visit to Transportation Lodge, No. 842, on the occasion of the
first anniversary of the Lodge. He was gracefully received and welcomed
by the Worshipful Master, and the Grand Master responded in a delight
ful manner.
Modestia Lodge, No. 340, of which I have the honor to be a member,
celebrated its Fiftieth Anniversary Festival on July 5 and 6, 1904. The
first day, July 5th. ceremonies of unusual interest were conducted in the
Lodge-room. The Lodge was highly honored in the presence of M.\ W.\
Frank H. Rorinson, Grand Master, who was received with the honors
fitting his exalted station, welcomed by R.\ W.\ Henry Sohaefer, D. D.
G. M., and presented with a beautiful ivory gavel in behalf of the officers
and members of the Lodge. The Grand Master delivered a very able and
instructive address. On this occasion sixty-one Right Worshipful and
Worshipful brethren were present.
The second day, July 6th, a banquet for the members, their ladies and
distinguished guests was given at the Teck Concert Hall, at which over
four hundred persons were seated, who were privileged to enjoy a very
delightful musical programme and very many interesting addresses. The
perfection of detail, as well as the magnitude of the pleasant termination
of the festivities, give proof of the efficiency of the officers and members of
this Lodge.
On July 23, 1904, the cornerstone of the new building for the Lodge
of the Ancient Landmarks, No. 441, Buffalo, was laid by M.\ W.\
Frank H. Rorinson, Grand Master, assisted by W.\ Thomas Penney,
as Deputy Grand Master; M.\ W.\ John Stewart, as Senior Grand
Warden ; R.\ W.\ Morris Benson, as Junior Grand Warden ; R.\ W.\
John R. Gardner, Grand Treasurer; R.\ W.\ Elias Haffa, as Grand
Secretary ; R.\ W.\ Charles H. Fowler and Jakes W. Ashton, Grand
Chaplains ; R.'. W.\ William H. Pranoen, Grand Marshal ; R.\ W.\
Edward G. Chapman, Grand Sword Bearer; R.\ W.\ Philip Joyce,
Jackson H. Becker and Warren B. Conklino, Grand Stewards; W.
William Schmidt, as Grand Steward; R.\ W.\ Henry Schaefer, as
Senior Grand Deacon ; R.\ W.\ Charles Larrowe, Junior Grand Dea
con ; Bro. Rorert A. Wallace, Master Architect ; R.\ W.\ John A.
Williams, as Grand Tiler, and many prominent Masons of this and
other districts. The ceremonies were preceded by an imposing parade, in
which all the Buffalo Lodges and representatives of all the Lodges in this
district outside of Buffalo, together with Lake Erie Commandery, No. 20,
and Hugh De Payens Commandery, No. 30, Knights Templars, partici
pated.
The ceremonies attending the laying of the cornerstone were ren
dered in a very impressive manner, and included a very able and interest
ing address by the Grand Master. This event will be long remembered
by those who were permitted to be present. After the ceremonies a very
enjoyable banquet was given in honor of the Grand Master and his staff
at the Hotel Iroquois by the Lodge of the Ancient landmarks.
In accordance with a dispensation issued to me by the Grand Master,
and upon invitation of the Worshipful Master, Wardens and brethren of
Highland Lodge, No. 835, I laid the cornerstone of the new Temple for
Highland Lodge, No. 835, Buffalo, on January 5, 1905. Although the day
was extremely cold and disagreeable, a very large number of brethren
were present. The provisional Grand Lodge was made up as follows :
R.\ W.\ Henry Schaefer, as Grand Master; R.'. W.\ John C. Thomp
son, as Deputy Grand Master ; R.\ W.\ Myron O. Denny, as Senior
Grand Warden : R.\ W.\ Henry W. Root, as Junior Grand Warden :
R.\ W.\ Walden M. Ward, as Grand Treasurer: R.\ W.\ ChArixs F.
Sturm, as Grand Secretary ; Rev. Bro. Rorert Scott, as Grand Chap
lain ; R.\ W.\ Elias Haffa, as Grand Marshal ; R.\ W.\ Jgel H. Pres-
cott, as Grand Standard Bearer ; R.\ W.\ Lewis A. Mattice, W.\
Frederick W. Kendall, W.\ J. William Prouse and W.\ Robert
Murray, as Grand Sword Bearers ; R.\ W.\ Philip Joyce, Grand
Steward ; R.\ W.\ Eugene Klein, W.\ Franklin W. Heath, W.\
Edward D. Peters, W.\ Edward K. Emery and W.\ W. DeCourct
Rose, as Grand Stewards ; W.\ Christian Flierl and W.\ Frederick
P. Fox, as Grand Directors of Ceremonies ; W.\ Martin H. Blecher. as
Senior Grand Deacon ; W.\ Henry A. Thomas, as Junior Grand Deacon :
and Bro. Andrew Ferguson, Grand Tiler.
This building, when completed, will add one more to the numerous
Lodges in the district who own homes, and will be an enduring monu
ment to the zeal, fidelity and attachment of the brethren of Highland
Lodge to the principles of the Order.
The Worshipful Master, Wardens and brethren of Alden Lodge, No.
594, located at Alden, Erie County, were highly honored by the Grand
Alaster on February 22, 1905, on which occasion M.\ W.\ Frank H.
Rorinson, Grand Master, assisted by a large number of brethren of
this and adjoining districts, dedicated the beautiful Lodge-room of Alden
Lodge in ample form. A distinguished party of brethren and their ladies
were present, and were much impressed by the solemn and beautiful
ceremonies, as well as by the eloquent address of the Grand Master. The
ceremonies of the evening included a banquet in the banquet hall of the
new Temple.
Work and Lectures was held in the Blue Room, Masonic Hall, Buffalo.
March 1st and 2d, with the usual large attendance. R.\ W.\ John
Laurenheimee, Grand Lecturer, again demonstrated his unusual qualifi
cations for the important office he so ably fills, and his instruction, not
only in the secret work, but also in the principles of our Order, won the
admiration of those in attendance. At the conclusion of the convention
suitable resolutions were adopted, a copy of which was transmitted to you
with my report of the convention.
In conclusion, permit me to again thank you for the honor conferred
on me and on Modestia Lodge, No. 340, in appointing me as your per
sonal representative in the Thirty-eighth District.
Congratulating you on the success of your administration, and trust
ing that you may be spared for many years of service for the Craft and
pleasure to yourself, I remain,
HENRY SCHAEFER,
D. D. G. M., Thirty-ei9hth Masonic District.

Dear Sir and M.'. W.'. Brother: In accordance with the provisions
of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, I have heretofore forwarded to
M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary, my report on the
Lodges of the Thirty-ninth District, which shows a total membership of
1,016, an increase of 35 over last year.
I have visited every Lodge in the Thirty-ninth District, and on every
occasion have been very cordially and courteously received, as the repre
sentative of the Grand Master.
I am pleased to report that harmony prevails among all the brethren
and that all the Lodges are in excellent condition, financially and other
wise. On nearly every occasion of my official visits there has been work,
and the dignified, impressive and careful manner in which it is done is
worthy of comment.
On the night of January 24th the building in which Berean Lodge.
No. 811, was located was destroyed by fire, together with the furniture,
lights and jewels of said Lodge ; their warrant was also destroyed. This
was a severe blow to Berean Lodge, for they were enjoying a beautifully
furnished and well-equipped Lodge-room. But the Masonic blood in this
district is not slow, and on the morning following efforts were made to
secure another meeting place. Your representative was immediately noti
fied of the destruction of their room, and went to Cattaraugus to assist
in the location of a meeting place ; such arrangements were finally made,
and the Lodge is now holding regular meetings.
I desire to report on the action taken by the Lodges in this district
on the proposed amendment to the Constitution in relation to the per
capita tax for the Hall and Asylum.
I learned early that there was likely to be some opposition to the
passage of the amendment by several of the Lodges in this district. I
immediately took the matter up with the Masters of such Lodges, and
arranged to make my visit at such time as the amendment should be
acted upon. I visited each one of these Lodges, and made careful ex
planation of the proposed amendment, and on each occasion but one the
amendment was unanimously approved. The reason for the opposition
was not the lack of proper Masonic benevolence and charity, but rather
the lack of proper knowledge in relation to the Hall and Asylum. Many
brethren have no adequate means of learning of the Home ; they have no
idea of the cost of maintenance; they do not know the number of its in
mates, and, therefore, that which should be uppermost in the minds of
some of our brethren sinks into insignificance.
There is not a Mason in the State of New York who would refuse
to give any reasonable sum to our one Grand Masonic Charity, if he
could only know the purpose of its use.
I therefore beg leave to recommend, Most Worshipful Sir, that some
provision be made by this Grand Lodge to the end that extracts from thi-
reports of the Trustees of the Hall and Asylum and of the Superintendent
of the Masonic Home be furnished in pamphlet form to all the Lodge*
in the State in sufficient numbers, so that all the brethren may be thor
oughly conversant with the condition of the Home.
The Annual District Convention for the exemplification of the Stand
ard Work and Lectures was held at Gowanda on November 24th. The
convention was well attended and much interest displayed by the brethren.
R.\ W.\ John Laurenheimer, Grand Lecturer, performed his duties in
a most able, pleasing and dignified manner. The Grand Lodge is to be
congratulated on having so efficient an officer.
And now. Most Worshipful Sir, allow me to express my sincere and
heartfelt thanks for the honor you have conferred on Phoenix Lodge, No.
262, and upon myself by my appointment as your representative in the
Thirty-ninth Masonic District, and to express the hope that my adminis
tration of the trust reposed in me has been satisfactory to you and the
Craft.
In conclusion, permit me to extend my hearty congratulations to you
upon the success of your administration, and especially in relation to the
Hall and Asylum. The love and lifelong remembrance of all the Craft is
due you for your strenuous and untiring efforts for charity and benevo
lence.
May health, prosperity and happiness be with you and yours always.
GLENN M. CONGDON,
D. D. G. M., Thirty-ninth Masonic District.

Dear Sir and M.\ W.'. Brother: In compliance with the Grand
Lodge Book of Constitutions, I have forwarded to M.\ W.\ Edward M.
L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary, the statistical report required.
The statement shows a net gain of 92 in membership, exclusive of
the 09 members of the new Lake Shore Lodge under dispensation at
Brocton.
My official visits, as your representative, were in every case pleasant,
and I found all in good condition, financially and numerically.
R.\ W.\ John Laudenheimer, at the convention in Jamestown,
November 23d, exemplified the Standard Work. All the Lodges were
represented, and his courteous manner and sincerity in the work demon
strated he is the " right man in the right place." Assistant Grand Lec
turer R.'. W.\ J. W. Ware has also done much the past year. His work
is good and he is a general favorite.
The most important event of the year was the formation of the new
Lodge at Brocton, located in the most thriving and prosperous village in
Chautauqua County, which is surrounded by a rich country. Its officers
and charter members are representative men of high standing, and the
Masonic work they do to a perfection. The Lodge owns its own building,
and its rooms are most admirably fitted up and adapted for its exclusive
use. I believe this will soon be one of the best and richest Lodges in this
district. Its members feel especially grateful to you for the just attitude
you took in granting them a dispensation, which for thirty-two years had
been denied them. Their zealous efforts for so many years proved them
to be good Masons, and, in my opinion, they were entitled to a Lodge all
this time, and it would have proved detrimental to Masonry had they not
succeeded in getting a charter.
In conclusion, permit me to congratulate you for the able and suc
cessful administration of your office ; also, let me thank you for your
kindness to me.
Fraternally yours,
FRANK MERZ,
D. D. O. M., Fortieth Masonic District.

the Grand Lodge, I have forwarded to M.\ W.\ Edward M. L. Bhlers,
Grand Secretary, the annual report of the Lodges comprising the Forty-
first Masonic District for the year ending December 31, 1904.
The Lodges of the district are in a prosperous condition, the mem
bership having increased 65 over last year. It is my pleasure to report
that fraternal harmony and good fellowship prevail throughout the
district.
On May 31, 1904, under dispensation, I constituted Mount Arab
Lodge, at Tupper Lake, and installed its officers. At this event I was
assisted by several brethren of White Face Mountain Lodge.
The cornerstone of the Masonic Temple at Saranac Lake was laid
July 9, 1904, at which time I had the honor of acting as Grand Master,
being ably assisted by the Master and Past Masters of White Face Moun
tain Lodge. This Temple, which is now nearly completed, will cost not
far from $20,000, is a gem of architectural beauty, and will be an endur-
ing monument of the fidelity of the brethren of White Face Mountain
Lodge.
The District Convention was held at North Bangor, on October
21, 1904, under the direction of the Grand Lecturer, R.\ W.\ Bbo.
Laurenheimer, who exemplified the work in his usual efficient and
courteous manner. On the same date North Bangor Temple was dedi
cated by R.\ W.\ Bro. Laurenheimer, acting as Grand Master, on
which occasion I had the honor of acting as Deputy Grand Master.
In concluding the duties of my second term as your representative
in the Forty-first District, permit me, Most Worshipful Sir, to extend mj-
hearty congratulations upon the great success of your administration.
ARTHUR D. MANNING,
D. D. O. M., Forty-first Masonic District.
LIST OF LODGES
IS G--D STANDING, UNDER TBS JUrISDICTI-N -F THE GrAND L-DGE -F THE
STATE OF NEw y-rK.
No. Lodge. District. No. Lodge. District.

1 St. John's 4 51 Fidelity 30
2 Independent Royal Arch 4 53 Brownville 24
3 Mount Verngn 17 54 German Union 9
4 St. Patrick's 19 55 Granville 20
5 Masters' 17 56 St. Alrans 3
6 St. George's 17 58 Phcenix 17
7 Hudson 14 60 Suffolk 1
8 Holland 4 62 Manhattan 4
9 Unity 14 63 Morton 1
10 Kingston 15 64 La Fayette 4
1 1 Lodge of Antiquity 4 65 Morning Star 34
12 Trinity 9 66 Richmond 11
13 Apollo 17 67 Mariners' 4
14 Temple 17 68 Montgomery 4
15 Western Stah 26 69 Naval *
16 Prince of Orange 4 70 John Hancock 4
17 L'Union Franoaisr 10 73 Lockport 37
19 Fortitude 3 75 Evening Star 17
80 Pioneer 4 79 Hamilton 19
21 Washington 4 82 Phosrus 28
22 St. John's 21 83 Newark 32
23 Adelphi 4 84 Artisan 19
26 Alrion 4 85 Washington 17
27 Mount Moriah 4 86 pythagora8 9
28 Benevolent 4 87 Schodaok Union 17
30 Dtrigo 4 90 Franklin 21
31 Lotus 4 91 King Solomon's Primitive.... 17
32 Warren 14 93 Military 27
33 Ark 81 94 Lodge of Strict Orservance. . 4
34 courtlandt 12 95 Union 29
35 Howard 4 96 Phojnix 20
39 Olive Branch 36 97 Rencvation 37
40 Olive Branch 19 98 Columria 14
41 Sylvan 30 103 Rising Sun 21
44 Evening Star 34 104 Lewis 34
45 Union 33 105 Hiram 38
46 Huguengt 12 106 Manitou 4
47 Utica 26 107 North Star 41
48 Ark 15 108 Milo 31
49 Watertown 24 109 Valley 33
50 Concord 4 110 Scipio 30
No. Lodge. District. No. Lodge.
111 8t. Lawrence 23 163 Tonnondio
112 Steuren 34 164 Philanthropic
113 8ENECA 31 165 Boonville . . .
114 Union 31 166 Forest
115 Phojnix 33 167 Susquehanna
116 Cohoes 17 168 Montour
117 Painted Post 34 169 Clinton
118 Addison Union 34 171 Lafargevillr
119 Oasis 15 172 Chaumont . .
120 Hamilton 27 173 Monroe
121 Glens Falls 21 174 Theresa
122 Mount Morris 33 175 Oxford
123 Dundee 31 176 Montezuma.
124 8t. Paul's 30 177 BlNGHAMTON
126 Eastern Light 28 178 Atlantic . . .
127 Oswego 25 179 German Pilgrim
128 oodensruroh 23 180 Westchester
129 Sanger 26 181 Little Falls
130 Port Btron 30 182 Germania
131 Mtrtle 29 183 Farmeryille
132 Niaoara Frontier 37 184 Turin
134 Lowville 24 185 Independent
135 Sackktt's Harror 24 187 Darct
136 Mexico 25 188 Marsh
137 Anglo-Saxon 3 190 Munn
138 Otsego 18 191 Lebanon....
139 Milnor 31 193 Ulster
140 Clinton 21 194 Piatt
141 Cato 30 195 Excelsior..
142 Morning Sun 22 196 Solomon's . .
143 Concordia 38 197 York
144 Hiram 25 198 Silentia
145 Mount MoriAn 40 199 Harmont...
146 Western Union 85 200 Sincrritt . .
147 Warren 30 201 Joppa
148 Sullivan 27 202 zschokke...
149 Au Sarle River 22 208 Templar
150 Sauquoit 26 204 Palestine . .
151 Sentinel 34 205 Htatt
152 Hanover 40 206 Empire Citt
153 Friendship 29 207 United States
154 Pentield Union 33 208 Ctrus
155 Clinton 22 209 National...
156 Ocean 4 210 Worth
157 Trumansrurgh 30 211 Pocahontas
158 Carthage 24 213 Racket River
159 pultneyville 32 214 Geneseo
160 Seneca River 27 216 Franklin...
161 Erie 38 217 Gouvrrnrur
162 Schutlrh's Lake 18 218 Hartland . .
Vo. Lodge. District. No. Lodge District.
319 Summit 40 275 Sylvan Grove 6
231 Catuoa 80 276 Mohawk Valley 19
223 Roman 26 277 Henry Clay 6
224 Oriental 26 278 Marion 6
225 Allegany 35 279 King Solomon 9
226 Antwerp 24 280 Doric 6
227 Eastern Star 5 282 Otego Union 18
220 Oriona 35 283 Beacon M
230 Wkxlsville 35 284 Baltic 2
231 Canastota , 27 285 George Washington 6
232 Navigator 9 286 Montauk 3
233 Pacific 5 287 Continental 6
234 Rising Sun 24 288 Brooklyn 3
235 Ketstone 5 289 St. Andrew's 16
236 Philipstown 13 290 Spencer 29
237 Champlain 22 291 Northern Constellation 41
238 Orient 24 292 Parish 38
239 Cattaraugus 39 293 Cape Vincent 24
240 Washington 38 294 Canandaigua 31
241 Constitution 5 295 Cataract 37
243 Eureka 5 296 Clayton 24
244 Hope 5 297 Alexandria 24
245 Polar Star 5 298 Fish House 19
246 Arcana 5 299 Ke9HEQ.ua 33
247 Tonawanda 38 300 Garoga 19
248 Palmyra 32 301 Irondequoit 40
249 Charter Oak 5 302 Norwich 28
250 John D. Willard 5 303 Sylvan 40
253 Olean 39 304 Schiller 9
253 Old Oak 29 305 Central Citt 27
254 Walworth 32 306 Cuba 35
255 Living Stone 38 307 Ellicottville 39
256 Fort Brewerton 27 308 Seneca Lake 31
257 Mount Neroh 5 309 Newruroh 13
258 Macedonia 35 310 Lexington 3
259 Sisco 22 311 Mount Zion W
260 Mount Hope 20 313 Stony Point 13
261 Evans 38 315 Wawayanda 13
262 Phcenix 39 316 Atlas 0
363 Mount Verngn 36 317 Neptune 6
264 Baron Steuren 26 318 Joseph Engs 35
265 Speedsville 30 319 Black Lake 23
266 Poughkeepste 14 320 Union Star 33
267 Fort Edward 20 321 St. Nicholas 6
368 Hermann 9 332 Star of Bethlehem 3
270 Oneida 27 323 Amity 6
271 Chancellor Walworth 5 324 Freedom 18
272 Mtstic Tie 6 325 Repurlican 25
273 Metropolitan 6 326 Salem Town 30
274 Arcturus 6 327 Acacia •
328 Port Jervis 13 384 Cherry Creek 40
330 New York 6 385 Weedsport 30
331 Hornellsville 34 386 Jordan 2'
333 Jefferson 29 387 La Fraternidad 10
333 Westrrook 29 388 Upper Lisle 28
334 Cherri Valley 18 389 Margaretville 19
335 Widow's Son 14 391 8alem 20
336 Medina 87 892 Sodus 32
337 Greenrcsh 17 393 Waddington 23
338 Putnam 6 394 corleskill 18
339 Puritan 6 395 Amrer 23
340 Modestia 88 396 Deposit 28
341 Clyde 32 397 Ivy 29
342 Lilt 6 398 Home 21
343 Rondout 15 399 Maine 28
345 Lodi 31 400 Van Rensselaer 17
347 Hampton 26 402 Crescent 0
348 Adelphic 6 403 Greenpoint 2
349 Peconic 1 404 Constellation 36
350 Chemung Vallet 29 406 Humanitt 32
351 Sfringville 38 407 Waverly 29
S52 Homer 27 408 City «
354 Progressive 2 409 Commonwealth 3
355 Jerusalem 17 410 La Clemente Amitie Cosmop
356 United Brothers 9 olite 10
357 Caneadea 85 411 Candor 29
358 Queen Citt 38 412 Hoffman '8
359 Randolph 39 413 West Star 36
360 Afton 28 414 Soihra 25
361 Central 3 415 Pulaski 25
362 Valatie 14 416 Wayne 32
363 Evergreen 18 417 Wadsworth 17
364 Horse Heads 29 418 Mosaic e
365 Goshen 13 419 Arcade 36
367 Corner Stone 2 420 New London 28
368 Croton 12 421 Genca 30
369 Callimachus 25 422 Frontier City 25
371 Sagamore 6 423 Herkimer 19
372 Sandy Hill 20 425 Warrensruroh 21
373 La Sincerite 10 426 Northfield "
374 Monumental 14 427 Cascade 15
375 Niagara 37 428 High Falls 23
376 Ontario 37 429 Gloversville 19
377 Rushville 31 430 Star of Hope 2
378 Big Flats 29 431 Aururn 30
379 Oakland 86 432 Rhinereck M
380 Murray 37 483 Fort Plain 19
381 Huguenct 11 434 Hiawatha 12
382 Long Island 3 435 Otseningo 2*
383 Aurora 41 437 Wamponamon 1
438 Marathon 27 492 Wyoming 7
439 Delhi 16 493 South Side 1
440 Vienna 26 494 Jephtha 1
441 LODGR OF THE ANCIeNT LAND 496 Groton 30
MARKS 38 497 Glendale 21
442 Windsor 28 498 De Molay 38
444 Sherrurne 28 499 Deer River 23
445 Cassia 2 500 Hermon 28
446 Oltman's... 2 501 Syracuse 27
447 Franklin • 6 504 Montgomery 21
449 Hiram 6 505 Northern Light 22
450 Rising Star 12 506 Rodman 24
451 Delta 8 507 Genesee Falls 33
452 Ancient Citt 17 508 Herschel ^
453 Clinton 2 509 Lindenwald M
454 Kane • 510 Lirerty 34
455 Newport 19 511 Kings County 3
456 Senate 21 512 Humroldt 9
457 Harlem 7 513 Massena 28
458 Shkromeko M 514 Zion 38
459 Urrana 34 515 Butternuts 18
461 Yew Trer 2 516 Park 7
462 Attica 36 517 Frontier 41
463 Lamoka 29 519 Architect 7
464 Dowssville 16 520 Salt Springs 27
466 Oneonta 18 521 Callicoon 16
467 Greenwich 7 522 Skaneateles 27
468 Catskill 15 523 Normal 7
470 cortlandtille 27 524 Morning Star 27
471 Tompkins 11 525 Liverpool 27
472 Drtden 30 526 Henrietta 33
473 White Plains 12 527 Aeron 38
474 Belmont 35 528 Monitor 7
475 Batatia 36 529 Mountain 15
476 Fairport 33 531 Fultonville 19
477 Wlldwcod 23 532 Monticello 16
478 Dansvillk 34 533 Round Hill 28
479 Etolian 33 534 Tiooa 29
480 Wkrotcck 14 535 Americus 7
481 Camrridge Valley 20 536 Nassau 3
482 Richfield Springs 18 537 Gramercy 7
483 Zeredatha 3 538 Werster 33
484 Columrian 7 539 Fayette 31
485 Stella 3 540 Hill Grove 2
486 Ionic 7 541 Brasher 23
487 Teccmseh 7 542 Gariraldi 10
488 Corinthian 7 543 Triluminar 36
489 Manahatta 7 544 Warwick 13
490 Ptramid 7 545 Copernicus 9
491 Schoharie v alley 18 546 Jamaica 1
No. Lodge. District. No. Lodge.
547 Cameron Mills 34 598 Tarernacle
548 Laurens 18 599 Kennyetto
549 Warsaw 38 600 Evangelist
550 Hanniral 25 601 Altair
551 Ransomville 37 602 Adirondack
552 Hancock 16 603 Astoh
553 Farmers' 18 604 Perfect Ashlar
554 Working 18 605 TieNuderrah
555 Diamond 12 606 Masonville
556 North Bangor 41 607 Hudson River
557 James M. Austin 15 608 Lessing
558 Andover 35 610 Ivanuge
559 Walton 16 611 St. JohnSvilLE
560 Wolcott 32 612 Hillsdale
561 Delaware 16 613 Cleveland
562 Franklin 16 614 Newark Valley
563 Cornucopia 1 615 Stissing
564 Sandy Creek 25 616 Cazenovia
565 Guiding Star 7 617 Teutonia
566 Russell 23 618 Tyrian
567 Argyle 20 619 Eagle
568 St. Cecile 7 620 Clinton F. Paige
569 Greenwood 3 622 Central Square
570 Avon Springs 33 624 Sharon Springs
571 Cceur de Lion 16 625 Fraternal
573 Mount Hrrmon 22 626 FHANKXrNVILLE
573 Depeyster 23 627 Wallkili
574 Bedford 3 628 Citizens'
575 Olive 40 629 Ggethe
576 Fessler 9 630 Gilroa
577 Elk 23 631 Girard
578 Fayetteville 27 633 Richville
579 Portville 39 634 Scotia
580 Glen Cove 1 635 Advance
581 Winfield 19 636 Manuai
582 Wawarsing 15 637 Rising Light
583 Prattsrurgh 34 638 Crystal Wave
584 Ashlar 20 639 Somerset
585 Cosmopolitan 3 640 Adytum
586 Island City 1 641 Copestone
587 Ahwaga 29 642 Knickerrocker
588 Glore 7 643 Daniel Carpenter
589 Ramapo 13 645 Riverhead
590 Rose 32 646 Red Jacket
591 Ilion 19 647 Mistletge
592 Schenevus Valley 18 648 Centreville
594 Alden 38 649 McClellan
595 Sourates 9 650 Amrot
596 Hopewell 14 651 True Craftsman's..
597 Western Light 28 653 M A MA ho
GUAND LODGE, 1905. 337
No. District. No. Lodge. District.
654 Emanuel 8 708 Kisco 12
655 Bunting 8 709 Merchants' 2
056 Euclid 2 710 Ridgewood 2
1)57Livingston 8 711 Standabd 13
658 morrisville . . ... .27 28 712 Pelham 8
059 South Otselic. 713 Social 87
ooo Rochester 714 WlELAND 9
ooi Beethoven . 9 715 Iroquois 22
662 Camrridge . 8 716 Horasco 30
«63 MlDDLBBUBGH . . 18 717 Orion 3
664 Amicarle 26 718 Adonai 15
665 Macedon 82 719 Acanthus 3
666 Dover . 14 720 Pisgah 24
667 Churchville . . , 88 721 Jerusalem Temple 13
Port Lrtden . . 24 722 Germania of Rochester 33
670 8tar 17 723 Rockland 13
671 Wappinger's 14 724 Ancient 8
672 Am km a 14 725 Southern Light 29
673 Avoca 34 726 Cautious 27
674 Gratitude 17 727 Charity 8
675 Yates 37 728 Alma 8
676 schuyler 21 729 Anchor 1
877 Remsrn 26 780 New Hope 17
678 Seawanhaka 2 731 Sunny Side 17
679 ,-Eomas 25 732 Ezel 3
680 Victor 17 733 Bethel 8
681 Caroline 30 734 Veritas 8
682 Nunda Station 33 735 Uhland 9
684 Berne 17 736 Nepperhan 12
687 Oswegatchie 23 737 Guttenrurg 17
685 Depauville 24 738 Mizpah 1
689 What Cheer 23 739 Radiant 8
690 Repurlic 8 740 Allemania 9
691 Meridian 1 741 Social Friendship 15
692 De Rutter 27 742 Stab of Cura 8
693 Kedemah 15 743 Maimonides 8
694 Blazing Star 38 744 Pentalpha 8
695 Alcyone 1 745 Stuyvesant 8
696 Peacock 40 746 Roome 8
697 Faiton 26 747 Sanctorum 3
698 Herder 9 748 Lincoln 9
699 Harmonie 38 749 Fellowship 23
700 Aqcila 14 750 SnAKESPEArE 8
701 Beacon Light 11 751 La Universal 10
702 Marrle 12 752 Naphthali 8
708 Gavel 8 753 Justice 8
704 Tuscan 2 754 Ngah 17
705 Acacian 28 755 Savona 34
706 ClNCINNATUS 27 756 Acrora Grata 3
707 Mount Horer 22 757 Silver 40
No. Lodge. District. No. Lodge. district^
758 Covenant 8 807 Mount Taror 15
759 Oatka 38 808 Olympia I
760 Klopstock 9 809 Uriel
761 Maple Grove 35 810 Urania 39
763 Centennial 8 811 Berean 39
764 Savannah 32 812 Arion 39
765 Von Mensch 9 813 Herron 8
766 Occidental 88 814 8concndoa 86
767 Dunkirk 40 815 John Hodge SI
768 Sapphire 27 816 Mongaup 18
769 Anthon 2 817 Sterling 2
770 Golden Rule 8 818 Melrose 35
771 Solon 9 819 Composite 8
772 Rescue 22 820 Ondawa 21
774 Lansing 30 821 Bethany 24
775 Mount Lerancn 29 822 Massapeq.ua '
776 Reliance 2 823 Depew 88
777 Restoration 34 824 Mazzini 1°
778 Livonia 33 825 Kilwinning 2
779 Clio 33 826 Sutherland 37
780 Henrt Renner 89 827 Harlem Valley H
781 Canaseraga 35 828 Plattsruroh 22
782 Triune 14 829 Welcome "
784 King Hiram 30 830 Eunice 33
785 Niagara River 37 831 James Ten Eyck 1'
786 Italia 10 882 Haloyon 14
787 Gasport 37 833 Adoniram 39
788 Fortune 88 834 Lake Placid 22
789 White Face Mountain 41 835 Highland 38
790 Tahawus 22 830 Sandai.I'H-N 3
791 Livingston Mangr 16 837 Hesperus 38
792 Minerva 3 838 Connetqcot 1
793 Barylon 1 839 Athelstase 13
794 Mount Defiance 22 840 William McKinley 8
795 Whitney's Point 28 84t Agawamuck "
796 dolgeville 19 842 Transportation 38
797 Frank R. Lawrence 33 843 Star of the East 1
798 Day Star 3 844 Radium 12
799 Oriskany 26 845 Ganbevoort 21
800 Apawamis 12 846 Buffalo 38
801 Sidney 16 847 Mount Arar 41
802 Ongndaga 27 848 Marshall 8 .
803 Kedron 3 849 North Woods 19
804 Onesquethau 17 850 RCS8ELL 17
805 Corinthian Temple 83 851 Lake SnorE 40
806 Matinecock 1 852 East New York 2
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Hall
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L.
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&
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W.
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Mooney
WGA.huestalveurs.
B. R.
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Wnarry
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L.
George BArlibger.st. Harry
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CAolnexaenld.er KJohn GHenry
ut man. BRM.ionbgehramt.
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Wil iam T.
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T h o m a s
Secretary. MJ.
A.itchel iMorris Dobli.n Cohen
Nathan FCrhea r
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David
lor T.
Phil
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Abram
Rohrs
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Masonic
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11 11
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to 0
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&
1st 1hurdsdays
&
&
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M. JLeownealr.d
W.
FL.
Miasrthienr
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W.
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NAolrdbenehorl.tz YR.
Master. WHiolrtioanm
County. Richmo.nd
Richmond.
Port
Brigh.ton
New
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Stapleton
Light.
Beacon
Lodges. Richmond Huguenot Tompkins
No. CO 01 10 01
in o
1717
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Joseph
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LEorngebostham
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Secretary. Geo.
Briggs
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Lowe
R. A. E.
John
Rilev Benj.
Smith
M11.
No.
DAISOTNRICT,
FCroeduenritc.k
Le
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DA.
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A.ol and WH.
RFrankus el HJohn
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Primeil iam O.
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O.
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Squire Taylor
Theodore
Master. H.
Venn
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CAllenastle
Westchester Westchester
County.
Putnam 0
Location. New
Rochel.e Vernon
Mount Plains. Dobbs
White
Cold
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Pe kskUl Os ln ingTar yt.ow. n Brewster Yonkers Tuckahoe Yonkers
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Rising Nep erh.an.Apawam.ls
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Croton Marble Kisco 111!
Radjum..
No. 11 11 .0 11 01 101 161 11 00 11, 701 701, 011 110

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Master Masons1
1 51.
Dec.551
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1dedthnesdays
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&
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&
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1
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&
Fridays
Total.
cGlftert. H.
MJames
D. CNheawrmlae.sn HCahlasrtlea.ds Hhoalrdlesn
H.
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F.
Peter George
Van Mul enix H. CE.
Woods
Joseph H.
Jacob
Abrams
Secretary. Walsh L
C.
John Taylor
B. WF.ildrick
A. Stacy
Gaunt
A.
John E.
Noe
M. Baldwin
L.
DMNo.
13.AISOTNRICT,
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5.
MLO.aurtkhaem.r GAiulguestpuise G. HPolewrasrodn Sutherland
R.
Jas.
Klpp
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A.
NS.athan Olto
Taylor ZA.wal na Handil iam Abram
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J.
Jr
John
Stoll1 Budwig Iddor Hart Samuel Lord
James
County. Rockland. Rockland Rockland.

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u (< 1 1
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wall-uon-dson
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Spring
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NewburghHaverstraw Piermont Port Newburgh
Warwick Monroe
Goshen SuiTera Walden Nyack
RHiuvdesro.n Jerus'mTem'e
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Newbu.rgh Port Standar.d Rockla.nd
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Warwic.k
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No. 51 153' 155 11 1ti5 15 511 11 557 5ii7 75 55 75 55!

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10 1. 10 0 1 11 11 10 . 78 11 0 10 0 1 11 15 . ' . 17 11 101 51 0
11,
Dec.
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G. KWrilegiearm. .
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D.
hompson.
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RHarry J.
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Wil ia.m Watson EWlitkl-imamu
Allen
S. Loouisster Henry
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Dempsey VPaul
Wilber
C.
Andrews H.
Neal
Wil iam
Secretary. John
Field
G.. MWilsoern S
F.
John
i l v e r H.
John David
Brown
P.er ldge Walsh
BJ. Charles M.
D.
WJ.
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Van
N.
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lnatersmuoten.
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A.lerco John Bles ing W.
F.
Henry VGeorge
ed er
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George Mi'HerG.
Rider
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SLepbrainongs FLiasnhkdli.nlg. Stuyvesant
Falls
Location. Poughke psie Plains
Dover Poughke psie
Schultzvil e Livingston Plains
Pine
Rhinebeck Mil erton Hil sdale Mil bro k Pbl mont
Hudson Chatham Valatie Tivoli Amenla Hudson Pawling
Poughke psie.
10 MoInumental. Valley
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10
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Unity. .
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No. 11
0. 10 10 00 00 11 11 -1 111
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Master Masons, 01 10 0 11 11 111 10 11 0 10 51 10 0 51
101.
Dec.11,
JO.T).OSEPH
DRAKE,
D.
M.
M1d*
1st,
1th
ondays. F1st,
5rithdays. .
&
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Mondays
&
1d 11statudrdays&1th
T1d
&
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01std
* Mondays
1d
Wednesdays Wednesdays Wednesdays
Tuesdays Mondays Saturdays Mondays
1111
Total
HRC.aolscocke H.
VCehadrle.rs H.astman iPage
Hoagland IPhilip
T. Spauld.ing. La
Eugene MGeorge
S.ore . .
Secretary. D. NAelwbceormtb EFred.
Winne
Frank Wendland Byron
Mansfield
Sandford [Neil
V. Avery BWail!dlwisn
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T.
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G.
Charles H.
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H.
John
Master. Thomas
Cryne
Eltins
Philip
County.
Ulste.r Gre ne. .'
Ulster Gre ne. Gre ne., HUilgshtlea.rndNew
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Hill Catskil Windham Gre nvil e
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71
H0 U191lster
Oasis
Ark
11
No.
Master Masons1 5151. 54 51 11 4 1 11 511 55 4 5 51 4 4 551 55
Dec.55,
Stoaturday1and
Sep
1st
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s1st,
tecmol1nedr M.l>.1).G.TJOHN\V.KI.Nr.
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1edthnesdays
&
hurdsdaysS&
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atthurdays S11d
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Tuesday
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Saturdays
5115
Total
AB.lTrtewgeulrtha
SD.
Homerhaver. L.
Secretary.
Hitt
Elbridgc Holmes
H.
Wm. Kemp
A.
Simon
BetU
David
A. L.uel er W.
A.riest MJ.
POrrin
Rodger
Sears
Kerr.
W. HB.
A.olmes Lleb
Wil iam Hall
Win.
A. Jas. Klpp
Dart
R. Albert
15.
DMIASTORINCT,
No.
rbuckle. ScVlaieindtelin.e HEL OL.

Frank
strander
Countryman. AHenry
L.
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owen. .
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J.
Fores.t H. Bleck
Hawks Adam BA.Chns.
C. artow
Mould
Erwln Hall
M.
John
Master.
Delaware. Delaware. Delaware.

County. Sul iv.an Sul iv.an: Delawa.re Sul iv.an Sul ivan:.
MLiavniongrs.ton
Depot.
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E.
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Parsons
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Henry Hills
Charles Hulbert Taylor
S.
John GFrank
J.tf or.d Ward WE.iltsl.e
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MIASOTNRIC T,
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M. HAerntehsur. C. SCthanrlaersd H.
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County.
Otsego. Otsego. Otsego Otsego
1i 41 11
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c'hSucyhlueyrl'esr's Sharo.n
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V(aClher.y.y
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11 Sharon
51.
Springs
55
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Lodges. But ernuts.
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5 Gilboa
No, 51 151 111 155 1Xii 15 515 55 51 551

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DMIASTORNICT,
25.
No.
Farnswor,th
M.
Almon
HPearlbmert MAncdCraewthy
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Fred
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No, 511 51 57
130 01 01
Master Masons, 10 1. 0 10 81 11 10 97 10 01 10 11 10 10 10 10 1 - 0 - 1 11 0 0 0
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W.
Frederick
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John
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M.
George Dexter
White M.traltor Welsh
SG. John
P.
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F. Beach Martin
Wood
W.
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29.
AISOTNRIOCT,
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Master. eonard Mott
LDailey Hughey
B. Henry
Saunders Qenung
W. W.
Fred
Wit er John
W.
Osborn John
A. H .E.
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John
County. Chemung. Schuyl.er. Chemung. Schuyl.er. Chemung. Schuyl.er. Chemu.ng.

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Secretary.
30.
No.
OT,
Henry
HTolmipskteirn.s. L.
M. PFrank
Cayuga
olbamu.s. H. F.
FEdgar
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John
Wixom
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(Jeo. Tompk.insJohn
S. Fre se FCasper
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Harry
Piatt en e.r
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John
Cayuga
County.
Sp'gs
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SWparirnegns. Trumans.burg
Union LNorthanslu.g.
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King
Ferry
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Cayuga Cayuga Auburnu DrydenGroton Ithaca Newfleld
Town
Cato
Lodge*. King
Hiram.
C a r o l i n e Hobasco Lansing
Groton.
No. 5 51 51 121 135 15 517 17 55 55 15 55 155 15 111 15 15 555 7ii 771 75

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SI. 15 55 11 15 105 oo ii 11 11 51 51 55 75 57 51
15 1. 11ii7
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SGeo.im ons.
H. re land. PHenry
VEugene C.armele C. Walker. T.
GErmanet. Frank
G. itchel . FC.
MChas. H.
erenbaugh
GChas.
H.ulick. Chas. J.
Herma.n M.
Able
Secretary. Chas
Dewey
A. D. BUrielel es. . Gre n. . Geo.
H. Lohr. .
W. Jas.toayn. .
SI
Nielsen
Jens Kibbey
Sam'l
DNo.
31.
MIASTORNICT,
TWafslfeolr.d J.
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L.
Edw.
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County. Ontario. . Seneca. Ontario Ontario Ontario Ontario.

Yates Tates Seneca Seneca Yates Seneca Yates Seneca
Senec.a Canandaigua
Falls
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John.
S i n c e r i t y Rushvi le. .
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Eagle
Milo Lodi
Ark
No 51 15 15 11 51 131 -3 aoo 15 1ii 55 55 31 55 11 51
1,01
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F& &
1d
Total
HAolpfkriends.
C. Salsb.uryGuy
G.
George Ellen
wH.o d. P.
Secretary. J.
McGin ls
E. George
Sabin.
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ober.t R.
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Wiles
Can- WPoundil iam
Edwin
L. W.
R.
Ashley
L.
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11.
AISOTNRICT,
GCrhtaswrolde.s
F.
D.ar et P.
Pat erson BGeorge
WCihlarilae.ms
Mnth H.
W.
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Lapp Srealndotn M.
BJ. JArutrhduern W.
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Master. Shaw
C.
Abram
Reed
Albert
County.
Wayne
Location. PWuiltinaemysvoin.l e
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Newark Palmyra. Ontari.o Wolcot. Macedo.n
ClydeSodus Lyons. Rose
Lodges.
PaIlmy.raWalwor.th H.uman.ity
i WoIlcot.
M(V.Sacedo.n71 [1avan.ah.
Clyde. Siodus Wayne RoseI
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J.
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Chivers E.
Harry BM.ur el H.
BA.aldwin C.
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A. H.
Jesre
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CN. Don
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Otis A.
Waldo Arnold Smith
J. P.
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W.
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Calridnston
W.
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Cahrialtes Murray
W.
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A. Delbert Brown
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Fred R.
Allen
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Henry CEomlTeitn
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101
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Benjamin
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No. 11 10 10 11 101 aoe 01 07 11 00 10 01 11

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Dec.551
WJf.O.1).D.IJ.LOCI'KAEMY1
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Louis Perkins. . Chas.
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Davy
Master.
Wolf
John
County. Genese. Wyomi.ng Genese. Wyomi.ng Genese.
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North Varysburg.
Roy Castile
Le Arcade Batavla Warsaw Bergen
Perry At ica Pike
Lodges. Branch. Mount

Olive Vernon. Constel ati.on
Star
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Hiram Foote
H.
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Secretary. Perry
R.
Eddie N. Frank
Coe
Beck
Edward BB.erean
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1111
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comb.
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Dec.551
FRANK
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1d
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&
T15stuesddays &
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Mondays
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W.
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Secretary. Fred.
Pratt
A. Jones
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Chauta.uqua
County.
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Peacock Dunkirk
Sylvan Olive Silver
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1 51. 1 11 1 92 55 11 4 74
Dec.111
MARNTHIUNRG1
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T. P.
Frank E.
Secretary. Ralph
Tarbel P. Kemp
Arkley
Turner James
Edson M.
Hall
RECAPITULATION.
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No.
CJr.
T.
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RFred
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Dunn
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NMofuamsbotenrs
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of
Number
Lodges
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Fort Bango.r.Lake:
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Lake.
Chateaugay
Brush
ton
Malone
MWholutnetfacien
Constel atio.n .
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Lodges. Bangor
North
North
Star Mouut
Arab
Aurora Frontier
No. 17 295 151 55 55 75 57

REPORT
ON
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE
FOR 1905.
To the Grand Lodge of the State of New York and Brethren of this
Jurisdiction:
We herewith submit for your consideration our Seventeenth Annual
Report on Correspondence.
United States.
ALABAMA.
84th Communication. MONTGOMERY. December 6, 1904.
M.\ W.\ Rorert J. Redden, Grand Master, the representatives of
three hundred and thirty-three Lodges, four Past Grand Masters, and
New York by M.'. W.\ George P. Harrison.
The Grand Master introduced a business address, with allusion to the
magnificent growth of Freemasonry in this jurisdiction, and in his retro
spect of the past year, directing attention to the responsibility resting
upon the members of the Craft, truthfully said that a strict conformity
to the principles of the Fraternity would give such an impetus to Free
masonry in this jurisdiction " that its growth and prosperity would be
of such a character as to astonish the most sanguine and optimistic of
its votaries." Seventeen dispensations had been issued for new Lodges.
While opposed to hasty work, nevertheless, it would appear that good
reasons had been presented authorizing the granting of forty-three dis
pensations therefor.
Among the decisions reported we note the following :
" No. 1. When a profane residing in the concurrent jurisdiction of
two Lodges petitions for initiation a Lodge in another jurisdiction, the
constitutional questions provided for in Article VI., Section 13, must be
propounded to both Lodges having concurrent jurisdiction, and answers
received, before the Lodge receiving the petition can take action upon
same.
'' No. 8. A person holding a dimit from a subordinate Lodge in a
2 REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE.
Grand Jurisdiction not recognized by this Grand Lodge can not affiliate
with a subordinate Lodge in this jurisdiction. He is. to all intents and
purposes, a profane, and. if elected, must pass through all the ceremonies
of initiation, passing and raising.
" 16. A profane is rejected for initiation. Afterwards he petitions an
other Lodge, and consent is obtained from the first Lodge for the second
Lodge to receive and act on the petition. Is rejected by the second Lodge.
Afterwards moves into the jurisdiction of a third Lodge, and petitions it.
Query : Must the consent of the first or second Lodge be obtained? Held
that the consent of the first Lodge must be obtained."
The Committee on Jurisprudence in their consideration of decision
(16) disagreed with the Grand Master, holding "that before a petition
can be received and acted upon permission must be obtained from every
Lodge that may have previously rejected the candidate." Certainly the
consent of the Lodge holding jurisdiction is all that is required. We as
suredly cannot concur in decision No. 8.
The amendment proposed last year defining the eligibility of " a can
didate having an artificial limb or limbs, whereby he could conform to the
requirements of the Ritual," failed to receive the required two-third vote
of the Lodges, and was declared defeated.
The Masters of nine Lodges which had failed to vote, or at least
make any report of any action upon the constitutional amendments
ordered to be submitted last year had been duly summoned for appearance
at the Grand Lodge, and after due consideration it was ordered that no
further action should be had. Undoubtedly the lesson will be sufficient.
A memorial was presented, reciting the fact that the sentiment in favor
of a Masonic Home appeared to be growing stronger, and in order that
this much desired object should be accomplished, it was ordered :
" That the M.\ W.\ Grand Master call upon the various Masonic
Districts for volunteers who are willing and will organize in their respec
tive counties a crusade of education and will keep this issue before the
respective Lodges in their counties and report to M.\ W.\ Grand Iodge
at the next annual communication.
We note that the subscriptions to the " Brundidge Memorial Fund ''
were not only sufficient to cover the marble bust and pedestal of the late
M.\ W.\ Brother, but also to erect a monument over his grave.
The Committee on Foreign Correspondence reported favorably upon
the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Western Australia, deferred action
upon the application of the Grand Orient of Brazil, and respectfully de
clined the application of the Grand Lodge of Queensland for recognition.
Receipts, $7.895 : disbursements. $7,629.84. and balance on hand, $5.-
555.52. Permanent Trust Fund, $1,724.96. Widows and Orphans' Fund,
$189.97.
Next Annual Communication, Montgomery, December 5, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (282 pp.), by W.\ William Y. Tit-
comr, embraces very fully a review of the proceedings of sixty-one Grand
Bodies. New York for 1904 has appreciative mention, and we express
thanks for personal consideration.
REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE. 3
M.\ W.\ Hejjry H. Matthews (Montgomery), Grand Master, and
R.\ W.\ George A. Beauchamp (Montgomery), Grand Secretary, re
elected.
ARIZONA.
Sid Communication. TUCSON. November 10, 1903.
M.\ W.\ Francis M. Zuck, Grand Master, the representatives of
sixteen Lodges and eight Past Grand Masters.
The Grand Master reported the continued prosperity of the Craft in
this jurisdiction. He had granted dispensations for two new Lodges, and
in his fraternal remembrance of two Past Grand Officers, deceased the
past year, says :
" Whose lives were so intimately interwoven with the advancement
of our Grand Lodge and the development of our Territory, have passed
from this plane of life. They have left us, and yet their influence for
good is an ever-living presence. We bow our heads in sorrow and
earnestly pray for light, wisdom and power to imitate their virtues."
He also favored the custom adopted in some Grand Jurisdictions, to
wit:
•' The Grand Secretary, at the opening of the Grand Lodge, calls the
roll of the Past Grand Officers deceased ; at the conclusion of which the
Funeral Grand Honors are givcu as a token of remembrance."
We note the following decisions :
" 1. Should a Master Mason's Lodge, as such, participate in the fune
ral ceremonies of a deceased Sister of the Eastern Star?
" Answer. No. Master Masons can only participate in the funeral
ceremonies of deceased Master Masons in good standing at time of his
death ; but all Master Masons should show their sympathy with the
bereaved brother by their presence and attentions.
" 2. In regard to holding Joint Installation Services with the Eastern
Star on Sunday.
" Answer. Except for funeral services, the avoidance of labor on Sun
day must be observed. It is neither consistent with our teachings or
right for a Lodge to work on the Sabbath day.
"Later I received the following message from another Lodge:
"3. ' Will you grant dispensation for laying foundation stone, Metho
dist Church, next Sunday? To which I promptly replied *No. Masons
should not do work on Sunday that may be done on another day.' "
Upon the report of the Committee on Jurisprudence, the Grand Lodge
disapproved of decision No. 3, expressing the opinion " that by so doing
we exercise an influence for good." We should agree with the Grand
Master.
Official relations were entered into with the Grand Lodges of Costa
Rica and Egypt, and action upon the application of the Grand Orient of
Brazil for recognition was deferred until the next Annual Communication.
The Grand Lodge extended its greetings to the Grand Chapter. O. E.
8., then in session, and congratulations upon its splendid work.
The following regulation was adopted, defining the essentials for ad
mission to the Ancient Craft :
" The person who desires to be made a Mason must be a man : do
woman nor eunuch ; free born, being neither a slave nor the son of a
bond woman ; a believer in God and a future existence ; of moral conduct;
capable of reading and writing : having no maim or defect in his body
that may render him incapable of learning the art, and physically able to
conform literally to what the several degrees, respectively, require of him."
Receipts, $2,465.30 : disbursements, $1,824.17 ; balance on hand. $1,-
443.80. Widows and Orphans' Fund, $1,442.95. Investments, $10,7SS.+0.
Next Annual Communication, Tucson, November 8, 1904.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (182 pp.), by W.\ Charles P. Br.1-
den, embraces a good review of the proceedings of sixty Grand Lodges.
We are thoroughly in touch with the following, under Costa Rica:
" It is my belief that the recognition of Lodges created in unoccupied
territory by Supreme Councils is correct, and my reasoning would be
somewhat thus : The Supreme Council recognizes its foundation to be the
Lodge, the Blue Lodge of the three degrees, but it does not assume to
control such Lodges—at least, we do not recognize any such claim. Now,
when the Supreme Council desires to extend its usefulness into a new
territory, where there is no Lodge, it simply creates such a Lodge, because
it is possessed of the necessary information to do such work, and desires
the field to be occupied, none of the existing Grand Lodges appearing to
desire to enter therein. The Supreme Council permits its members to do
general missionary woik where it cannot conflict with any already active
operations. It extends the field of its own operations thereby. After
ward these Lodges, if they so desire, have a perfect right, as those of
Costa Rica did, to join together and form a Grand Lodge, free and inde
pendent of the Supreme Council : and it would seem that the other Grand
Lodges should recognize them. They recognize nothing but Masonry in
so doing, and they extend the organization of our general system over a
new field. These questions will all be settled ore long, for the time is
not far distant when a regular organization will be in operation in every
part of the inhabited world.
New York for 1903 has fraternal notice. While it may be regarded
as remarkable, nevertheless, the ritual, as promulgated by the Grand
Lecturer, is maintained in New York State so closely that very rarely
are any corrections necessary to be made.
M.\ W.\ James S. Ciiomr (Clifton) , Grand Master, and R.\ W.\
George J. Roskruge (Tucson), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
CALIFORNIA.
55th Communication. BAN FRANCISCO. October 11, Ml
M.\ W.\ Charles W. Nutting, Grand Master, the representatives
of two hundred and twenty-three Lodges and thirteen Past Grand Masters.
The address of the Grand Master is quite brief. He reports a year
of unusual activity among the Craft, he had participated in the celebration
of the fiftieth anniversary of two Lodges and had created seven new
Lodges by dispensation.
His remarks anent " Politics and Political Methods in the Grand
Lodge " deserve thoughtful attention and received the unqualified approval
of the Grand Lodge, ns they should of everyone.
" This subject I approach with some trepidation, as I fear that my
intentions may be misconstrued ; but the fact that the use of these meth
ods has gradually grown until it has become patent to all who have eyes
to see. makes it incumbent on some one to bring it to the attention of
the Grand Lodge, and I cannot help but think that this unpleasant duty
falls upon the retiring Grand Master. Caucuses hove been held for the
purpose of influencing the election of Junior Grand Warden : letters have
been written to the representatives of Lodges who will attend the Grand
Lodge, as well as letters to persons outside of the fraternity, asking them
to use their influence in behalf of aspirants for this place : and whisper
ings have come to me that combinations have been formed parcelling this
office out to various sections of the State for the next few years. Now.
brethren, this is all wrong. There is no room in Masonry for the use of
these methods : nothing will so surely mar our usefulness or more cer
tainly strike a death blow at the very foundation of our Institution.
" The officers selected to serve this Grand Lodge should be the unin
fluenced choice of a majority of its members. Consultations as to the best
material are perfectly proper: but consultations having the least sem
blance of those methods so notorious in political conventions should be
avoided."
The annual report of the Masonic Widows and Orphans' Home wai
presented by M.\ W.\ Charles L. Patton. Past Grand Master, who had
been active in the affairs of this trust from the commencement. We can
well apprehend the regret of the brethren at his enforced retirement from
the Board by reason of ill health and other duties.
There are now in the Home 124 inmates, of which 48 are men. 29 are
women. 20 girls and 27 boys. The per capita cost would appear to be
$175.42. For the buildings our brethren have adopted the cottage plan.
During the past year there had been a change in the management of the
Home, but the reports would indicate that the affairs of the institution
are progressing satisfactorily.
The disbursements by the several Boards of Relief aggregate $26,-
04S.13. and the Grand Lodge appropriated $10,450 for the use of two
Boards.
The Grand Lodge decided to dispense with the system of representa
tives to and from sister Grand Lodges, the Committee in their report
thereon saying : " The custom is as useless as the appendix vermiformis
in the human body." The following ruling is generally accepted, we
think ; in New York State, however, persons in the United States naval
or military service are excepted.
" A seafaring man who has never resided within the jurisdiction of
a Lodge, sailing from port to port, who claims or has no residence except
the ship on which he may happen to be employed, remaining in port but
a few weeks at a time, or only so long as the business of the ship may
detain him, cannot make application to any Lodge.
"A man must first acquire a residence in a place: he must have some
fixed place of abode or home before he can petition a Lodge, and it is not
lawful for any Lodge in this jurisdiction to receive or act upon a petition
from such a person."
c REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE.
An unusual question came before the Grand Lodge, growing out of
the application of Lodge Le Progress L'Oceanie, No. 124, A. A. S. R.,
located at Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, for a charter or dispensation
from this Grand Lodge. It would appear that the Lodge in question was
chartered in 1842 as a Symbolic Lodge, under the Supreme Council of
France, and is still subject to such Supreme Council. It desires, how
ever, with the permission of said Council, to place itself under the juris
diction of the Grand Lodge of California.
The Committee, in their report thereon, say :
" We are of the opinion that it would be inexpedient to finally act upon
this petition at this Communication of the Grand Lodge. The proposi
tion to accept, as one of our family of Lodges, a Lodge chartered and
constituted under another Grand Body is a new one, so far, at least. as
this Grand Lodge is concerned, and we doubt whether under our Consti
tution any such procedure would be warranted. Our Constitution pro
vides, in great detail, the method by which a Lodge may be organiied.
and the circumstances under which a dispensation or charter may he
granted, and it may well be doubted whether any other method can legally
be followed. Were we satisfied as to the legality of the method suggested,
we are of the opinion that no dispensation or charter should be ordered
while the Lodge is a subordinate of another Grand Body ; and, further,
that no such action should be taken until after full investigation as to the
origin of the Lodge, its history, work and membership."
It would appear to us that the proper course would be for the Masons
as individuals to make regular application for the organization of a
Lodge in Honolulu, governed by the regulations established for the grant
ing of dispensations.
It was ordered that action be deferred, and that the Committee od
Jurisprudence report at the next Annual Communication upon the legality
of the method proposed.
" The Contributions of Masonry to Human Progress " was the theme
of the address by the Grand Orator, W.\ Alonzo J. Monroe, and while
somewhat lengthy for the purposes of an Annual Communication, never
theless, its interest warranted the action of the Grand Lodge in ordering
that 500 copies should be printed and distributed.
In view of the inadequacy of the present Masonic Temple in San
Francisco to meet the requirements of the Fraternity, it was ordered that
a committee be appointed to acquire a site for the erection of a new
building and make report at the next Annual Communication.
Receipts, $41,606.70: disbursements. $42,751.59; overdraft at bank.
$1,144.89. Investments, $136.000.
Next Annual Communication. San Francisco, October 10, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (155 pp.), by M.\ W.'. William A.
Davies, embraces a review of the proceedings of fifty-seven Grand Lodges.
New York for 1904 has brotherly attention, and we readily appreciate
his interest in the history of Lodge No. 47, located at Dtica, compiled by
the Grand Historian. R.\ W.\ Eowin A. QuiOK.
We reproduce the following mention :

" We are pleased to note in the last ' New York Journal of Proceed
ings ' the acknowledgement by that sound Masonic authority, of the
Grand Ixidge of Valle de Mexico as a just and legal Grand Lodge—it is
an endorsement of the action of the Grand Lodge of California, and will
aid and assist American Masons in Mexico in placing the institution on
a higher plane than it has heretofore occupied in that Republic."
M.\ W.\ George W. Hunter (Eureka), Grand Master, and R.\ W.\
George Johnson (San Francisco) , Grand Secretary, re-elected.
COLORADO.
44th Communication. DENVER. September go, 1904.
M.\ W.\ James R. Killian, Grand Master, the representatives of
one hundred and one Lodges, twenty-five past Grand Masters and New
York by W.\ Frank G. Mirick.
The Grand Master, after a tribute to Freemasonry, makes the follow
ing practical application :
" In order for us to appreciate fully what Masonry means and some
thing of its possibilities in Colorado, we must entertain a just apprecia
tion of the natural and physical advantages with which we are sur
rounded, and consider, too, the character of the men who are here to avail
themselves of the conditions which exist, and whose energies are to be
lent in the development and upbuilding of our State. Hence we can not
forego saying a word of our proud young commonwealth with whose
destinies are linked inseparably the destinies of our Craft within her
borders.
" Fair Virgin Colorado! No fairer, richer land than this lifts its face
to kindly skies. A land of snow and sunshine—a land of frost and flow
ers, with her rolling prairies, her wide extending plains, her smiling val
leys, her waving forests, her sky-piercing peaks, her sparkling streams,
her widening rivers, her wondrous canons and her gladsome hills and glens
and parks and dales, and her mountains, sublime and majestic ; at once
making a happy combination of the beautiful and sublime—a rare blend
ing of all that is tender and terrific in nature ! Here in our favored land
we have every condition conducive to the highest development of man,
physically, morally, intellectually and spiritually, and for the attainment
of the happiest manifestations of the social state. In the working out of
such happy results, I am pleased to believe that Masonry, founded as it is
upon the basic principles which underly all enduring institutions, be they
social, benevolent or governmental, must necessarily enter into and re
main an important factor."
The Grand Master had made a large number of visitations and had
created four new Lodges by dispensations. In connection with the recog
nition of Foreign Grand Lodges, the opinion was expressed :
"Apart from the fact thnt we have a great number of brethren from
different parts of the world affiliating with our Lodges, I believe that we
should be tolerant and liberal in the recognition of such Grand Jurisdic
tions as have proven themselves worthy. It occurs to me that we could
not go very far awry in following the example of the Mother Grand Lodge
of England in this respect.
" I have been forcibly reminded of a seeming lack of cultivation of
the proper relations with the Grand Masonic Bodies in the German Em
pire, when told by our own brethren here who conduct their Lodge work
in the German language, that when travelling and visiting in their

Fatherland they are precluded from sitting in Masonic Lodges with old
friends and kindred."
" 2. Query. Does part ownership of a building which is rented for
saloon purposes constitute ineligibility for the degrees of Masonry? An
swer: The provisions of the Grand Lodge By-Laws, Section 4, Article 19.
page 85, of the Book of Constitutions, are wise and wholesome, and are
most heartily approved ; but the intention of the By-Laws is not such as
to justify a construction of the same, reaching to the extent of barring
an applicant for the degrees from Masonry, who perchance owns an in
terest in a building let and used for saloon purposes. It is held, there
fore, that the inhibition made by this law does not preclude a part owner
of a building rented for saloon purposes from petitioning for and receiving
the degrees in Masonry.
" 7. A Lodge may receive the application for affiliation, and, if accept
able, re-elect a brother holding a dimit therefrom to membership therein,
though he be a non-resident of the jurisdiction of same, and even of our
Grand Jurisdiction."
The oration, by the Grand Orator. W.\ John Humphreys, in its
illustration and lesson is profitable, e'en though we cannot agree in the
summing up. The members of the Grand Lodge were also entertained by
M.\ W.\ Henry M. Teller, Past Grand Master, who in behalf of the
Past Grand Masters delivered an instructive address.
The report of the Committee on Necrology, by M.\ W.\ Bro. Omen-
leaf, was touching and appropriate, concluding with the following lines,
in reference to " all who have gone before."
" They are out of the chaos living,
The wreck and debris of the years :
They have passed from the struggle and striving.
They have finished their goblet of tears.
They have ceased, one by one. from their labors.
So we clothed them in garments of rest.
And they entered the Chamber of Silence :
God do for them now what is best.
We saw not the lift of the curtain
Nor heard the invisible door
As they passed where life's problems uncertain
Will follow and vex them no more.
We lingered and wept on the threshold—
The threshold each mortal must cross—
Then we laid a new wreath down upon it.
To mark a new sorrow and loss.
Then back to our separate places
A little more lonely, we creep.
With a little more care in our faces.
The wrinkles a little more deep.
And we stagger—ah. how we stagger !
As we lift the old load to our back.
A little more lonely to carry
For want of the comrades we lack.
O Spirit of Infinite Kindness,
And gentleness passing all speech.
Forgive when we miss in our blindness
The comforting hand Thou dost reach.
Thou sendest the spring on thine errand
To soften the grief of the world ;
For us is the calm of the mountain.
For us is the rose-leaf uncurled.
Thou art tender, too, than a mother,
In the wonderful Book it is said.
O Pillow of Comfort ! what other
So softly could cradle my head?
And though Thou hast darkened the portal
That leads where our vanished ones be,
We lean on our faith in Thy goodness.
And leave them to Silence and Thee."
Official recognition was extended the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico.
M.\ W.\ William P. Todd having retired from the office of Grand
Secretary, which he had filled for the past three years, a committee was
appointed to procure a suitable testimonial in recognition of his services.
Receipts, $11,847.03; disbursements, $10,335.51, and balance on hand,
$19,615.62. Permanent Fund, $6,226.19.
Next Annual Communication, Denver, September 19, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The twentieth annual report on Correspondence (183 pp.), by M.\
W.'. Lawrence N. Grkext.eaf, embraces a review of the proceedings
of sixty-two Grand Bodies, including New York for 1004.
Upon tbc question of the recognition of Grand Lodges in foreign
countries, formed by Lodges of the A. A. S. Rite, independent in char
acter, be says :
" In many countries the Scottish Rite is in possession of the degrees
de facto, and this is the condition that confronts us. When Grand Lodges
are formed, independent of the control of Supreme Councils, the question
of recognition presents itself, and. if granted, such Grand Bodies are
thereby regularized or healed. We believe such recognition should be
granted with great caution, and each case determined upon its own
merits. We have waited patiently for years in the hope that some com
mon ground of agreement would be reached whereby this question of
recognition could be definitely settled."
M.\ W.\ Benjamin L. James (Denver), Grand Master, and R.\
W.\ Charles H. Jaoorson (Denver), Grand Secretary.
CONNECTICUT.
116th Communication. HARTFORD. January SO, 1904.
M.\ W.\ Leon M. Woodford, Grand Master, the representatives of
one hundred and ten Lodges and eleven Past Grand Masters.
The Grand Master had made many official visits and had the pleasure
of reporting the Craft to have been prosperous and harmonious relations
throughout. In his fraternal reference to the honored dead of this juris
diction, no truer words were ever spoken tbdli those contained in the
tribute to our personal friend R.\ W.\ and Rev. Eaton W. Maiei,
Grand Chaplain of this Grand Lodge in 1879, 1881 and 1900, whose death
occurred July 28, 1903. " He was a man greatly beloved by all who knew
him, and held in the highest esteem by the people. He did not single out
his friends, but treated all alike who were worthy, and he never was so
happy as when he was performing a kind deed for some one."
The principle embraced in the following should have a universal ap
plication : . .
" It is quite evident that the Lodges within our jurisdiction have ai'-
cepted kindly, and put into practice, the suggestions of Past Grand
Master Stevens, in not introducing levity into their work. The work
witnessed by the Grand Master has in every instance been performed
with dignity, and I believe has impressed the candidate with the proper
conception of our beautiful ritual. This, brethren, is as it should be. and
I trust the Lodges will strictly adhere to this practice in the future.
There is no place in the work of the Lodge where levity should be intro
duced.
" The terms * first, second and third ' degrees I wish might be abol
ished, and the proper names given these degrees, namely, Entered Ap
prentice, Fellow Craft, Master Mason."
The Grand Master had issued a call for subscriptions to the proposed
Endowment Fund for the Masonic Home, and doubtless in the coming
year we shall have the pleasure of recording a substantial response thereto.
The Grand Master's recommendation that the maximum appropriation
for funeral expenses by any Lodge should be limited to seventy-five dol
lars (in any one case) savors too much of the regulations of various bene
ficent societies to be Masonic in character. Such matters are strictly
within the discretion of the Lodges. The Grand Lodge ignored the
suggestion.
From the report of the Deputy Grand Master we excerpt the follow
ing nocount of the Grand Master's Day, or annual basket picnic, held at
the Masonic Home September 10, 1903 :
" The attendance was much larger than that of the previous year, hut
smaller than it would have been had the weather conditions been more
promising in the early morning. We were met by the warm-hearted
superintendent of our Home, Past Grand Master John O. Rowland,
who had a hearty handshake and a cordial greeting for all. The perfec
tion of the arrangements for the exercises of the day and the general
condition of the Home formed an eloquent testimonial to the earnest and
conscientious manner in which our good Bro. Rowland discharges the
various duties incumbent upon him ; to meet him is to esteem him and
the faithful service he is rendering the Craft in this position of special
trust and confidence is endearing him more and more to all of us with
each succeeding year. It was pleasing and encouraging to watch the
interest with which the visiting brethren and their ladies examined the
various departments and appurtenances of the Home and familiarized
themselves with the details of the institution. I venture the assertion
that this annual observance of * Grand Master's Day ' at the Home does
more than any other one thing to acquaint the Craft at large with its
scope, bring its needs home to them and arouse them to a realizing sense
of their duty in its maintenance. I trust that they will become imbued
with a zeal that will not be quenched until such a permanent fund has
been created as will assure the perpetuation of this glorious and living
monument to Masonic charity."
Regulation adopted that each Lodge shall pay one dollar for each
member on its roll (exempting those in good standing for thirty years),
of which amount twenty-five per cent, is appropriated for Grand Lodge
expenses and the remainder for the purposes of the Masonic Charity
Foundation Fund.
From the annual report of the " Masonic Charity Foundation," ap
pended to the proceedings, we learn the present number of inmates to be
sixty-three, with a per capita cost for maintenance of $162.
Receipts, $14,082 ; disbursements, $12,670.79, and balance on hand,
$7,687.68.
Next Annual Communication. New Haven, January 18, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (214 pp.), by M.'. W.\ John H. Bar
low, is a critical review of the proceedings of sixty-six Grand Bodies, in
cluding New York for 1903, and we find our personal views in harmony.
M.\ W.\ George E. Parsons (Norwich), Grand Master, and R.\
W.\ John H. Barlow (Hartford), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
DELAWARE.
98th Communication. WILMINGTON. October 5, 1904.
M.\ W.\ Charles H. Maull, Grand Master, representatives of
Lodges, nine Past Grand Masters, and New York by W.\ W. Stewart
AXi.mond.
At the commencement of the session it was ordered that a telegram
be sent to the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, ex
pressing the sympathy of this Grand Lodge in the death of M.\ W.\
George E. Wagner, Past Grand Master of that Grand Jurisdiction.
The address of the Grand Master would indicate a steady progress
of Freemasonry in this jurisdiction, harmony and good-will prevailing ;
report is made of his official visit to every Lodge, with a single exception.
The reports from the Lodges of instruction would indicate a very
satisfactory progress in the ritualistic work.
The Centennial Anniversary Committee reported a balance on hand
of $1,241.25, and that plans for the proper celebration of the anniversary
were being perfected.
The Grand Lodge was honored by the presence of distinguished guests
from the Grand Lodge of New Jersey. We note M.\ W.\ John H. Wil-
kins. Grand Master ; M.\ W.\ Josiah W. Ewan, Past Grand Master ;
It.\ W.\ Thomas H. R. Redway, Grand Secretary, and R.'. W.\ Wil
liam D. Rutan, Deputy Grand Secretary.
Having had the pleasure of greeting these brethren within the juris
dictlonal lines of New York, we know that when called upon for remarks,
" the brethren acquit themselves in a handsome manner."
Due record was made of the letter regretting inability to be present
by reason of illness from R.\ W.\ Frederic J. Brown, representative of
the Grand Lodge of Delaware near the Grand Lodge of New York.
The usual donation of one hundred dollars to the Minquadale nome
was made.
Receipts, $1,720.85 ; disbursements, $1 ,639.30, and balance on hand,
$1,764.23. Grand Charity Fund, $1,789.10. Grand Reserve Fund, $2,-
238.4G.
Next Annual Communication, Wilmington, October 4, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
R.\ W.\ and Rev. Lewis H. Jackson, in his report on Correspon
dence (79 pp.), concisely covers the proceedings of sixty-five Grand
Lodges, including New York for 1904, which has our brother's fraternal
attention.
It would appear to us that our brother's remarks, under Sew Jerte).
anent the Grand Lodge of Washington, are manifestly unfair, and that
there is not the slightest warrant for the inference drawn therefrom.
R.\ W.\ R. Henrt Young ( Wilmington ) , Grand Master, and R.'.
W.\ Benjamin F. Bartram (Wilmington), Grand Secretary, re-ekctti.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
93d Communication. WASHINGTON, D. C. December 16, 11i0S.
M.\ W.\ George II. Walker, Grand Master, the representatives of
twenty-five Lodges, nine Past Grand Masters, New York by XI.\ YV.'.
Henry S. Merrill and M.\ W.\ Milton J. Hull, Past Grand Master
of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska, as a visitor.
Special Communication held February 21, 1903, for the purpose of
laying the corner-stone of the building to be erected for the Army War
College in the grounds of Washington Barracks. There were present
many officials of the United States Government, Senators, Representa
tives, members of the diplomatic corps, etc. Addresses were made by the
President of the United States, Bro. Theodore Roosevelt, the Hon.
Elihu Root, Secretary of War. and others.
Also again on the 23d of March, 1903, for the purpose of conducting
the obsequies of M.\ W.'. Norle D. Larner, Past Grand Master, whose
death occurred March 19, 1903.
At the Semi-annual Communication, held May 13, 1903, the Grand
Master, in a brief report, directed attention to the subject of clandestine
Masonry, and among other matters referred to a communication received
relative to the organization of a Lodge of Freemasons in Tientsin, China.
The Committee on Jurisprudence, in their consideration of this request,
decided (very judiciously we think) " it to be unwise to grant a charter
for a Lodge so far removed from our own jurisdiction (geographically)
that our Grand Lodge could not exercise the proper supervisory powers
over the work and doings of a Lodge so located."
The session was largely occupied in a consideration of a revision of
the Constitution—one of the amendments being as follows :
" Sec. 95. A Lodge shall have jurisdiction over candidates rejected by
it for initiation for a period of five years from the date of such rejection,
when jurisdiction shall terminate ; but after the expiration of one year
from the date of rejection and upon application of the rejected candidate
made in writing at least one month prior to action thereon, the Lodge
may by the votes of two-thirds of its members present, at a stated com
munication, release its jurisdiction : and no Lodge shall receive a petition
of » any such rejected candidate within five years from the date of his
rejection unless it be accompanied by such release of jurisdiction."
It was also enacted that a previous residence of twelve months should
be required before an applicant can petition for the degrees.
At a special communication, July 25, 1903, the monument erected to
the memory of R.\ W.\ William R. Singleton, Grand Secretary (1876-
1901), was dedicated by the Grand Lodge. We fail to understand why
Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts should not be permitted to witness
the opening and closing ceremonies of the degrees they had received, but
such was the decision of the Grand Lodge.
The address of the Grand Master (51 pp.) would indicate that his time
had been fully occupied, and that all matters conducive to the interests
of the Grand Lodge had been carefully considered.
Among the recommendations we note the form of petition submitted
aiming to give more complete information—than is usually embraced
thereon—in relation to an applicant for Freemasonry. While we might
not agree entirely with some of the questions, neverthless, the necessity
of complete information must be admitted by every one. In connection
with this matter, the Grand Master said:
" In a small town where the residents know one another for miles
around, it is difficult for any one to gain entrance to Masonry unless he
be a good man and true, but in a large city, especially the Nation's capital,
where people come and go frequently, and where the population is cos
mopolitan in character, it will happen that unworthy men gain entrance
to the Fraternity. In the remarks I made to this Grand Lodge at the
time of my installation one year ago. I gave expression to a word of cau
tion : that it was due to ourselves to see that quality, not quantity, be our
watchword respecting the growth of our Fraternity. Numbers can never
make up for any deficiency in the character of our membership. A small
number of men of unblemished character and high standing banded to
gether in any community will exercise a greater influence in public affairs
than ten times their number of men wanting in these essentials. I would
throw every safeguard about the portals of Masonry, subjecting every
application for the degrees to the utmost scrutiny. The result would
be that the very best of men would be desirous of being identified with
the Craft, and were the avenues lending to our sacred altars more care
fully watched, those who succeeded in gaining admission would the more
appreciate the value of their membership. That which any one may easily
obtain is never valued at its highest worth."
Further time was granted the Committee on Jurisprudence for the
consideration of the applications for recognition by the Grand Lodge of
Mexico and the Argentine Republic.
At the St. John's Day Communication, held December 28, 1903, the
Grand Officers were elected and duly installed. A Past Grand Master's
jewel was presented to the retiring Grand Master, a portrait of whom,
together with an interesting biographical sketch, forms a part of the
proceedings.
$7,223.69. Invested Funds, $14,000.
Next Annual Communication, Washington, D. C., December, 1904.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (145 pp.), by M.\ W.\ George W.
Baird, is an able and thorough review of the proceedings of seventy-
three Grand Bodies, including New York for 1903. We are in accord
with him in reference to the secrecy of the ballot and of its full protec
tion as the means of keeping out the unworthy. There are undoubtedly
exceptions, but as a rule the black ball is generally wisely used.
M.\ W.\ James A. Wetmore ( Washin9ton, D. C), Grand Master,
and R.\ W.\ Arvine W. Johnston ( Washin9ton, D. C). Grand Secre
tary, re-elected.
FLORIDA.
75th Communication. JACKSONVILLE. January 19, 1901
M.\ W.\ Thomas M. Puleston, Grand Master, the representatives
of one hundred and thirty-five Lodges, ten Past Grand Masters, and
New York by R.'. W.\ Elmer E. Haskell.
The Grand Master renewed his suggestion of last year, that steps be
taken to appropriately celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the
organization of this Grand Lodge—July 5, 1905. The Grand Lodge con
curred therein, and appointed a Special Committee and Grand Historian.
Fraternal reference was made to the death of R.\ W.\ WakreS
Tyler, Junior Grand Warden of this Grand Lodge. Five new Lodges
had been created by dispensation.
We note the following ruling :
"1st. Penal jurisdiction is of two kinds: (a) Geographical, which
is that jurisdiction exercised by a Lodge over the territory in which it is
situated, extending to all Masons, whether affiliated or non-affiliated, liv
ing within its territorial limits and ends with the brother's removal
therefrom. (6) Personal jurisdiction is that jurisdiction which the
Lodge exercises over its own members, wherever they may reside, and con
tinues as long as the brother remains a member of the Lodge.
" 2d. The Grand Lodge of Florida claims jurisdiction for its Par
ticular Lodges over the rejected applicants of said Lodges removing to
other Grand Jurisdictions, or one year from the date of rejection."
While it would not appear to us that the time is yet ripe for the
inauguration of a Masonic Home in this jurisdiction, nevertheless our
brethren have a true conception of its importance, and an earnest effort
is to be made in the Lodges, through local committees, to obtain dona
tions to the fund for a Masonic Home and Orphanage.
We note that at this session of the Grand Lodge, subscriptions were
received from the members amounting to $4,072.
Upon report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, action upon
the applications for recognition from the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico
and Grand Lodge Ignacio Ramirez were indefinitely postponed.
The Grand Orator, W.\ H. S. Yerger, delivered an address upon the
esoteric work of the Fraternity, for which the thanks of the Grand Lodge
were tendered.
A full account (86 pp.) of the conception, building and intervening
history of the Temple building owned by the Grand Lodge appears as an
appendix to the printed proceedings. It would appear that the first dol
lar was contributed in 1878, and after a period of twenty-five years the
last dollar of indebtedness was cancelled in 1903. The valuation of the
property is about $50,500.
Grand Treasurer's General Fund balance, $7,297.69. Masonic Home
and Orphanage Fund, $2,452.
Next Annual Communication, Jacksonville, January 17, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
M.\ W.\ Silas B. Wright presents a painstaking and valuable re
port on Correspondence (151 pp.), covering the proceedings of fifty-six
Grand Bodies, including New York for 1903. We have also two special
papers, one being a review of the fifteenth volume of the Lodge Quatuov
Coronati, No. 2076. of England, and the other upon Masonry in Mexico.
M.\ W.\ Thomas M. Puleston (Monticello), Grand Master, re
verted, and R.\ W.\ Wilrer P. Werster (Jacksonville). Grand Secre
tary- re-elected.
GEORGIA.
118th Communication. MA CON. October S5, 1904.
M.\ W.\ Max Meyerhardt, Grand Master, the representatives of
four hundred and seventy-one Lodges, two Past Grand Masters, and New
York by W.\ Rorert L. Colding.
As usual, Grand Master Meyerhardt presented an eloquent address,
.and we present his opening remarks :
" My Brethren : In far off Eastern lands, where the crescent of Ma
homet is the emblem of his followers, it is the custom, at stated intervals,
to call the faithful to prayer.
" From the time when the sun in splendor rises in the East, to the
hour when it sinks to rest behind a sea of gold, the Muezzin calls five
times to the followers of the prophet to lift up their hearts in prayer.
And whenever that sound is heard, the faithful believer, wherever he may
be, in mosque or mart, with his face towards the East, prostrates him
self upon the ground and exclaims : " Great is Allah ! Great is Allah ! "
Followers of a false prophet they are ; but the custom is a noble and an
inspiring one.
" In the Talmud is found a beautiful legend, relating how God se
lected an angel—Sandalphon—to stand at the outermost gates of the
Celestial City, listening to the prayers that ascend to the Throne of
Grace. And as he stood thus, he gathered the prayers and changed them
into beautiful flowers, and the fragrance they shed was wafted through
the streets of the City Immortal, until it reached the very throne of God.
" Masonry, founded as it is upon the Book of books, the Holy Bible,
inculcates and enforces the duty of prayer. On bended knee, with our
faces turned toward the East—the source of light and glory—we are
taught to hold communion with Him, the Architect Supreme, who holds
the Universe in the hollow of His hand.
" Prayer is indeed the golden link that binds the creature to his
Creator: that rolls away the burdens of the soul; that uplifts the spirit:
that changes the gloom and darkness of despair into the glory and
splendor of an undying faith.
"Men may revile us. tyrants may persecute us, but while Masonry
stands upon the mighty rock of prayer, neither powers nor principalities
nor the hosts of darkness shall prevail against her.
" And so to-day, with prayer and praise upon our lips, with deep
thanksgiving in our hearts, we enter upon the duties of this, our One
Hundred and Eighteenth Annual Communication. Never before in all
her splendid history has Masonary enjoyed such abounding prosperity as
during the year just past. A substantial increase in numbers: peace and
harmony prevailing; the moral standard raised high; a full treasury;
many new Lodges instituted ; and above all, the Home, for which we
have labored so long and so earnestly, fully completed, and soon to open
its hospitable doors to the worthy wards of Georgia Masonry. Surely
our hearts should glow with fervent gratitude to the God of our fathers
who has showered so bountifully upon us His richest blessings and His
choicest benedictions."
Many official visits had been made and three new Lodges created by
dispensation. It would appear that there had been adverse criticism of
the action of the Grand Master in his appointment of large numbers of
Past Masters (members of the Grand Lodge, however) upon the com
mittees of the Grand Lodge. Its consideration forms a topic in the an
nual message, but inasmuch as the Grand Lodge by specific action placed
upon record a complete vindication of the Grand Master, we see no profit
in allusions to it.
Subsequently in the legislation of the Grand Lodge, a resolution
" that hereafter no committee of this Grand Lodge shall consist of more
than nine members," failed of adoption, and authority was given the
Grand Master " to appoint as many on committees as he sees proper."
We note that the various committees at the present session range from
fifty-four to eighty-one members each. In close connection with the above
legislation, we note that by an amendment adopted, " all Past Masters
in attendance 1jKm the Grand Lodge shall receive four dollars per diem
of actual attendance."
The Grand Master had the great personal pleasure of announcing the
completion of the Masonic Home of this jurisdiction, and the ceremonies
of dedication occurred during the session. Addresses were delivered by
the Grand Master and other officials and are of an interesting character.
The picture of the Home, to be found in the Proceedings, shows a fine
mansion, which is, nevertheless, home-like in appearance. There is one
fact in connection with this work which, while remarkable, is at the same
time highly honorable. It would appear that the cost of the building
exceeded the contract ($22,234.46) in the sum of $2,628.90. Under a
resolution of the Grand Lodge, the Trustees of the Masonic Home were
directed to carefully audit accounts, ascertain the actual cost of the con
struction of the Home building, and upon due report to the Grand Master
he was authorized to order the amount of said loss reimbursed to the
contractors.
At the inception of this project it was understood and agreed that for
its maintenance, " no tax or individual assessment either upon members
or Lodges should ever be laid for the purpose of building and maintain
ing said Home." It now appearing that the means provided for the
proper maintenance of the Home will not be sufficient, it was recom
mended (by due resolutions) that the Lodges should consent to dispense
with said pledge, and " that in addition to the funds heretofore provided,
. . . that a per capita tax of fifty cents be levied annually for the
support and maintenance of said Home." This matter was ordered sub
mitted to the Lodges for action, it requiring the favorable vote of three-
quarters of the Lodges to authorize the levying of the tax.
" 1. It is improper to install officers on Sunday, even when St. John's
Day occurs on that day. I'nder our law, only works of necessity or
charity can be performed on Sunday.
" 3. Where a candidate has been examined and balloted for to receive
the Fellow Craft degree at a called communication, without dispensation,
such action on the part of the Lodge is irregular and illegal, and would
subject the Lodge and Master to Masonic discipline. The status of the
candidate, however, is not affected, he having been guilty of no wrong
and having received the degree in good faith.
" 4. In the absence of the Master, it is the duty of the Senior Warden
to open the Lodge, and he may then, if he so desires, call a Past Master
of the Lodge to preside in his stead. But while this is true, I do not
think a communication would be rendered illegal, because the Master
being absent, the Senior Warden declares that he is unable to open the
Lodge, and thereupon calls upon a Past Master of the Lodge to do so,
and to preside."
The following amendment to the special liquor regulations of this
jurisdiction was adopted :
" Reaolred. That anyone who shall engage in the management of a
Dispensary, or in the sale of liquor in a Dispensary, shall not be eligible
to membership in any Masonic Lodge in the State of Georgia."
Receipts, $37,965.24 : disbursements, $36,511.10, and balance on hand,
$24,795.71. Masonic Home account, $3,124.09.
Next Annual Communication. Macon, October 31, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (114 pp.). by W.\ A. Q. Moody, em
braces the proceedings of fifty-two Grand Bodies, including New York
for 1904.
2
Our brother in his conclusion snys :

" A serious question with Grand Lodges will bp what attitude to as
sume toward Bodies created by the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite.
" It is difficult to understand how a Grand Lodge can be a governing
power, and yet be subservient to a still higher power."
We should say that when the Lodges have regularly formed a Grand
Lodge, with exclusive control over the symbolic degrees, and entirely
free from the authority of a Supreme Council, such Grand Body is en
titled to recognization as the governing authority—otherwise not.
M.\ W.\ Max Meyerharut {Rome), Grand Master, re-elected, and
B.\ W.\ W. A. Wolihin (Macon). Grand Secretary, re-elected.
IDAHO.
37th Communication. BOTSE. September 13. 1901
M.\ W.\ Joshua M. Cowen, Grand Master, the representatives of
thirty-one Lodges, seven Past Grand Masters, and New York by M.\ W.\
Charles Himroo.
The following from the Grand Master's address will bear reproduc
tion :
" ' Masonry,' we tell our uniting brothers. * is a progressive moral
science.' This is one of our great mottoes, and Masonry is nothing if its
precepts in their entirety lack our strenuous support. Our efforts for
the perpetuity of our order should be ceaseless, for when we cease to
climb that moment we fall. There are no easy resting points in the great
law of progression. Perseverance is of more value than talent : and re
sults are not gifts, but the merited rewards of effort. And to-day's ef
forts should never be satisfactory except to the extent that they are bettor
than those of yesterday.
" A subject of vital importance to each and every Lodge is the num
ber of members present at its meetings.
"The attendance of any Lodge depends largely on the amount of in
terest taken by its members : and upon the Master of the Lodge devolves
the important duty of arousing this alarming latent force. And it seems
to me that there is not a better or more effectual plan than stimulating
a desire in each member to become thoroughly conversant with the Idaho
work.
" Merit should always be the basis of promotion. A careless, incom
petent Master can often demoralize an entire Lodge. Members should be
brought to a realizing sense of this fact, while with their enlightenment,
the accompanying idea should be placed : that each individual member
may reach this eminence if he has the ambition to aspire."
Three new Lodges had been created by dispensation, and the Grand
Master had visited, with two exceptions, every Lodge in the jurisdiction.
The Grand Secretary will appreciate the legislation of the Grand
Lodge in fixing a certain date for the close of the Masonic year, thereby
enabling the subordinate Lodges to complete and forward their annual
returns to the office nf the Grand Secretary, previous to the date of the
Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. The absolute necessity of
such nn arrangement is so apparent that we wonder that our brethren
have wailed until this late date to make it.
Official recognition was extended the Grand Lodges of Costa Rica
and Valle de Mexico. Action in the same line was deferred in the in
stance of the Grand Lodge of Western Australia, Grand Orient of Brazil
and Grand Lodge of Queensland. Our investigation of the protest pre
sented by the so-called Grand Lodge of Western Australia, claimed to
have been founded in 1898, does not appear to be a factor in the case.
An appropriation of $500 was made for the erection of a monument
over the remains of Past Grand Master Edward A. Stevenson.
An invitation to a reception and banquet from the members of Boise
Lodge, No. 2, and the ladies of Adah Chapter, No. 8, O. E. S., was ac
cepted by the Grand Lodge.
We have as a frontispiece to the Proceedings a photogravure of the
Grand Officers and members of the Grand Lodge assembled at this ses
sion—fifty-three in number.
Receipts, $9,174.18: disbursements, $9,255.09, and balance on hand,
$7,035.91. Orphans' Fund, $39,999.50—the disbursements from this fund
the past year represent $1,400.
Next Annual Communication, Boise, September 12, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
An interesting report on Correspondence (94 pp.), by W.\ Georu':
E. Knepper, reviews the proceedings of sixty-two Grand Lodges, includ
ing New York for 1904, which has ample notice.
M.\ W.\ Alrert W. Gordon (Kendrirk) , Grand Master, and R.\
W.\ Theophilus W. Randall (Boise), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
ILLINOIS.
65th Communication. CHICAGO. October 4, 1904.
M.\ W.\ William B. Wright, Grand Master, the representatives of
seven hundred and nine Lodges, seven Past Grand Masters, and New
York by W.\ Walter A. Stevens. The Grand Lodge was honored with
the presence of the following visiting brethren, M.\ W.\ W. W. Terry,
and M.\ W.\ Aldro Jenks, Past Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge of
Wisconsin, and M.\ W.\ Charles II. Mann, Past Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of New Jersey.
The Grand Master reported a busy year, with unusual peace and
harmony in the Craft, and that eight new Lodges had been created by
dispensation. Upon the subject of Masonic Fairs, he had made the fol
lowing ruling, which had the approval of the Grand Lodge :
" I have been asked if it was proper for Masons, individually or as
a Lodge, to participate or aid in the conduct of a ' Fair ' where books of
chance and drawings were features, and I have decided that to do so was
a clear violation of Section 0, Article 32, Part Second Grand Lodge By-
Laws."
The oration by R.\ WW William A. Northcott, Grand Orator, is

just long enough to ensure its being read and admired. From the open
ing sentences we reproduce the following :
" The obedience rendered to the laws and mandates of our great Fra
ternity and to its officers is of the strictest kind, but it is voluntary and
not compulsory ; it comes from love and not from fear ; it is not the
obedience of a slave to his master ; it is not the servile homage of a sub
ject to a tyrant ; but it is like the cheerful loyalty to the free republic
which we love.
" Away off in the kingdom of Denmark is the beautiful city of Copen
hagen, and there is a winding carriage way to a tower more than one
hundred and fifty feet high. Once the Czar of all the Russias visited
the good old King of Denmark and was driven to the top of this tower
and shown the beautiful country around and about the city of Copen
hagen. While standing there, the Czar drew himself up proudly and.
said : ' I can do something you can't do. I can command the haughtiest
noble in all the Russias to throw himself from this tower, and he would
obey me instantly and dash out his brains on the rocks beneath, and you
can't do this.'
" ' No.' said the good old king. ' I can't do that, but I will tell you
what I can do : I can lay my head down in the lap of my humblest sub
ject and sleep in peace and security, and you can't do that.' "
The Illinois Masonic Home, at Sullivan, was dedicated September 8th,
and the dedicatory address, delivered by M.\ W.\ Owen Scott, was not
only impressive and eloquent, but its perusal will conduce to the efforts
being made in the cause of helpfulness. To illustrate :
" ' It is more blessed to give than to receive.' The Masons who thus
school themselves in helping others are to be the great gainers. The de
pendent, the unfortunate, the suffering may get relief and strength, but
the giver gets the great uplift that comes from the consciousness of serv
ing his fellow man. We read in the Bible, our great light, that if a man
compel us to go with him one mile, we should go with him two. The
first mile is our duty. The second is our privilege, our joyous service.
Who can estimate the pleasure of the sweet service of the second mile?
" The glorious privilege of doing for others is the sweet aroma of a
beautiful life. Masonry is the cream of unselfish devotion to our fellows.
There is in it no mercenary or selfish gain. No one can make money out
of it without abusing his professions. No ambition can be fostered with
out going counter to Masonic teachings, for all stand on an absolute
equality. Our Fraternity constantly reminds us that the joy of life is
not in getting, but in serving. The compensation, therefore, comes in
growth of character and in the opportunity of doing to others as we
would they should do to us."
Twenty-one applicants had already been accepted, and (as stated)
there are indications that the building erected " will soon prove inade
quate to the demands." It is the design of the Fraternity that this shall
be a Home and neither a hotel nor a hospital, and hence the regulations
are along that line. For the purposes of this institution the Grand Lodge
appropriated $1 2,000.
We notice that our friend M.\ W.\ John C. Smith has been occupy
ing his idle hours in unearthing and publishing (at his own expense) the
history of the " first Grand Lodge of Illinois, which became defunct some
thirteen years before the organization of the present Grand Lodge." and
it was directed that five hundred copies should be purchased for the use
of the Grand Lodge.
The Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home at Chicago, now under the
auspices of this Grand Lodge, is continuing its good work, with eighty-
two children cared for at a cost of $170 per annum. The Grand Lodge
made an appropriation of $15,000 thereto.
Applications for recognition from the following Grand Bodies were
declined, the Committee on Foreign Correspondence holding " that they
are composed of Lodge of illegitimate parentage, and hence incapable of
forming a Grand Lodge recognizable as possessing any authority in An
cient Craft Masonry."
Grand Lodge of the Argentine Republic.
Grand Orient Argentine del Rito Azul.
Grand Orient and Supreme Council of Brazil.
United Grand Lodge of Mexico.
Grand Lodge of Porto Rico.
Grand Lodge of Costa Rica.
An official welcome was extended the Grand Lodge of Western Aus
tralia, and action upon the application made by the Grand Lodge of
Queensland was. for well considered reasons, postponed.
In connection with matters growing out of the organization of the
last-named Grand Lodge, the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, M.\
W.\ Bro. Rorrins. recommended the following regulation, and the Grand
Lodge (correctly we think) concurred therein.
" Rmolrrd. That this Grand Lodge is constrained by events to declare:
That when the number of Lodges existing in territory not already oc
cupied by an independent and sovereign Grand Lodge becomes sufficient
to warrant the formation of n sovereign Grand Lodge, such Lodges and
the brethren thereof are and of right ought to he free to discuss, canvass
and determine all questions incident to a proposed organization without
duress from any other Masonic power : and that the Grand Lodge of
Illinois will not respect any attempted deprivation of the Masonic rights,
either of Lodges or of individual Masons, sought to be imposed for no
other offence than participation in the formation of a Grand Lodge in
.conformity with the Masonic law into which the numerous precedents
furnished by the history of the Fraternity have now crystallized."
The Grand Lodge ordered transmitted its fraternal greetings to M.\
W.'. He.vry L. Palmer, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of
Wisconsin.
Receipts, $42,133.00 ; disbursements, $53,584.14, and balance on hand,
$33,093.47. Charity Fund balance, $31,402.04. Investments, $26,000.
Next Annual Communication, Chicago. October 3, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
M.'. W.\ Joseph Rorrins furnishes another of his valuable reports
on Correspondence (342 pp.), covering the proceedings of sixty Grand
Lodges, including New York for 1904. which has favorable consideration.
We regret that time will not permit us to note many interesting
points which have not escaped our nttention. and shall have to content
ourselves with some excerpts from his introductory paper :
" That there has been in recent years a disposition to relax the rigidity
of Masonic rules is startlingly true as regards some of them. Take for
instance the universally traditional method of Masonic instruction, when
the instructive tongue reached the understanding and the heart through
the attentive ear, and the eye was neither appealed to by unlawful means
on the one hand, nor through them the understanding itself lost in the
glitter of the spectacular. The year's reading affords abundant evidence
of the extent to which by ciphers and display that impressive method has
been diluted and displaced.
" So, too, with the requirements of the landmark respecting physical
qualifications. A generation ago, with the single exception of Rhode
Island, there was not a jurisdiction in this country where the most liberal
construction of the landmark did not fully recognize the requirement that
the candidate should be able to conform literally to all the demands made
by the ritual. The events of the last two or three years indicate that the
unfortunate who is born deficient, or who has been maimed since birth,
will soon be able to supply all that he lacks to meet the interpretation
of the law, at the artificial limb makers, or the crutch manufactory.
Essentially, we consider the requirement of such a degree of physical per
fection as will place the candidate on an equality with his fellows, as
being of less importance than some other features of the ancient law;
but we still think that consideration is sufficient excuse for its being.
But the vital fact is that the law exists, that it is known of all Masons
to exist, and that so knowing they cannot disregard it without weakening
the sanctions of all law, of all obligation.
" We had designed referring at some length to the condition of affairs
in Australasia, where we are now confronted with the spectacle of district
Grand Lodges—in one instance with the countenance and support of its
sovereign and independent parent body—seeking to deprive the Lndires
and brethren of their obedience by duress proceeding even to the seizing
of charters and Lodge property and to suspension of individual Masons,
of the indefeasible right attaching to their existence in open autonomous
territory in numbers sufficient to form an independent Grand Lodge, to
determine for themselves, as n maiority thereof may decide, the question
of forming such a Grand Lodge. We can, however, only take time to say
that it is as morally certain as anything can be that has not been put to
the test, that the Grand Lodges in this quarter of the world will not
respect any attempted deprivation of Masonic rights, either of Lodges or
individuals, for no other offence than participating in a movement to
consider the erection of, or to establish a Grand Lodge under such cir
cumstances, if it is done conformably to the Masonic law into which the
abundant precedents furnished by the history of Masonry, and far more
numerous than any other, have now crystallized."
M.\ W.\ William B. WrIGht (Effinoham), Grand Master, re
elected, and R.\ W.\ ,T. H. C. Dill ( Rloomin9ton). Grand Secretary,
re-elected.
INDIANA.
83d Communication. INDIANAPOLIS. May H, 1901
M.'. W.\ William E. English, Grand Master, the representatives
of five hundred and fourteen Lodges, sixteen Past Grand Masters, and
New York by M.\ W.'. William R. English.
The Grand Master in extending his congratulations says :
" It is with a justifiable pride that I call your attention to the fact
that the year has been the most prosperous, the most harmonious and the
most successful ever known to the Grand Lodge of Indiana. The increase
in membership has been the greatest ever experienced in the history of
the Grand Body, two thousand eight hundred and seventy-one new names
having been added to our Masonic Roll since the last Annual Report,
making a total of forty thousand one hundred and ninety-nine Master
Masons in this Grand Jurisdiction. Not only have we enjoyed this
gratifying increase in numbers, but we have likewise experienced in every
direction a proportionate measure of substantial and material prosperity.
Peace, harmony and fraternity have walked in sweet companionship
within our ranks and we have been brought to realize to the fullest
extent " How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together
in unity."
In accordance with the recommendation of the Grand Master, it was
ordered " that reports of the Committee on Grievances and Appeals
should in every instance only embrace a statement of the case, and the
finding of the Committee" in the published proceedings of the Grand
Lodge.
Dispensations had been issued for six new Lodges.
" 2. Can a Worshipful Master's election secured by unfair and un-
inasonic methods, and misrepresentations of ability and fairness of pre
decessor, be declared null and election set aside by the Grand Master?
" A«uwer. No. The Grand Master has no authority to set aside an
election held as prescribed by law. The only remedy is through charges
for unmasonic conduct regularly preferred."
Upon proper representations we think the Grand Master would have
authority to suspend the Worshipful Master from office, preliminary to
charges and trial.
" 7. Relative to Objections: Objection on the part of any member of
the Lodge present will exclude a visiting brother. The Worshipful Mas
ter cannot require reason for objection nor can the Master over-rule
objection."
We do not believe in Grand Lodges legislating for or against the
requirement of an affiliation fee in Lodges. While we favor no fee,
nevertheless we deem it the right of the Lodge to determine the question
for itself.
The presentation of an elegant Past Grand Masterss jewel to M.\ W.\
Bro. English was most happily curried out by R.\ W.\ Lincoln W.
Cravens.
Receipts, $22,512.05 ; disbursements. $19,727.57. and balance on hand,
$22,279.65.
Next Annual Communication, Indianapolis. May 2.s?, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (ItW pp.), by M.\ W.\ Daniel Mc
Donald covers the proceedings of sixty-three Grand Bodies. The review
is excellent, and why not?
" We begin our Review of the Proceedings of the various Grand
Ixuiges with which the Grand Lodge of Indiana is in fraternal correspon
dence at our modest little summer home on the banks of the beautiful
lake Maxinkuckee, where the gentle breezes cool the heated air by day,
and the dashing waves lull us to sleep at night. The three miles or more
of pure sparkling water that lies spread out before us as we write these
introductory lines, as the poet has so beautifully expressed it, is " a
scene for a painter—a gleaming and glorified lake.' "
Under the District of Columbia, this explanation :
"Our brother, like several other reviewers, does not seem to have
fathomed the mysteries of the Ritual question in Indiana. And it is not
very strange that they do not. as much of the sayings and doings on
that subject were omitted from the printed Proceedings, making it difficult
for outsiders to figure out exactly what was finally done in the matter.
We can say, however, without divulging any " hidden mystery," that
Indiana adopted the Webb-Work at the time of the organization of the
Grand Lodge in 1818 ; that it again adopted the same Work as revised
by Rob Morris in 1800, and again with some unimportant changes in
1862 ; that it has been the only Work used in this jurisdiction since that
time, and is the Work now in use in all the Lodges in Indiana. Now,
brethren, ' Will you be good? ' "
New York for 1903 has gracious attention. Noting'the following, we
desire to say that the problem before the Craft of New York is that of
the enlargement of the Home and the necessary revenue to provide for
the maintenance of about two hundred additional inmates, and we have
confidence that the brethren will act wisely and well. We note our
brother's comment in reference to the regulation " adopted by the Grand
Lodge (of Indiana) in the early 70s," and simply add that we doubt it
to be a live wire.
M.\ W.\ George E. Grimes (Lado9a), Grand Master, and R.\ W.\
Calvin W. Prather (Indianapolis) , Grand Secretary, re-elected.
INDIAN TERRITORY.
31st Communication. CLAREMORE. Au9ust 9, 1904.
M.\ W.\ Philip D. Brewer, Grand Master, the representatives of
one hundred and eleven Lodges, nine Past Grand Masters, New York by
M.\ W.\ Joseph S. Murrow, and M.\ W.\ W. L. Eoleton, Past Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma, as a visitor.
The Grand Master reported a prosperous year, with fifteen new
Lodges created under dispensation. Notice was given of the existence of
two clandestine Lodges, one being located at Bristow and the other at
Newby. The prevalence of drunkenness among the members of certain
Lodges—although the grent body of the Craft of this jurisdiction is free
from this vice—called for the admonition of the Grand Master. He said :
" I admonish all Lodges to refuse absolutely to elect any man to take
the degrees unless he is a sober man ; do not take professions of reform
until time has demonstrated the genuineness of the claims."
Certainly Freemasonry is not designed as a reformatory institution,
and what's the matter with the application of the disciplinary code !
We note the following decisions, to say that while agreeing with the
first, we do not with the Inst :
" 3. Question. Is a brother who has been regularly tried and con
victed of a Masonic offence, and who has filed notice of appeal after
being sentenced to definite or indefinite suspension, entitled to sit in
Lodge pending his appeal to the Grand Lodge?
Answer. No.
" 6. Question. Can a Master of a Lodge vouch for a visiting brother,
with whom he has never sat in Lodge, but whom he has examined the
day before Lodge met, in a private way, at his office?
" Answer. No. This would not, in my opinion, be a proper avouch-
ment, and besides, it would set a precedent that would be dangerous
beyond measure."
The address of welcome and response was, by request, at an open
session of the Grand Lodge—the public being admitted—and we also
note that the Grand Orator, W.\ S. C. Fullerton, delivered an address
upon " Masonic Light," at a public gathering in the evening, before a
large audience, " to the edification of all present."
Action upon the application of the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico was
deferred.
In the report of the Committee on Education, we note that the minor
orphan children of Masons, in this jurisdiction, number 142, of whom
sixty-three are assisted by subordinate Lodges. The Grand Lodge made
an appropriation of five hundred dollars to aid in the work.
M.\ W.\ Bro. Furman, the financial agent in the building up of an
Orphans' Home fund, received a well-merited compliment at the hands
of the Grand Master, and we note that he reports collections the past
year of $7,457.11. This fund now amounts to $24,843.97, and at this
session the Grand Lodge also transferred to it an additional sum of
$4.000.
While admitting that the M.\ W.\ Brother had just cause of com
plaint, we beg to be permitted to congratulate the R.\ W.\ Grand
Secretary upon his increase of salary.
" The installation ceremonies were a farce. The business of the body
was over. The election was over. It was late. Many brethren were
anxious to catch a train soon due. The Grand Secretary was requested
to perform the Installation Service in ' short order.' No book was fur
nished. Brethren were constantly leaving the hall. There was confu
sion, noise, haste and entire lack of interest.
" The Grand Secretary did the best he could under the circumstances.
He will never do the like again. The installation of the new officers of
a Grand Lodge should be made impressive. This requires sufficient time.
It should have the earnest attention and interest of all the brethren."
Receipts, $8,511.75: disbursements, $10,061.12, and balance on hand,
$8,229.07.
Next Annual Communication. Tulsa. August 8, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (105 pp.), by W.\ Thomas C. Hum
phry, very thoroughly covers the proceedings of fifty Grand Bodies,
including New York for 1904.
M.\ W.\ Wilson O. Bruton (MsWrote), Grand Master, and R.\
W.\ Joseph S. Murrow (Atoka), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
IOWA.
61st Communication. SIOUX CITY. June 7,190+.
M.\ W.\ Charles C. Clark, Grand Master, the representatives of
four hundred and sixty-six Lodges and nine Past Grand Masters.
During the session R.\ E.\ J. W. Wells, Grand Commander of the
Grand Commandery of Iowa, was received with Masonic honors.
Public exercises were held in the Grand Opera House, preliminary to
the opening of the Grand Lodge—music, address of welcome, etc.
The address of the Grand Master is interesting in character—three
new Lodges had been created by dispensation.
Incidental to the Home question, brought up by the Grand Master's
reference to the fact that the members of the Eastern Star had started
a building fund and were moving energetically in the furtherance of that
object, the Grand Lodge adhered to its present plan in caring for its
needy dependants, which had been so favorably received and generously
supported by the Craft.
Alluding to a custom, somewhat prevalent, of paying little attention
to the time of meeting as prescribed in the by-laws of the various lodges,
the Grand Master concisely said :
" Regular meetings should never begin a moment earlier than that
fixed by the by-laws, and should open either promptly on the minute or
within a reasonable time thereafter. What is a reasonable time depends
somewhat upon the circumstances. To particularize: When 7.30 o clock
was the hour fixed in the by-laws, I have ruled as void any business
transacted at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and have held illegal an open
ing after 10 o'clock P. m.
" Violations may be classed as due to one of three causes :
" First. Ignorance.
" Second. Careless indifference of the law.
" Third. The desire to illegally attain some end impossible by strict
adherence to the law."
The address is a valuable state paper, concluding as follows :
" We may descant as much as we please upon the injustice of judging
an institution by the lives of its members, but the fact remains that such
is the well-nigh invariable rule. The church itself has suffered time and
again from this universal human proclivity. Perhaps it is just as it is
inevitable; perhaps it is wise as it seems unavoidable. But whatever
our conclusion, the great lesson to be drawn from it should be perfectly
apparent. The brethren of this grand state seem to have learned it. and
I believe they appreciate as never before the supreme importance of indi
vidual character in the maintenance of the purity of our Institution. To
you belongs the credit, for certain it is that not in years has such great
peace marked the advance of the Order ; never have the brethren so zeal
ously labored for material prosperity, and what is infinitely better for
a larger realization of our lofty ideals; never before in the history of our
state has Masonry been so prosperous. From a feeble beginning sixty-
four years ago we have grown to a magnificent army of over thirty-four
thousand veterans. My brethren are among the hest men God ever
created, the picked of every locality, not attracted by death benefits or
the hope of pecuniary profit, but actuated by high thoughts and noble
aims. They are the thoughtful, earnest. God-fearing, equality-believing
workers in every community. The dynamic force for good of such a vast
moral thought cannot be over-estimated.
" Will the Order grow? Aye, throughout all eternity."
The reports of R.\ W.\ Newton R. Parvin, as Grand Secretary and
Grand Librarian, are complete in all respects, and that of the latter
especially interesting.
The Trustees of the Grand Charity Fund report $10,687.48 in the
Permanent Fund, and that the disbursements the past year had been
$4,271, for the relief of forty-four beneficiaries.
It was ordered that the Grand Master elect appoint a Grand Lodge
Historian, with authority to collect the necessary data and prepare a
history of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, including a history of the first four
subordinate Lodges up to and including the organization of the Grand
Lodge.
Telegraphic greetings were exchanged with the Grand Lodges of Wib-
consin, Nebraska and Nova Scotia.
The report on Fraternal Dead by Rev. J. C. W. Coxe, Grand Chap-
plain. is a beautiful tribute to the memory of the illustrious dead of this
and sister Grand Jurisdictions. It was ordered that one hundred copies
thereof be issued in pamphlet form and distributed among sister Grand
Lodges.
A very valuable report in reference to the correct height of the two
pillars at the entrance of King Solomon's Temple, known in Masonic and
Biblical history as Jachin and Boaz was presented by W.\ John W.
Barry, beautifully illustrated with pictures of ancient cities and tem
ples. The conclusions of the Committee, fortified by evidence and the
testimony of the Holy Bible, establish the fact that they were each
eighteen cubits in height. (1st Kings vii. 15 ; 2d Kings xxv. 17, and Jere
miah lii. 21 and 22.)
It having been demonstrated that under what was known as the
mulch law of this State. Lodges could receive the petitions of those en
gaged in selling liquor, and the Grand Master's decision thereon having
received the approval of the Grand Lodge, it became necessary in order
to effectually carry out the interest of the Masonic law of this jurisdic
tion, that it should be amended, and hence the adoption of the following :
" Selling IAquor.—3d. This Grand Lodge expressly declares the in
tentional sale of intoxicating liquors in violation of the laws of Io\7a,
including sales by all persons engaged in the sale of intoxicating liquors
to be used as a beverage, whether permitted by the laws of Iowa or other
wise, a Masonic offence, and the penalty, upon conviction thereof, shall
be expulsion : and on the trial of a Mason accused thereof, the record of
conviction in the State or Federal courts, or a certified copy thereof, shall
be competent evidence and prima facia proof of guilt, hut evidence upon
trials under this section shall not be limited to such record evidence.
" This section shall have no application to members of Lodges who.
at the adoption of this amendment, are engaged in the sale of intoxicating
liquors legally while they continue such legal sales.
" The Grand Lodge further declares that hereafter no Lodge shall
knowingly receive or act upon the petition of a profane who may at the
date of said petition be engaged in this traffic, excepting, however, phar
macists who are legally selling liquor under a permit issued under the
laws of Iowa."
A group picture of the Grand and Past Grand Officers of the Grand
Lodge, present at this session, forms a frontispiece to the printed Pro
ceedings.
$32,011.49.
Next Annual Communication, Davenport, June 6, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (173 pp.), by W.\ Joseph E. Mor-
comre, is an able and scholarly review of the proceedings of fifty-four
Grand Lodges, including New York for 1904.
We tender our sincere sympathy to our brother in the loss which has
come to his household.
The following, under Idaho, but proves that there are always two
sides to every question :
" This is in line with the action of many other jurisdictions, including
that of Iowa. But we may be permitted to doubt both the wisdom and
justice of such enactments. In such communities where the sale of liquor
is a crime or misdemeanor there is of course no argument for admission
of such dealer. That he violates the law is sufficient cause for exclusion.
But where such traffic is legalized and regulated the dealer then is upon
a like plane, so far as Masonry is concerned, with other men. He should
be judged by the same standards of personal character and morality. The
man behind the bar may be sober, upright and conscientious, yet must
be excluded because a carefully-fostered and oftentimes insincere senti
ment has tabooed his business. The man to whom he sells, on the other
hand, may be inferior to the dealer both mentally and morally, yet is
eligible. There must lte two parties to complete the sale of liquor, as in
all other bargains. If the seller is guilty of a wrongful action, how much
less culpable is the buyer?
M.\ W.\ Sumner Miller (Gnttcnberg) , Grand Master, and R.\ W.\
Newton R. Parvin (Cedar Rapids), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
KANSAS.
48th Communication. TOPERA. February 17, 1901
M.\ W.\ Bestor G. Brown, Grand Master, the representatives of
two hundred and sixty-three Lodges, eleven Past Grand Masters, New
York by M.\ W.\ Maurice L. Stone, and the following distinguished
visitors : M.'. W.\ James R. Killiam, Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Colorado. M.\ W.\ William F. Kuhn, Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Missouri, and W.\ Tandy A. Dunn, Junior Grand Dea
con of the Grand Lodge of Missouri.
Preliminary to the formal opening of the Grand Lodge, the brethren
having assembled for that purpose, the children of the Masonic Home—
who had been brought here from Wichita—were introduced, and furnished
a most delightful programme.
The Grand Master, in introducing bis address, said :
" In the midst of a commercial prosperity, the like of which has never
been writ upon the pages of Kansas' history ; in the presence of continued
and marked Masonic success ; in the fragrant atmosphere of a kindlier
spirit and feeling of good fellowship than has heretofore surrounded the
habitations of the Craft, your Grand Master submits to the forty-eighth
Annual Communication of the M.\ W.\ Grand Lodge of Kansas the
report required by law ; rejoicing in the many things which merit re
joicing, and regretting only that his contribution to the weal of Masonry
could not have been increased many fold, yet comforted in this regret
by the consciousness of man's inability to perform half of that which
he plans."
The Grand Master had made sixty-nine visitations and had created
five new Lodges by dispensation.
The Grand Lodge agreed with the Grand Master in disapproval of
the enactment by Lodges of by-laws " providing Life membership by the
payment of a lump sum, or even by the continued payment of dues for
a given period of years." The policy of the latter is unqualifiedly bad,
but the principle of the first is a good business proposition, providing the
sum paid is sufficiently large, separately and properly invested and the
income therefrom to be used as the dues of such a class.
The Grand Master presents a graphic description of the great flood
of June, 1903, in the Kaw Valley, and the suffering and loss which came
to the members of three Lodges located in that section. The brethren of
this jurisdiction, through the proper officers—declining any assistance
from outside—granted systematic relief, and as indicative of the self-
reliance exhibited by the sufferers, we present the following :
" The way in which the afflicted set about to rebuild their homes and
regain their worldly goods, and the success which has attended their ef
forts, is a wonderful tribute to the patience and self-reliance of those
who suffered loss. It is the true Kansas spirit : it is the same spirit that
in pioneer days fanned the buffalo chips into genial warmth and dressed
the parched corn into a nourishing repast. It is the same spirit which
has been an invulnerable armor to the Kansnn in his conflict with the
darts of adversity and the enviously forged shafts of false report. As
the waters were subsiding, the committee at Topeka approached a
brother whose means of livelihood and place of habitation had been swept
away in the angry flood. Though unused to such labor, yet with shovel
in hand, he was manfully seeking to remove rubbish from what had been
a cheerful home, girded about with a determination to achieve and ac
complish. Knowing the loss he had suffered, he was urged to accept
assistance which would enable him to employ help to do the work he
was trying to perform, that his time might be devoted, if possible, to
recouping his business losses. Pausing in his work, with tears in his
eyes, he thanked the committee and praised Masonry for its beneficence,
declining all assistance in these words : * Gon bless you, brethren, but I
can work. Give your assistance to some of the poor unfortunates who
need it more than I do.' Such splendid examples of self-reliance and
manly courage were numerous, and to recite that fact here is a pleasure."
That portion of the annual address devoted to the Masonic Home,
clearly demonstrates that the M.\ W.\ Brother bad a thoroughly good
business conception of the needs, the practical development and the im
portance of this work. His conclusion that the management of the Home
should be under the exclusive control of the Grand Lodge is entirely cor
rect. We understand such to be the position at the present time, the
other Masonic Grand Bodies having relinquished representation in the
Masonic Home Board. We commend the forethought of our brethren in,
the following :
" The Board has recognized that any further additions to the property
should be made in keeping with the original plan and with a view to the
utility and appearance of the property in future years. It has wisely
invoked the assistance of a competent architect, and has had prepared a
general plan of the grounds as they might appear after the many addi
tions which the needs of the future may require. It has also had prepared
a plan contemplating the enlargement of the Home at the present time,
providing much-needed facilities for the sick and apartments for the
separation of the old from the young."
In the appendices attached to the Annual Address are two exhibits of
interest and value. B. Action of all Grand Lodges, with reference to
Life Membership. C. The District Deputy Grand Master System. D.
Jurisdictions maintaining Homes in their own right, and those having
Grand Lodge Charity or Funds of Benevolence.
Further time was granted the Committee on Foreign Correspondence
in their consideration of the applications from the Grand Lodge of Porto
Rico, the National Grand Lodge of Egypt and the Grand Orient Argen
tine del Rico Azul, and recognition was denied the Grand Lodge Cosmos
of the State of Chihuahua, Mexico.
An oration upon the speculative origin and growth of Freemasonry,
was delivered before the Grand Lodge by Rev. Bro. James P. de B.
Kaye, I>ean of Grace Cathedral, Topeka.
The Grand Lodge adopted the District Deputy Grand Master system—
the State being divided into thirty or forty districts.
The report of the Masonic Home exhibits a very satisfactory condi
tion of affairs, and we must congratulate our brethren on having (as
reported) " the best managed and most successful Home of any juris
diction." The total number of inmates January 1, 1904, is forty-four—
six having been admitted the past year. The per capita cost would ap
pear to be about $139 per annum. The Permanent Fund represents
$20,350.
The Committee on Ritual made an elaborate report relative to the
ritualistic work of this jurisdiction—viz., the Preston-Webb work and
their recommendation " that an official cipher ritual should be published "
received the approval of the Grand Lodge.
The Proceedings are embellished with portraits and biographical
sketches of a number of Past Grand Masters.
Receipts, $20,154.79; disbursements, $.31,544.14, and balance on hand,
$23,233.48. Grand Lodge Charity Fund balance. $7,210.52.
Next Annual Communication. Wichita. February 15, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (350 pp.), by M.\ W.\ William M.
Shaver, embraces a complete review of the proceedings of sixty-six
Grand Lodges. We regret that our time will not admit of doing justice
to this admirable report.
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We agree with him " that there is only one way successfully to learn
ritual, and that is by the mouth to ear method." Personally we are
opposed to cipher publications.
New York for 1903 has a very faithful report, all matters of im
portance being noted. For the information of our brother we will say
that the chaplain's prayer, referred to, is retained in the work, and that
the report of the Custodians of the Work fully covers the present status.
The Standard Work of New York is maintained in its purity through
the efforts of the Grand Lecturer and a corps of assistants, conventions
being held in every Masonic District yearly for the exemplification of the
several degrees.
M.\ W.\ Thomas G. Fitch (Wichita), Grand Master, and R.\ W.\
Albert K. Wilson (Topeka), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
KENTUCKY.
104th Communication. LOUISVILLE. October 18, 1904.
M.\ W.\ Owen D.' Thomas, Grand Master, the representatives of
four hundred and seventy-two Lodges and sixteen Past Grand Masters.
The Grand Master makes appropriate reference to the death of M.\
W.\ Bros. J. Soule Smith and James A. MacKensie, Past Grand
Masters, and also W.\ Charles M. Horson, Grand Pursuivant of this
Grand Lodge. Ten new Lodges had been created by dispensation. Hav
ing had many enquiries as to " how ought Master Masons to wear their
aprons." the Grand Master had apparently investigated the matter very
thoroughly, and gave it as his opinion " that the Master Mason's apron
ought to be worn with the bib down and corner up." He enumerates
twenty-nine Grand Lodges which teach the same method. The Grand
Lodge adopted the following regulation—in which, however. New York
would not entirely agree :
" The apron is worn : First degree, bib up ; second degree, bib down,
apron flowing freely ; third degree, bib down, flowing freely—except when
worn as a mark of distinction the left lower corner is tucked up. This
is in conformity with the teachings of the oldest charts, and is consistent
with the progressiveness of our degrees and the analogy of the operative
craft. It is also the teachings of the oldest jurisdictions of the United
States. And (the wearing as stated) is to be obeyed by subordinate
Lodges."
Apparently the Grand Lodge was not favorably disposed (no action
being had), toward the suggestion " that the report of the proceedings of
other Grand Lodges be published in the * Masonic nome Journal ' in
stead of the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge."
The necessity of a system of bookkeeping which should comprehend
the entire transactions of the offices of Grand Secretary and Grand
Treasurer, so that a balance sheet could be taken at any time—an ex
hibit of the status of all accounts—was brought to the attention of the
Grand Lodge, and the Grand Master's suggestion adopted—eliminating
the affairs of " The Masonic."
" It is my opinion that the Grand Secretary ought to be charged with

the duty of keeping a regular set of books, which should show the com
plete financial standing of the Grand Lodge, including moneys received
and paid by the Grand Treasurer and the Trustees of the Masonic, so that
his balance sheet would show the status of all accounts. This would be
similar to the general ledger of a bank, and would not interfere with the
details of the different departments, being kept complete in themselves."
For the purpose of determining what the work is, and also for the
purposes of its promulgation, regulations were adopted constituting a
" Board of Work," and said committee are to be controlled by this de
claration of the Grand Lodge, " that the Entered Apprentice O. B. forbids
the printing, writing or making of ciphers of any part of the three decrees
of Ancient Craft Masonry."
Official recognition was extended to the Grand Lodges of Western
Australia, Costa Rica and Queensland, and action postponed relative to
the Grand Orient of Brazil.
The reports of the " Widows and Orphans' Home," and also the
" Old Masons' Home," indicate the same satisfactory state of affairs si
heretofore. The last named cares for thirteen old brethren.
It would appear from the report of the Trustees of the Masonic
Temple that as a business investment it had not been profitable, and
various^ suggestions were presented designed to overcome the deficiency
in revenue. The Directors of the Masonic Widows and Orphans' Fund
had advanced to the Trustees $30,000 the past year, making the total
liability of the Grand Lodge $240,000.
An amendment to the Constitution, declaring that
" No person who is a bartender or dealer in spirituous, vinous or malt
liquors, shall hereafter be eligible to degrees or membership in a Masonic
Lodge in this jurisdiction "
was rejected by the Grand Lodge, it being held :
" Each Lodge can determine the qualifications of all applicants for
Masonic degrees, and each member of the Lodge has the right to deter
mine whether the petitioner is or is not a proper person to be received
into his Lodge. Care and caution exercised by the Lodge, and by the
members thereof, will secure only proper Masonic material."
The interest of the proceedings is greatly enhanced by a series of
illustrations of the Directors and official staff of the Home, and also views
of the interior of the Home building.
The reprint of the Centennial History of this Grand Lodge is com
pleted in this volume.
Receipts, $25,697.83 : disbursements. $17,028.52, and balance on hand,
$18,698.04.
Next Annual Communication, Louisville, October 17, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (80 pp.), by M.\ W.\ William W.
Clarke, embraces a review of the proceedings of fifty-two Grand Lodges,
M.\ W.\ Roland H. C. Rhea (Morganfield), Grand Master, and
R.\ W.\ H. B. Grant (Louisville), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
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LOUISIANA.
9Sd Communication. NEW ORLEANS. February 1, 1904.
M.\ W.\ Rorert R. Reid, Grand Master, the representatives of
ninety-six Lodges and four Past Grand Masters.
The Grand Master thus introduces a thoughtful address :
" The prominence of Freemasonry, as a factor in the development of
our civilization, is due not alone to the recognition of a Supreme Creator
and to the inculcation of a belief in that Creator as a dominant feature
of her esoteric as well as exoteric teachings, but because she has added,
as a coordinate, that principle of action which is the heritage of her
glorious past; the tocsin of her splendid present and the ultima thuJv of
her grander future—Toleration. That toleration, that freedom of
thought, of speech and of action which mean the liberation of man from
the thralldom of his own passions and prejudices to the liberty which
shall make of him the true citizen, the actual man, the real Mason.
" I am tempted to these expressions by reason of incidents, which, if
permitted to recur, must prove subversive of this Inst great principle
which is the cap-stone of that arch of brotherly love, relief and truth
which rests upon the pillars of " Strength and Establishment "—the
unity of God and man.
It is not the spirit of toleration which prompts the physical cor
rection of one who may have innocently erred because reared and edu
cated where peculiar social distinctions are not recognized, possibly un
known. Such an one is to be pitied and set aright, not scourged, and
told to go forth from his fellow-men.
" Neither is it the spirit of toleration, or brotherly love, that raises
the hue and cry against a brother who may have done a wrong, but
whose guilt is not established and who, more than ever, needs that hand
to back which shall raise and support a weak and erring brother.
" Remembering the limitations of our physical nature and that edu
cation is but a synonym for environment, it is, imperatively, our duty
to admit, and make allowance for the existence of conditions and cus
toms, which, although repugnant from our point of view, may be the
credo of those just as true, just as honest, just as sincere in their con
victions as ourselves.
" ' While on earth the Teacher Groat taught this lesson true :
Do to others as ye would they should do to you.* "
Seven new Lodges had been created by dispensation, and the tidings
from the Craft indicate a healthy progress.
It is pleasant to know that the " Temple Debt "—so long an incubus
upon the Craft—is very nearly wiped out, but $6,000 remaining. The
report of the Louisiana Relief Lodges shows disbursement the past year
of $1,278.95.
In view of the near approach of the cancellation of the Temple Debt,
measures were introduced looking to the inauguration of some plan for
the care of aged Masons and Masonic widows and orphans. A com
mittee was appointed with instructions to recommend the necessary legis
lation, " either for the establishment of a Home or for the creation and •
maintenance of a Permanent Relief Fund." In line with this effort we
note the donation of $1,500 made by the Grand Chapter R. A. M.. to be
placed to the credit of the " Widows and Orphans' Relief Fund " of this
Grand Lodge.
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The Grand Lodge very wisely disapproved of a proposition to limit

the holding of the office of Grand Master to one term.
The Grand Master reported the following case and his action thereon :
" The W.\ M.\ and both Wardens of Kentwood Lodge, No. 248.
moved out of the jurisdiction during the year 1903, and the Lodge was
unable to hold a meeting for any purpose. Upon application from a
number of the brethren I caused a meeting to be called (after due notice
to all the members), granted a dispensation and specially deputized R.'.
W.\ Bro. John Pulkston to open the Lodge and hold an election for
officers and to install said officers so elected.
" In the emergency presented I could see no other course to pursue
to restore activity to the Lodge, as neither of the officers named would
return and open the Lodge.
" The D. D. G. M. opened the Lodge, an election was held and the
officers duly installed on December 22, 1903, and the Lodge bas been at
work since."
The Committee on Jurisprudence on expressing their approval thereof
made the following report :
" Your Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence, at the request
of the M.\ W.\ Grand Master, has considered his action in the matter
above reported and approve the same as being clearly within his power
and in accordance with law and usage. When the Lodge in question
was abandoned by its Worshipful Master and both Wardens the situa
tion was precisely what it would have been if the Lodge had failed to
elect and install officers, and it was clearly within the authority of the
Grand Master to convene and open the Lodge in person, or by his deputy,
and authorize an election and installation of the officers."
In future the representatives in attendance at the Grand Lodge are
to be allowed mileage.
Receipts, $31,020.27; disbursements, $32,111.19, and balance on hand.
$1,534.43.
Next Annual Communication, New Orleans, February 6, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (124 pp.), by R.\ W.\ and Rev. Her
man C. Duncan, embraces a review of the proceedings of fifty-six Grand
Lodges, including New York for 1903.
In reference to the Eastern Star resolutions we desire to say that our
remark thereon was from the standpoint of business, not sentiment.
In reply to an inquiry by M.\ W.\ Bito. Rorrins of Illinois, as to
" how the Rite of Perfection became possessed of the right to institute
Craft Lodges in unoccupied territory," the following would seemingly
furnish the necessary evidence :
" Our good and well-informed brother probably does not mean his
question seriously, for he certainly knows what the answer must be. Or
else he seeks an avowal from us as to the ' York Rite ' as the true author
and foundation of everything Masonic. If this be the purpose, we shall
be perfectly frank about it, for certainly there can be no necessity of
being ' wary.'
" Drummond, in his history of the Scottish Rite, says in his introduc
tory sentence of his ' Historic Summary ' : After the organization of the
Grand Lodge of England in 1717, Masonry soon acquired a high degree
of popularity. Degrees, almost numberless, were invented and termed
Masonic ; there was apparently no general governing authority for very
many of them, but they were what are now known as * Side-degrees.' In
1754 twenty-five of them (including the three symbolic degrees) were
arranged in a series called the ' Rite of Perfection.' From this he traces
the rise and organization of the so-called Scottish Rite.
" We are entirely agreed that Pinney did not make a Grand Lodge
of Masons by calling his body by such title, and that he has never really
made a Mason by so declaring. We are entirely agreed that historic and
tactual succession are absolutely necessary to legitimacy.
" We are also free to say that we cannot prove, by documentary evi
dence, that when the emissaries of the Grand Lodge of England went
over to the continent and made Masons there, that they gave those
Masons authority to work the symbolic degrees of Masonry. Yet we have
never heard it denied that the institution of a Lodge meant that it had
power to work. We assume that. It may be a weak point in the argu
ment, but in our opinion it is not. and this, for the reason that we find
constant acts of recognition extended by the Grand Lodge of England to
French, German and other like Lodges.
"It is to be remembered we are not now concerned with the right
of those old French and German Lodges to work degrees other than
those of symbolic Masonry, but solely with their right to work the de
grees, which we call Entered Apprentice. Fellowcraft and Master Mason.
We hold that the Grand Lodge of England had that right, and that she
gave it to exercise to the Lodges she founded in France. Germany and
elsewhere. We hold that those Lodges cumulated other rites and cere
monies which came to be organized and called degrees, and that such
cumulation did not militate against the continuance of this right to con
fer the three degrees of symbolic Masonry. If Bro. Pehkins' Lodge
should confer the Master's Reliance and call it a degree, it would not
thereby be depriving itself of any right to make Master Masons.
" For this reason, we hold that in those old days the Lodges of the
Rite of Perfection were endowed with the right to confer the symbolic
degrees and that this right passed to the Scotch Rite because that Rite
is only n reorganization and an extension of the Rite of Perfection—just
as the Grand Lodge of England was and is a reorganization and an
extension of what Masonry previously was.
" The Scotch Rite having inherently the right to confer the degrees of
symbolic Masonry can extend that right just as far as Masonic law per
mits, to-wit, each governing body of the Rite within his own country or
State, and beyond it in unoccupied territory.
" When, then, the Scotch Rite came, we will say, to Central Amer
ica, they found no Masonry there. To plant it, to confer the fourth
degree or the thirty-second, it was absolutely necessary to have the pre
ceding degrees conferred. We say that authorities of the Rite had the
right, derived by legitimate succession from the Grand Lodge of England
to confer those degrees. Again, we say. that when the authorities of the
Scotch Rite came to South Carolina they found legitimate Masonry there,
and that, therefore, they had no right to confer the degrees of symbolic
Masonry in that State, but must, perforce, limit themselves to those de
grees that they numbered 4 to 33, be they real and historic, or imaginary
and modern—it matters not at this time, or to this contention. We
gladly join with any brother in the contention that in these United States
the Scotch Rite has made no concession in declaring that none of their
Lodges not entirely subordinate to a Grand Lodge will be permitted' to
confer the degrees of symbolic Masonry—but that in so doing an acknowl
edgement was made that such governing body could not confer such au
thority without violence to the fundamental principles of Masonic govern
ment.
" TVi complete our statement of position, we hold that, when there are
three or more symbolic Lodges in a State, or country, planted there by
a Supreme Council, it is their duty so soon as they feel able to do so to
renounce the authority of the Supreme Council and to organize a sov
ereign and independent Grand Lodge, as the Masons of Costa Rica have
recently done.
" We may add that the Grand Lodge of England unquestionably knows
whether she gave to the original Lodges of the Rite of Perfection the
authority to confer the degrees of symbolic Masonry, and her unanimous
recognition of the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica demonstrates her belief
that the gift was so given and that it has been properly transmitted to
the Lodges of Costa Rica.
" It may be well to add that these considerations have nothing to do
with the question as to the present Masonic character of certain of the
continental powers called Masonic, for we believe that however legitimate
the Grand Orient of France, for example, may have been once, it is so
no longer. But even it occupies a quasi Masonic position, in that to its
legitimatizing an internal reformation worked out of itself is necessary,
and no new grant of authority, as the Pinney Grand Lodge would have
to receive, even if there were no Grand Lodge of Ohio."
M.\ W.\ L. P. Delahoussaye (New Orleans), Grand Master, and
R.\ W.\ Richard Lamrert (.Veio Orleans), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
MAINE.
85th Communication. PORTLAND. Mny'S, 190^
M.\ W.\ William J. Burnham, Grand Master, the representatives
of one hundred and ninety Lodges, eleven Past Grand Masters, and Xew
York by M.\ W.\ Marquis F. King.
The Grand Master fraternally refers to the loss sustained by thia
Grand Lodge in the deaths of M.\ W.\ Bros. Winfield S. Chgate and
Joseph A. Locke, Past Grand Masters, and R.\ W.\ Algernon M.
Rgak, Past Junior Grand Warden. The Grand Master said :
" At the last Annual Communication we listened with great interest
to the beautiful and expressive tribute which Past Grand Master Joseph
Alvah Locke rendered to the memory of one of our late Past Grand
Masters. Little did we then realize that before the year should pass those
lips would he silent, and that it would be for others to speak in testimony
of the nobility of character and beauty of the life of him who gave as
such eloquent words on that occasion ; at that time he seemed to be in
prime health, with every indication of being with us to-day. But such
are the uncertainties of this life that we cannot anticipate what the
future has for any of us."
Two new Lodges had been created by dispensation.
The Grand Master presented a communication from R.\ W.\ Alrert
J. Km'Geit, Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Maine, near
the Grand Orient of Brazil, the same being in reply to an enquiry by the
Grand Lodge of Maine, with reference to the close relation of the Grand
Orient of Belgium with the Grand Orient of France. This communica
tion, while evasive in many respects, yet admits the close relationship
existing between the two Grand Orients.
We present a few excerpts as illustrative of the scope of the com
munication :
" A large majority of the French Masons, one may say all those
known as intelligent and enlightened men. are engaged in a fight for ra
tional liberty and a good many of them act as leaders among those deter
mined to overthrow ecclesiastical persecution. All what has been achieved
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in that direction in France until now is due solely to the courage and to
the immense efforts and perseverance of the Masons. The greater part
of them are members of the different Chapters under the jurisdiction of
the Supreme Council of France. The constitution of the Supreme Coun
cils demand, as no doubt you know, a declaration in writing of the ap
plicant's belief in the G.\ A.', of the U.\ However, many of those
brethren term themselves, or suffer themselves to be termed, freethinkers,
a. term adopted to designate those who are members of that powerful
League created to throw down the consolidated force of Clericalism and
battle against the tyranny of the priesthood, not against religion—it
would be wrong, however, to designate all Freethinkers as being Atheists.
" Some of the most intelligent and high-placed men in France, mostly
members of the brotherhood, are so-called Freethinkers, which means that
they do not accept nor adhere to the dogmas of the Church or submit to
confession—but they recognize and uphold liberty of thought and con
science and tolerance in religion. They consider all philosophic or reli
gious opinions as entitled to respect, if they are the result of a free con
viction. Occasionally they proclaim a Dogma to be a truth packed ready
for transportation, and " authority " the ship in which the Dogma sails—
they maintain that no soul can live on Dogmas that cannot be opened
into truth and that only the truth, which the soul appropriates, gives
life.
" Apart from the objection or inability of the enlightened freethinkers
to entertain (as do a large number of other men and Masons in all parts
of the world) the conception of a personal God—a conception to which
may be largely attributed, as they say, the power of the church respec
tively, the priesthood—they maintain that, once the firm conviction rooted
in men. that more satisfaction, more happiness can be obtained throur'i
their own power, energy and initiative, by observing moral laws and fo'-
lowing Christ's precept, ' Love each other.' than by expecting to derive
benefits and happiness from the dispositions of Providence. They would
cease to desire the guardianship of the priesthood, likewise would the
authority and po\v,er of the latter cease to be exercised as is now the case,
the priests would remain within n proper useful sphere as te-chers of love
among men and as guardians and examples of pure morality, with no
voice in public affairs, and in such a capacity they would render humanity
greater services than ell the millions annually spent, especially in Catholic
countries, to prepare human beings for death."
In our judgment the point at issue is not the religious belief of the
individual members of the Grand Orient of Belgium, nor of its official
relations with the Grand Orient of France, but does the Grand Orient
of Belgium permit a denial of the existence of God—the Supreme Being
—and also countenance the banishment of the Bible from the Masonic
altar of its Lodges?
Efforts have been made in several instances to obtain direct and
positive answers to inquiries of this character, but no authoritative reply
has been made thereto. Liberty. Equality and Tolerance do not take the
place of the essential requirement of a belief in God. and the apparent
disinclination of an affirmation upon that point naturally subjects the
Grand Orient of Belgium to a possible misconception of its position and
practice.
Our information, baaed upon the report of a brother who visited
Lodges of the Grand Orient of Belgium and also held Masonic intercourse
with influential members of that Grand Body, is that a belief in God is
required. In view of the fact that a contrary claim is made, an official
announcement by the Grand Orient is very desirable.
We direct attention to the concluding paragraph of the aforesaid let
38 EEPOHT ON CORRESPONDENCE.
ter, to say that the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia referred to
is a negro Grand Lodge, not recognized in this country. We do not wish
to be understood as saying that the Grand Orient has established official
relations therewith :
" In conclusion, permit me to mention that the Grand Lodge of the
District of Columbia, having been represented at the late Masonic Con
gress at Geneva by Bro. Dr. S. L. Roger Watts, has just requested the
Grand Orient of Belgium to exchange representatives.
" 2. Question. Can Lodge funds be used to pay for banquets, enter
tainments, etc., where it can be done without distress to the Lodge?
"Answer. Among the several ways which our regulations forbid the
use of Lodge funds are pleasure excursions, and expense of annual re
ceptions ; a reasonable expense only for refreshments at Lodge meetings
would be proper."
Announcement was made that the Grand Lodge had been able to se
cure the valuable collection of books and papers, comprising the Masonic
Library, of the late M.\ W.\ Bro. Drummond.
While the report upon the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica must be re
garded as favorable, nevertheless recognition was deferred, in order that
" all doubts ns to their intention to observe and preserve the ancient
landmarks and usages of the Fraternity have been clearly established."
$11,586.13. Charity Fund, $36,099.14.
Next Annual Communication, Portland, May 2, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
M.\ W.\ Alrro E. Chase presents the report on Correspondence
(184 pp.), covering the proceedings of sixty-four Grand Bodies. New
York for 1903 has complimentary review, and even though our tables
may not conform entirely to the mathematical rule of our brother, we
think that he will have to accept the figures submitted by Grand Secre
taries—as they are.
M.\ W.\ Hugh R. Chaplin (Bangor), Grand Master, and R.\ W.\
Stephen Berky (Portland) , Grand Secretary, re-elected.,
MARYLAND.
117th Annual Communication. BALTIMORE. Notember 17, 1S0S-
M.\ W.\ Thomas J. Shryock, Grand Master, the representatives of
ninety-eight Lodges, and New York by W.\ A. E. Booth.
Special Communication held March 6, 1903, for the purpose of con
ducting the obsequies of M.\ W.\ Charles H. Ohr, Past Grand Master,
who died on the 3d of March, aged ninety-two years. His death leaves
but one Past Grand Master on the official roll—M.\ W.\ Jon>' M.
Carter, who occupied the Grand East in 1878. A fine portrait of the
deceased brother is embraced in the Proceedings, and the memorial
adopted at the Semi-annual Communication fitly portrays bis valuable
services :
" Dr. Our was truly a Prince and lawgiver among Masons. Com
ing into "the Fraternity in 1839. just as the Morgan excitement was be
ginning to wane, he found a mere handful of men who had stood firm
at their posts during the troublous period.
" But thirteen Lodges, with an affiliated membership of 300, remained
of a large and prosperous Masonic community which encountered the
storm a dozen years before. In other States than our own the losses had
been even more severe. Benjamin C. Howaud and Joseph K. Staple-
tox had been the sheet anchors of ancient Craft Masonry and the Capi
tular and Templar degrees throughout the storm, and their benign in
fluence had been exerted all over the land.
" But these brethren and their compeers had grown old in the service
and earned a rest from the wearing labors of their splendid work of
stemming the tide of persecution and malice. Young, vigorous and zeal
ous men were needed to rebuild the fabric and re-establish and rehabili
tate the well-nigh destroyed remnant of Freemasonry in our State.
" Bro. Ohr and his brother-in-law, Daniel A. Piper, undertook this
diffichlt task. Shortly after being made a Mason he organized Tonoloway
Lodge at Hancock. The following year he removed to Baltimore, and
with Bro. Piper revived Washington Lodge. No. 3. In 1840 he assisted
in the organization of Adherence Lodge, No. 88, and the following year,
removing to Cumberland, he inaugurated the resuscitation of Cumber
land Lodge, No. 81. Of all four of these Lodges he served as Worship
ful Master, and was the leading spirit in their establishment and reorgani
zation.
" Nor were his services in this behalf confined to his own State. As
Chairman of the Committee of Correspondence in the Grand Lodge hia
writings were disseminated throughout the country during the period of
reconstruction. They attracted widespread attention and high commenda
tion. Without indulging in bitterness or vain regrets at the persecution
which had well nigh wrought the ruin of Freemasonry in America, he
devoted himself to the upbuilding of the Institution and the encourage
ment of those who had remained faithful during the troublous period
and the recruits who had the courage to join the Standard.
" In 1845 he was elected Junior Grand Warden, but he did not lessen
his labors in building up the Craft, both in the subordinate Lodges to
which he was attached and in his work of Chairman of the Committee of
Correspondence. In 1849 he was chosen Grand Master of the State, pre
siding most acceptably for three years. Nor did his interest in the Fra
ternity flag with his retirement from office, for until his health prevented,
he journeyed from his mountain home to the meetings of the Grand Lodge
in Baltimore. . . ."
The Committee on Grievances reported they had had no hi: tineas
before them.
A proposition was presented to discontinue the annual publication of
the list of members of Lodges, hut it failed of adoption at a subsequent
communication.
At the Annual Communication, announcement being made that the
R.\ W.\ Grand Secretary—Jacor H. Medairt—had felt able to visit
the Grand Lodge, he was receiver1 with the Grand Honors and conducted
to his station in the Grand Fast. After an appropriate address by the
M.\ W.'. Grand Master, the following was offered by M.\ W.\ Bro.
Caster, Past Grand Master :
" The Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M. of Maryland acknowledges with
grateful appreciation the invaluable services of Bro. Jacor H. Medairt,
its able and faithful Grand Secretary for forty years.
" After such long and useful service our good brother, now verging
upon eighty-two years of age. has fairly earned a rest from his labors.
" lie it Therefore Retolvcd, That Bro. Jacor H. Medairy be and be
is hereby elected Grand Secretary Emeritus of this Grand Lodge, with
continued annual salary, for the remainder of his life, which we mist
may be prolonged for many years."
An appropriate letter from R.\ W.\ Bro. Medairy—relative to his
retirement from office—was then read and the resolution (quoted above I
unanimously adopted. A biographical sketch and portrait of R.\ W.\
Bro. Medairy, together with a fine portrait of the present Grand Secre
tary, R.\ W.\ William M. Isaac, are contained in the Proceedings.
Applications for recognition by the Grand Lodge of Egypt and the
Grand Orient of Brazil, were referred to the Committee on Correspon
dence.
Receipts, $G2,G81.80; disbursements, $G3,197.70; overdraft, $8.98.
Next Annual Communication, Baltimore, November 22, 1904.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The seventeenth annual report ou Correspondence (125 pp.). by It.'.
WW Edward T. Schultz, embraces the proceedings of fifty-seven Grand
Under Alabama, our brother correctly holds that official recognition
by a Grand Lodge is not in all instances an essential requirement for the
granting of fraternal courtesies to Masons hailing from another Grand
Lodge. lie says :
" We regard this ruling as entirely too sweeping : of course, whore
a Grand Lodge has refused recognition to another Grand Lodge, the
ruling of the Gnind Master would be correct, but in the case of newly
organized Grand Ixnlges. upon whose application for recognition no action
has been taken, it seems to us that it would be unjust to regard a brother
as a profane who hails from a Grand Lodge with which the Grand
Lodge of Alabama had not yet entered into fraternal relations."
The position taken by our brother was almost universally maintained
in former years, but its apparent injustice has led to a modification
thereof in many Grand Jurisdictions.
" Wo are an out-and-out perpetual jurisdictional advocate. A profane
applies to a particular Lodge, to receive the mysteries of Freemasonry:
that Lodge, as the representative of the entire Masonic Fraternity, pro
nounced said applicant unworthy to receive said mysteries, and, in our
opinion, until such action is reversed by the Ixidge rejecting him. no other
Lodge can confer upon him the mysteries of Freemasonry."
M.\ W.\ Thomas J. Shryock (Baltimore), Grand Master, re-elected,
and R.\ W.\ William M. Isaac (Baltimore) . Grand Secretary.
USth Communication. BALTIMORE. November 15. 1904-
M.\ W.\ Thomas J. Shryock, Grand Master, the representatives of
ono hundred and six Lodges.
Special Communication held February 7, 1904. for the purpose of con
ducting the obsequies of R.\ W.\ Jacor H. Medairy, Grand Secretary
Emeritus, whose death occurred on the 4th of February. The remarks

of the Grand Chaplain, Rev. Bro. Henry Branch were peculiarly ap
propriate. Referring to the record of the deceased, he said in part:
" It may be, some fair day, that a more gifted tongue will speak his
praise, an easy task for even the unskilled orator, with such a subject,
but I claim your attention for a simple illustration, ere we take our leave
of his precious form. It is told of the most gifted artist of bis day and
unsurpassed in all the ages, Michael Angelo, that as he lingered over that
matchless creation of his genius that adorns the Sistine Chapel in the
Eternal City, he was importuned by the impatient Pontiff for a view of
that marvellous fresco. The inspired artist caught his colors from the
eternal throne and counted not the days nor the years, as he sketched his
immortal theme. ' Wait till the scaffold is removed and then you can
see the picture,' he said. So day by day, and year after year, he wrought
the miracle of the ages and painted ' The Last Judgment.'
" Then tearing down the scaffold the Sovereign Pontiff approached the
scene, walking amid the wreck and rubbish of the broken scaffold, all
strewn along the floor, but with uplifted eyes he beheld for the first time
that matchless painting, from which the eyes of the world have never
turned away, and to which the lovers of art make their pilgrimages from
all over the world. The tearing away of the scaffold revealed the beauty
of the perfected picture.
" And so to-day the scaffold has been removed and the matchless char
acter steps forth from the rubbish and walks the skies in the image of the
uncreated God. whom he loved and whom he served."
Semi-annual Communication held May 10, 1904. This was shortly
after the great conflagration which devastated a large section of the
business portion of the city of Baltimore (February 7. 1904), and the
Grand Master ret i. rued fervent thanks for the preservation of the Ma
sonic Temple By direction of the Grand Master the various rooms of
the Temple had been thrown open for the free use and temporary ac
commodation of various business firms, banking institutions, the Cham
ber of Commerce, etc.
Harmony prevails, with a gratifying advancement of the Fraternity.
The Grand Lodge of Egypt was recognized, and an exchange of repre
sentatives ordered with the Grand Orient of Brazil, recognition having
heretofore been extended thereto.
The address of the Grand Master delivered at the Annual Commun!-
cation was very brief, congratulations being expressed at the continued
prosperity throughout the jurisdiction. Report was made that the monu
ment authorized to be erected over the grave of the lnte Grand Secretary
Emeritus was in process of construction, and would he erected in a short
time.
Receipts, $00,809.08; disbursements. $00,070.9.?. and balance on hand.
$198.15.
Next Annual Communication. Baltimore, November 21, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (108 pp.), by R.'. W.\ Edward T.
Schultz (his eighteenth) embraces the proceedings of fifty-six Grand
Bodies, including New York for 1904. which has generous notice.
M.\ W.\ Thomas J. Shryock (Baltimore). Grand Master, and R.\
W.\ William M. Isaac (Baltimore) , Grand Secretary, re-elected.
MASSACHUSETTS.
170th Anniversary. BOSTON. December i9, MS.
M.'. W.\ Baalis Sanhokd, Grand Master, the representatives of one
hundred and eighty -seven Lodges and three Past Grand Masters.
At the Quarterly Communication, held June 10, 1903, the Grand
Secretary presented an interesting account of the beginning of Freemi-
sonry on this continent, as gleaned from the archives of the Grand Lodge
of Massachusetts. It must be admitted that our brother presents a very
strong argument in substantiation of the claim that " Boston is to be
regarded as the mother city of Freemasonry in America."
In this jurisdiction, as a protection against the recognition of "cow
ards and eavesdroppers," the presentation of a Grand Lodge certificate
is compulsory.
On motion of the Grand Secretary it was unanimously voted:
" That this Grand Lodge earnestly recommends to the Graud Lodges
throughout the country the adoption of a regulation requiring of every
visiting brother the production of a Grand Lodge certificate as a prelim
inary to examination ; and that the Grand Secretary be authorized to
lequest that in all other jurisdictions orders may be issued requiring the
production of such a certificate from all brethren hailing from Massa
chusetts, as a preliminary to the compliance with all local regulation!
now existing."
At the Quarterly Communication, held December 9, 1903, the Grand
Master presented the record of a busy year. He had made many visita
tions, and had created three new Lodges by dispensation, all located in
China.
The Grand Charity Funds are reported as follows, viz. :
Masonic Education and Charity Trust $151,970 20
Sigourney Fund 6,945 20
Anthony S. Jones Fund 152 14
Lodge of St. Andrew Fund 5,265 03
Charles Levi Woodburv Fund Ill 90
John H. Collamore Fund 24,563 14
Otis E. Weld Fund 21.662 01
Franklin S. Pratt Fund 20,060 54
$230,736 16
Announcement was made of the usual donation of $500 by the Lodfe
of St. Andrew for the benefit of the Charity Fund.
A Stated Communication was held December 29, 1903. for the pur
pose of installing the Grand Officers and celebrating the Feast of Saint
John the Evangelist.
About two hundred and twenty-five brethren assembled for the Aunual
Feast. The Grand Master in his introductory remarks said :
" This celebration, this Feast of Saint John the Evangelist, which we
celebrate with so much zest and pleasure, is, like everything connected
with Masonry, a very old institution, for it has been celebrated, with
very little interruption, for more than two hundred years, commencing
under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of Scotland as early as 1070, and
that fact alone should give us a special attachment and devotion to it.
" There must be some specific value to a festival which has been ob
served by the Fraternity for that length of time. The Grand Lodge of
Massachusetts has been very persistent in celebrating the occasion, thus
setting a most excellent example to the Masonic Fraternity throughout
the country."
It would be profitable to cull from the addresses made by the brethren,
but our space will not permit. The festival was closed at the usual hour,
the brethren uniting in singing " Auld Lang Syne."
$399.99.
Next Annual Communication, December, 1904.
M.\ W.\ Baalis Sanford (Brockton) , Grand Master, re-elected,
and R.\ W.\ Sereng D. Nickerson (Boston), Grand Secretary, re
elected.
MICHIGAN.
60th Communication. LANSING. January 26, 1904.
M.\ W.\ Roscge W. Broughton, Grand Master, the representatives
of three hundred and eighty-five Lodges, fourteen Past Grand Masters,
and New York by M.\ W.\ Frank O. Gilrert.
The illness of four Past Grand Masters preventing their attendance
at this session of the Grand Lodge, the brethren in sympathy sent a tele
graphic message to each, wishing a speedy recovery and conveying the
assurance " that though absent, you are by no means forgotten."
The Grand Master had the pleasure of reporting that the past year
had been one of the most prosperous years in the history of the Grand
Lodge, and that nothing had occurred " to mar the peace and tranquility
of our Masonic lives." Participation in many ceremonial functions are
noted and two new Lodges had been created by dispensation. A loving
tribute was paid to the memory of R.\ W.\ Jefferson S. Congver,
Grand Secretary, whose death we noted last year, and we present the fol
lowing from the memorial adopted at this communication :
" When the loving heart of Colonel Ingersoll was wrung by great
grief, when Death, the great leveller, whose swift appronch he could not
scoff and jeer away, had robbed him of his tenderly loved brother, his
blanched and quivering lips utter this beautiful eulogy, ' If every one to
whom he has rendered a service should bring to his bier a blossom, he
would sleep to-night beneath a wilderness of roses.' My brethren, we
bring to-day to the bier of Jefferson S. Congver the fragrant blossoms
of our appreciation for the kindly deeds he has rendered to so many of
us; and we believe that he sleeps, this day, beneath a wilderness of roses."
Among the decisions reported note is made of the following :
" Mr. A. B. applied for membership in our Lodge by initiation ; his
application was received and referred in the regular manner. Committee
reported favorably, ballot was passed, found not clear and Mr. A. B.
was declared rejected.
" Mr. A. B. again applied—after a lapse of sixty days—application
received and referred as before. Committee made following report : ' Mr.
A. B. has not resided within the jurisdiction of this Lodge within the
last twelve months.' The ballot was not taken.
" Question. In the light of the report of the committee on second ap
plication, was first rejection legal and does this Lodge retain personal
jurisdiction over candidates for the statutory period?
" Answer. A Lodge has no right to receive a petition for the degrees
from one who has not resided within its territorial jurisdiction for the
twelve months preceding the date of the application. Blue Book. 210,
Sec. 1.
" The reception of the petition by this Lodge was, therefore, illegal
and void and the candidate which it rejected can apply for initiation to
any Lodge within whose jurisdiction he resides. Accepting the report of
the second committee as true, the first committee were guilty of unma-
sonic conduct in making the report they did."
The report of the Board of Control of the Masonic Home is very full
and interesting in character. The number of inmates reported being fifty-
two—forty-three men and nine women—with a per capita cost for main
tenance of $180.96. Among the regulations of the Board we note the
following :
" Resolved, That in all cases, where an application for admission dis
closes the possession by the applicant of monies, the applicant shall, if
admitted as an inmate, be required to turn over such monies to the man
agement of the Home for the use of such applicant.
" Resolved, further. That whenever an applicant admitted under the
provisions of the foregoing resolution leaves the Home voluntarily, or
is discharged therefrom, any balance of funds then remaining in the hands
of the management, shall be refunded to such applicant."
The report of the Committee upon the application for recognition
presented by the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico was largely in favor
thereof, but, under the recommendation of the Committee, actiou thereon
was deferred until the next Annual Communication. The date of the
Annual Communication was changed from January to May (the fourth
Tuesday) in each year.
The Grand Officers elect were installed by M.\ W.\ Hugh McCurdy,
Past Grand Muster.
Receipts, $20,324.49; disbursements. $21,040.55, and balance on baud,
$23,082.82.
Next Annual Communication. Detroit, May 23, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (233 pp.), by M.\ W.\ Lou B. Wis-
sor, covers a good review of the proceedings of sixty-two Grand Lodges,
We extend a hearty greeting to our M.\ W.\ Brother, congratulate
him upon his initial report and simply add, that his modesty bespeaks
his merit.
M.\ W.\ Fletcher E. Turrell (Bellaire), Grand Master, and It.\
W.\ Lou B. Winsor {Reed City), Grand Secretary.
MINNESOTA.
5Irt Communication. ST. PAUL. January 10, 1904.
M.'. W.\ Henry R. Adams, Grand Master, the representatives of two
hundred and twenty-three Lodges and ten Past Grand Masters.
The Grand Master evinces in his Annual Address a thorough compre
hension of the duties of his office, and makes due report of dispensations
granted for three new Lodges. He earnestly advocated the establishment
of a Masonic Home, but the returns from the Lodges, in reply to special
enquiry relative thereto, would indicate opposition to such a movement.
The Special Committee on Masonic Home presented a valuable and
interesting history of Homes in all the jurisdictions, together with the
cost of maintenance in each. Upon this point we entertain the opinion
that no just comparison can be made, as the governing factors—location,
classification, scope of the work—-are not identical.
A proposition for the appointment of a committee, with authority to
perfect an organization, with the object of raising and accumulating a
fund of not less than $75,000, for the establishment of a Masonic Home
in this jurisdiction, elicited considerable discussion, with the result that
" the whole matter was indefinitely postponed."
W.\ John C. Bennett, Grand Orator, delivered an eloquent ad
dress upon " Freemasonry," from which we reproduce one thought :
" I would plead for a more practical Masonry. A repudiation of sys
tematic inertia. A declaration of n principle, but more: the incarnation
of that principle in action. Sympathy is the solvent. Numbers of people
walk up and down along their own narrow plank of self-enjoyment, think
ing not of those who are entitled to their help. We should—
" ' Wipe the tear from sorrow's eye.
And sigh with those whom grief has taught to sigh,
Often cross the widow's door,
And soothe her grief by adding to her store ;
Cheer the orphan on his lonely road,
And win the guilty wandered back to virtue's blest abode.'
" It is very delightful to listen to a dissertation on astronomy, that
art by which we observe the motions, measure the distances and calculate
the periods and eclipses of the heavenly bodies. But the moral laws that
appeal to the conscience are more vital than the physical laws that we
comprehend by the intellect. A story of human sorrow and grief touches
the heart more nearly than any star shining in the milky way. In the
practical problems before us we feel an interest that we cannot feel in
any question of astronomy."
The Grand Lodge of Western Australia was recognized, and an ex
emplification of the third degree was presented by Minneapolis Lodge,
No. 19, " with a full corps of officers and their usual equipment of para
phernalia, stereopticon views, etc."
$12,084.93. Widows and Orphans' Fund, $27,083.32.
Next Annual Communication, St. Paul, January 18, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
W.\ Irving Todd's report on Correspondence (100 pp.), is an able
review of the proceedings of fifty-seven Grand Lodges, including New
York for 1903.
M.\ W.\ William A. McGonagle (Duluth), Grand Master, and
R.\ W.\ Thomas Montgomery (St. Paul), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
MISSISSIPPI.
36th Communication. GREENVILLE. February 18. 1904.
M.\ W.\ Emmet N. Thomas, Grand Master, the representatives of
two hundred and fifty-nine Lodges, eleven Past Grand Masters, and New
York by M.\ W.\ P. M. Savery.
On behalf of Greenville Lodge, No. 206, and of the citizens of the
city, W.\ Bro. Kinkead extended an eloquent welcome.
The Grand Master reported the condition of the Craft as exceedingly
gratifying, a material advance in membership and three new Lodges
created by dispensation. In this connection, his recommendation that
the ten-mile restriction should not apply, where a city or town was located
within the said limit, received the approval of the Grand Lodge. The
Grand Master had made many visitations, delivering addresses, dissemi
nating true Masonry and aiming to elevate the ideals of the brethren.
The fact that this Grand Lodge, through some oversight, had never ex
changed representatives with the Grand Lodges of England and Scotland
having come to the attention of the Grand Master, he had entered into
correspondence with the Grand Lodges aforesaid, and an exchange of
Representatives had been effected—M.\ W.\ Frederic Speed for the
Grand Lodge of England and R.\ W.\ James M. Buchanan for the
Grand Lodge of Scotland, were at this session officially welcomed.
We regret to notice the record of the serious illness of M.\ W.\ Bros.
Barkley and Savery, and unite in the fervent wish of the brethren, that
tboy may be spared for yet many years of usefulness.
In noting the following, we are inclined to say that a more general
observance of this ancient custom would be of great advantage to the
Craft in all Grand Jurisdictions :
" We are pleased to note that a large number of our Lodges celebrate
these festivals, especially that of St. John the Baptist, on the 24th of
June. The services are highly edifying and appropriate ; in many in
stances, addresses are delivered by brethren deeply learned in the his
tory and the principles of Freemasonry, and not only are the members
benefitted, but the unitiated, who attend in large numbers, are begin
ning to learn that Freemasonry is not such a great ' Bo9a-Boo,' at last,
but is an institution founded on solid principles and is doing a great
work of charity in our land, and it is not infrequent to hear persons
remark after these gatherings are over : that they have obtained in
formation concerning Masonry that they never thought of before, and
the result usually is an increase in membership in the Lodges where cele
brations are held. Your committee earnestly recommend that the ob
servance of the Festival days be continued and, if possible, increased."
Official recognition was extended the Grand Lodge of Western Aus
tralia, the per capita charity assessment was continued and five hundred
dollars appropriated to the Widows and Orphans' Fund.
This Grand Lodge, entertaining the opinion that the representatives
should attend to business, ordered that any member absent without leave
should forfeit one day's pay.
At closing, the fraternal chain was formed, and as the brethren stood
with clasped hands, M.'. W.'. Bro. Speed reminded them that ere an
other session of the Grand Body there would probably be vacancies among
those present, as had been evinced by the broken links of the past year.
The brother paid a touching tribute to the memory of M.'. W.'. John L.
Spink, Past Grand Master, whose name had been added to the memorial
scroll the past year, and the brethren parted with the prayer " that God
may be with us until we meet again."
$12,117.86. Widows and Orphans' Home Fund sent balance $6,711.25,
besides investments of which we have no record.
Next Annual Communication, Jackson, February 23, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (90 pp.), by M.\ W.\ Andrew H.
Bakkley, reviews the proceedings of sixty-five Grand Bodies, including
New York for 1903.
M.\ W.\ Thomas U. Sisson (Winona), Grand Master, and R.\ W.\
Frederic Speed (Vicksburg) , Grand Secretary, re-elected.
MISSOURI.
84th Communication. ST. 1.0UJ8. September 27, 1904.
M.\ W.'. William F. Kuhn, Grand Master, the representatives of
three hundred and eighty-nine Lodges and eighteen Pnst Grand Masters.
During the session the Grand Lodge was honored with the presence
of M.\ W.\ John T. Hicks, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of
Arkansas; R.\ W.\ and Rev. J. C. W. Coxe. Grand Chaplain of the
Grand Lodge of Iowa ; M.\ W.\ Bestor G. Brown, Past Grand Master
of the Grand Lodge of Kansas, and M.'. W.\ Henry H. Ingersoix, Past
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee.
The Grand Lodge, learning of the serious illness of M.\ W.'. John D.
Yincil, Grand Secretary, whereby he was unable to be present at this
session in the discharge of his duties, ordered transmitted by special
messenger resolutions of sympathy.
While it was not our privilege to have enjoyed a personal acquaint
ance with our Reverend Brother, nevertheless we came in close contact
with him through our association as members of the Correspondence
circle, and we valued him as a friend whose yearly utterances it was our
pleasure and advantage to peruse. His reports for twenty-seven years
were representative in character and marked by special ability both as a.
keen observer and as a sound Masonic student. At the present session be
was unanimously re-elected Grand Secretary by acclamation, and it is
with deep regret that we chronicle his decease, which occurred a few
days after the close of the Grand Lodge, viz., October 12, 1904. Of him
it is justly said : " As a man, he was genial and whole souled, universally-
loved by all his fellow-men, and was ever ready to respond to all appeals
for assistance." The Proceedings are appropriately graced with his por
trait, biographical sketch and an account of the celebration of his Masonic
Golden Jubilee, held August 13, 1904. The presentation address upon
that occasion was made by M.\ W.\ Bro. Kuhn, whose biographical
sketch and genial countenance also add to the value of the printed volume.
The address of the Grand Master was an interesting report of a busy
Masonic year and a document of marked ability. Ten new Lodges bad
been created by dispensations. Under the head of dispensations to re-
ballot on candidates the following is too good to be overlooked :
" An amusing episode occurred under this subject. I had granted a
Dispensation to reballot on two candidates, which resulted in their elec
tion. From the subsequent denouement, the member who had cast the
black ball for the 'good' (?) of the Fraternity was evidently asleep
when the ballot was respread, for, soon thereafter, I received a courteous,
ungrammatical letter, based upon the latest phonetic spelling, stating :
' That he was compelled to enter objections to these candidates receiving
the Degrees, not on account of unworthiness, hut because the Grand
Master did not understand the laws and usages of the Fraternity, and
to discourage such ignorance an objection was deemed necessary.'
" There are many sad things in a Grand Master's career, but this was
most too hard to boar; yet I am reminded that every beautiful May sun
shine has its obscuring cloud ; a luscious peach may contain a worm,
and every tragedy has its comedian."
The Grand Master in commending the law of this jurisdiction relative
to physical qualifications—which in our judgment is altogether too liberal
—is pleased to say, however, that " the ' Cripple Law ' of Missouri bars
forever cork heads, disabled consciences and septic characters."
" The law of our Grand Lodge, on Physical Qualification, is a sensible,
plain and wise one. Clearly stated, our law permits any good man who
is able to receive and communicate the ceremonies of the Degree to peti
tion and receive them. The perfect youth idea, as a symbol in Masonry,
is an absurd idea, for if strictly enforced, there would be no membership
in Masonry except the select A polios who advocate the perfect youth
notion."
It is more than probable that the following illustration could be dupli
cated in other jurisdictions:
" I have been in Masonic Halls whose appointments and furnishings
would do credit to a palace. I have scon them not so extravagant, yet
neat, attractive and a pleasure to the eye; while I have seen some that
would disgrace a stable for cleanliness and furnishings.
" I have seen Ritualistic work that could not be excelled in exactness
of Ritual and impressiveness. If perfection were possible that word only
would express it. I have also seen the work where the rendition was
inexcusably wretched, far from perfect and sloppy in every movement,
have seen the Masonic spirit progressive, at the forefront, members en
thusiastic and \villiug, an 1 esprit <le corps ' that was truly magnifi
cent.
" I have also seen a ' valley of dry hones,' where the voice of prophecy
will never be heard, there will he no noise or a shaking, and bone will
never meet his fellow bone. A valley of bones: no enthusiasm, no labor,
no zeal. A few large watch-charms, a few high degrees, a firm faith in
the glory of our antiquity ; nothing else ; ' Nothing but bones ; nothing
but bones.'
" I have found Lodges whose business affairs were conducted in a per
fect manner, no uncollected dues, no carelessness or slip-shod methods. I
have found others where business principles were strangers in a strange
land."
The Grand Master reported that agreeably with the instructions of
the Grand Lodge, he had entered into official relations with the Grand
Lodge Valle de Mexico.
" 1. Question. Can the Grand Master restore the Charter of a Lodge
when such Charter has been revoked by the Grand Lodge?
" Ansicer. No. It is not competent for the Grand Master to set aside
the action of the Grand Lodge in a matter over which that Body had
jurisdiction. The Grand Lodge is the Court of last resort. There can be
no appeal from its decisions. The Grand Master acts for the Craft when
the Grand Lodge is not in session, but he has no power to set aside or
reverse its decisions. The Grand Lodge may review the rulings of the
Grand Master, but the converse of the proposition can not be maintained.
The judgment of the Grand Lodge will have to stand until it is set aside,
vacated, or the errors therein corrected by the Grand Lodge itself.
" 4. Question. After a Masonic Hall has been dedicated to Masonry
by the A. A. S. R., is it necessary that it be dedicated by the Grand
Lodge before it can be occupied by a Blue Lodge?
"Answer. Yes. All Masonic Halls must be dedicated to Masonry as
prescribed by the Grand Lodge before they can be occupied by a Blue
Lodge. Any dedication by a higher body does not set this ceremony aside.
5. Question. Does the law against saloon keeping apply to those
employed in the saloon who handle intoxicants?
" Answer. Yes
" 9. Question. Is it necessary to have a dispensation for a public in
stallation of officers, either alone or in conjunction with the Order of the
Eastern Star?
" Answer. The public installation of Lodge Officers is a Masonic occa
sion. No dispensation is necessary. Go ahead and be happy with the
Sisters.
" 10. Question. With what Lodges should a Missouri Mason, now
a resident of Mexico, affiliate?
" Answer. With those Lodges under the Jurisdiction of the Grand
Grand Lodge in Mexico recog
nized by the Grand Lodge of Missouri."
We think the Grand Lodge wisely substituted the following for
No. 9 : " A public installation is a Masonic occasion, and a Dispensation
is unnecessary." We would also add, that being a Masonic occasion, there
can be no combination act.
Some question having arisen as to the proper titles of the Grand
Deacons and Grand Stewards of the Grand Lodge, it was ordered that
they should be given as follows : " Grand Senior Deacon, Grand Junior
Deacon," etc. We fail to understand the reason for the change, and to
be consistent should not our brethren say "Grand Deputy Master"?
The Grand Master having directed attention to the fact that this
Grand Lodge had been seemingly dilatory in extending recognition to
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Foreign Grand Lodges, and the subject matter having had the considera
tion of a special committee, their report to the following effect was
adopted :
" We therefore recommend that the following Grand Lodges be recog
nized by the Grand Lodge of Missouri : Queensland, Costa Rica. The
Three Globes, Germany, Royal York, Saxony, Eclectic Union, Zur Soune.
Zur Eintracht of Concord, Denmark at Copenhagen, Sweden at Stock
holm, Norway at Christiana, Netherlands (Holland).
" Your Committee has considered the Grand Lodges of Hamburg.
Hungary, Alpina (Switzerland), Grand Orient of Belgium, Grand Orient
of Italy and Grand Lodge of Peru, but are not in possession of sufficient
information to warrant our further consideration for the present."
It might be well to go slow with some enumerated in the last class.
A proposed amendment to the liquor law of this jurisdiction, to wit:
" Signing a petition for a dramshop license shall be held to be Unmasonic
Conduct," goes over until next year for final action.
R.\ W.\ William R. Gentry, Grand Orator, in his oration before
the Grand Lodge, presented some thoughtful lessons drawn from the
prayer which was offered up by King Solomon at the dedication of the
temples—a good address.
The report of the Masonic Home portrays its successful administra
tion during the past year. Total number of inmates, 146 : classified as
follows : Seventy-nine children and sixty-seven adults, the per capita cost
being $170. The Invested Fund represents $105.19S.34. In the manage
ment of this Home material aid is given by the Order of the Eastern Stir.
The Visiting Committee in their report to the Grand Ixnige very truly
say : "If the Lodge members are brought to understand the great work
done, no contribution will be more cheerfully given than that for the
support of our Masonic Home."
Receipts, $39.049.75 ; disbursements. $39.298.90.. and balance on band.
$40,755.81.
Next Annual Communication. St. Louis, September 2(i. 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (190 pp.), the last work of our friend,
the late M.\ W.'. John D. VlNCIL, embraces a review of the proceedings
of fifty-four Grand Lodges, including New York for 1904. It was al
lotted to our brother that he should complete the designs upon life's
trestle-board, and then the Master called him.
M.\ W.\ Lerot B. Valliant (St. Louis). Grand Master, and K.'.
W.\ Jons R. Pauson (St. Louis), Grand Secretary.
NEBRASKA.
47th Communication. OMAHA. June 8, Mi-
M.\ W.\ Frank E. Bullard, Grand Master, the representatives of
two hundred and sixteen Lodges, New York by M.\ W.\ Edward K.
Valentine, and R.\ W.\ Wilrur F. Fidlar, Past Junior Grand War
den of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, as a visitor.
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After the Grand Lodge was declared opened, the Star-spangled Banner
was brought in, and the brethren arose and sang, " My Country ! 'Tis
of thee."
The Grand Master had made many visitations—had created three
new Lodges by dispensation, and he is to be commended for the exercise
of supreme authority in exceptional cases cited. While correctly over
ruled by the Committee on Jurisprudence, wherein he had declared a
member of a Lodge indefinitely suspended—-without trial—nevertheless
there appears to have been in this case some circumstances which might
have warranted disciplining the Lodge. The general condition of the
Lodges is reported as being excellent, the exceptions being a number of
weak Lodges, which, in the judgment of the Grand Master, " should be
either purged and cleansed of their iniquity, or no longer be suffered to
exist."
The Trustees of the Masonic Home of Nebraska, under the instruc
tions of the Grand Lodge adopted at its last annual communication, hav
ing acquired by purchase " a beautiful and ideally located residence " at
Plattsmouth, the Grand Master expressed the proud gratification it af
forded him to receive the same on behalf of the Grand Lodge, and to
have declared the Home officially opened, October 30, 1903, at an emergent
communication of the Grand Body.
Tbe formal ceremonies of dedication were held June 9th—during the
present session—the Grand Lodge, escorted by Mt. Calvary Commandery.
No. 1, being conveyed to Plattsmouth by special train. The exercises of
the occasion were participated in by about one thousand people, compris
ing members of the Fraternity and the citizens of Plattsmouth. The
original cost of the building and grounds was $5,300. which together with
other expenses up to May 1. aggregated $8,008.50, leaving a balance in
the hands of the Trustees of $9,352.90. The number of inmates cared for
had been eleven, of whom eight remained.
The decisions of the Grand Master—fifteen in number—received the
sanction of the Grand Lodge, with one exception, and in that, according
to general usage, the ruling would appear to have been correct ; but the
Committee on Jurisprudence held it to be a violation of the constitutional
law of the Grand Lodge.
Telegraphic greetings were exchanged with the Grand Lodge of Iowa,
and the Grand Lodge accepted an invitation to participate in the cere
monies celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the
Territory of Nebraska.
The address of the Grand Orator, W.\ Williamson S. Summers,
was of great interest, and we present his conc luding words :
"Thus brotherly love with its wisdom to contrive and its strength
to support, requires the beauty of a comprehensive charity to adorn it.
In lovely gentleness of soul, like in the beauty of the olive tree men
have pleasure and profit. ' Ideas of beauty, then.' says Ruskin, ' be it
remembered, are the subject of moral, but not of intellectual perception.'
And beauty is the third column in the stately edifice. So we rend in The
Book that *A builder stretched out bis rule: he marked it out with a
line ; he fitted it with plumbs, and he marked it out with the compass,
and shaped it after the figure of a man. according to the beauty of a.
REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE.
man.' No wonder Socrates petitioned : ' I pray thee, O God, that I may
be beautiful within.' Beauty emanating from sources deeper than the eye
is the most enduring. It rests, upon necessary foundations. It lies below
the surface. It is not under the spell of the moment. It pulses with
words of truth : thrills with noble actions ; and has its origin in character.
In this trinity of wisdom to contrive, strength to support and beauty to
adorn there is a renowned perfection of brotherhood, but full of wisdom,
marvellous in strength, perfect in beauty its temple is in the human heart
from which proceed the issues of life."
R.\ W.\ Horace White, Past District Deputy Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of New York, presented to the Grand Lodge " a fragment
of rope which was part of the cord that was used in a bed that came
over in the Mayflower."
M.\ W.\ Bro. Phelps, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Cor
respondence, recommended the recognition of the Grand Lodge Valle de
Mexico, but the Grand Lodge decided to postpone action until the next
Annual Communication.
Receipts, $10,508.S9 ; disbursements, $13,400.01, and balance on hand,
$13,326.71. Relief Fund, $2,922.06. Orphans' Educational Fund, $38,-
889.59.
Next Annual Communication, Omaha, June 0, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (129 pp.), by M.\ W.\ Charles J.
Phelps, is a close and able review of the proceedings of sixty-three Grand
The following, noted under Wisconsin, we understand to be correct :
" Craft Lodges erected by a Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, in
a territory unoccupied by a Grand Lodge, or Lodges erected by a Grand
Lodge, are, and have been, regarded as legitimate by most Masonic jurists,
and when such Craft Lodges throw off the yoke, declare themselves inde-
ndent and erect a Grand Lodge, such Grand Lodges have been held to
recognizable, of right, by most of the Grand Lodges of the world.
" The Supreme Council for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United
States recognizes that it has no authority to confer the symbolic degrees
in territory under the jurisdiction of a Grand Lodge, hut in other terri
tory, as in Mexico, when it instituted Craft Lodges there, it claimed the
right to do so. The trouble in Mexico to-day is. that the Mexican Su
preme Council, disregarding the true rule, as well as the admonition of
the late Thomas H. Caswell, when he was nt its head, claims jurisdic
tion over all Craft Lodges in its territory. An unreasonable claim, and
one that distinguishes it from the true rule. As also a claim that we, in
this country, should assist our Mexican Craft brethren in resisting."
M.\ W.\ Charles E. Burnham (Norfolk), Grand Master, and R.\
W.\ Francis E. White (Omaha), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
NEVADA.
40th Communication. VIRGINIA CITY. June U, 1904
R.\ W.\ George Ghxson. Deputy Grand Master, the representatives
of nineteen Lodges and eight Past Grand Masters.
Owing to the severe illness of the Grand Master, M.\ W.'. Trenmor
Coffin, his annual address was read by the Acting Grand Master. It
would appear that the illness of the Grand Master had existed during his
official term, thereby preventing the pleasures of visitation, but we are
assured that harmony and prosperity pervade the Craft.
A telegram of sympathy having been transmitted to the Grand Master,
the following reply was received and recorded :
" Carson City, Nevada, June 14, 1904.
" C. N. Xoteware, Grand Secretary,
" Virginia City, Nevada.
" Host Worshipful Grand Lodge ; Dear Brothers: Thank you for your
kind and sympathetic message. Deeply regret I cannot meet you all again
in this life. God grant that we may all meet when the Great Grand
Lodge meets above with the loving Father as Grand Master.
" Fraternally,
" Trenmor Coffin."
An invitation was accepted to attend entertainment and banquet as
the guests of Argenta Chapter. No. 7, O. E. S.
Upon applications for recognition made by the Grand Orient of Brazil
and the Grand Orient Argentino del Rito Azul. action was deferred.
The business of the session was largely of local interest.
$1,932.97.
Next Annual Communication, Carson City, June 13, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
An excellent report on Correspondence (130 pp.) is presented by W.\
Edward D. Vanderleith—his third annual—reviewing the proceedings
of sixty Grand Lodges, including New York for 1903, which has gracious
mention.
We note the following under Kansas:
" The Grand Master says that the sale of intoxicating liquors ques
tion has brought endless trouble to the Grand East. Naturally. If the
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other jurisdictions do, we feel that this subject is very properly one to
be left with the Blue Lodges. The jurisdictions who so believe, and who
have taken no action on this subject, are not bothered by petitions from
saloon keepers. Their membership ranks equally as high as elsewhere.
Take Nevada, for example, she is in the heart of the ' wild and woolly
West,' so-called, and yet it is the rare exception for a Lodge to possess
a member who is a saloon keeper. Nevada does not take in men because
they are jolly boys, hale fellows well met. Her Lodges hold membership
as high as any the world over, and, if we are to judge by the reports of
the committees on grievances, much higher than many. The little black
ball, which speaks No ! so forcibly and yet so quietly, has been found
fully sufficient to guard well the outer door in Nevada."
M.\ W.\ George Gillson (Carson City), Grand Master, and R.\
W.\ Chauncey N. Noteware (Carson City), Grand Secretary, re
elected.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
116th Communication. CONCORD. May 18, 1904.
M.\ W.\ Harry M. Cheney, Grand Master, the representatives of
fifty-five Lodges, twelve Past Grand Masters, and New York by M.\ W.\
John Pender.
Semi-annual Communication held December 29, 1903, for the purpose
of the exemplification of the work of the several degrees of Ancient Craft
Masonry. Sixty-six Lodges were represented, and the Grand Lodge also
honored by the presence of M.\ W.\ Olin W. Daley, Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge of Vermont.
The serious illness of the Junior Grand Warden—R.\ W.\ John
Hatch—being announced, it was ordered that- a telegram of sympathy
be forwarded to the distinguished brother. We regret to record the death
of R.\ W.\ Bro. Hatch, occurring March 16. 1904. A special com
munication of the Grand Lodge was held March 18, 1904, to unite in the
funeral services, which were conducted under charge of De Witt Clinton
Commandery of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
The Grand Master in his annual address, extended congratulations
upon the healthy growth and manifold blessings which had permeated
the Craft the past year and fraternally recorded the Masonic history and
character of those, officially connected with the Grand Lodge, who had
finished their labors here.
In connection with the affairs of the Masonic Home, referring to the
increase last year of the per capita tax from twenty-five to seventy-five
cents, two-thirds of which is for the expenses of the Home, we are
specially pleased to record the following :
" I have not heard one word of dissatisfaction because of this increase ;
and the cheerful support—for such it is—that the Home is receiving
speaks in a practical way of the harmony and enthusiasm that made pos
sible its construction and guarantees its successful operation."
Although we do not find that any action was taken upon the subject
matter below, referring to " Perpetual jurisdiction over rejected appli
cants," doubtless the agitation of the question will prove advantageous.
" When, two years ago, I assumed the duties of the office of Grand
Master, I counted myself a firm believer in the principle of perpetual
jurisdiction over rejected material. I was satisfied with the reasonable
ness of the theory for such perpetuity, and confess that I was prejudiced
in that direction. It was almost a tenet of my Masonic profession. But
during the incumbency of the office of Grand Master I have had to deal
with the theory and with the practice, as held here and as held elsewhere
in an official capacity, and my faith in it has been transformed into a
personal belief that it is unreasonable, and sooner or later is destined

to be discarded by this Grand Jurisdiction, as being unreasonable, and
because it is not in conformity with the law and practice of the majority
of other Grand Jurisdictions, with whom, without surrendering too much,
we should strenuously endeavor to be in happy concord. My experience
as Grand Master has been that the matter of jurisdiction—disputes con
cerning it, and the requests for waivers of jurisdiction—is the most per
plexing and annoying of any that are presented for official consideration
and direction. Take an example, for instance, that has come within my
knowledge: Twenty-five years ago a New Hampshire Lodge rejected the
petition of an applicant. Many years since, he removed to another Grand
Jurisdiction, where, I understand, the principle of perpetuity is not recog
nized. He still desires to be a member of our Fraternity ; but notwith
standing his long absence from our State, a request for a waiver of juris
diction, presented here in full compliance with our requirements, is re
fused, and the Grand Master is compelled so to report. There is embar
rassment, there is injustice, there is great unreasonableness in such an
instance of the length to which our position leads. Still other requests
for waivers come to your Grand Master from jurisdictions which assert
in plain terms to him that they do not believe in the theory of perpetuity,
do not practice it, but go through the formality of making the request
to comply with our requirements, so that they may live in peace with us.
The resulting embarrassments are unpleasant, not alone to us of New
Hampshire, but to others. We are holding to that which is certainly
becoming obsolete when we strive to maintain perpetual jurisdiction.
Some day we shall cease to insist that we, almost alone, are right, and
that the great majority is wrong. The time limit in this particular is
sure to be adopted by our Grand Body before many years elapse, and the
men who accomplish this reform will wonder how and why it was per
sisted in so many years. It may not be in my time—yet I hope to see-
that day—but I desire to be on record in our proceedings as advocating;
a recession from our present position, that we may be in accord, as I
understand it. with the greater part of the Masonic world. I endeavor
to suppress the zeal of the convert, but speak plainly and feelingly witbj
every confidence of ultimate approval."
The Grand Master had participated in the celebration of the centen
nial anniversary of Olive Branch Lodge, No. 16. located at Plymouth.
Among the decisions reported, we note the following :
" Question. May a member of a New Hampshire Lodge, without preju
dice to his Lodge standing, accept an election, either active or honorary,
to membership in any Lodge of another Grand Jurisdiction which per
mits and recognizes either dual or honorary membership, or both?
" Answer. Yes, when not in derogation of the rules and regulations
of our jurisdiction."
Receipts, $7,856.01 ; disbursements. $5,124.47, and balance on hand,
$6,436.12.
Next Annual Communication, Concord, May 17, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (171 pp.), by R.\ W.\ Aluert S.
Wait, covers the proceedings of sixty-one Grand Lodges, including New
York for 1903. A closer reading of the decision cited (1902) requires us
to acknowledge that our conclusion was incorrect.
Upon the question of physical qualification, we are thoroughly in ac
cord with our brother's remarks under Oklahoma:
" We base our views upon physical qualifications upon the very plain
language of the ancient charges which distinctly limits the disability to
the making, or the admission as 5n Apprentice. To deny advancement
to a brother after initiation, merely because of misfortune, seems to us
to have a harshness in it most unworthy of the best principles of the
Masonic institution. Our brethren of Oklnhoma speak of the physical
perfection requirement as a landmark of Masonry. If it is such it has
been most strangely forgotten by our English brethren where the land
marks had their origin, for they do not, and as we understand it, never
have, practiced it. In the review of Missouri, our brethren say: 'The
halt, lame and blind would add nothing to the impressiveness of a Ma
sonic
would procession, but they
naturally expect in a would
Grand beArmy
in perfect keeping,
procession.s and argument
If this what we
has any force whatever, it would exclude a Mason from the privileges
of the Fraternity, whenever he should meet with the misfortune to he-
come physically disabled, however long after he had received all the de
grees. We think they will shrink from this logical result of this argu
ment."
M.\ W.\ Henry I. Haselton (Manchester), Grand Master, and R.\
W.\ Frank D. Woodrury (Concord), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
NEW JERSEY.
117th Communication. TRENTON. March U, mi
M.\ W.\ W. Holt Apoar, Grand Master, the representatives of one
hundred and sixty-four Lodges and seven Past Grand Masters. The occa
sion was plainly a New York day, inasmuch as a large delegation of
brethren availed themselves of the opportunity of making a fraternal
visit. Accompanying the Grand Master, M.\ W.\ Bro. Crandall, were
many of the Grand Officers, and other officials, including M.\ W.\ John
W. Vrooman and M.\ W.\ John Stewart, Past Grand Masters—the
party numbering thirty-four in all.
With an eloquent introductory, the Grand Master submitted an able
business address. A fraternal tribute was paid to the memory of M.\
W.\ Charles Belcher, Grand Master in 1895, whose death occurred
February 20, 1904. Of him the Grand Master said :
" Bro. Belcher was a positive man. His intellect was clear and
strong ; a man of power, his physique did not belie him. Not only had
he positive convictions and opinions, but he was able to express them iu
clear and decisive language, and his work as Chairman of the Committee
on Foreign Correspondence attests to the vigorous thought and pen of
which he was possessed. Both as Grand Master and as chairman of one
of its most important committees he filled an important place in this Grand
Lodge and in the estimation of the Craft of the State, and it is indeed a
great loss that it and they have sustained."
Among the visitations made we note two centennial anniversaries of
Lodges and one semi-centennial. Naturally, among the public functions
due prominence is given to the laying of the corner-stone of the orphan
age connected with the Masonic Home, on the 10th of October. 1903. One
new Lodge had been created by dispensation, and of the seventy-nine re
quests for decisions as to physical qualifications fifty-one had been granted.
With reference to the Grand Lodge of Washington, the position of New
Jersey as expressed by the Grand Master, was confirmed by the Com
mittee on Jurisprudence.
"It is most undesired, and we regret exceedingly that we should not
be in fraternal relations with the Grand Lodge of Masons of the State
of Washington. Many of the Grand Lodges which had severed fraternal
relations with that Grand Body have resumed the same upon, as they
state, their understanding that the Grand Lodge of Washington had re
traced its steps and overthrown the doctrine promulgated in 1898 by it.
Our Grand Lodge considered the action claiming to repeal the resolution
of 1898 and unanimously agreed that this action which the Grand Lodge
of Washington claimed did so formally repeal and set aside that which
had been done in 1898. did not convey that idea to us. New Jersey,
moreover, is clear that, in its judgment, there should be no question of
construction, but that Washington should clearly and unequivocally state
to the Masonic world what its position thereon is. If by proper authority
it certified to New Jersey that it has no intention to claim, and would not
recognize as regular. Masons that were unrecognized in this State and
who are, by our Grand Lodge, termed clandestine Masons ; that it would
prohibit their visiting or affiliating with any Lodges in their own State,
and that it recognizes as supreme in New Jersey the Grand Lodge of New
Jersey and its Subordinate Lodges, and no others, then the question of
construction, or of intent, could not arise and New Jersey would have
no Masonic reason for refusing to resume fraternal relations therewith."
While we do not doubt that a Grand Master possesses the prerogative
to make Masons at sight, nevertheless we do not think there is any neces
sity for its exercise, even though done " ns an object lesson for the Craft."
Grand .Master Apoar, however, entertaining a different opinion, conferred
the degrees upon three candidates.
Referring to the Masonic Home and Orphanage, we are pleased to
see that this great work has the cordial approval of the Craft. The Grand
Master interestingly said :
" Education along the lines of practical charity has undoubtedly met
its reward. Masons some years ago, when the Masonic Home was first
broached, did not take kindly thereto. When we levied the assessments
for the Home, there was almost a revolt in many of our Lodges. It took
hard work, unceasing effort, to convince many of our Lodges and brethren
that that assessment should be paid. When again a second assessment
was made to enlarge the building and grounds there was some opposition, *
but nothing like that which was experienced when the first assessment
was laid. Last year, however, when the assessment for the Orphanage
was voted with hardly a dissenting voice in the Grand Lodge, and the
Lodges were notified of the amount assessed, and were told within what
time the returns must be made, there did not come to the Grand Master,
or any of the officers, so far as he was advised, any disposition on the
part of any Lodge or member to withhold the two dollars that was asked
for. Surely because of what had been done, because of what the brethren
had seen in the few preceding years, hearts heretofore closed to appeals
along these lines were widely opened, and there flowed into the treasury
of the Home Committee for this new Orphanage an abundance not only
to build and fully equip, but also to furnish and make comfortable this
Orphanage in which our children, Masonic children, are to be supported
and educated."
We note in the report of the Committee on the Masonic Home that
the experience of this jurisdiction is along the same lines as other juris
dictions engaged in the same work—viz., a growth exceeding the anticipa
tion at the inception of the plan. It would appear that the principle sup
port of the Home is the per capita tax of thirty cents, yielding last year
$6,112.20. and the tax on initiates, which yielded $7,460.53. Inasmuch
as the annual cost is about $16,000, the problem of a permanent source
of income is already a subject of consideration. The Committee say :
" We have been able to meet this expenditure by reason of the unusual
prosperity of the Craft during recent years. But we cannot safely count
upon an indefinite continuance of present conditions, and should there
be a material falling off in the number of initiates, the ' Home ' Committee
would have difficulty in providing the funds necessary for the proper per
formance of their duties. It certainly is the part of wisdom to provide
in advance for a condition that must sooner or later confront us. Just
how provision is to be made for such a contingency is for the Grand
Lodge to determine, but certainly the possibilities of the situation should
be carefully considered and some conclusion reached which will meet every
contingency."
The present number of inmates fifty-nine—of whom sixteen are chil
dren—are cared for at a per capita cost of $255.67.
The two dollar assessment for the orphanage had realized $42,845.50,
and the contract for the building—to accommodate forty children—to
gether with other changes necessary thereto, represents the sum of $26,225.
We consider that every Grand Lodge should carry out the following
regulation :
" Resolved, That the Finance Committee be and it is hereby instructed
to present at the next Annual Communication a balance sheet showing
the financial condition of the Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Hon
orable Society of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New Jersey
as of December 31, 1904, the same to show character, location and control
of all property owned by or entrusted to the said Grand Lodge, and all
dues and accounts receivable, and all liabilities of the same in the way of
mortgages and accounts payable, and of dues receivable paid in advance
and unearned at the date named."
A fine engraving of M.\ W.\ W. Holt Apgau, retiring Grand Master,
appears as a frontispiece to the Proceedings.
Receipts, $22,852.79; disbursements, $19,540.51. and balance on hand.
$18,560.93.
Next Annual Communication, Trenton, March 22, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Our departed brother, M.\ W.\ Chari.es Belcher, had completed his
report on Correspondence (156 pp.) previous to his death, and it is sub
mitted as usual. It reviews the proceedings of sixty-two Grand Bodies,
including New York for 1903, and nothing therein indicates any lack of
vigor or anticipation of the summons which came February 20, 1904.
" We again extend to all, particularly those of our own brethren and
kin who burn the midnight oil, the 'Compliments of the Season,' in the
sincere hope that we mav meet again.
"Newark, December 31, 1903."
M.\ W.\ John H. Wilkins (Newark), Grand Master, and R.\ W.\
Thomas H. R. Redway (Trenton), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
NEW MEXICO.
t7th Communication. ALBUQUERQUE. October 7, 1904.
M.\ W.\ J. C. Slack, Grand Master, the representatives of fourteen
Lodges, six Past Grand Masters, and New York by W.\ J. W. Donavan.
The Grand Master presents a concise report of the official duties of
the year just passed, and his adjudication of various matters received the
approval of the Grand Lodge. Two new Lodges had been created by dis
pensation. In his remarks against " Perpetual Jurisdiction," he but em
phasized the position of this Grand Lodge, in its approval of the fol
lowing decision :
" 5. Do you recognize perpetual jurisdiction over petitioners that have
been rejected in other Grand Jurisdictions by said Grand Jurisdictions?
Answer. No."
We certainly agree with the following, from the report of the Com
mittee on Grand Master's address:
" We recommend the omission of the remarks of the Grand Master
relative to rituals from our printed Proceedings. We do not think that
good would result from any additional copies of the ritual, as the original
idea of the ritual committee was to have on record an unchangeable au
thority from which there could be no appeal, which idea is carried out by
the one copy in the hands of the custodians."
The business of the session was largely of local interest.
Receipts, $2,240 ; disbursements, $136,855, and balance on hand, $2,-
763.29. Charity Fund balance, $1,263.61.
Next Annual Communication, Albuquerque, October 16, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (157 pp.), by R.\ W.\ William H.
Seamon', embraces the proceedings of sixty-six Grand Rodies. including
fraternal notice of New York for 1904.
Under the head of Freemnsonry in Mexico, he says :
" Our position in the matter of recognition of Valle of Mexico may be
restated here, we hope with henefit. We desire to recognize some supreme
Masonic body in the Republic that will regulate Masonic affnirs. so far
as they relate to the Blue Lodges, so that the Masonry of the Republic
will command respect everywhere. We desire to delay our recognition
until the Grand Body is established firmly enough to justify the belief
that it will be a permanent body. That condition is now close at hand,
and we sincerely hope that the 1905 meeting of Valle of Mexico will show
our kind of Masonry in actual control of the Grand Lodge Valle of Mex
ico. We do not mean by this that the officers shall be Americans—not
by any means. We mean that a majority of the Lodges shall be Lodges
of our kind of Masonry and that nil of the Lodges working in the Scot
tish Rite shall be dropped from the rolls as cause for action is found."
We regret to note that this—the eighth—is our brother's final re
port, other duties demanding his time. We would convey our personal
appreciation of his courtesy, as well as of the valuable character of hii
work.
M.\ W.\ George W. Ward (Lag Vegas), Grand Master, and R.\ W.\
Alphexjs A. Keen (Albuquerque), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
NORTH CAROLINA.
117th Communication. RALEIGH. January 12, 1901
M.\ W.\ H. I. Clark, Grand Master, the representatives of two
hundred and six Lodges, eight Past Grand Masters, and New York bj
W.\ N. B. Broughton.
The Grand Master delivered a brief address, in which he reported the
Craft in excellent condition, that nine new Lodges had been created by
dispensation and three had been revived. His opinion on applications to
shorten time in the conferring of degrees is sensible.
" I have always contended that, if an applicant could not wait the
specified time, he was seeking an empty honor and endeavoring to gratify
an idle curiosity. Too many applicants are rushed through their decrees
without a proper knowledge of the importance and meaning of the step
they are about to take, and the usual result is that in a few short months
they lose interest in the Lodge and soon join the great army of non-
affiliates."
The various reports of the Oxford Orphan Asylum would indicate s
prosperous condition of affairs—two hundred and fifty-four children being
cared for at a per capita tax of $68.50 above the earnings of the institu
tion. The generous action of Bro. W. J. Hicks, the Superintendent, in
donating $3,900—his salary for the past four years less $900—received
the just commendation of the Grand Lodge, and also the sympathy of the
Grand Body at his inability to be present at this session by reason of bis
illness. An appropriation of $3,000 was made for the benefit of the
asylum.
In the interesting address of the Grand Orator, W.\ John S. Cun
ningham, we have the following reference to the establishment of Free
masonry in this jurisdiction :
" In our own State the Order was established before the Revolution,
and the residence of William Hooper, the signer of the Declaration of
Independence, was at Masonboro, so named because a Lodge had been
opened there. Indeed, many years earlier a Mason's Lodge was estab
lished at Wilmington, but of its history we are unfortunately not in
formed.
" Samuel Johnston, the greatest and wisest North Carolinian in his
day and generation, was our first Grand Master after peace, and the roll
of our membership in those early days includes the names of nearly every
man of consequence who had devoted himself to the glorious cause of
advancing the interests of humanity. In a State so sparsely settled, with
no towns except a few scattered villages, the benevolence of our Order
first took practical shape in an effort to disseminate knowledge and pro
vide the means of education for our people. Our Grand Master for seven
successive terms, William R. Davie, devoted himself to the ta9k of
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securing a State school at Chapel Hill, where the corner-stone of the -
first structure was laid by him with Masonic honors. And, indeed, the
establishment of our venerable State University was due more to the
benevolence of this noble. Mason than to any other man in North Caro
lina. Governor James Smith, another Past Grand Master of our Grand
Lodge, made the first donation to our State University, and was one of
its first trustees. Smith Hall, at Chapel Hill, was named in his honor.
As the chief actors in determining State affairs were, in those days, nearly
all Masons, it may truly be said that the spirit of our Order permeated
the policy of the State authorities, and exerted a healthy influence for
the upbuilding of the Commonwealth."
In this connection, we note the presentation, by R.\ W.\ W. H. An
drews, Past Master of Sagamore Lodge, No. 371, of the Grand Lodge of
New York, of photographs " of the Past Master's jewel. Masonic diploma
and apron which had been used by Bao. Levi Andrews, a member of St.
John's Lodge, No. 3, at Newbern, in 1793."
A committee was appointed to inquire into the advisability of the es
tablishment of an institution for the care of aged and indigent brethren,
and make report at the next Annual Communication. Official recognition
was extended to the Grand Lodge of Western Australia.
It is the intention of this Grand Lodge to erect a new Masonic Temple
at Raleigh, and a fund is being created for that purpose.
To meet a deficit in the revenue of the Grand Lodge, the annual dues
to the Grand Body were advanced from sixty to seventy-five cents.
The following was presented :
•' Resolved, That no man shall be eligible to membership in this Order
who is engaged in the manufacture of intoxicating liquors or the whole
sale or retail liquor business, and the same be referred to the Subordinate
Lodges, and the same shall be the law of this Grand Lodge as soon as a
majority of the Subordinate Lodges vote for this resolution."
$2,526.25.
Next Annual Communication, Raleigh, January 10, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (105 pp.), by W.\ John A. Collins, is
his eighth annual and a good review of the proceedings of fifty-five Grand
M.\ W.'. W. S. Liddeix (Charlotte), Grand Master, and R.\ W.'.
John C. Drewry {Raleigh), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
NORTH DAKOTA.
15th Communication. FARGO. June 18. 1904
M.\ W.\ James T. Blacklock, Grand Master, the representatives of
sixty-seven Lodges, six Past Grand Masters, and New York by W.\ Syl
vester J. Hill.
The Grand Master presented a succinct account of the official year
just closed. Five new Lodges had been created by dispensation, and the
absence of any appeals or grievances before the Grand Body is a very
satisfactory evidence of the condition of the Craft. Regret was expressed
at the permanent removal of R.\ W.\ John Scott, Senior Grand War
den, from the jurisdiction, and the Grand Lodge directed that a Grand
Lodge apron, appropriate grade, should be presented to him.
Following the suggestion of the Grand Master, a by-law was enacted,
prohibiting Lodges from charging any fee for affiliation. While we favor
the principle, nevertheless we esteem it the right of the Lodge to determine
the matter for itself.
The amendment presented last year, making as a requirement proof of
proficiency in the lectures of the third degree, ere a brother who had
attained that grade could " be allowed to vote or hold office in any Lodge
or dimit therefrom," came before the Grand Lodge, and upon the report
of the Committee on Jurisprudence was not approved. No other disposi
tion of it could well have been made. One who has attained the grade of
Master Mason will of necessity conform to the spirit of the proposed
requirement if he ever desires to go outside the limit of his own Lodge.
It was ordered that recognition be extended to, and Representatives ex
changed with, the Grand Lodges of Norway and Sweden. Official recog
nition was also extended to the Grand Lodge of Republica Argentina, and
the following Grand Lodges of the United States of Mexico, viz.: Valle
de Mexico, located at the city of Mexico ; Benito Juarez, located at the
city of Porfirio Diaz, and Ignacio Rameriz, located at the city of Tampioo.
The following is self-explanatory, and in commending the excellent
judgment of the Grand Orator, we also congratulate the brethren upon
having an opportunity of becoming acquainted with the thoughtful utter
ances of our honored brother :
"M.\ W.\ Bro. Walter L. Stockwell (11), Grand Orator, was
now called upon for his address. He stated that he had not prepared
one, for two main reasons : one. that his duties as Superintendent of
Public Instruction of the State had drawn very heavily upon his time;
and, second, that the address of President Roosevf.lt upon Masonry and
Citizenship, delivered at the Sesqui Centennial Anniversary of the Raising
of George Washington, at Philadelphia. November, 1902. expressed in so
many ways, and better than he could hope to do. those ideals which had
formed in his mind under the influence of Masonry, that he believed he
could do no better service to the Grand Lodge than to read thnt most
excellent address of our President, which he proceeded to do."
The illness of M.\ W.\ Rorert M. Carothers, Committee on Foreign
Correspondence, having prevented a completion of that report, it was
omitted the present year. We trust that our brother, with regained
health, will resume labor and duly report another year.
Receipts, $5,405.17; disbursements, $4,181.1", and balance on hand,
$8,148.38. Masonic Home Fund, $265.
Next Annual Communication, Grand Forks, June 27, 1905.
M.\ W.\ James W. Foley (Bismarck), Grand Master, and R.\ W.\
Frank J. Thompson (Fargo), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
OHIO.
95th Communication. TOLEDO. October 19, 1904.
M.\ W.\ O. P. Sperra, Grand Master, the representatives of four
hundred and seventy-eight Lodges, fifteen Past Grand Masters, New York
by M.\ W.\ C. S. Hoskinson, and the following distinguished visitors:
R.\ E.\ William B. Melish, Grand Generalising of the Grand En
campment of Knights Templar of the United States; M.\ E.\ L. P.
Schaus, Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter R. A. M. of Ohio ;
M.\ I.\ Nelson Williams, Grand Master of the Grand Council R. & S.
M. of Ohio ; R.'. E.\ Carroll F. Clapp, Grand Commander of the Grand
Commandery of Ohio, and 111. Bro. Brenton D. Barcock, 33d degree
Deputy for Ohio of the A. A. S. Rite.
The Grand Lodge was welcomed on behalf of the city by his Honor
the Mayor, Bro. Rorert H. Finch, and on behalf of the Masonic bodies
and brethren of Toledo by M.\ W.\ Barton Smith, Past Grand Master.
The Grand Master reported that the work of the year had been more
extensive than that of any preceding year, and four new Lodges had been
created by dispensation. The Grand Master paid a loving tribute to the
memory of M.\ W.\ S. Stacker Williams, Past Grand Master, whose
obsequies were conducted by the Grand Lodge April 15, 1904. Mention
was also made of the death of Ex-Governor Asa S. Bushnell, who—
while he had never attained office in the Grand Bodies—was, nevertheless,
held in high esteem for " his munificent liberality and generosity in con
tributing to the establishment of the Ohio Masonic Home and to other
charities."
The following reference is made to the subject of Masonic Fairs :
" Masonic fuirs and raffles, while not common, have been held by
some of the Lodges. This information reached me too lute for immediate
and timely action, for which reason I call attention to it now. I believe
these practices should be wholly discontinued."
In presenting the following account, we desire to say that, doubtless,
the pleasure derived by the inmates from this visit of the Grand Master
equalled in all respect that felt by him :
" On the 26th of May. on the occasion of my visit to Anthony Lodge,
No. 455, located at Springfield, Ohio, in company with a number of the
members of that Lodge, and also of Clark Lodge, No. 101, I visited the
Ohio Masonic Home. The reception that I was accorded at that time
was of such character that, while I am unable to describe it in words
to you, I will remember it so long as life exists. All the inmates of the
institution were on hand to meet me. and a song of welcome rendered by
the little children, residents of the Home, produced an effect upon me,
not only one that I will always cherish, but of such a character and with
such feeling, that I was almost unfitted to perform the duties required
of me as Grand Master. I took every inmate by the hand and heard
from their lips the expression of satisfaction ami comfort concerning their
condition. I have never been brought so close to the management of this
great charity as I was on this occasion, and I desire to earnestly express
my belief that in the selection of Bro. Parsons, the present Superinten
dent of the Home, and his good wife, to manage the details of that in
stitutiou, an admirable choice has been made. While reasonable discipline
was apparent, and neatness and cleanliness abounded on every hand, every
resident there was a unit in showing their respect for these people and
approval of their treatment."
" Held: Where a Lodge, located in a city and having concurrent juris
diction with other Lodges, similarly located, is called upon by a Lodge
located outside of such city jurisdiction, to waive jurisdiction over a can
didate residing in the city, but applying for membership to such outside
Lodge, the city Lodge so petitioned for release would not thereby acquire
jurisdiction over the applicant, should release asked for be not granted.
"Held: That citizenship is not a requisite of Freemasonry. If the
applicant possesses all of the other necessary qualifications and require
ments, his petition should receive the same consideration accorded other
applicants.
"Held: That a Subordinate Lodge in Ohio can not receive a petition
asking for the conferring of the degrees until the petitioner has resided
within the jurisdiction of the Lodge for one year, and that if he has
resided within such jurisdiction for less than one year, the State from
which he removed can not release jurisdiction, they having none to
release."
Fraternal recognition was extended to the Grand Lodges of Costa
Rica, Tasmania, Western Australia, Valle de Mexico and the Grand
Orient of Brazil. The Committee on Correspondence presented an
amended list of clandestine Lodges in the several Grand Jurisdictions of
the United States, and we avail ourselves thereof for information :
Illingis.
Amalia, No. 377 Chicago Immanuel, No. 357 Chicago
Lafayette, No 214 Chicago Justin, No. 204 Chicago
York Chicago.
Kentucky.
King Solomon, No. 1 ... Covington Washington, No. 2 Covington
Jefferson, No. 3 Covington.
Louisiana.
A spurious Grand Lodge is said to have long existed in the State of
Louisiana, but your Committee has been unable to obtain the names of
its Subordinates.
Massach usetts.
" List of spurious concerns, called Masonic Lodges, said to be operat
ing in Boston and vicinity, under the direction of certain expelled Ma
sons, rejected applicants and other disreputable persons. Most of these
traps for the unwary are mere names, a part of the system of pretense
and brag practiced bv swindlers.
" Boston, August 30, 1904."
Boston, No. 295 Boston Edwin Baker, No. 304,
Massachusetts, No. 296 .... Boston Providence, R. I.
Suffolk, No. 297 Boston Chelsea, No. 305 Chelsea
Commonwealth, No. 298. ... Boston Mount Moriah. No. 306 Boston
Mount Zion, No. 299 Lynn St. John's, No. 307 Dorchester
Mount I'leasant, No. 300, Dorchester Union, No. 308,
Dorchester Dorchester
Puritan, No. 301 Swampscott Eureka, No. 309. .Providence, R. I.
Somerville, No. 302 . . . . Somerville King Solomon, No. 310. .Brockton
Mount Olive, No. 303 Boston King Hiram, No. 311 Everett
Bunker Hill, No. 312 . Charlestown Caledonia Dorchester
Pine Tree, No. 313. .Portland, Me. Constantino. No. 15. .. .Cambridge
Harmony, No. 314 Brockton Lincoln Newton
Ancient Landmark, No. 1 . . Boston Mount Lebanon Maiden
Palmyra, No. 2 Boston Oriental Star Watertown
Haverhill, No. 3 Haverhill Valetta Allston
Bethlehem
New York.
Banner, No. 1 New York Triune Now York
Excelsior New York McKinley New York
Benjamin Franklin New York International New York
Progressive New York
Atlantide (by (ir. Or. France), New York.
New Hampshire.
Gentile V. D., East Manchester.
Oregon.
Baker, No. 55, Marshfield ("Mixed Negroes and Whites").
Ohio.
Ahiman Newark Linton Cincinnati
Alliance Alliance Massillon Massillon
Alpha Cleveland Mt. Tabor Chillicothe
Bismark Cincinnati Myrtle Mt. Vernon
Brighton Cincinnati New England Worthington
Columbia Columbus Olentangy Columbus
Dumah Springfield Painesville Painesville
Eureka Cincinnati Progress Cleveland
Franklin Columbus Salem New Salem
Gem City Dayton Scioto Valley Portsmouth
Globe Toledo Surprise Olmsted Falls
Hiram Canton Summit Akron
Independence Youngstown Victor Cleveland
Lessing Toledo Vinton Galloway
Lincoln Toledo Washington Cincinnati
Lincoln Cleveland West Mansfield. . . .West Mansfield
Lincoln Goodale Columbus
Pennsylvania.
Accacia Lodge, No. 44.McKeesport Mount Carmel Lodge. No. 25G,
Accacia Lodge. N. 252. Philadelphia Philadelphia
Agora Lodge, No. 6 Bethlehem Mount I/pbanon Lodge, No. 251,
Abraham Lincoln Lodge, No. 210, Philadelphia
Philadelphia Pennsylvania Lodge,
Christopher Columbus Lodge, Allegheny City
No. 188, Philadelphia Pilgrim r,odge Allentown
Federal Lodge..East Mauch Chunk St. John's Lodge Weissport
Harmony Lodge Pittsburg William McKinley Lodge. No. 264,
Hiram Lodge, No. 250. Philadelphia Philadelphia
Jupiter Lodge, No. 249, Washington Lodge, No. 244,
Philadelphia Hazelton
Jerusalem, No. 247. .. Philadelphia Evergreen Chapter (Rose Croix),
Liberal Lodge, No. 9. ... Siegfried Philadelphia
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To the Endowment Fund and Improvement Fund of the Ohio Masonic

Home, the Grand Lodge appropriated $12,000.
The Annual Report of the Ohio Masonic Home is the exhibit of a very
satisfactory year. Number of inmates, 149, cared for at a per capita ex
pense of $182.47. The Endowment Fund represents $40,683.54. A hos
pital is to be erected on the Home grounds through the efforts of the
Order of the Eastern Star of Ohio.
Receipts, $40.382.95 : disbursements, $43,775.85, and balance on hand,
$44,592.04.
Next Annual Communication, Cincinnati. October 18, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (349 pp.) is the twenty-third annual
furnished by M.\ W.\ William M. Cunningham, and embraces the
proceedings of sixty-seven Grand Bodies.
He says, under Arizona:
" In his (Bro. Belden) review of Costa Rica, he expresses the belief
4 that the recognition of Lodges created in unoccupied territory by Su
preme Councils, is correct,' and that Lodges so created have a ' perfect
right,' if they so desire. ' to join together and form a Grand Lodge free
and independent of the Supreme Council.' As the Rite of Perfection with
its twenty-five degrees is said to be. and doubtless was, the mother of all
legitimate Supreme Councils, and as its foundation was the Degrees of
Craft Masonry and its existence dating over a third of a century prior
to 1800, with general recognition accorded it by the Masonic World of
that period—as we have every reason to believe—why should not Su
preme Councils of regular descent therefrom be possessed of the inherited
right of establishing bodies authorized by it in unoccupied territory? "
Again, under Colorado:
" If a Grand Orient acknowledges and requires a belief in the S.\
A.\ O.\ T.\ TV. with the Book of the Law upon its altars, and is a
Sovereign Body possessed of the essentials and requirements of Craft
Masonry of the York Rite, it would soem to be a very narrow policy that
would bur such from fraternal recognition. And further than that even,
many of the Continental Masonic Organizations of Europe owe their
formation to the Grand Lodges of Great Britain.
New York for 1904 has kind consideration, and on behalf of ourself
and associate, W.\ Bro. Frenkel, would express appreciation that any
portion of our regular report is deemed worthy of reproduction.
M.\ W.\ Clifford G. Ballou (Toledo), Grand Master, and R.\ W.\
J. H. Bromwell (Cincinnati) . Grand Secretary, re-elected.
OKLAHOMA.
12th Communication. GUTHRIE February 9, 1901
M.\ W.\ Sherman P. Larsh, Grand Master, the representatives of
ninety-eight Lodges, four Past Grand Masters, and New York by R.\
W.\ Harper S. Cunningham.
The marvellous growth of Freemasonry in this jurisdiction would in
dicate that it is keeping pace with the development of this Territory, and
the Grand Master refers with pride thereto. Dispensations for twenty
new Lodges had been issued the past year.
Having been advised that cipher rituals had been used in some of the
Lodges while at labor, the Grand Master recommended that remedial legis
lation should be adopted, and the Grand Lodge concurred in the following :
" Sec. 37. The use of a key or cipher is prohibited, and the use of the
same by the officers or members of a subordinate Lodge is hereby declared
a Masonic offence.
" It shall be the duty of the Master of the Lodge wherein such offence
is committed to order charges preferred and trial had as in other cases
for Masonic offences.
" Sec. 38. It shall be the duty of the Grand Master to arrest the
Charter of any subordinate Lodge whose Master permits its officers or
members to use a key or cipher while the Lodge is at labor."
Among the decisions reported, we note the following :
" 1. At a regular meeting the committee on petition for the degrees
reported favorably, and the W. M. would not allow the ballot to be spread,
but used a secret objection to prevent further progress. What shall we
do to correct the error, if one was made?
" Answer. Spread the ballot.
" 2. Is a secret objection valid when placed in the hands of the Master
before the ballot is spread, the same as though it were given after the
ballot was spread?
" Answer, l'es.
" No. 6. April 27 : Kingfisher Lodge, No. 8. and Adell Lodge, No. 66,
asked if thoy could receive a petition of a candidate who had been so
unfortunate as to lose a foot?
"Answer. Yes. providing he can give all the due signs and summons.
" No. 12. Nov. 25 : Hobart Lodge, No. 85. writes that a Brother made
application to the Lodge for membership by affiliation, and presented
therewith a dimit in due form from the jurisdiction of Missouri, which
states that it is limited to one year from date issued, and if not presented
to some Lodge within the year the Brother stands suspended. Can the
Lodge receive and act on his application?
Answer. No. Do not receive his application until he heals the de
fect of suspension as provided by the laws of Missouri.
" No. 13. Dec. 9 : Jennings Lodge, No. 53, asks if they can confer the
degrees on a person who has the thumb of his right hand off. Also asks
how it would be if the thumb was off at the first joint.
" Answer. I held that in either case the party was physically disquali
fied to receive the degrees of Masonry."
The Committee on Law and Usage disapproved decisions No. 6 and
No. 12. We are unable to understand the justice of the reason given by
the Committee in their reference to No. 12; viz., "provided, that the dimit
was at the time the petition was presented more than a year old."
An amendment was proposed requiring an applicant for initiation
to have been " a resident of the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge for at
least one year, and of the subordinate Lodge in which he applies to be
come a member for at least six months preceding the filing of his peti
tion," but it was rejected, the Grand Lodge holding to the sufficiency of
its present regulation : viz., six months' residence within this jurisdiction.
During the session Albert Pike Lodge, No. 60, conferred the third
degree upon a candidate, " with the accessories of the beautiful scenery
and dramatic effects of the Masonic Temple."
The Trustees of the Masonic Home Fund reported $6,042.75 as on hand

—the receipts of the past year having been $2,164.42. Offers were made
to donate two plots of land—one nenr Lawton and the other near Guthrie
—as a site for the Home when the time shall arrive for its establishment
In lieu of the roster of membership of the subordinate Lodges—or
dered omitted this year—we have the full text of the Constitution and
by-laws of the Grand Lodge, together with the decisions rendered by the
Past Grand Master's and Digest thereof.
$6,804.94.
Next Annual Communication, Guthrie, February 14, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (153 pp.), by W.\ F. C. Hunt, covers
the proceedings of sixty-one Grand Bodies, including New York for 1903.
M.\ W.\ J. Frank Mathews (Mangum) , Grand Master, and R.'.
YVY. James S. Hunt (Stillwater), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
OREGON.
54th Communication. PORTLAND. June 15. 1901
M.\ W.\ Silas M. Yoran, Grand Master, the representatives of
ninety-six Lodges, eighteen Past Grand Masters, and New York by M.\
W.\ Henry B. Tihrlsen.
The Grand Master reported a prosperous year, with two new Lodges
created by dispensation. Upon learning the extent of the calamity which
had befallen the brethren of Heppner Lodge, by reason of the great water
spout which had almost destroyed that city, the Grand Master had ordered
the sum of one hundred dollars forwarded for relief. This was supple
mented by donations from various Lodges, and also by the generous gift
of one hundred dollars from the Grand Jurisdiction of Washington.
The Grand Master suggested a modification of the law of perpetual
jurisdiction, and an amendment being submitted limiting the effect of a
rejection to five years, it was favorably reported by the Committee on
Jurisprudence, but the Grand Lodge postponed action for one year.
From the report of the Trustees of the Educational Fund it would
appear that the Masonic Temple now occupied by the Fraternity, and in
which the Fund is a stockholder, does not adequately accommodate the
Grand Lodge. Authority was therefore given to sell the stock owned in
the Masonic Building Association, to select and purchase a new site and
to provide for the erection and completion of a new building, adapted to
business purposes and Masonic uses. M.\ W.'. Jacor Mater, who had
been a Trustee of the Educational Fund for thirteen years, declining a re
election by reason of his advanced age, the Grand Lodge placed upon
record its appreciation of his valuable labors in that Board.
Congratulatory telegrams were exchanged with the Grand Lodges of
Washington and Wisconsin.
A Committee of Past Grand Masters conveyed to R.\ W.\ D. C. Mc-
Kercher. Past Grand Treasurer, the fraternal sympathy of the Grand
Lodge, and, best of all. bade him " be of good cheer."
We note instances of practical helpfulness in appropriations for special
cases, fraternal in character.
A brief address upon " Freemasonry," by W.\ W. A. Cleland, Grand
Orator, was delivered during the session.
An appropriation of $1,000 was made for Masonic purposes incident to
the Lewis and Clark Exposition.
The portrait of M.\ W.\ Bro. Loran, Past Grand Master, and an
interesting biographical sketch, appears in the Proceedings.
Receipts. .$8,014.80 ; disbursements, $0,159.51, and balance on hand,
$15,931.8(1. Educational Fund assets, $94,082.47.
Next Annual Communication, Portland. June 17, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
M.\ W.\ John M. Hodfon presents the report on Correspondence
(174 pp.), critically reviewing the proceedings of fifty-nine Grand Lodges.
With the necessary qualifications, plainly stated by us on many occa
sions, we agree in the following, under Colorado:
" We have no desire to recognize any wishy-washy so-called Masonic
combine of fake, fraud and instability, but we know and every other well-
informed Mason knows that the Scottish Rite, as represented by the two
Supreme Councils of the United States, and such as are recognized by
them, were and are in possession of the degrees of the Ancient Craft and
in just as legitimate way as any of our so-called York Rite Grand Lodges.
Therefore, when we find regularly organized Grand Lodges, originating in
whole or in part, from the regular Scottish Rite, presenting constitutions,
laws and usages virtually the same as that of our own Grand Lodges,
there is no good reason why we should not fraternize them."
New York for 1903 has fraternal mention. We note our brother's re
marks relative to the system prevalent in the Grand Lodge of New York,
in its nominations for Grand Lodge Officers at the annual election. Ob
jections might be taken to the words " this method of creating and con
trolling the unanimous spirit," but ns this is probably predicated upon an
experience outside of New York State, we are not concerned therein.
That it " stifles independent action and sets the seal solid for line promo
tion," we respectfully deny—a single objection would call for a ballot.
We hope the Grand Lodge of New York will continue to express its una
nimity by this so-called system.
No dispensations can be issued in New York for " short time work "
—Constitutional provisions govern such matters.
M.\ W.\ Thomas Gray (Portland), Grand Master, and R.\ W.\
James F. Rorinson {Eu9ene), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Annual Communication. PHILADELPHIA. December 28. 1903.
M.\ W.\ Kugar A. Tennis, Grand Master, the representatives of one
hundred and eight Lodges and four Past Grand Masters.
Quarterly Communication, March 4, 1903—representatives of one
hundred and forty-eight Lodges in attendance.
The District Deputy Grand Masters were appointed a committee to
confer with the Lodges in their several Districts, relative to the establish
ment, in Central and Western Pennsylvania, of Homes for the care of
indigent brethren, their wives, widows and orphan children. Subsequently
report was made " that a large majority of the Lodges had acted favor
ably " thereon, and the matter was continued in the hands of the Com
mittee.
At the Quarterly Communication of December amendments to the Con
stitution were proposed for the purpose of creating a Masonic Home
Fund, which shall be applicable to the establishment of a Home, when a
sufficient sum shall be realized. Said fund to be created by the payment
of a per capita tax of fifty cents, payable annually with the Grand Lodge
dues, and also to be contiinied for the support and maintenance of the
Home after its erection. Action upon this amendment will be had at the
December Quarterly of 1904.
A Special Communication was held April 27, 1903, to conduct the ob
sequies of M.\ W.\ Michael Arngld, Past Grand Master. Appropriate
memorial addresses were delivered.
At the Quarterly Communication of June 3, 1903, applications for
three new Lodges were presented and report made of the bequest of Bao.
William McClary, amounting to $50,750. Of this amount $30,000 is
to be held as a special trust, the interest to be used for the- education and
support of the orphan children of Freemasons.
The Grand Ixxlge was again called together July 17, 1903, for the
purpose of participating in the obsequies of M.\ W.'. Samuel C. Perkins.
Past Grand Master. In Memoriam addresses were delivered bj several
brethren.
Quarterly Communication. December 2. 1903, three hundred and sev
enty-two Lodges being represented, and the election of Grand Officers held.
The annual reports of the special funds may be summarized as follows :
Grand Lodge Charity Fund $104.a53 63
Girard Bequest 04.400 00
Thomas R. Patton Memorial Charity Fund 103,429 58
Stephen Taylor Bequest 12,289 45
The disbursements from these funds, through the regular Boards, had
been $9,352.
The Balance Sheet of the Grand Lodge shows net assets of $2,081.-
492.11. The liability on the Temple for 4 per cent, loan had been reduced
to $198,10(1. and the expenditures for improvements on the Temple the
past year had been $02,292.33.
The usual appropriation of $1,000 for the benefit of the Philadelphia

Masonic Home was made.
The Grand Lodge accepted an invitation from Franklin Lodge, No.
134, to unite with them in divine service to be held in Christ Church on
St. John's Day, December 27th, " it being one hundred and twenty-five
years (a. d. 1778) since Bro. George Washington—with three hundred
members of the Fraternity—attended said church upon a similar festival
observance."
W.\ James M. Lamrerton, Secretary of the Washington Sesqui-
centennial Anniversary Committee, reported that copy No. 1 of the
Memorial volume had been specially bound for Bro. Theodore Roosevelt,
President of the United States. This royal octavo volume, suitably In
scribed. had been duly transmitted, and the reply of the President graces
the Proceedings.
At the Annual Grand Communication held December 28, 1903, one
hundred and eight Lodges being duly represented, the Grand Master de
livered his annual address—an able state paper. Alluding to the action
of the Grand Lodge, he says: " No act of this Grand Lodge, in my judg
ment1 will live so long in sweet memory or do so much to prove that the
world is no dead or dark machine, hut alight with the glory, and alive
with the spirit, of God, as to its recent resolution to establish, and main
tain by this Grand Lodge, Homes for aged Masons, their wives, widows
and their orphan children."
Judging from the generosity of the brethren in the past, there is not
the least doubt but that our M.\ W.\ Brother is a true prophet.
" My faith in the charitable personnel of this Grand Lodge and its
constituent membership prompts a prediction that within ten years from
the time our proposed Home or Homes are opened to receive inmates, the
donations and bequests both from within and without the Fraternity will
be sufficiently large to maintain the charity without cost to this Grand
Lodge."
The following case is cited :
" During the early summer an application was made to the Courts of
Fayette County by the colored people of that vicinity for a charter for
' The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Ancient York Masons in Penn
sylvania.' This coming to my knowledge, I requested Bro. John D. Carr.
District Deputy Grand Master for the county of Fayette, to appear in
court with counsel and oppose the granting of the aforesaid charter.
Following my instructions, the inconsistency of the application was made
clear to the Court, and during the past fortnight an adverse decision has
been rendered.
" The thanks of Grand Lodge are due and are tendered to Bro. Carr
and the Brethren who assisted him in his effort to preserve the name and
dignity
•*Weofhave
Ancient Craft Masonry
no objection to our in our midst.
colored friends assuming to be of the
true tribe, so long as that assumption pleases them and inspires them to
do good, hut we cannot encourage a false position which affects the fair
name, the exceptional record, the sovereignty, dignity and respectability
of this Grand Lodge.
"Masonry knows no distinction of nice or color, and no man, black
or white, can of his own mere will become a Mason. He must first be
accepted by the Brethren, and then pass through ceremonies in a regu
larly constituted Lodge before he can be entitled to the rights and privi
lege's of Masonry.
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72 BEPOBT ON CORRESPONDENCE.
" If he is not accepted, there is an end to the matter, and the law
applies with equal force to white or black. Whatever claim the ne?ro
may have upon our sympathies, however much we may desire to amelio
rate his condition or raise him to the level of social equality, he possesses
no prescriptive right to the benefits of Masonry. The law caunot be
changed in his favor, or give him a preference over the Caucasian. He is
now, so far as the right to become a Mason is concerned in the eye of
Masonry, on the same level with the white, as he ever will be.
" If at the present time prejudice prevents his admission to our Lodges,
let him wait with patience. Time produces many changes. Kindness wins
more than force, and the issues are with God."
The Grand Master reported that seven new Lodges had been con
stituted the past year.
Among the edicts issued by the Grand Master we note the following:
" Letter ' G.'—The letter ' G ' forms no part of our Ceremony, is not
a proper Lodge decoration, and must not appear on Ixidge notices."
We are surprised that the above should have passed unquestioned by
the members of this Grand Lodge, a body which discountenances all in
novations, and prides itself upon a strict adherence to the ancient usages
and customs of the Craft.
Certainly nothing is more firmly established than the counection of
the letter " G," with the ritual and principles of our time honored Society.
Many Masonic writers have given their testimony of the universality
of this symbol, and of its connection with the work of the Ancient CrafL
We trust that our brethren of Pennsylvania may reconsider this action,
and restore the letter " G " to its proper place.
An appropriation of $500 was made for the relief of the typhoid fever
sufferers at Butler, Pa.
The session was honored by the presence of M.\ W.\ W. Holt Apgab.
Grand Master, and M.\ W.\ JosiaH W. Ewax, Pnst Grand Master, both
of the jurisdiction of New Jersey.
Receipts, $141,781.07: disbursements. $138,584.84. and balance on
hand, $13,464.52.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (242 pp.), by W.'. James M. Lamber-
TON, is an able nud scholarly review of the proceedings of sixty-six Grand
Bodies, including fraternal mention of New York for 1903.
We have been much interested in our brother's paper, and regret that
we cannot do justice thereto.
We note the following under Wyoming, to say, with all due respect,
that even as explained it is to us perpetual jurisdiction :
" With us the question is. Is there Masonic objection to the petitioner?
or, to put it in other words. Is the petitioner under the tongue of good
Masonic report? The ballot derides that question, and the mere lapse of
time of itself cannot change that fact, and that fact should be recognized
by all other Lodges.
" Later, the petitioner, who was free to choose the Lodge to which
he would apply, may apply again, and the ballot will show whether he is
still not under the tongue of good Masonic report. If he is under that
tongue of good Masonic report, he may receive the first degree, unless a
member should object before the degree is conferred.
" As was said by Past Grand Master Vaux, ' It is not claimed that
perpetual jurisdiction exists in any Lodge over its members, or its rejected
candidates. But it is claimed, seriously and calmly claimed, that perpetual
objection exists when that objection, a recognized and undisputed condi
tion, has been made to the initiation of a candidate in a Lodge to which
he voluntarily applies for the rights and privileges of Masonry, and he
remains still subject to it anywhere, everywhere, unless the rejecting
Lodge lawfully removes it. A Masonic objection to granting the rights
and privileges of Freemasonry to an applicant is a Masonic disqualifica
tion which pertains to the individual, made by the law of Masonry, and
applied by a lawfully warranted and duly constituted Lodge of Masons.' "
M.\ W.\ James W. Brown (Philadelphia), Grand Master, and R.\
W.\ William A. Sinn (Philadelphia) , Grand Secretary, re-elected.
RHODE ISLAND.
114th Communication. PltOVlDENCt;. May 16, 190%
M.\ W.\ William H. Walker, Grand Master, the representatives of
thirty-one Lodges, six Past Grand Masters, and New York by R.\ W.\
and Rev. Henry W. Rigg.
At the Semi-annual Communication, held November 16, 1903, the
representatives of twenty-nine Lodges present, the amendment proposed at
the last Annual Communication relating to balloting was adopted. It
was made applicable either " for the degrees or for membership."
The Grand Master in his annual address presented a very favorable
report of the condition of the Craft in this jurisdiction.
Attention was directed to the fact that in the by-laws of several of the
Lodges the hour at which the regular communications shall be held is not
specified. We agree with him that this subject should receive the con
sideration of the Grand Lodge. Possibly it will at a future communica
tion : none appears at the present time.
The Grand Master reported the case of a Lodge wherein the degree
of Entered Apprentice had been conferred upon two candidates, " after
objection to their receiving the degree had been made to the Master,
and due announcement bad been made to the Lodge (by the Master) that
such objection had been made," whereupon he had arrested the charter of
the Lodge and suspended the officers thereof, who were present at the con
ferring of said degree.
The Committee of the Grand Txulge in their review of this case would
appear to have discovered some extenuating circumstances applicable to
the Lodge and the officers subordinate to the Worshipful Master, and
therefor—while sustaining the Grand Master in maintaining the Constitu
tion of the Grand Lodge— recommended that the charter of the Lodge
should be restored, that the suspension of the Worshipful Master should
be continued and that charges be preferred and trial held. Action thereon
was postponed " until after the election of Grand Officers," but we fail
to discover any further reference to the matter.
Fraternal recognition was extended to the Grand Lodge of Western
Australia.
We trust that this Grand Lodge may yet concur in the expressed wish
of R.\ W.\ and Rev. Bro. Ruog, as it would he a pleasure to all the
members of the Correspondence circle to extend a welcome to the dis
tinguished chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence. Let
us hear from Rhode Island.
M.\ W.\ Cyrus M. Van Slyck presented to the Grand Lodge an
elegant oil painting of his father—the late M.\ W.\ Nicholas Van
Slyck, Past Grand Master.
The following regulation was adopted :
" That a subordinate Lodge shall not examine any person presenting
himself as a visitor unless he shall exhibit n diploma or certificate bearing
the seal of a Grand Lodge recognized by this Grand Lodge, showing his
membership in a regular subordinate Lodge."
$786.07.
Next Annual Communication, Providence, May —, 1905.
M.\ W.\ James E. Tillinghast (Providence) , Grand Master, and
R.\ W.\ S. Penrose Williams (Providence) , Grand Secretary, re
elected.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
ISTtfi Communication. CHARLESTON. December 8, 1903.
M.\ W.\ Walter M. Whitehead, Grand Master, the representatives
of one hundred and seventy-five Lodges, four Past Grand Masters, and
New York by R.\ W.\ Charles Inglf.sry.
A cordial welcome was extended the members of the Grand Lodge by
Past Grand Master J. Adger Smyth, Mayor of Charleston.
The Grand Master in the opening words of his address said:
" Without any attempt to coerce and without any effort to attract
attention from the outside world. Masonry has taught its votaries to bow
with the deepest reverence before the adorable name of God. It has placed
the Holy Bible upon the Altar as the inflexible rule and guide of their
faith. It interferes with no man's views on the subject of religion and
government. It dictates no modes of faith, forms of worship, or parts
in polities. It requires only that every Mason should yield allegiance to
the government of his country and worship God according to the dictates
of his own conscience. It aims to bury in oblivion party distinctions and
animosities. It displays those principles and virtues only about which no
difference of opinion can exist and whose foundations are as immutably
fixed as the throne of heaven. It imparts the gentle spirit of kindness and
charity. It draws, by the silver chords of philanthropy, the Mohammedan,
the Pagan, the Jew and the Christian, with the subjects of every language
and government into her temple, to mingle, without distinction, their of
ferings upon the Altar of the Supreme Architect of the Universe and en
joins them to live, with one consent, in the bonds of love. In the dim
ages of the past, it sent forth the brethren on the mission of Charity and
Love Supreme, to bind up the bruised and broken heart, to dry the tears
of the orphan, and hush the wail of widowhood ; and thus, with tender
touches, to lift humanity with loving hands to a higher plane of living,
and in that time empires have fallen and races have become extinct, but
these little streams have widened and deepened until they encircle our
globe like its atmosphere and sweeten myriads of arid hearts."
The Grand Master had made many visitations and reports a steady
growth of the Fraternity, with four new Lodges under dispensation. The
charter of one Lodge had been arrested, in that it had violated the Con
stitution of this Grand Lodge, by the initiation and passing of a candidate
having only one eye. Last year an amendment was proposed to invest
the first three officers of the Grand Lodge with power to decide as to the
fitness of material offered, but it failed to receive the necessary two-thirds
vote at this session. The same subject will, however, come up at the next
Annual Communication, under two amendments aiming at a relaxation
of the strict physical perfection law of this jurisdiction. One of them
is to the following effect :
" Provided that defect in, injury to, or loss of one eye, nor the deform
ity or loss of one or more toes, nor injury to or loss of one or more fingers,
that in no way interfere with or prevent a literal compliance with every
requirement of the ritual, shall not be considered such a maim or defect
as to disqualify a candidate."
From the decisions reported we note the following. We should assent
to the first, while the last we presume to be according to local regulation :
" 1. May an Entered Apprentice apply for admission by examination at
the door of a Lodge? I ruled that he could not. The right of visitation
is one of the essential privileges conferred in making a Master Mason.
My opinion was based on the law as laid down in Mackey's Jurisprudence,
page 1G2. It is there stated that E. A's have a right to sit in the Lodge
in which they were initiated, when it is opened on the first degree. This
is not a right of visitation such as is exercised by Master Masons, because
it can not be extended beyond the Lodge in which the Apprentice has been
initiated. Into that Lodge, however, when opened and working in his
degree he can claim admission as a right accruing to him from his initia
tion, but. if admitted into any other Lodge, it can only be by the courtesy
of the presiding officer.
" 9. A candidate had been duly elected and appeared for initiation.
Upon examination it was discovered that he had one toe missing. The
W. M. refused to confer the degree. Should the money enclosed in the
petition be returned? I decided that the action of the W. M. was emin
ently right and proper under the circumstances and strictly in accordance
with the provisions of Sec. 101 of the Code. Further that the candidate
was not eligible, and should have his money returned. The petitioner was
in ignorance of the law in regard to physical requirements. It was no
fault of a profane that he did not know the regulations of the institution,
and it was not right to retain the money, as it would seem to be receiving
payment for a service which could not be performed."
During the session the corner-stone of the Gibbe's Memorial Art Build
ing was laid by the Grand Master—the Grand Lodge being open on the
First degree. An excursion and oyster roast—through the courtesy of
the Charleston Lodges—was one of the pleasures of the brethren.
Upon the report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence the
Grand Lodge declined to exchange Representatives with the Grand Orient
and Supreme Council of Brazil, and also the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica.
The same Committee also recommended the maintenance of non-inter
course witb the Grand Lodge of Washington. We suggest that all indi
vidual feeling and prejudice might he wisely eliminated from the question.
The fraternal spirit evinced hy the Grand Lodge of Texas (1904), upon
the same point, is commended.
Possibly we may not understand the nature of the property, hut if our
surmise is correct we must confess to our surprise. The Grand Lodge
exchanged new for mutilated property, on the payment of two dollars
each.
Congratulations were expressed at the liquidation of the bonded in
debtedness on the Temple—leaving, as it does, but a stock liability of
$8,581.17, whicji is expected to be retired within six years.
Receipts, $11,408.24; disbursements, $11,287.59, and balance on hand.
$963.23.
Next Annual Communication, Charleston, December 13, 1904.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The twenty-seventh Annual Report on Correspondence (180 pp.), by
R.\ W.\ Chari.es Inhlesry, embraces a review of the proceedings of
sixty-seven Grand Lodges, including New York for 1903.
Referring to the liquor legislation enacted by the Grand Lodge of
Kansas, he expressed the opinion " that it is a matter which would better
be left to the Lodge, and to the ballot."
M.\ W.\ John R. Bellinger. (Bamberg), Grand Master, and R.'.
W.\ Charles Ingi.esry (Charleston) , Grand Secretary, re-elected.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
30th Communication. YANKTON. June 4, 19ol
M.\ W.\ Byron P. Daole, Grand Master, the representatives of
eighty-one Lodges, nine Past Grand Masters, and New York by \V.\
George W. Sngw.
The Grand Master expressed the pleasure felt at meeting in the city
of Yankton, the place where the first communication of the Grand Lodge
after its organization had been held. Harmonious relations prevail
throughout the jurisdiction, and three new Lodges had been created by
dispensation. It would not nppear to us that the brethren had taken "a
doubtful chance " in electing the M.\ W.'. Brother to this office, for cer
tainly the report of his stewardship is in every degree honorable to him-
While expressing his disapproval of the principle of granting dispensations
to shorten the time between degrees (the requirement being four weeks),
nevertheless in nine instances he had been convinced of the necessity of
complying with the requests made. The Committee on Jurisprndence
expressed their " regret to notice and disapprove of the many dispensa
tions granted,'s which occasions us to remark that if the Grand Lodge
desires to eliminate this dispensatory power, why not amend the Coustitu-
tion? Everybody would then be happy.
" 4. A Lodge in this Grand Jurisdiction has the right to waive its
jurisdiction over profane material in favor of a Lodge in another Grand
Jurisdiction. The question whether the Lodge receiving the waiver would
have the right under it to confer degrees on such material would be de
cided by the law of the Grand Jurisdiction to which the Lodge receiving
the waiver belonged.
" That a Lodge loses its jurisdiction over profane material the moment
that residence is changed to another territorial jurisdiction.
" 13. A Lodge holds jurisdiction over a rejected candidate so long as
he resides within this State, and a petition should not be received by
another Lodge without a waiver granted by a unanimous secret ballot.
" 14. A Lodge loses jurisdiction over profane material as soon as he
removes from its territorial jurisdiction, and his petition cannot be re
ceived by another Lodge until he has resided within its jurisdiction for
one year last past."
We should hold decision No. 9 to be correctly decided, but No. 4 to be
incorrect in assuming that there is any jurisdiction to waive. Fraternal
greetings were extended the Grand Chapter O. E. S.—in session at that
time—and also telegraphic greetings exchanged with the Grand Lodge of
Wisconsin.
We incline to the opinion that the Grand Lodge will (next year) dis
approve of the following proposition :
" That all Master Masons who have paid their Lodge dues for twenty-
one consecutive years and are members of the Masonic Veteran Associa
tion of South Dakota, shall be exempt from Grand Lodge dues, and this
Grand Lodge authorizes constituent Lodges to exempt such members from
Lodge dues if they see fit."
The Grand Lodge declared " that the listing of Masonic bodies to
which a party belongs, on a business card, or any other sign which might
be used for advertising purposes, is un-Masonic conduct," and also en
acted the following :
" Sec. 49. No Lodge shall receive the petition of any applicant for the
degrees in Masonry who has not resided for one (1) year last past under
the jurisdiction of the Lodge to which his petition is presented. Pro
vided, That a Lodge may receive the petition of a profane residing within
the jurisdiction of another Lodge in the State when waiver is granted by
unanimous secret ballot of the Lodge holding such jurisdiction."
$5,372.94. Grand Charity Fund, $890.87.
Next Annual Communication, Aberdeen, Juno 13, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
W.\ Samuel A. Brown presents the report on Correspondence (188
pp.), which embraces a good review of the proceedings of sixty-two Grand
Bodies, including New York for 1903.
We desire to express our thanks—on behalf of our associate, W.\ Emil
Frenkel—for the reproduction of his interesting report. As for our
statistical tables, that we arc glad to extend the circulation.
M.\ W.\ Ivan W. Goodner (Pierre), Grand Master, and R.\ W.\
George A. Pettigrew (Sioux Falls), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
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TENNESSEE.
90th Communication. NASHVILLE. January S7. 1901
11.'. W.\ Edmund P. McQueen, Grand Master, the representatives of
four hundred Lodges and nineteen Past Grand Masters.
While the Grand Master had not been able to visit many of the
Lodges, he had by correspondence kept in touch with them, and realizing
the importance of that work, he urged that some part of this labor should
be performed by others of the Grand Officers. Good judgment is evinced
in the following :
" Although I have the highest respect for old age, and think that due
consideration should be given it in everything, yet I think this practice
of remitting dues on account of age is not good policy. It should not be
a question of age when we come to consider the remission of dues of a
Brother Mason, but it should be a question of ability on his part to pay.
let him be young or old. A Brother who has enjoyed the benefits, privi
leges and associations of Masonry during a term of long life, and is blessed
with abundance of this world's goods, ought to feel, and I believe does
feel, thankful to his God, and he should dispense Masonic charity with a
liberal hand."
Dissipations had been granted for four new Lodges, and a large num
ber of dispensations had been issued, owing to the fact that, in December,
1903, there had been " no Saturday preceding the full moon," and hence
the Lodges had failed to elect officers.
Noting the Grand Master's account of his visit to Cumberland Lodge,
No. 8, tempts us to remark that he subjects himself to the criticism of
giving too great publicity to the details of the work.
The Grand Master spoke in the highest terms of the Masonic Widows
and Orphans' Home, and urged that its facilities should be increased.
" The Masons in this great State, making it a labor of love, have built
this beautiful structure to provide a home for the indigent widows and
orphans of our deceased brethren. Every Tennessee Mason should be proud
of this institution. He should be proud to think he belongs to a Frater
nity which will with loving care provide a home and an education for his
dear ones should he be cnlled away. He should make his contributions
for the support of this Home with the same free hand with which he
contributes to the support of his immediate dear ones in his own home.
Let us make this Home a home. Let us make the dwellers there feel that
we are their brothers, that the Masons all over this broad State, from
where the sun first kisses the mountains in the east to where it sets over
the broad waters of the Mississippi in the west, are caring for them and
thinking of them and sheltering them under the broad wing of the noble
Fraternity."
Many of the decisions were constructions of the Liquor Edict No. 61,
upon which the Committee on Jurisprudence were not unanimous in
opinion. The majority report sustained the Grand Master in his ruling
that Edict 61 " applies to those who sell (liquors) by wholesale as well
as those who sell by retail." If a necessity for legislation of this character
exists it certainly should apply to all classes.
It would appear from the report of the Grand Secretary, that a good
portion of his time during the past year had been occupied in the inspec
tion of Lodges and instructing them in the ritual. One hundred and two
days had been so utilized, to the great advantage of seventy-eight Lodges.
The report of the Board of Control of the Masonic Widows and Or
phans' Home is of an interesting character, but apparently additional land
is required for farm purposes, and also some very essential improvements
in the Home building. It would appear to be the desire of the Craft to
provide the necessary means to tarry on the work and also enlarge its
scope. The annual fee to the Grand Lodge for each degree conferred by
the Lodges was therefore increased fifty cents, and is to be for the exclu
sive use of this fund.
Whole number of inmates cared for, 123, at a per capita cost of
$91.87. The Endowment Fund represents $14,302.47.
It was agreed as a substitute for the term inmates, as applied to the
members of the Home family, that the words wards or residents should
be used, with the qualification that the young members of the family
should be called as ever by the blessed name " children."
The business of the session was called off for one afternoon, to enable
the members of the Grand Lodge and their friends to witness an enter
tainment given by the children of the Home.
Ninety-eight children took part in the programme, consisting of fancy
drills, recitations, songs, etc., and it was greatly enjoyed by all.
The Master Mason degree was exemplified before the Grand Lodge by
the officers of Cumberland Lodge, No. 8.
The proposition of last year to exempt from Grand Lodge dues mem
bers of Lodges " who had reached the age of sixty-seven years, and had
paid Lodge dues for at least twenty-five years," was for financial reasons
rejected.
$25,494.92.
Next Annual Communication, Nashville, January 25, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
M.\ W.\ Henry A. Chamrers presents his first report on Correspon
dence (117 pp.), embracing the proceedings of fifty-two Grand Bodies.
We think that we cannot better indicate the nature of this report—
valuable in statistics and ratio percentages—than by giving our brother's
plan :
" We have at very considerable labor endeavored to collect from the
Proceedings and, in the form of statistics, readily seen and understood,
place at the head of the review of each Grand Jurisdiction, information
that will enable the reader easily to see the situation, condition and pro
gress of the Fraternity in that jurisdiction—what percentage of the leaven
of Freemasonry was in the lump of the entire population, as this latter
is shown by the last Federal census, of the white males of all ages and
conditions, and. lastly, of the white males of voting age, which last is the
source from which present Masonic material must come. In addition to
this percentage, it was taken to be a matter of Masonic interest to know
how zealous were the brethren of the different jurisdictions in forming
Lodges, having them represented in Grand Lodge, making returns and
paying Grand Lodge dues—how much was paid by or for each individual
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Mason into funds required by the Grand Lodge, how well Past Grand
Masters, after having attained the highest honors, and other Past Grand
officers, subsequently attended the meetings of the Grand I-odge. and also
to what extent the different Grand Lodges published their Proceedings,
addresses, reports, etc."
From that allotted to New York for 1903, we note the following as
illustrative, in part, of the labor spent upon this work:
Population: White, 7.156,881; colored, etc., 112,013: total 7.26S.8&4
Males, 3,614,780; white, about ninety-eight and one-half per cent.3.560.488
White males of voting age 2,145,057
Members of Lodges about one and four-sevenths per cent, of
population 118.1S5
" This is about one and four-sevenths per cent, of the entire popula
tion ; three and one-third per cent., or a little over three out of every one
hundred white males of all ages and conditions, and about five and one-
half per cent., or over five out of every one hundred male whites of voting
age."
Some interesting comparisons are made in his summary :
" From the foregoing it appears that the Grand Jurisdictions in which
the net percentage of gain has been greatest are Oklahoma, with fifteen
per cent. ; Washington and Wyoming, with fourteen per cent, each ; Utah,
ten and one-third per cent. : North Dakota, ten per cent. : Louisiana, nine
and two-thirds per cent.: Indian Territory, nine and one-half per cent.;
and Arizona, California and Idaho, with nine per cent. each. The lowest
is New Hampshire, one and one-ninth |ior cent. Delaware. Massachusetts
and Vermont, about three per cent. each.
"The Grand Jurisdiction which has the largest percentage of Masons
in its entire population is Maine, with three and one-hnlf per cent. Ver
mont follows closely with three and one-sixth per cent. That which has
the largest percentage of Masons among the white males of all ages and
conditions is the District of Columbia, with seven and one-third per cent.
Maine follows with seven per cent., and Vermont with six and one-third
per cent.
" The largest percentage of Ma-sons among the white males of votinf
age, the only source of Masonic material, are District of Columbia and
Maine, with eleven per cent. each. Vermont follows closely with ten per
cent.
"Utah, though one of the highest (ten and one-third per cent.) in net
gain, is lowest in percentage as compared with the entire population.
Only one-third of one per cent, of its entire population are Masons: a
little less than one per cent, of white males of all ages and conditions,
and a little less than two per cent, of the white males of voting age.
" Alabama. Louisiana and Mississippi, where the colored population is
so large, stand low in percentage of Masons in the entire population, but
when the whites are separated from the colored inhabitants, these States
compare well with other Grand Jurisdictions."
M.\ W.\ James L. Sloan (Linden), Grand Master, and R.\ W.'.
John B. Garrett (Nashville) , Grand Secretary, re-elected.
TEXAS.
69th Communication. WACO. December 6, 190i.
M.\ W.\ William James, Grand Master, the representatives of four
hundred and seventy Lodges, sixteen Past Grand Masters, New York by
M.\ W.\ George W. Tyler, and R.\ W.\ L. C. Allen, Grand Senior
Warden of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, as a visitor.
The Grand Master fraternally suggests that it is not the number of

degrees conferred, but rather the quality of the material, which should be
the criterion of excellence. Possibly an old-fashioned doctrine, but never
theless sound. Dispensations had been issued for sixteen new Lodges, and
also to two Lodges to appear in public for the purpose of celebrating their
fiftieth anniversary.
" 20. Glen Rose Lodge, No. 525, asks : ' Is a man with one eye, thnt
is apparently sound, but is sightless, eligible for the degrees in Masonry? '
Answer. No. Also asks how is the per capita tax for the Widows and
Orphans' Home to be collected by the different Lodges of the State? An
swer. Each Lodge in this State may elect its own way for the collection
of this per capita tax, but every Lodge is responsible for each and every
member to the Grand Lodge for this amount, and must remit same with
their Grand Lodge dues.
" 21. Thornton Lodge, No. 480, asks : ' Is a man who was paralyzed
when a child eligible for the degrees of Masonry? ' Answer. If he is fully
recovered, yes ; if the disease has left him a cripple or deformed, no."
During the session the members of the Grand Lodge participated in
the ceremony of the Dedication of the Grand Lodge Masonic Temple. We
are pleased to see that fraternal relations were ordered restored with the
Grand Lodge of Washington. Official relations were ordered established
with the Grand Lodges of Porto Rico and Costa Rica, and action upon
the application of the Grand Lodge of Queensland was deferred " until
such time as there shall tie a greater unanimity among the Lodges con
cerned."
Interesting historical sketches of several of the old Lodges were sub
mitted by the Committee on Masonic History, and it would be well if the
brethren would appreciate the importance of placing upon record current
events of local importance.
The Grand Chapter R. A. M. of Texas having donated to the Grand
Lodge the sum of $10,000, it was ordered (when paid) to be transferred
to the Widows and Orphans' Fund.
The annual reports submitted relative to the Masonic Widows and
Orphans' Home are exceedingly interesting to one engaged in that field
of work. One hundred and thirty-four children and nine widows are cared
for at a per capita cost of $161.54 per annum. The children are given
a good education, and also " assist in all household and farm work, out
side of the exercises in the school-room and their technical and shop
work." The Grand Lodge appropriated $10,000 to the Home, and the
Directors report having invested in secured notes $106,796.50.
A large amount of business occupied the Grand Lodge, but chiefly of
local interest.
$23,895.26.
Next Annual Communication, Waco, December 5, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (88 pp.), by M.\ W.\ Thomas M.
Matthews, is a comprehensive review of the proceedings of fifty Grand
ti
Bodies. We regret the absence of New York for 1904, but our brother
did not have them before him. Referring to his special report in the
Washington affair, we congratulate him on the action recommended. It
would be well " if this discussion should cease, " but it appears to crop
out occasionally.
M.\ W.\ A. W. Camprell (Dallas). Grand Master, and R.\ W.\
John Watson (Waco), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
UTAH.
S3d Communication. SALT LAKE C/TT. January 19. 1901
M.\ W.\ Walter Scott, Grand Master, the representatives of ten
Lodges, nine Past Grand Masters, and New York by M.'. W.\ John S.
Scott.
The Grand Master had visited all the Lodges, had created one new
Lodge by dispensation, and reports " the Craft of the jurisdiction in good
condition, with peace, harmony and prosperity prevailing within the
Lodges."
The St. John Festival days had been generally observed by the Lodges,
and on the 13th December, 1903, the Grand Master had railed a Lodge
of Sorrow, in commemoration of the deceased brethren of the year, an
appropriate oration being delivered by R.\ W.\ Charles S. VariaNs,
Grand Orator. We commend the following suggestion by the Grand
Master :
" The badge of a Mason is a lambskin or white leather apron. 1 would
recommend, that all IxKiges in this jurisdiction lie required to keep a
requisite number of these aprons, to be used when appearing in public.
It seems to me that when n Mason appears as such in public, he should
be clothed a-s a Mason and not be girded with a cotton cloth, which means
and signifies nothing, and that we should deposit with our dead not a
cotton cloth but an actual apron with all the significance of that noble
badge. The lessons of Masonry are real and mean something, and should
be represented by the real thing and not by a sham."
The report on Physical Disabilities, anticipated at this session of the
Grand Lodge, did not materialize. W.\ Diehl. who expected to pre
pare and present the paper, was unfortunately taken in charge by La
Grippe, thereby necessitating a postponement for another year. We in
cline to the opinion expressed by the Grand Master, that :
" The formulation of a list of disabilities, which should disqualify a man
from being made n Mason, is a task well nigh impossible. if it should be
a safe and sure guide for the Craft, as there is so many degrees of each
disability that the construction of such disqualifications would lead to
endless confusion and misunderstanding. I would recommend that this
question be left to be decided, as each case comes up, by the Grand Master
at the time, feeling sure that he, with the assistance of counsel from his
brethren, will be fully able to decide it to the satisfaction of the Craft."
An amendment " to allow the Past Masters of each Ixidge in this
jurisdiction one vote in the Grand Lodge." will come before the Grand
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Lodge at the next Annual Communication. We trust our brethren will

give due consideration to the graveness of such legislation.
After the close of the Grand Lodge the members enjoyed a banquet
tendered by the three Salt Lake City Lodges.
$3,491.56.
Next Annual Communication, Ogden. January 17, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The twenty-eighth annual report on Correspondence (118 pp.), by
R.\ W.\ Christopher I>IehL, is but another exhibit of excellent work
in the review of the proceedings of fifty-six Grand Bodies. Kind con
sideration is evinced toward New York for 1903.
M.\ W.\ Richard L. Conely (Salt Luke City), Grand Master, and
R.\ \Y.\ Christopher Diehl (Salt Lake City), Grand Secretary, re-
elected.
VERMONT.
lllth Communication. BURLLNGTON. June 15. 1904.
M.\ W.\ Olix W. Daley, Grand Master, the representatives of eighty-
six Lodges, ten Past Grand Masters and M.\ W.\ George O. Tyler, Past
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Quebec, as a visitor.
The Grand Lodge assembled in Special Communication, January 10,
1904. for the purpose of conducting the obsequies of It.\ \YY. MyuoN J.
Horton. Grand Junior Warden of the Grand Lodge. The ceremonies
were under the direc tion of the Grand Master. In his annual address to
the Grand Lodge he again paid a loving tribute to an intimate associate
and brother.
The Grand Master reports the condition of the Craft satisfactory and
prosperous, with one new Lodge under dispensation. It would appear to
us that in the event of a vacancy in the office of Secretary of a Lodge (by
resignation), a dispensation would be in order. Among the visitations
recorded by the Grand Master the following is of interest :
" I attended a Special Communication of St. John's Lodge of Boston,
the oldest Lodge in the United States. We were received and welcomed
with the Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.
" The interesting event of the occasion was the exemplification of the
M. M. degree by the members of Fitzroy Lodge, No. 50, of London, Eng
land, according to the English Ritual.
" The membership of Fitzroy Lodge is composed entirely of members
of the Honorable Artillery Company of London. It was organized in
1849, and is named for the Lieutenant-Colonel of the company, who was
Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of England in 1842. It was
organized entirely within the regiment and has been maintained exclu
sively ever since.
" Of the eighty-one members of Fitzroy Lodge, thirty-three were
guests of St. John's Lodge on this occasion. Although the work of our
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English brethren was unique in character as compared with our own, yet
their work on this occasion was one of the best symbolic exemplifications
that it had ever been my privilege to witness."
The Grand Master's fraternal action in giving aid to two daughters
of a Past Grand Master—respectively about seventy-six and seventy-eight
years of age—had not only the cordial approval of the Grand Lodge, bnt
also of the adoption of measures for continued relief.
During the session a Lodge of Sorrow was held in commemoration of
the dead of the yerr, appropriate eulogies being delivered by several
brethren.
No element of grievance before the Grand Body.
The net income from the Masonic Temple had been $845.09—which,
with the 30 c. per capita tax $3,386.70, had admitted of a reduction of
the debt of $3,000, leaving a liability of $54,000.
$2,253.83.
Next Annual Communication, Burlington, June 14. 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (177 pp.), by M.\ W.\ Marsh O. Per-
kins, is an able review of the proceedings of sixty-one Grand Lodges.
From his report on Indiana we quote the following passage :
" We notice the Grand Master questions, on the authority of one of
the oldest
work Past Grand
to Barney Masters,
that was as to whether
communicated Webb
to •' Rob ever taught
" Morris, any
etc. That
depends altogether on the meaning attached to the word. If by it he
means " lectures," we may say, with no desire of contention or discussion,
that in our judgment indisputable evidence can be produced to show that
Morris' mnemonics are based in a great measure on the so-called Webb
work, but that they vary from the same in a number of important as
well as minor, particulars. Beyond a doubt, the nearest approach to the
lectures arranged by Webb, to be found to-day in any jurisdiction, is the
authorized ritual of the Grand Lodge of Vermont, adopted in 1817, re
ceived by Barney from Gleason. to whom he was referred because of
pressure of business by Webb, and taught by Barney in person to Willson,
Vermont's Grand Lecturer, for more than a half century."
New York for 1903 has our brother's fraternal attention.
M.\ W.\ Olin W. Daley (White River Junction), Grand Master,
re-elected, and R.\ W.\ Henry H. Ross (Burlin9ton) , Grand Secretary,
re-elected.
VIRGINIA.
mth Communication. RICHMOND. December 7. 190S.
M.\ W.\ Ed. N. Eurank, Grand Master, the representatives of
Lodges, five Past Grand Masters, and New York by M.\ W.\ B. R. Wei-
ford, Jr.
The Grand Master concisely reports his official acts, coupled with wise
recommendations. Five new Lodges had been created by dispensation.

Timely remarks upon the ballot and harmony in Lodges are worthy of
consideration :
" I regret to say that the impression prevails among a great many
brethren (including some that ought to know better), that when a man
of good moral character petitions for initiation he has almost a right to
be elected, and if he is refused that an outrage has been perpetrated, and
the perpetrator must be discovered and his place in the Lodge-room made
too hot to hold him. Brethren, this is all wrong. No man has a right
to be received in our ranks, and when Masons so far forget themselves
as to impeach the motives of brethren, who (known or unknown to them)
choose to exercise the most sacred right of a Mason by declining to admit
a profane into the Lodge, they dig pits wherein they themselves may fall.
Better never another Mason be made for the next ten years than to have
candidates forced into our Lodges by the overawing of the dissenting
brethren.
The following ruling, made by the Grand Master, did not receive the
approval of the Committee on Jurisprudence, they holding that " as York
Rite Masons, no other ritual can be recognized." and hence Masons made
in said Lodges could not be allowed to visit Lodges in the State of Vir
ginia. Very correctly, the Grand Lodge disapproved of the report of the
Committee and sustained the Grand Master. As we understand it, several
Lodges subordinate to the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, are allowed to work
the ritual of the A. A. S. Rite—a local regulation entirely permissable.
Masons made therein are regular members of a Lodge subordinate to the
Grand Lodge of Louisiana, and as such cannot be denied admission.
" July 20. 1903. I decided that section 252 of the. Methodical Digest,
as to visiting Virginia Lodges, did not apply to brethren from Louisiana,
whose Lodges were allowed to work in the Scottish Rite by the Grand
Lodge of that State. That Grand Jurisdiction allows certain Lodges
holding charters from it to work in that Rite, and they are under its
jurisdiction and control, and as this Grand Lodge exchanges Representa
tives with the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, what is legal in that Grand
Jurisdiction cannot be illegal in this ; so I made the decision referred to
above."
Carrying out a recommendation of the Grand Master relative to the
resident qualification for candidates, the Grand Lodge enacted the follow
ing :
" Section 232. The petitioner must have resided for one year in the
jurisdiction of the Lodge to which he applies."
" 1. When a ballot is spread upon a petition for initiation it should
first be presented to the Muster. Should he find .same ' not clear.' it is
entirely within his prerogative to send it to the South and West for an
nouncement, or to immediately order a second ballot in order to avoid
the possibility of a mistake. When taking the second ballot, no one must
have left the Lodge-room, and no discussion is in order.
" 5. Soldiers in the army of the United States are subject to the laws
of residence like other profanes.
" 6. A brother holding a dimit can petition for affiliation at pleasure,
and does not have to live under the jurisdiction of the Lodge any specified
time.
" 15. A profane removing from the jurisdiction of Lodge * A ' into
that of Lodge ' B ' cannot, after the lapse of a few months, petition
Lodge * A ' for initiation, and, if the ballot is found clear, have jurisdic
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tion relinquished in favor of Lodge ' B.' Lodge ' A ' lost Masonic juris
diction the day the profane moved into the territory of Lodge ' B.' and
the latter does not acquire it until after the lapse of twelve months. I
directed the petition to be withdrawn from Lodge ' A ' and the proceed
ings cancelled."
A letter from R.\ WW C. R. Hinckks Representative of the Grand
Lodge of Virginia, near the Grand Lodge of New York, regretting his
inability to be present at this session, is a matter of record.
The report of the Masonic Home is in all respects favorable. Number
of children cared for. fifty—of whom seven are at work in the city, re
turning to the Home at night. Deducting the receipts from wages, the
per capita cost represents $116. Toward the support of the Home the
Grand Lodge annually appropriates $3,000. The Endowment Fund is
$15,1&3.
Means were adopted tending to the protection of Lodges against the
visits of Clandestine Masons.
The proceedings embrace an historical sketch of Lancaster Lodge. No.
88—organized .Tune 25, 1S10. The following from the introductory is
of interest :
" It is not strange that Freemasonry should have found early lodg
ment in even the remotest sections of the old mother State, for it is after
the eternal fitness of the ordei —no respector of climes. The Northern
Neck of Virginia has been known as the ' outside row ' ever since John
Randolph of Roanoke hurled this way his sarcasm not unmixed with
venom. The Rites came here as early as the Carters. Prior to the hal
cyon days of the Carters, of which family Robert was ' King.' there is no
trace of Freemasonry being known in this section, hut before the seven
teenth century had drawn to a close it had appeared through individual
personages, though not in concrete or organized form. The tombs of the
Carters and their laterals in Lancaster County are abundant with em
blems of Masonry, showing conclusively that it was here in their palmy
days, 1 052-1732. It was for the most part probably brought over the
seas, for the meagreness of intercourse with the rest of Virginia precluded
its dissemination to these isolated places to the extent it was found among
individuals. Not until the dawn of the nineteenth century, however, do
Masonic records tell us of organization, though, as stated above, grave
monuments, and records in clerks' offices, show that the order had no
small number of ndherents here in the seventeenth century."
Receipts. $25,049 : disbursements, .$25,777.92. and balance on hand,
$81.10.
Next Annual Communication, Richmond, February 14, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (119 pp.), by R.\ W.\ Joseph W.
Euoi.eston, covers very thoroughly the proceedings of sixty Grand
As we read two paragraphs tinder New York, it would appear to us
that our brother is over sensitive, and we trust, when we say that inten
tionally we should never ignore the Grand Lodge of Virginia, it will in
a measure relieve his mind.
In our report of 1903 Virginia was not reviewed, for the reason that
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the printed Proceedings did not reach us in time for the purposes of our
report, and it is so stated in the index to the report.
Through an oversight in proofreading (1901 for 1900) we erroneously
supposed that in our report of 19(»4 we were continuing the series, and
regret exceedingly that the 124th Annual Communication has fallen out.
Possibly this explanation may be satisfactory.
M.\ W.\ Thomas N. Davis (Lynchbur9). Grand Master, and R.\
W.\ George W. Carrington (Richmond) . Grand Secretary, re-elected.
WASHINGTON.
47th Communication. SEATTLE. June 14. 1904.
M.\ W.\ Charles I). Atkins, Grand Master, the representatives of
one hundred and fourteen Iodges, eleven Past Grand Masters, and New
York by R.\ W.\ Edwin II. Van Patten. Our congratulations are
extended to our Grand Representative upon his election as M.\ W.\
Grand Master.
On behalf of the brethren of Seattle, a cordial address of welcome
was extended by W.'. Ralph C. McAi.laster.
The Grand Master had made a number of visitations, reports the
Craft in a prosperous and harmonious condition, and that eight new
Lodges had been instituted by dispensation. Upon the subject of rela
tions with Grand Lodges of Sister Grand Jurisdictions, he says :
" I have received a number of communications referring directly or
indirectly to our position with regard to the four Grand Lodges in this
country, which withhold recognition from this Grand Lodge. As I feel
that we have done all that we can in the past to promote that fraternal
feeling that should exist between Grand Lodges and preserve our au
tonomy, and as no communications have been received from official sources,
I have been silent in the matter, trusting that time and patience will con
quer all things."
The Grand Master paid a rich and well-earned testimonial to Grand
Secretary Reed, alluding to his forty-seven years of service, and suggested'
that arrangements be perfected whereby he might bp assisted in his la
bors. This object was attained by continuing his salary as Grand Secre
tary and voting an additional sum of .$1,200 for clerk hire.
In the instance of applications from two Foreign Grand Lodges, for
exchange of representatives and official recognition. M.\ W.\ Bro. Upton
—Committee on Foreign Correspondence—reported that inasmuch as the
Grand Lodge of Washington had never recognized the right of Supreme
Councils to warrant Lodges of Ancient Craft Masonry, that any affirma
tive action upon the applications before the Committee ' would involve »
complete change of policy on the part of this Grand Lodge ; a change eo
radical and far reaching that it should not be made, if made at all, with
out the most careful consideration and the most mature deliberation, '
and. therefore, the following recommendation was adopted :
88 REPOHT ON CORRESPONDENCE.
" Resolved. That it is not deemed for the best interests of Masonry to
grant, at this time, the application of the Grand Orient and Supreme
Council of Brazil, asking for an exchange of Grand Representatives: or
that of the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica asking for official recognition ;
and that further consideration of said applications be deferred."
We merely suggest whether it would not be wise to concede a fact
which cannot be altered and would conduce to universality.
Fraternal greetings were exchanged with the Grand Lodges of Wis
consin and Oregon.
The address by W.\ Arthur J. Craven, Grand Orator, is rich in
thought, from which we gather the following :
" The special mission of the Masonic Institution in the future is to
further exemplify the apnreciation of others. And this appreciation will
consist in a sacrifice greater than the giving of alms. Alms-giving, ac
cording to those who have made a study of charity, generally results in
more harm than good. The only way to help others is to help them to
help themselves. This appreciation of which I speak is something more
practical than material assistance. Not one Mason in a thousand needs
aid of that character. The dangers on the frontier of a generation ago
are gone. The railways and telegraph have plared the stranger in com
munication with his friends. We may give money or goods and the great
lesson of charity will be yet unpracticed—that charity of opinion, that
noble generosity in judging the motives and conduct of others, which will
measure up to their merits and the truth of the facts. Let no man or Mason
be accorded the tribute of generosity whose liberality is limited to bread
for the hungry and oil for the wounds of the traveller. Bread and oil
are cheap. They are only the kindergarten blocks. Above the primary
department is the great widening university of charity. True generosity
is the priceless coinage of an enlightened sympathy. It must be predi
cated in the first place upon knowledge. It permits no hasty judgment
of the thought, motive or conduct of another, either of condemnation or
approval, until first the facts are known. The truly generous man de-
spises the monger of gossip. Myriad-tongued rumor finds no credulity in
him. In order to be fair, just or generous, he must first be wise, and
wisdom is waiting at the gate."
A Committee was appointed to take into consideration the advisability
of establishing a Masonic Home at an early date, and to suggest plans,
etc.
The action of the Grand Master in an expenditure of $200, for the
relief of a worthy brother, naturally received the unqualified approval of
the brethren.
The following action is also of a character one would expect from
our Washington brethren :
" Whereas, M.\ W.\ Bro. Rev. Daniel Bagley, now in his eighty-
sixth year the oldest living Past Grand Master of this Grand Lodge, is
unable to be present at this annual communication : therefore, be it
" Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be and he is hereby instructed
to communicate to our beloved brother, under the seal of the Grand Lodge,
the assurance that his Masonic brethren throughout the length and
breadth of this jurisdiction continue to hear towards him the same bro
therly love they bore when he so ably filled the office of Grand Master,
forty-three years ago."
Receipts, $10,449.75 ; disbursements, $8,261.98, and balance on hand.
$12,725.25. Special Charity Fund, $1,981.86. Masonic Home Fund,
$13,868.23.
Next Annual Communication, Bellingham, June 13, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
M.\ W.\ William H. Upton, in the report on Correspondence (183
pp.), covering the proceedings of fifty-nine Grand Lodges, furnishes a
valuable and interesting review.
New York for 1903 has fraternal notice. In the case cited, we think
it must be conceded that ofttimes newspaper accounts are sensational
in character, and it is but fair to assume that the Grand Master was in
possession of facts warranting radical action.
M.\ W.\ Edwin H. Van Patten (Dayton), Grand Master, and R.\
W.\ Thomas M. Reed (Olympia). Grand Secretary, re-elected.
WEST VIRGINIA.
40th Communication. CLARKSBURG. November 16, 1004.
M.\ W.\ George Hatch, Grand Master, the representatives of one
hundred and seventeen Lodges, eleven Past Grand Masters, and R.\ W.\
Walter Chandler, Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of New
Jersey, as a visitor.
The address of the Grand Master reviews the official duties of the
year, together with a reproduction of considerable correspondence incident
thereto. It is apparent that the Craft had made substantial gains the
past year, and the number of Lodges had been increased by four under
dispensation. A large number of public functions are a matter of record.
As we have repeatedly stated, we do not concede to a Grand Master the
authority to suspend the provisions of the by-laws of a Lodge—viz., " to
convene at four o'clock instead of seven o'clock." We find further in
the Proceedings, in a reference to said dispensation, " that the Grand
Master had the undoubted right, under the law, to do this, but that such
dispensation could extend to no greater length of time than the next
regular communication of the Grand Lodge thereafter." We would not
presume to question a local enactment, yet as a principle of general law
it is objectionable.
The case reported last year (1903, Decision No. 11), and the principle
embraced therein ( is very fully considered, by the Grand Master, and we
should certainly hold that the Masonic status of the brethren in question
should now be firmly established. We regarded them as regular Masons
before the healing process.
The members of the Grand Lodge participated in " a sumptuous ban
quet " as the guests of Hermon Lodge, No. 6, of Clarksburg. The fol
lowing proposition will have the consideration of the Grand Lodge at its
next Annual Communication :
" Resolved, That the question of the expediting of legislation by this
Grand Lodge, looking to making the sale of intoxicating liquors a dis
qualification for the mysteries of Freemasonry, be referred to a special
committee of three to be appointed by the Grand Master, with instruc
tions to report at the next annual communication of this M. W. Grand
Lodge."
!)() REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE.
Receipts, $7,070.42: disbursements. $6.305.3S, nnd balance on ham!.
$4,698.98. Masonic Home Fund. $2,472.09.
Next Animal Communication, Charleston. November 15, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE].
The nineteenth annual report on Correspondence (324 pp.). by R.\
W.\ Geokue W. Atkinson, is a very full review of the proceedings of
sixty-nine Grand Bodies, including New York for 1904. Our brother is
alive to all issues, and fearless in the expression of his opinions. Upon
a subject which will receive the consideration of his Grand I/odgc at the
next session, he says :
" The liquor question is getting warmer every year. A few Grand
Lodges have taken high ground in regard to it. notably the Grand Lodge
of Tennessee. This latter Grand Body went so far as to rule that no
one employed even in the business of wholesaling liquors as a clerk or
otherwise can be made a Mason; and if any such are Masons, they must
get out of the business, or be expelled from the Fraternity. Whether this
is not plowing too deep is a grave question in my mind. I am clearly
of opinion that Freemasonry, being a moral institution, cannot, as a
general proposition, afford to allow its members to retail intoxicating
liquors over a bar counter, because of the demoralizing and ruinous ef
fects which follow: but to go still further and demand that no Mason
shall be allowed to handle liquors in any form is, in my judgment, goine
too far, and such an edict will be difficult to enforce. A conservative,
middle ground, I think, is the better and safer position to take, and will
be more effective in the end, and will bring about better results."
M.\ W.\ L. H. Clarke (Kyle), Grand Master, and R.\ W.\ Geor.k
W. Atkinson (Charleston), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
WISCONSIN.
60th Communication. MILWAUKEE. June U, 1901
M.\ W.\ John Corscot, Grand Master, the representatives of two
hundred and thirty-seven Lodges, thirteen Past Grand Masters, and New
York by M.\ W.\ D. McL. Miller.
The Grand Master fittingly :*0uded to the deaths of M.\ W.\ Garriel
Broitck and H.\ W.\ Geor«e E. Hoskinson, Past Grand Secretary, and
the Grand Lodge adopted eloquent memorials in each instance. Two new
Lodges had been created by dispensation. A large number of special dis
pensations are reported, including sixty-four for conferring degrees in less
than the constitutional period, which seems somewhat excessive.
We are pleased to note the compliment paid to the ability of the chair
man on Foreign Correspondence, M.\ W.\ Bro. .Tenks. richly deserved,
and equally so the increase in the compensation to $000 per annum.
" 2. Question. Has a brother a right to tell either the accused or ac
cuser at a Masonic trial how a brother voted? Answer. No.
" 3. Question. Is it permitted a Lodge to allow the Order of the
Eastern Star to fasten their Star carpet to the floor, and thus permitting
the Masonic Altar to rest Iiermanputl.v thereon? Answer. No.
" 9. A member of a Iodge in good standing, though a saloon keeper,
cannot by order of the W.\ M.\ be lawfully excluded from a Masonic
funeral procession."
Upon the last enumerated decision, the report of the Committee on
Jurisprudence was adopted :
" Decision numbered 9 is disapproved, as it is in conflict with the
edict declaring the powers of a Master, which says a Master may deny
admission to the Lodge to a member thereof. As a Masonic funeral pro
cession is the Lodge the Master has power to exclude any member there
from, but to exclude a member on account of his business only would be
an abuse of the power."
The Committee on Jurisprudence concurring with the Grand Master
in his reference to Masonic Fairs, recommended the following edict, which
had the approval of the Grand Ixxlge :
" The holding of Masonic Fairs, gift enterprises or public entertain
ments of any nature for gain, are forbidden and no Lodge or body of
Masons, as Masons, shall take part or participate therein."
A system of Masonic Relief of a general character was presented,
having as its intent that when a Lodge is unable financially to dispense
the relief necessary, that the Grand Lodge shall, through a Committee on
Charity, aid therein or assume the burden. Through this method. " it is
the purpose of this Grand Lodge to care for its dependent wards as far
as practicable without breaking up their home relations, or making them
feel that they are dependents."
It is also the purpose, in the case of destitute orphan children of
Masonic parentage, to endeavor to provide homes for them, under neces
sary regulations.
We presume report will be made thereon at the next Annual Com
munication—it being an amendment to the Constitution.
Besides special charitable donations amounting to $072.50, it was
ordered that $500 should be annually placed in the hands of the Grand
Master," to de dispensed for charitable purposes as in his judgment may
seem wise."
Telegraphic greetings were exchanged with the Grand Lodges of
Washington, South Dakota and Oregon.
Receipts, $11,387.85; disbursements. $10,075.55, and balance on hand,
$17,108.98. Invested Fund. $8,500. Charity Fund balance, $4,107.18.
Next Annual Communication, Milwaukee, June 13, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The seventh annual report on Correspondence (138 pp.), by M.\ W.\
Aldro Jexks. is an admirable paper, reviewing the proceedings of sixty-
one Grand Lodges, including those of New York for 1903. Under Illinois,
referring to the adverse report upon the proposition to recognize certain
Grand Lodges (recapitulated), he says:
" The impropriety' of recognizing these allied Masonic Grand Lodges
is yearly becoming more manifest. It is believed that they are all of
Scottish Rite parentage, and that the system practiced by them and the
objects and purposes of their being is as foreign to Blue Lodge Masonry
as is that of a Lodge of Odd Fellows. To a great extent these Grand
Lodges are either atheistical or agnostic, and instead of being sovereign
and supreme, are controlled to a greater or less extent by Supreme Coun
cils of the Scottish Rite. Largely they are considered as a protest against
the Catholic Church or as n convenient means of conducting political
intrigues. How foreign such institutions are to legitimate Masonry every
York Rite Mason must know."
We think the claim that the Grand Lodges of Germany, Norway,
Sweden and Denmark are of Scottish Rite parentage is not well founded.
On the other hand, we entertain the opinion that some of the Grand
Bodies of Germany—and possibly others—derived their Masonry from
Great Britain.
We take a different view from our brother with reference to Grand
Lodges, composed of Lodges working the Scottish Rite ritual, but we are
equally tenacious in the opinion that any such Grand Lodge should be
entirely free of control by a Supreme Council of that Rite.
We concur entirely in the following, under Nebraska:
" We have no obIections to n Lodge carrying the American flag in pro
cession on festal occasions if it desires to do so. We have attended a
great many Masonic funerals, however, and have never yet known the
American flag to be carried on such occasions. With the growing desire
on the part of many Grand Lodges to make Masons of all cripples in the
community and of others to make a mawkish display of patriotism, it
will soon he difficult to distinguish between a procession of Masons and
those of the G. A. R. Let us he content to remain the same kind of
Masons that our fathers were before us, instead of seeking out new fads
and innovations."
M.\ W.\ David H. Wright (Madison), Grand Master, and R.\ W.\
William W. Perry (Milwaukee) , Grand Secretary, re-elected.
WYOMING.
SOth Communication. EVANSTON. Au9ust 17, 1904.
M.\ W.\ T. S. Taliaferro, Jr., Grand Master, the representatives
of sixteen Lodges, five Past Grand Masters, and R.\ W.\ Christopher
Diehl, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Utah, as an honored
guest.
The Grand Master's address embodies a full recital of official acts,
with wise recommendations. Two new Lodges had been created by dis
pensation, and entertaining a due regard of the importance of Grand visi
tations, he had conformed thereto as far as his time would permit.
That harmonious relations prevail among the Craft is evinced by the
absence of any Appeals or grievances.
A due appreciation of the labors of the Grand Secretary (who is also
the Correspondence Committee) was shown by an increase of salary.
ft was enacted that :
" The Grand Master be authorized and empowered to appoint a day
to be observed by the Subordinate Lodges as a Memorial Day, and per

mitting all brethren to attend a memorial service wearing regalia."
The I hunks of the Grand Lodge were extended to the members of
Evanston Lodge, No. 4, and their ladies for many courtesies and the
splendid entertainment afforded the members of the Grand Lodge.
$4,113.88.
Next Annual Communication, Laramie, September 6, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The nineteenth report on Correspondence (85 pp.), by R.\ W.'. W. L.
Kuykendall, reviews the proceedings of fifty-seven Grand Lodges, in
cluding New York for 1904.
In our comment of last year, referring to decision No. 12, we were
governed entirely by the text of the decision, and not the Grand Master's
intent. Apparently we are in harmony as to the proper method of pro
cedure :
" Whilst it is undoubtedly the province and right of a Lodge to actu
ally grant or refuse to grant such a waiver in every case, yet we believe
it is equally well settled that in cases covered by the decision a Lodge
must obtain permission from the Grand Master or the Grand Lodge before
taking action on the question of waiver, and we believe that is what our
Grand Master intended should be the construction placed on the decision.
We do not believe he intended to interfere with the right of a Lodge to
grant or refuse to grant such waiver. Personally, we are opposed to any
Lodge being permitted to waive jurisdiction over any of its material in
I'avor of a Lodge in another State, or that a waiver should be granted by
any power. Our position is well known as being against a non-affiliate
being admitted outside of the jurisdiction in which he resides, and we see
no reason why Lodge material should be waivered into another Stale.
Some jurisdictions do not allow sucb wnivered material to be received in
any Lodge : hence the necessity of some action either by the Grand Master
or Grand Lodge before a Lodge should be allowed to act."
M.\ W.\ Frank A. Luckfield (Rawlins), Grand Master, and R.\
W.\ William L. Kuykendall (Sarato9a) , Grand Secretary, re-elected.
Dominion of Canada.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
SSd Communication. ROSSLAND. June 13, 1904.
M.\ W.\ C. Ensor Sharp, Grand Master, the representatives of
thirty-two Lodges, two Past Grand Masters, and New York by R.\ W.'.
W. A. De Wolf Smith.
The Grand Master feelingly alluded to the loss sustained by this Grand
Jurisdiction in the deaths of M.\ W.\ Alexander R. Milne, Past Grand
Master, and W.\ Edward Hosker, Grand Tiler.
Complaint having been made to the Grand Lodge of Scotland for inva
sion of jurisdiction, in the conferring of the degrees of Freemasonry, by
one of its Lodges, upon a resident of this jurisdiction during a three
mouths' visit to Scotland (to which no attention was paid), the Grand
Master justly took umbrage at " the lack of courtesy on the part of so
old and august a body as the Grand Lodge of Scotland." Inasmuch as
the Grand Lodge of Scotland claims universal jurisdiction, and the right
to use material, regardless of residence, we do not think much satisfac
tion could have been obtained. We think the Grand Lodge might wisely
have refused Masonic recognition to the brother so made.
Requests for recognition from the Grand Lodge of Western Australia
and Grand Orient of Brazil were referred to the Committee on Foreign
Correspondence. for future report.
An excellent address was delivered before the Grand Lodge by V.\ W.\
H. G. Fiennes-Clintox, Grand Chaplain, and appears in the proceed
ings.
Receipts. $4,018.34; disbursements. .$4,009.71, and balance on hand,
$3,075.85. Charity Fund, $11,589.52.
Next Annual Communication, New Westminster June 22. 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (IKS pp.*. being the eighth annual by
R.\ W.\ W. A. De Wolf Smith, is a good review of the proceedings of
sixty-five Grand Lodges, including New York for 1903.
Our brother emphatically condemns the publication of a cipher ritual,
and the following—under Florida—referring to the original form of work,
is of interest :
" Well, fortunately we know enough not to attempt to define what
tin1 original plan of work in the earliest Lodges was when such authorities
as R. F. Gould decline to undertake the task. There can. we think, be
no doubt that at first the ceremony of initiation was extremely simple,
consisting probably in the communication of the ' Mason word ' and a
sign or token to enable a Brother to prove himself when visiting a strange
Lodge. So far as the ceremonies of the present day are concerned, we
imagine that the originals were the forms adopted when the change from
operative to 8peculative Masonry was effected—or rather when the Grand
Lodge era begun—probably, as Bito. Wright suggests, between 1717 and
1738. The Lodge of Melrose (not Lod9es of Melrose) is hardly a case
in point, as it did not participate in the Grand Lidge movement in Scot
land, but remains independent to the present day. We do not pretend to
assert that the Ixtdges of to-day—even those possessing the doubtful ad
vantage of a cipher ritual—are following accurately the methods of work
practised in 173.8, for no doubt changes have been made from time to time,
and Bro. Wright will remember that the Ancient Masons claimed that
the Moderns had introduced innovations even before 1750. What amused
us as much as our remarks amused Bro. Wright, was the claim by a
Grand Lodge twenty-two years old that certain practices prevalent in its
Lodges were not innovations because they had been used by many Lodges
in that jurisdiction."
M.\ W.\ W. J. Bowser (Vancouver), Grand Master, and R.'. W.\
Roiikrt E. Brett (Victoria), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
CANADA—ONTARIO.
MHh Communication. BROUKV1LLK. July SO, 1904.
M.\ W.\ John E. Harding, Grand Master, the representatives of
three hundred and twenty-one Iodges, nine I'ast Grand Masters—includ
ing M.\ W.\ William A. Sutherland of tbe Grand Lodge of New York
—and New York by M.\ W.\ IIi on Murray. Also present as visitors,
M.\ W.\ William Ross, Past (irand Master of the (irand Ixxlge of Nova
Scotia, and M.\ W.\ John B. Tressider, Grand Master, and M.\ W.\
Will H. Whyte. Grand Secretary, both of the (irand Lodge of Quebec.
The (irand Master briefly reported the work of the year. extending
congratulations upon the general prosjwity of the Craft, and announced
that eight New Lodges had been created by dispensation. We had the
pleasure of meeting our Canadian brethren at the Rochester function,
were charmed by their eloquence, and the following graphic account is,
therefore, of particular interest :
"On the 0th dav of November last, accompanied bv M.\ W.\ Bro.
the Hon. Wm. Girson. P. (i. M.. and R. W. Bro. Allen. Dep. (i. M. of
this (irand Lodge. I visited the City of Rochester, in the State of New-
York, and was present at the dedication of the new and magnificent
Masonic Temple erected in that city for Craft purposes. We were received
by M.\ W.\ Bro. St therlanii and R.\ W.\ Bro. J. Hcncerford
Smith, our representative near the Grand Lodge of New York, and were
treated nnd entertained with such cordiality and kindness by those breth
ren and the Craft in Rochester that we shall always retain pleasant re
collections of our visit to the Garden City. The Ceremony of Dedication
was performed by M.\ W.\ Bro. Crandell, (irand Master of the Grand
Lodge of New York, assisted by the Deputy (irand Master and the other
oflicers of his Grand Lodge in a faultless and impressive manner. We
were privileged to meet many of the distinguished brethren of that, the
largest Grand Txxlge in the world, and were pleased to note the prominent
position occupied by our own P. G. Master, the Hon. Wm. A. St'Ther-
land, who presided at the magnifii'ent banquet in the Consistory Hall,
and was a prominent figure in all the ceremonies and functions of that
memorable occasion. We had the great pleasure of hearing our Canadian
song, ' The Maple Leaf.' rendered by a quartette, and listened to it as to
the voice of an old familiar friend. M.\ W.\ Bro. Ghison and I had the
privilege of addressing the great audience of over 2.000 Craftsmen, and
my M.\ W.\ brother made the speech of his life, his theme being Loyalty
and King Edward, and the enthusiasm of the brethren caused me to
wonder if we had not been dreaming and were on the other side of the
Niagara River. One of the first objects noted on entering the dining-
room, where we were entertained by M.\ W.\ Bro. Sutherland, was the
flag of Great Britain and the United States intertwined. Under the
Union Jack a portrait of King Edward in the regalia of the Grand Mas
ter of the Grand Lodge of England, nnd under Old Glory the portrait of
the Honored President of the United States, in his regalia as a M. M. ;
bringing to mind the fact that two of the greatest nations of the world
were ruled by members of the Craft pledged to peace and good will, the
Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man."
Another notable occasion, recited by the Grnnd Master, was that of
the celebration of the centennial anniversary of the introduction of Free
masonry into Norfolk County, at Simcoe, January 22, 1904.
The Grand Master reported that during the past year the Grand Lodge
had expended the sum of $12,905 in benevolence to the members of the
Craft of this jurisdiction, in addition to the sum expended by the Lodges.
The contributions to the Semi-Centennial Fund were reported as $5,-
019.22. Doubtless the purpose of this fund will be attained, through the
voluntary offerings of the brethren.
From the reports of the District Deputy Grand Masters of the twenty
Mnsonic Districts (207 pp.). we learn that all the Lodges (except five)
had been visited and inspected, and everything indicates that the Craft ii
harmonious and prosperous. The following excerpt from the report of the
Committee on the Condition of Masonry gives a correct conception of the
dictates of fraternal obligation :
" The Board thinks it opportune to say that the field of Masonic
Charity is not covered by the mere giving of a few dollars to those is
distress. Respect for a brother's good name, upholding of his reputation,
assisting him to obtain employment, the endeavor to prevent him goinf
astray, and the effort to bring him back from a downward path, are all
important links in the chain of Masonic Charity. In a lesser degree the
preservation of a courteous manner to all with whom we come in contact,
a readiness to aid or serve, to be good tempered, slow to give offence, are
evidences of the possession of the true spirit of Masonry."
The Committee on the revision of the Constitution made a partial
report, and the work was continued until the next Annual Communica
tion.
It was ordered that the approaching semi-centennial of the Grand
Lodge should be made memorable by gladdening the hearts of the bene
ficiaries of this Grand Lodge, and therefore the Board of Benevolence wai
empowered to increase by one-half the sums granted to the general re
cipients for the year 1905.
Receipts, $30.203.95 : disbursements, $38.085.00, and balance on hand,
$0,008.01. Invested Funds, $105,148.50.
Next Annual Communication, Hamilton, July 21, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The twenty-second annual report on Correspondence (95 pp.), by M. .
WY. IIenky Rorertson, embraces a review of the proceedings of sixty-
four Grand Lodges, including New York for 1904, which has brief notice.
In a short supplementary report the Committee submit the following,
relative to the application for recognition of the Grand Lodge of Queens
land :
"According to the information furnished there are 140 Lodges in
Queensland. The new Grand Lodge was formed by apparently thirty-nine
Lodges, all holding under the Scotch and Irish Constitutions, the English
Lodges holding aloof.
" While sympathizing with the movement and acknowledging the grave
reasons for the formation of the new Grand Lodge, your Committee desire
to have the matter deferred until the next Annual Communication, with
the hope that in the meantime more unanimity will prevail."
M.\ W.\ Benjamin Allen (Toronto), Grand Master, and R.\ W..
Hugh Murray (Hamilton) , Grand Secretary, re-elected.
MANITOBA.
S9th Communication. EDMONTON. June 18,11904.
M.\ W.\ E. A. Braithwaite, Grand Master, the representatives of
sixty-eight Lodges and four Past Grand Masters.
The brief address of the Grand Master is of local interest, the Frater
nity is steadily increasing, and three new Lodges had been created by dis
pensation.
During the session the Grand Master dedicated the new Lodge-room
of Edmonton Lodge, No. 53, in which the Grand Lodge held its present
session.
No appeals or grievances before the Grand Lodge.
It was ordered that $500 should be placed to the credit of the Aged
and Indigent Masons' Fund.
$1,777.11. Investments, $3,084.65. Aged and Indigent Masons' Fund,
$2,631.41.
Next Annual Communication, Winnipeg, June 14, 1905.
M.\ W.\ and Rev. A. Chisholm (Macgregor), Grand Master, and
R.\ W.\ James A. Ovas (Winnipeg), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
NOVA SCOTIA.
39th Communication. HALIFAX. June S, 1004.
M.\ W.\ William Ross. Grand Master, the representatives of sixty
Lodges, five Past Grand Masters, and the following visitors from the
Grand Lodge of Prince Edward Island : R.\ W.\ A. J. McLean, Deputy
Grand Master ; R.\ W.\ W. K. Rogers, Past Junior Grand Warden, and
R.\ W.\ David Smart. Past Grand Treasurer.
Within the limits of a brief address, the Grand Master condensed the
official duties of the past year, with wise recommendations for the growth
and usefulness of the Craft. Fraternal reference was made to the de
cease of M.\ W.\ Charles J. MacDonald, Past Grand Master, the first
Grand Secretary of this Grand Lodge, in whose organization he took an
active part.
The Grand Master announced the fait that ere long the Home for
Aged Men would be in full operation in the city of Halifax :
'' It is now an established fact that ere long this Home will be in full
operation in this city. Large and commodious premises have been pur
chased with all the land requisite for this much needed establishment.
1'ntil the whole debt on Freemasons' Hull, with a mortgage of $10,000
and $15,100 in debentures is removed. Grand Lodge will be unable to en
tertain the hope of erecting a Masonic Home, found so useful in other
jurisdictions, particularly in Great Britain and the United States. In
the circular addressed to all our Lodges the proposition to establish ten
rooms and beds in said Home is fully explained at a probably yearly cost
of $1,000. The Committee having charge of this scheme, composed of
prominent members of Grand Lodge, have so elaborately set their views
before the Lodges and now before Grand Lodge that I "need do no more
than mention it to, I trust, receive the hearty approval of Grand Lodge.
An additional charge of twenty-five cents from each member in good
standing in all our Lodges will insure a comfortable home for ten worthy
Brothers, who may now. to some extent, be receiving assistance from their
respective Lodges. Considering the exemplification of Masonic charity,
so binding in principle on us all, I commend this method of assisting well
deserving but poor Masons to the earnest attention and approval of Grand
Lodge, as without the active cooperation of Grand Lodge all our well
intended efforts for this worthy object will prove a failure. Trusting that
this whole subject will receive that careful consideration from Grand
Lodge that its merits so well deserve."
The Grand Lodge gave its approval to this worthy object, and agreed
to advance to Trustees to be appointed the sum of $900, to cover the
yearly expense, and recommended that each Lodge be asked to voluntarily
contribute annually a sum equal to twenty-five cents per member, toward
reimbursing the Grand Lodge for this expenditure.
Telegraphic salutations were exchanged with the Grand Lodge of Iowa.
$2,133.78. Fund of Benevolence. $4,550.
Next Annual Communication, Sidney, June 14, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
R.\ W.\ Thomas Mowrray, in the report on Correspondence (190
pp.), presents an interesting review of the proceedings of sixty-four Grand
M.\ W.\ Charles R. Smith (Amherst), Grand Master, and R.\ W.'.
Thomas Mowrray {Halifax), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

SMC Communication. CHARLOTTETOWN. June Si, 190L
M.\ W.\ Benjamin Rogers, Grand Master, the representatives of
fourteen Lodges, eight Past Grand Masters, and New York by W.\ John
G. J. Weldon.
In a brief address the Grand Master reviewed the official duties of the
past year—which had been happy and fairly prosperous—and made due
mention of matters of interest incident to his visits to the Lodges.
The Charity and Benevolent Fund was reported as $540.10, and in
view of the slowness of its growth the Lodges were urged to increased zeal
in the furtherance of the object sought to be accomplished through this
medium.
The business of the session was of local interest.
Receipts, $344.10 ; disbursements, $253.40, and balance on hand,

$51 T..26.
Next Annual Communication, Souris, June 26, 1905.
M.\ W.\ Benjamin Rogers (Charlottetown) , Grand Master, re
elected, and R.\ W.\ Neil MacKelvie (Summertide) , Grand Secretary,
re-elected.
QUEBEC.
34th Communication. MONTREAL. January 27, 1904.
M.\ W.\ John B. Tresidder, Grand Master, the representatives of
fifty-three Lodges and six Past Grand Masters.
Congratulations were expressed by the Grand Master upon the grati
fying position of the Grand Lodge, financially and numerically, and his
report embodies the events of a busy year. Many official visits had been
made, the most notable being the celebration of the one hundredth anni
versary of the institution of Golden Rule Lodge, No. 5, in Stanstead,
which appears to have been observed by the residents of the town as a
general holiday.
Complaint having been made by the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island
that a Lodge in this jurisdiction had conferred the degrees upon a rejected
candidate and resident of the jurisdiction of Rhode Island, the Grand
Master, after investigation, had ordered the name of the said brother to
be deleted from the roll of membership of the Quebec Lodge. The develop
ments in the case having elicited the fact that the Quebec Lodge had
been culpably negligent—the form of petition not being in accord with
the requirements of the Grand Lodge—no time was lost in requesting
copies of all forms of application, by-laws, etc., from the various Lodges.
Apparently the Lodge escaped without even a censure.
The address by the Grand Chaplain, R.\ W.\ and Rev. W. P. R.
Lewis, treated of the connection between Operative and Speculative
Masonry.
The District Deputy Grand Masters in their reports (33 pp.) give
detailed accounts of the affairs of the several districts.
An appropriation of $350 was made for the purpose of erecting a
monument to the memory of the late M.\ W.\ John H. Graham, the first
Grand Master of this Grand Lodge.
A very satisfactory increase had been made in the Permanent Bene
volent Fund, and the Trustees reported the endowment of a bed in the
Jeffery Hale Hospital, Quebec. It is also the intent to endow beds in
other hospitals, and maintain them out of the revenue of the fund.
Official recognition was extended the Grand Lodges of Costa Rica and
Western Australia. It was ordered that the applications of the Grand
Orients of Hayti, Lusitano and Brazil, for a renewal of the exchange of
representatives, be held over for further inquiry.
.$3,873.06. Permanent and General Benevolent Funds, $17,519.67. Ma
sonic Home Trust Fund, $700.
Next Annual Communication, Montreal, January 25, 1905.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The report on Correspondence (108 pp.), by M.\ W.\ E. D. T.
Chamrers, is an interesting review of the proceedings of fifty-eight Grand
M.\ W.\ John B. Tresidder (Montreal), Grand Master, re-elected,
and R.\ W.\ Will H. Whyte (Montreal), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
Foreign Grand Lodges.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND.

We have the proceedings of this Grand Lodge for the year ending
December, 1904.
The question of denying Wardens representation in the Grand Lodge
was apparently unfavorably regarded—no action being taken. It is now
proposed to erect a larger hall, wherein all can be accommodated.
An appropriation of 500 guineas was made for the benefit of the St.
Bartholomew's Hospital, and also a like amount to the King's College
Hospital.
At the Quarterly of March 2, 1904, yearly reports of the funds were
presented.
Fund for Benevolence—balance £64,941
Fund for General Purposes—balance 210,909
At the Quarterly Communication, held on the 7th September, 1904,
the following, with reference to the condition of affairs in the State of
Queensland, is of interest, and we present the proceedings in full :
" V.\ W.\ Bro. John Strachan, K. C, Grand Registrar, said : Most
Worshipful Grand Master in the Chair, by command of His Royal High
ness the Grand Master, I have the honor to report to Grand Lodge with
reference to certain Masonic events in the State of Queensland. As is
probably known to all here, the Grand Lodges of England, Ireland and
Scotland have equal, though independent. Masonic jurisdiction in certain
colonies of the Empire, and in other territories, including India ; and it
having been represented to the Grand Master of England that some uni
formity of practice with regard to certain matters should prevail. His
Royal Highness some months ago communicated with the Grand Masters
of Ireland and Scotland, in order that joint action might be taken respect
ing—
" 1. The recognition in each jurisdiction of the decrees of suspension,
exclusion or expulsion, pronounced respectively by the Masonic authori
ties of the other jurisdictions when acting judicially.
" 2. The status in each such jurisdiction of Worshipful Masters and

Past Masters of the other jurisdictions or Constitutions, and their eligi
bility in certain events to take the chair.
" 3. The recognition of new Grand Lodges, where there are Lodges
under the several Constitutions in the colony or territory of the proposed
new Grand Lodge.
" Before any joint understanding could be arrived at, events had moved
with singular rapidity in Queensland, where there have been for many
years a number of Lodges, formed respectively into a District Grand
Lodge under the Grand Lodge of England, a Provincial Grand Lodge
under the Grand Lodge of Ireland and a District Grand Lodge under the
Grand Lodge of Scotland. About a year ago, the Provincial Grand Mas
ter under the Irish Constitution addressed a letter to the M. W. Grand
Master of Ireland, announcing that ' there is a determination to establish
a Sovereign Grand Lodge of Queensland, no matter at what cost,' and
forthwith overtures were made to the English and Scottish Lodges to
join the movement. Our District Grand Master (the Hon. Augustus C.
Gregory. C. M. G.) thereupon caused a circular to be issued to all
Lodges under his care, pointing out what steps were necessary, under
Rule 218a, for obtaining a dispensation to hold a meeting at which the
question could be considered. But so far, I believe, there has been no
desire expressed, on the part of the English Lodges, to join in the move
ment or even to discuss the question. In April of this year, however,
certain Brethren of the other Constitutions met and resolved to form a
Grand Lodge of Queensland ; but the value of such a resolution may be
properly estimated when we find that out of the 152 Lodges in Queens
land, only 39 identified themselves with the movement, leaving 113 which
decline to do so. Of the 26 Irish Lodges, 25 were in favor and one against ;
of the 64 Scottish Lodges, 14 were in favor and 50 against ; while of the
62 English Lodges, not one was in favor. Thus the English District
Grand Lodge remains intact, with its 62 Lodges : the Scottish District
Grand Lodge remains with 50 Lodges, while 14 have apparently allied
themselves with the 25 Irish Lodges, to constitute an irregular assembly
of about one-fourth of the total Lodges in the State. This minority has
sent out to the several Grand Lodges of the world a circular letter claim
ing recognition in the following words : ' The action taken by the Brethren
in this State will, it is trusted, be approved by your Most Worshipful
Grand Lodge, and I am instructed to respectfully request fraternal recog
nition and cooperation for the Grand Lodge of Queensland, in the full
hope and confidence that such recognition will be cordially and promptly
given, thus tending to ensure to this Grand Lodge sole jurisdiction within
the territory.' The application having been carefully considered by the
Most Worshipful Grand Master of England and his Masonic advisers, I
am commanded to intimate that His Royal Highness does not propose
to ask Grand Lodge to acknowledge the so-called Grand Lodge of Queens
land. It only remains, therefore, for me to move the following resolution :
"The Most Worshipful Grand Master having received a communica
tion from the secretary of a body in Brisbane styling itself ' the Grand
Lodge of Queensland,' requesting recognition of such body as having sole
Masonic jurisdiction within that territory, and His Royal Highness hav
ing intimated that he does not propose to ask Grand Lodge to accord such
recognition, it is hereby Retolved, that the United Grand Lodge of Eng
land refuses to acknowledge the aforesaid body in Brisbane as a Grand
Lodge, or as having any Masonic jurisdiction in the State of Queensland."
It was further ordered that the Grand Secretary be instructed to Bend
a copy of the report and resolution to all the Grand Lodges with which
it (the Grand Lodge of England) were in fraternal relationship.
We are in possession of a copy of this communication, and desire to
say. that while it is the privilege of the Grand Lodge of England to de
cline recognition, yet if the notification is to be regarded in the light of a
102 REPORT OK CORRESPONDENCE.
protest, we do not esteem it a governing factor in a consideration of the

organization of a new Grand Lodge.
We are well aware that the Grand Lodges of England, Scotland and
Ireland have equal, though independent. Masonic jurisdiction in certain
colonies of the Empire and in other territories, but any such agreement
or understanding cannot operate to restrict the lawful acts of Lodges in
the process of the formation of a new Grand Lodge in open territory^
We deem it a well settled principle that in a territory—in which there
is no Grand Lodge-—a majority of the Lodges therein, not less than three,
proceeding in a regular manner, all the Lodges having been invited to
participate therein—have within themselves the right to determine the
question. That having voted to organize a Grand Lodge, it becomes the
source of Masonic authority within the limits of the political boundaries
of the State or Territory.
We understand that the Grand Lodge of England has in its code cer
tain regulations intended to govern the action of its subordinate Lodges in
a contingency of this nature, and this raises the question whether regula
tions of this character are not an interference with the rights of Lodges.
We are inclined to that view, and should say that they cannot be held
operative against the lawful action of a Lodge, or of individual members,
under the general usage of the Craft.
The Duke of Connaught, Grand Master, and R.\ W.\ Edward
Letchworth (London), Grand Secretary.
IRELAND.
We have the annual report of this Grand Lodge for the year 1904.
It is devoted almost exclusively to the Annual Address of the Deputy
Grand Master, R.\ W.\ James C. Meredith, delivered at the communica
tion held on St. John's Day, December 27, 1904.
Announcement was made of the organization of a Provincial Grand
Lodge in South Africa, and also of the appointment of a representative
to act with the representatives of the Grand Lodges of England and Scot
land, in an effort to attain unity of action upon certain Masonic questions.
We presume the primary object to be the recognition of newly-formed
Grand Lodges, and we agree with the Deputy Grand Master, " that the
question of the initiation of non-residents " might wisely form a topic of
discussion.
Nine new warrants had been granted, and the growth of the Fraternity
had been very satisfactory.
We present the following in order to a full understanding upon a ques
tion yet to arise. Upon application being made by the Grand Lodge of
Queensland for formal recognition, response had been made, " that in the
present state of Masonic feeling in Queensland, our Board of General
Purposes could not recommend this Grand Lodge to take any action at
present."
" And now, Brethren, I must come with the most extreme personal
regret to the only really unpleasant Masonic occurrence that has taken
place within this year. I spoke last year, perhaps in too ardent terms,
of the then intended formation of a new Grand Lodge in Queensland.
Our Right Worshipful Bro. Hutton, who was the Grand Master of the
Provincial Grand Lodge of Queensland under the Irish Constitution, had
addressed a communication to our own Grand Master, in which it was
stated that he had been asked by a deputation of Scotch Freemasons to
head a movement for the establishment of an Independent Grand Lodge
in Queensland. You know that at the time there existed in Queensland
a District Grand Lodge of England, a District Grand Lodge of Scotland
and a Provincial Grand Lodge of Ireland. Our Bro. Hutton, in his let
ter to the Grand Master, told him that the Scotch Masons were deter
mined, no matter at what cost, that they should have a Grand Lodge of
Queensland, and, he added, that from his local knowledge he was perfectly
satisfied that a number of the English, and nearly the whole of the Irish
Lodges would join. You perceive now what the statement was that
was made to the Grand Master—that the Scotch Masons were determined
to have a Grand Lodge in Queensland, and that a number of the English
and nearly the whole of the Irish would join. Well, I must confess that
I understood that letter to mean that the establishment of an Independent
Grand Lodge in Queensland was a matter which would be welcomed by
the great bulk of the Freemasons of that Colony, and, firmly impressed
with that belief, I brought the matter before the Board of General Pur
poses, and communicated with the Grand Master. The Board of General
Purposes made a recommendation to this Grand Lodge, and, with the
sanction of our Grand Master, a resolution was passed here approving of
the formation of the Grand Lodge of Queensland as an Independent
Grand Lodge, but to the telegram which was sent—we were asked to reply
by wire—there were added, by direction of this Grand Lodge, the words
' if regularly formed.' Accordingly, what we telegraphed was, ' Approved,
if regularly formed.' What has taken place since? The number of
Lodges that existed in that Colony at the time was 152. The Scotch
Lodges numbered 64, the English Lodges 62 and the Irish Lodges 26.
What has turned out to be the fact as to the desire of these different
Lodges to join in that movement? Of the 64 Scotch Lodges only 14 have
taken part in the movement ; of the 62 English Lodges not a single one
has taken part. I know it is said that the English Lodges could not dis
cuss the matter at all in their subordinate Lodges without authority from
their District Grand Master, and that the District Grand Master of the
English Constitution in Queensland did not see fit to give the permission.
But. Brethren, no matter how arbitrary any of us may be in our rulings,
in Masonic matters there is not one of us who is not subject to appeal,
and if the English Lodges really felt very much about this matter I
should have expected that ere now the Grand Lodge of England would
have been asked to allow the English Lodges to discuss the question, but
I will not go into that. Twenty-five out of the twenty-six Irish Lodges
desired to join in the movement—that is, that out of a total of 152 Lodges
39 only have joined. I must frankly admit that I placed upon Bro. Hut-
ton's letter to the Grand Master an interpretation which he probably
never intended it should bear. There is a Masonic theory that I am not
going to discuss, with reference to what is right and wrong about the
formation of an independent Grand Lodge. I know there is a theory,
that if a country is unoccupied by any Grand Lodge, any three Lodges
have the right to meet together and to form themselves into an indepen
dent Grand Lodge, but whether that theory can apply to a country where
there are already in existence 152 Lodges holding under three distinct
Provincial Grand Lodges is a matter which I will leave our Brethren
skilled in Masonic law to interpret for themselves. I cannot do so, but at
any rate I must express regret that when that telegram of ours arrived
in Queensland our Bro. Hutton did not a little more fully inform us
here, before acting upon that conditional approval, of what the exact
facts of the case were."
10-4 REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE.
Interesting reports were presented of the Boys and Girls' Schools
nnder the fostering care of this Grand Lodge.
No information is conveyed of the number of Lodges or membership.
Fifteen Provincial Grand Lodges appear on the roster.
His Grace the Duke of Arercorn is Grand Master, and the Right
Hon. Lord Castletown (Dublin), Grand Secretary.
SCOTLAND.
November, 1904.
Upon due application the Lodges located in Hong Kong and South
China were authorized to form a District Grand Lodge.
Lodges were warranted in Western Australia, and apparently the
Grand Lodge proposes to suspend and expel the brethren who have taken
part in the organization of the Grand Lodge of Queensland. The records
denominate it as the pretended, etc.
The Grand Officers were duly installed at the Annual Communication,
held November 30, 1904. Bao. A. J. Kruger, Grand Expert, Grand
Orient of Belgium, was formally introduced and welcomed.
The Festival of St. Andrew was celebrated, about three hundred breth
ren participating in the feast. Among the addresses made upon that oc
casion, that of the Grand Master embodied interesting features relative to
the past year. The work had been prosperous, 10,438 intrants having
been added. The Constitution and By-laws of the Grand Lodge had been
revised and published. Charters for twenty-one new Lodges had been
issued. From a financial standpoint the condition of the Grand Lotlp;
would appear most satisfactory :
General Fund £31,163
Benevolent Fund 8,573
Annuity Fund 39.002
Heritable and movable property 25,400
A total of £104,138
The Hon. M.\ W.\ Charles M. Ramsay, Grand Master, and R.\ W.\
David Reid (Edinburgh), Grand Secretary.
NEW ZEALAND.
At the Annual Communication, held at Dunedin, May 4, 1904. there
were present representatives of a great number of Lodges, together with
a large attendance of visiting brethren from other Constitutions. New
York was represented by R.\ W.\ H. Y. Wdjdowson. M.\ W.\ III bebt
J. Williams, Grand Master, presiding.
The Grand Master briefly referred to several matters to come before
the Grand Lodge, one of which was the necessity of an increase in the
assessment designed to cover the travelling expenses of the representatives

of Lodges in attendance at the Grand Lodge. The Grand Lodge decided
that any excess of expenditure for this purpose should be paid out of the
General Funds.
Four new Lodges had been constituted, and a healthy and prosperous
condition of the Craft reported throughout the territory.
The condition of the various funds are as follows :
£ ». d.
General Fund 1,146 10 2
Fund of Benevolence 1,616 10 2
Widows and Orphans and Aged Masons' Fund 4,382 8 10
Representation Fund 232 12 3
£7,378 1 5
Announcement was made of the death of M.\ W.\ Henry Thomson.
Past Grand Master, which occurred September 13, 1903. Our brother
was the first Grand Master of this Grand Lodge, and it was through his
efforts very largely that the Grand Lodge of New Zealand became an es
tablished fact. Occupying, as he did also, the position of representative
of the Grand Lodge of New York near this Grand Lodge, we tender our
sympathy. We judge from the correspondence that the dispute with the
Grand Lodge of Scotland remains in about the same condition as here
tofore.
We have not the space to enter fully into an apparent invasion of the
rights of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand, by the action of the District
Grand Master of the District Grand Lodge E. C., he being sustained therein
by the Grand Lodge of England. The voluminous correspondence is two-
sided, and we briefly summarize the case. It would appear that a Lodge
originally established at Te Awamutu, in 1887, numbering 2,221, on the
English Constitution, had been practically defunct since 1892. No returns
or dues had been made to the Grand Lodge of England, nor had any dues
been paid by any of its members for at least twelve years. The Master
of said Lodge had about three years ago moved from Te Awamutu to
Auckland and presumedly had taken the old charter with him. In July,
1903, a meeting was held at Te Awamutu. the former Master being
present, together with seven original members of the Lodge—three of
whom, however, are now members of another Lodge. They at said meet
ing affiliated seven new members—irregularly, we should judge from the
context—and voted to remove to Parnell. a suburb of Auckland City,
about one hundred miles distant.
The Grand Lodge of New Zealand protested against this invasion of
its territory, holding it to be the revival of a Lodge which did not exist
in June. 1898, the date of the Articles of Recognition. It would appear
to us that in this contention the Grand Lodge of New Zealand is in the
right, and we respectfully suggest that the Grand Lodge of England
might well imitate the Grand Lodge of Ireland, which in a very similar
instance, upon objections Vicing made, graciously refused to sanction the
revival of a defunct warrant for the purposes of a new Lodge in this terri
tory.
IOC REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE.
The Grand Lodge of Costa Rica was recognized.

We decidedly object to what appears to be a wholesale and retail pub
lishing of the ritual, as carried on by this Grand Lodge.
A novel proposition was made to adopt a system of identification by
" finger print," in addition to the signature of members to diplomas, as a
prevention of fraud and imposition. We are pleased to see that this
ori9inal scheme was not favorably regarded.
The installation ceremonies were elaborate in character, with a large
attendance of the officers and members of sister Constitutions, and after
the transaction of a vast amount of business in the two days' session, the
relaxation afforded by the " conversazione and dance " in the evening,
after the close of the Grand Lodge, must have been enjoyable.
Number of Lodges, 128, with a membership of 6,631.
M.\ W.\ Alfred H. Burton (Dunedin), Grand Master, and R.\ W.'.
Malcolm Niccol (Dunedin) , Grand Secretary, re-elected.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
April 20, 1904.
The half-yearly communication was held at Adelaide, October 21, 1903,
but no business of general interest was transacted.
At the Annual Communication, held at Adelaide, April 20, 1904, M.\
W.\ S. J. Way, Grand Master, presiding. Seventeen Lodges were repre
sented by their Worshipful Masters.
Representatives were exchanged with the Grand Lodges of Brazil and
Costa Rica.
We regret to note the illness of Grand Secretary Cunningham, New
York's representative near this Grand Lodge, and trust that the three
months' absence, which had been granted by the Grand Master, may
prove beneficial, and that with renewed health he again may be in the
discharge of his duties.
Report was made that the ritualistic work of the Lodges was carried
out in a creditable manner.
The funds, etc., of the Grand Lodge are as follows :
£ s. d.
General Fund 682 13 6
Benevolent Fund 777 5 8
Permanent Benevolent Fund. 1,078 7 4
Freemasons' Hall Property.. 18,737 5 3
£21,275 11 9
umber of Lodges, 44, with a membership of 2,760.
M.\ W.\ Samuel J. Way (Adelaide), Grand Master, re-elected, and
R.\ W.\ J. H. Cunningham (Adelaide), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
TASMANIA.
We have the half-yearly proceedings of this Grand Lodge, held at
Hobart, August 26, 1904.
There were in attendance the representatives of eight Lodges.
The report of the Board of General Purposes indicates a steady pro
gress of the Craft. While no new Lodges had been instituted, the erec
tion of two the coming year were anticipated.
The address of the Grand Master was of local interest solely, and after
the close of the Grand Lodge session the brethren adjourned to the ban
quet-room. " at the invitation of the Grand Master, and partook of light
refreshments."
Number of Lodges, 27. No membership exhibit or financial reports.
M.\ W.\ C. E. Davies, Grand Master, and V.\ W.\ Johk Hamilton
(Hotart), Grand Secretary, re-elected.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
April, 1904.
Quarterly Communication at Perth, held July 24, 1903.
The Grand Master reported that the progress of the Craft in this juris
diction continues to be all that could be desired. Two new Lodges had
been consecrated and one Lodge of the Scottish Constitution had joined.
Quarterly Communication held at Kalgoorlie on October 23, 1903.
Grand Master Hackett announced the formation of two new Lodges,
and his address is devoted to a complete statement of the history and
present condition of this Grand Lodge, and its relations with other Con
stitutions. As we have in preceding reports covered this ground very
thoroughly, we do not deem a repetition necessary. The inconsistency of
the actions of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, and of officials connected
therewith, is apparent to any close reader. -
Quarterly Communication held at Perth, January 22, 1904.
The proceedings of this meeting are almost wholly devoted to a special
report on the correspondence which had passed between the Grand Secre
taries of the Grand Lodges of England and Scotland, regarding the sove
reign rights of Scotland in the province of Western Australia, and other
matters relating thereto.
The concensus of testimony is in favor of the Grand Lodge of Western
Australia, and its position in refusing to recognize Lodges instituted
within its territory by the Grand Lodge of Scotland, subsequent to the
organization of this Grand Lodge, is fully warranted. This Grand Lodge
is also to be commended for the course adopted with reference to the old
Lodges of the Scottish Constitution and their members.
Quarterly Communication held at Perth, April 22. 1904.
The Worshipful Masters of forty-four Lodges were in attendance.
There were also present R.\ W.\ and Rev. G. E. Rowe, P. M. S. C, and
over 300 other visitors, representing officers and brethren of Lodges in the
jurisdiction.
Grand Master Hackett reported that two new Lodges had been con
secrated, and that the Grand Lodge had now been recognized by sixty
Grand Lodges. Having been at the head of this Grand Lodge for the
past four years—and retiring as he did at this annual—he embodied in
his address a retrospect of the work which had been done. We note the
following :
" When the Grand Lodge of Western Australia was inaugurated in
February, 1900, 33 private Lodges acknowledged allegiance. There are
to-day 69 Lodges owing fealty to the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Western
Australia, being an increase of 30—more than doubling the original body.
The increase is made up by 25 new Lodges consecrated, and 11 Lodges
that have since affiliated from the other Constitutions. Last year the
number of financial members on the books amounted to 2,980, while this
year the number is 3,348, showing an increase of 368. No less a number
than 411 have been initiated during the twelve months ending 31st Decem
ber last. Owing to the large number of Freemasons that have made West
ern Australia their place of residence during the last few years, I have
prepared a return of affiliating members, showing the Constitutions they
have joined from. During the last four years our ranks have been in
creased by no less than 734 joining members, as follows :
Grand Lodge of Scotland 340
Grand Lodge of England 175
Grand Lodge of Victoria 80
Grand Lodge of New South Wales 52
Grand Lodge of Ireland 50
Grand Lodge of South Australia 23
Grand Lodge of New Zealand 5
Grand Lodge of Tasmania 4
Grand Lodge of United States of America 4
Grand Lodge of Canada 1
Total 734
The preponderance of brethren affiliating from the Scottish Constitution
is due in the first place to the members coming over with the Lodges that
have joined the Grand Lodge of Western Australia, and next, to those
brethren who. favoring local self-government, have affiliated individually.
This result is most cheering."
Recognition was extended to the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica.
The representative of the Grand Lodge of New York, V.'. W.\ F. L.
Parkes. was in attendance.
The presentation of a Past Grand Master's jewel, and also a por
trait of himself, together with the social features of the Grand Anniver
sary Festival, are matters of pleasing record.
General Fund, £1,609. Benevolent Fund, £1,527. Hall account. £12.-
962.
Number of Lodges. 69. with a membership of 2.980.
M.\ W.\ and Rt. Rev. C. O. L. Riley. D.D., Lord Bishop of Perth.
Grand Master, and V.\ W.\ J. D. Stevenson (Perth). Grand Secretary.
rr-ehcted.
VALLE DE MEXICO.
At the Annual Communication, held in the City of Mexico, January

8, 1904, twenty-three Lodges were represented.
The Grand Master reported that " with each year which passes, the
stability of the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico becomes more and more
marked, in spite of the many obstacles which impede the growth of true
Masonry here." Regret was expressed that this Grand Lodge had been
represented at the Masonic Congress, which met in Genoa, September,
1902, and we infer that with a clearer knowledge of the component parts
assembled at those meetings, this Grand Lodge will not further give its
countenance thereto.
In the consideration of several complaints for invasion of jurisdiction,
by the acceptance of material belonging to sister Grand Jurisdictions,
there was evinced a disposition to make ample amends. The Grand Mas
ter also recommended :
" That the border Lodges exercise the greatest care when receiving
applications from those who have come from the United States to fully
assure themselves of the actual residence and previous good character of
such applicants."
During the past year four Lodges had resumed official relations with
the Grand Lodge and three new Lodges had been created.
The Grand Secretary reported that the Grand Lodge is composed of
forty-one Lodges, of which twenty work in Spanish, twenty in English
and one in German, with a membership of 1,222.
M.\ W.\ Manuel Levi, Grand Master, and R.\ W.\ F. M. Iglesias,
Grand Secretary.
COSTA RICA.
We have the proceedings of this Grand Lodge for the year 1903.
A Festival Lodge was held June 24, 1903, for the purpose of celebrat
ing the Feast of St. John the Baptist.
The proceedings of the Quarterly Communication of November 27,
1903, are largely occupied with matters growing out of the action of the
Supreme Council of Central America in issuing a warrant for a Lodge
to be established within the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge.
Without going into detail, we are pleased to note a satisfactory settle
ment of all differences between the Grand Lodge and the Supreme Coun
cil. Under its provisions the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica is recognized
as the sole and sovereign authority over Craft Masonry in the Republic
of Costa Rica. The warrant above referred to was recalled, and the
brethren composing the same will upon due application receive a warrant
from this Grand Lodge. While we are not entirely clear upon one point
—the exchange of representatives between the two Grand Bodies—never
theless the independence of this Grand Lodge from any control by the
Supreme Council would appear to be well defined.
An application from the Grand Lodge of Guatemala for recognition
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Upon an application for recognition by the " Argentine Grand Lodge
of the Blue Rite," the Committee recommended non-recognition, but, upon
motion, action was deferred.
Number of Lodges 6, with a membership of 189.
M.\ W.\ Gust Pkadhxa, Grand Master, and R.\ W.\ Edmund A
Osrorne (San Jose, de Costa Rica, Central America), Grand Secretary.
QUEENSLAND.
The proceedings of a convention held at Brisbane, Queensland, March

23, 1904, for the purpose of the organization of a Grand Lodge in the
State of Queensland, are before your Committee. There were represented
upon that occasion twenty-three Lodges under the Irish Constitution, and
fourteen under the Scotch Constitution. It would appear that for some
years past the formation of a Grand Lodge in Queensland had occupied
the attention of a large number of the brethren of this State, and partial
movements in that direction were made in 1889 and 1S97, but without
anything being accomplished. Preliminary to the present movement,
on the 20th of August, 1903, an influential deputation of Scotch Masons
called upon R.\ W.\ George S. Hutton, the Provincial Grand Master of
Queensland for the Irish Constitution, with a request that he head the
movement for the organization of a Grand Lodge. He declined to accede
to the wishes of the brethren until he had submitted the whole matter
to the Grand Master of Ireland—the Duke of Abercorn—for his approval.
Having done so, upon receipt of a cablegram to the effect, " approved if
regularly formed," he had interested himself therein.
At a summoned meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge, I. C, held
November 3, 1903, it was resolved " that it is desirable that a Grand
Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Queensland be formed."
At a subsequent meeting, December 1, 1903, the Provisional Com
mittee, appointed at a preceding meeting, reported and moved " that a
circular embodying all the preliminaries be sent to every Lodge under
the English, Scotch and Irish Constitutions, and requesting that all
Ixxlges in favor of the establishment of a Grand Lodge of Queensland
should take action thereon, and appoint two delegates to act for them at
a meeting to be held in February, 1904."
It was also ordered that the District Grand Masters of the English
and Scotch Constitution, respectively, should be informed of the action
taken, and requesting that they receive a deputation.
Iu reply thereto, the District Grand Master, S. C., said : " As there
is no provision in the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Scotland
enabling me to meet a brother with any such object in view, I am unable
RETORT ON CORRESPONDENCE. Ill
to comply with your request ; " and the District Grand Master, E. C,
informed the Committee " that no support could be looked for from the
English Constitution in any way."
At a Convention held April 25, 1904, there being present delegates
from 25 Lodges I. C, and 14 Lodges S. C.—39 in all, the Grand
Lodge of Queensland was duly organized, nominations made for Grand
Officers—R.\ W.\ George S. Hutton I. C. as Grand Master—and a
Constitution adopted. The Grand Officers were duly elected and invested.
The District Grand Masters of the English and Scotch Constitutions
being in opposition to the movement for a Grand Lodge, forbade partici
pation in or a discussion of the project—either as Lodges or individuals
—and even more radical measures have been resorted to, viz., the seizure
of the charter and Lodge property and the summary suspension of in
dividual brethren. It is claimed by those favorable to the New Grand
Lodge that had a full discussion been permitted in the Lodges of the
several Constitutions, it would have commanded the allegiance of a
larger majority of the Lodges of the State, and it is to be hoped that the
future may attest to the truthfulness of the assertion.
In locations like unto Queensland, wherein there exist District Grand
Lodges under the English, Scotch and Irish Constitutions, it is eminently
desirable that the Parent Grand Lodge should favor the organization of
a Grand Lodge, but nevertheless it is not in any degree a prerequisite
thereto, nor an essential element to the formation or organization.
We esteem it the right of the members of a Lodge to discuss and
determine for themselves the advisability of the formation of a Grand
Lodge in a territory wherein no Grand Lodge is already established.
That they may meet and confer with other Lodges as to the proposed
organization, and that in doing so, they cannot be interfered with by
any other Masonic power. In the present instance it would appear that
all the initiatory proceedings had been regular, and that all the Lodges
interested had been invited to participate therein.
When we consider that within the jurisdiction of Queensland there
are 152 Lodges, of which G2 were under the English Constitution, 64
under the Scotch Constitution and 20 under the Irish Constitution, and
that but 39 Lodges united in the organization of this Grand Lodge, it
would appear that a greater unanimity of Masonic sentiment should be
exhibited, and we also hold that a majority of the Lodges in said territory
should give their allegiance to the snid Grand Lodge ere recognition be
extended.
Upon the application of the Grand Lodge of Queensland for recogni
tion, we recommend that action be deferred.
In this connection we desire to note the receipt of an official com
munication from the United Grand Lodge of England, having reference
to the formation of the aforesaid Grand Lodge of Queensland, and also
its request for recognition, wherein the announcement is made that " His
Royal Highness having intimated that he does not propose to ask Grand
Lodge to accord such recognition, it is Resolved, that the United Grand
Lodge of England refuses to acknowledge the aforesaid body in Brisbane
as a Grand Lodge, or ;\s having any Masonic jurisdiction in the State of
Queensland."
In a recapitulation of the number of Lodges uniting in the formation
of the said Grand Lodge, it is stated that " out of the 152 Lodges in
Queensland, only 39 identified themselves with the movement, leaving
113 which declined to do so."
We hardly consider that portion which we have italicized to be a fair
inference. Certainly the privilege to decline or accept was withheld from
them—a plain interference with the rights of Lodges.
We do not regard the notification as a factor in the case.
UNION OF THE GRAND LODGES OF

GERMANY.
[Review and translation by R.\ W.\ Emil Frenkel, Representative of

the Grand Lodge of Prussia called " Royal York zur Freundschaft,"
and Past Master of King Solomon's Lodge, No. 279.]
The general condition of Freemasonry within the German Empire
has again shown a decided improvement during the last twelve months.
While it was true that a formal understanding had been reached between
the dissenting parties of the Grand Lodge's Union, or more especiallj
between the Grand National Lodge of Germany and the Grand Lodge of
Hamburg during the previous year, the " modus vivendi " appeared to be
nothing more than an armistice, and intercourse between the two Grand
Bodies named consisted only of formalities. This, we are happy to state,
has now changed, and by a simultaneous publication of a declaration
both on the part of the Grand National Lodge and that of Hamburg, the
former fraternal relations have been resumed. The declaration in ques
tion winds up :
" Both Grand Lodges express their regrets that offending remarks have
been made in their written documents and that, therefore, discord between
them has continued. Both Grand and Subordinate Lodges return here
with to friendly and fraternal intercourse."
There seems to be no doubt that the return of former conditions has
been accelerated by some important changes within the personnel of the
two Masonic Powers which were the principal factors in the schism that
had divided the Craft. As it will be remembered, the former Grand
Master of the Prussian Grand Lodge, M.\ W.\ Bro. von Ktjycke, re
signed his charge and was succeeded by M.\ W.\ Bro. Gartz, the present
incumbent, in the exalted office of Grand Master. A similar step was
taken during the summer of 1904 by M.\ W.\ Bro. Carl Wiere, who
informed his Grand Lodge during the St. John's Day Session (June 24th)
of his decision to lay down the reins of the government of the Grand
Lodge, owing to his impaired health, as he had only accepted the re
election in 1902 with the understanding that he might retire at such time
as he might find it necessary and expedient. Such conditions now ex
isted, and as the present state of affairs within the German Grand
Lodges' Union had been satisfactorily adjusted, Bro. Wiere was not
retiring " under fire."
As a practical reason, Bro. Wiere cited that his successor in office
would be called upon to be the executive officer of the German Grand
Lodges' Union at the meeting of the next Diet, on Whitsuntide, 1905, and
it would be advisable before doing this that he personally conduct the
affairs of the Grand Lodge a year previous in order to be better posted
on the routine work of this important office. As matters now stood it
appeared impracticable that he (Wiere) should undertake the manage
ment of the affaire of the Grand Lodge's Union in May and then turn
them over four weeks later to somebody else owing to the termination of
his tenure of office. These reasons having appeared sufficient to the Ham
burg Grand Lodge, the Deputy Grand Master, Bro. Dr. J. Moltmann,
became Bro. Wiere's successor ; but only for a very short time, for nine
weeks after his taking charge of the Grand East, he himself tendered his
resignation, which was Unanimously accepted. The reason for his sud
den change is to be found in an essay which Bro. Moltmann had written
during his summer vacation, and which he had published under the title
" The Future God and His Cult." The liberal tendency of the writer
seemed to have been so strongly attacked by the more conservative mem
bers of the Hamburg Grand Lodge that the resignation of Bro. Molt-
mann was unavoidable, and the former Grand Chaplain, Bro. Ludwio
Klapp, on February 11th, became the head of the Hamburg Grand Body,
in which capacity he will be called upon within a few months to become
the executive officer of the German Craft.
When we consider the increase in membership among the various Ger
man jurisdictions on one side and notice on the other hand, for instance,
that 22,269 marks have been disbursed by the Grand National Lodge of
Freemasons of Germany and 18,750 marks have been spent by the Grand
Lodge of the " Three Globes," all for the alleviation of distress, sickness
and misery, we must admit that the teachings of our Order have borne
good fruit, that the interest in Masonic work and study has not abated,
and that the future of the Masonic edifice is assured at home and abroad.
In this connection, we beg leave to refer to the statistical tables (see
pages 102 and 163 showing the development of Freemasonry in the Father
land during the decade 1894-1903, with detailed figures about membership,
work and charities managed during the Masonic year 1902-3. which we
hope will prove interesting.
DIET OF THE UNION OF GRAND LODGES OF

GERMANY.
The twenty-ninth Diet of the Union of the Grand Lodges of Germany

was held Sunday. May 22, 1904, in the Masonic Temple of the Grand
Iodge of Saxony, at Dresden, the Grand Master of the Saxon Grand
Body being the executive head of the Union for 1904-1905.
There were present :
1. Bro. Gerhardt. Grand Master, and Bros. Bernhardi and Erer-
hari), representatives of the Grand Lodge of the Three Globes.
2. Bro. Brendel, Deputy Grand Master, and Bros, von Protzen aud
Wald, representatives of the Grand National Lodge of Germany.
3. Bro. Wagner, Grand Master, and Bros. Keller and Fischer,
representatives of the Grand Lodge Royal York.
4. Bro. Wiere, Grand Master, and Bros. Moltmann and Moeller,
representatives of the Grand Lodge of Hamburg.
5. Bro. Auerrach, Grand Master, and Bros. Berningee and Will.
representatives of the Grand Lodge of the Eclectic Union.
6. Bro. Ficke, Grand Master, and Bros. Ruess and Fischer, repre
sentatives of the Grand Lodge of the Sun.
7. Bro. Brand, Grand Master, and Bro. Koch, representative of the
Grand Lodge of Concord.
8. Bro. Erdmann, Grand Master, and Bros. Blochwitz and Wal-
dow, representatives of the Grand Lodge of Saxony.
Shortly after 10 a. m., M.\ W.\ Bro. Erdmann, Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Saxony, called the Diet to order, and delivered a short
address of welcome to the delegates. He declared that love, ahove all
things, should inspire their deliberations, that fraternal feeling in the
truest sense should unite all of the German brethren in their labors for
Freemasonry. We may say, with Augustine, said Bro. Erdmann : " In
necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas." He tendered
the thanks of the Union to M.\ W.\ Bro. Gerhardt, executive head
during the past year. Bros. Prof. Dr. Lehmann and Dr. Ginsrerg were
appointed recording secretaries for the present Diet.
The presiding officer announced that since the order of business for
the present Diet had been arranged the Grand National Lodge of Germany
had given notice of a motion for the denial of recognition of the Lodge
" Christian til Palmestraeet " in Copenhagen, erected by the Grand Lodge
of Hamburg. As no provisions for the unfinished business of any one
Diet had been made, Bro. Erdmann decided to take up the consideration
of this motion as soon as the regular order of business will have been
concluded. After some discussion, this was agreed to.
Bro. Gerhardt reported that to defray the expenses of the Union for
1903-1904 each Grand Lodge would have to pay 218.11 marks as its share.
The report of the Board of Managers of the Victoria-Stiftung was
received and accepted : the needed appropriation to cover its expenditures
was voted, and a number of benefits was granted to deserving applicants.
Bros. Gerhardt, von Kuycke and Wagner (Diet of 1903) moved:
" Where a German Grand Lodge erects a St. John's Lodge in foreign
territory within the jurisdiction and in spite of the disapproval of a
Grand Lodge recognized by the Union of the Grand Lodges of Germany,
the consent of the Union to its erection must first be obtained."
Adopted by a vote of five Grand Lodges to three. The several Grand
Lodges must deliberate and report their action upon this motion before
the next Diet of the Union is held.
The Committee on the Creation and Jurisdictional Power of a Court
of Appeals for the Union reported that it had no specific recommenda
tions to make. In committee, all proposals had been met with a tie vote
of the members. Bro. Gerhardt stated that the committee had prepared
a draft-plan of a court of appeals, and that this could be used as a basis
in the debate upon the subject. This draft-plan provides for a tribunal
of eight, not of ten, members. To this provision the Grand National
Lodge of Germany had objected, for the reason that under it the large
membership of the more powerful Grand Lodges would not be adequately
represented. Others maintained, too, that no member of the Court ought
to sit as judge in litigations in which his own Grand Lodge is involved.
Still, it is to be expected that Freemasons will be impartial judges, even
in those matters which affect their own Grand Lodges.
A further difficulty arose in connection with the jurisdictional powers
of such high Masouic court. These ought to be as unlimited as possible,
covering all matters except those which are peculiarly the province of the
constituent Grand Lodges of the Union, or which relate to the ritual,
teachings and constitution of a particular Grand Body.
Moreover, it must be understood that the decisions of the Court, when
this is established, shall be final ; where a Grand Lodge withholds its
approval of a particular decision, it must be presumed that its member
ship in the Union has been surrendered. In this event, no question as to
the division of the property of the Union arises. The Union does not
own any property ; the Victoria-Stiftung is an independent corporation,
managed merely by the Diets of the Union. Hence, if a Grand Lodge
withdraws from the Union, it has still a right to share in the benefits of
the Victoria-Stiftung. The Grand Lodge of the Three Globes favored the
establishment of a Masonic Supreme Court, and had thus declared in
regular session.
M.\ W.\ Bro. Wagner was of the opinion that this was a portentous
question for the future of Freemasonry in Germany. The judges in spe
must be so impartial as to be competent to decide questions which affect
their own Grand Lodges most acutely. Other brethren concurred in Bro.
Wagner's views, Bro. Brand declaring that on the establishment of
this judicial commission the future existence of the Union depended.
Such a tribunal, moreover, would prove to the world that the German
Freemasons were again truly united.
Bro. Moltmann, for the Grand Lodge of Hamburg, proposed to refer
the entire question to the original committee, instructing it to make a
full and final report to the Diet of 1905. This elicited much opposition.
Various definitions of the powers of the proposed tribunal were ac
cepted ; it seems that this question is now before the Diet, to be finally
decided at the session of 1903. Bro. Wiere moved that the projected
judicial authority be deemed a unifying force among the German Grand
Lodges, deciding all questions at issue between one Grand Lodge and an
other of the constituent Grand Bodies of the Union. Bro. Gerhardt
declared that the jurisdictional power of the Court ought not to be
limited in any way. The motion of the Hamburg Grand Master was
declared lost.
The draft-report of the committee on the establishment of a scientific
Masonic periodical by the Union was accepted, and it was resolved to
refer this whole subject to a committee, which was instructed to report
at the next Diet. On this committee Bros. Gerhardt,- Wieiie and Ruess
were appointed.
A vote of appreciation for the efforts of the Comenius Society was
passed. The Lodges of the different Grand Lodges forming the 1'nion
were requested to give their support to this Society.
The motion of the Grand Lodge of the Sun to amend the rules govern
ing dimits was lost. In Germany, it seems that no distinction is drawn
between dimitting, suspending and dropping a brother from the roll so far
as effect is concerned. The motion of the same Grand Body in relation
to the preservation of the Lodge property of a brother dying in parts
beyond the sea was carried.
Bros. Auerrach and Ficke moved that the resolution of the Union,
passed at the Diet of May 29. 1887, in regard to the Independent Order
of B'nai B'rith, be repealed. Bro. Auerrach declared that the Order of
B'nai B'rith is not a secret society, and that the views on secret societies
have undergone many changes since recent times. At present, this reso
lution operates, in reality, as a law of exception, a rule of exclusion.
Bro. Wagner contended that the Order of B'nai B'rith had not changed
its character since 1887. He characterized Bro. Auerrach's motion as
inopportunely made, especially in view of the fact that the B'nai B'rith
is specifically a Jewish order, Bro. Erdmann. president of the Union,
and Bro. Bernhardi being of the same opinion. Bro. Aueerach de
clared that a Freemason is not prohibited from joining a sectarian order.
M.\ W.\ Bro. Gerhardt responded that the B'nai B'rith is a secret order,
and that the original resolution could not be repealed until more definite
information about its aims and ideals will have been received. Bro.
Waldow maintained that the B'nai B'rith was as much a secret order
as the Masonic. It was resolved to postpone further consideration of
Bro. Averrach's. motion until the next Diet : meanwhile information of
the aims of the B'nai B'rith is to be obtained.
The consideration of the motion of the Grand Lodge of the Three
Globes for a renewal of friendly relations with the United Grand Orient
of Lusitania and that of the Grand Lodge of Hamburg for an exchange
of representatives between the Grand Lodge of New Brunswick and the
Union was postponed.
The following motion of the Grand Lodge of Hamburg was carried :
" Where a motion is made for the recognition of or the renewal of
friendly relations with foreign Grand Lodges (especially in the cases of
the Grand Orient and Supreme Oonsoil of Parana, the Grand Lodge of
Cuba, the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico with exchange of representa
tives, the Grand Lodge of France, the Gran Oriente Espafiol). the moving
German Grand Lodge must show that the recognition, etc.. is desired by
the Union. Motions where this cannot be proved shall not be accepted
for consideration by the executive of the Union.
The Grand National Lodge of Germany moves :
" The Diet of the Union of the Grand Lodges of Germany, held on
Whitsunday. 19(M. resolves :
"That the Union withholds its recognition as a just and duly consti
tuted Lodge from the Lodge Christian til Palmestraeet in Copenhagen,
erected by the Grand Lodge of Hamburg."
M.\ W.\ Bro. Gerhardt stated that the Grand Lodge of Denmark
demanded the recognition of its exclusive jurisdiction in the premises and
that the charter be taken from this subordinate Lodge. It was resolved
to postpone the consideration of this motion until the resolution of the
Diet of 1903 had been carried out—i. c., until the troubles arising from
the erection of this Lodge had been adjusted. (See Report on Forei9n
Correspondence for 1904, pp. 136, 137.)
On the motion of the Grand Lodge Royal York the Union recommended
the payment of nu annual sum by all the subordinate St. John's Lodges
for the support of the Masonic Home at Einbeck.
M.\ TV.\ Bro. Wiere called attention to the unfriendly or rather
strained relations which existed between the Grand National Lodge of
Germany and the Grand Lodge of Hamburg, due to the refusal of a
subordinate Lodge of the former Grand Body to admit a visiting Hamburg
brother to its sessions. Bro. Gerhardt thought that the Diet could not
act in this matter, but believed that it was unlawful to reject a visiting
brother. The representatives of the Grand National Lodge stated that
their Lodges had not been instructed to refuse admittance to visiting
brethren hailing from the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Hamburg,
and therefore no le9al obstacles prevented the brother in question from
visiting any of their Lodges. All those present hoped that the difficulties
thus raised between the two Grand Bodies would shortly be allayed.
The thanks of the assemblage were voted to M.\ W.\ Bro. Erdmann,
the presiding officer, and the Diet of 1904 was closed in peace and har
mony at 0 F. m.
Victoria-Stiftung.
The Finance Committee of this benevolent institution, which is sup

ported by all of the constituent Grand Bodies of the Union of the Grand
Lodges of Germany, held its annual meeting in the Masonic Temple of
the Grand Lodge of the Three Globes in Berlin, April 7, 1904.
M.\ W.\ Bro. Gerhaudt in the chair.
Following the transaction of the routine business, which included the
granting of pensions to a number of inmates of the Home at Dahme, the
Treasurer, Bro. Hoffmann, reported that the capital of the institution
now amounted to 3î7,066.60 marks, an increase of 7,832.30 marks over
the previous year.
The receipts and expenditures during the fiscal year 1902-1903
Amounted to 7,683.81 marks. For the coming year these were estimated
at 8,500 marks. The budget of 1903-1904 was fixed at 13,804.87 marks,
449.29 marks more than the previous year.
This benevolent institution maintains a Home for the wives and sis
ters of Masonic brethren at Dahme. It is supported by means of fixed
assessments levied annually and paid by such of the German St. John's
Lodges as are members of the foundation. It is named after the late
Empress Frederick III. (Victoria, Princess Royal of England), who took
a deep interest in German Masonic affairs.
THE GRAND LODGE OF THE THREE GLOBES

(GROSSE NATIONAL-MUTTERLOGE DER
FREIMAURER IN DEN PREUSSISCHEN
STAATEN, GENANNT ZU DEN DREI WELT-
KUGELN), IN BERLIN, S. (Splittgerbergasse 3).
Protector: His Royal Highness, Bro. Frederick Leopold, Prince of

Prussia.
Grand Master : Bro. Karl Gerhardt, Privy Councillor of the Gov
ernment, Berlin, Potsdamer Str. 71.
Deputy Grand Master : Bro. Dr. Wilhelm Bernhardi. Professor.
Grand Secretary : Bro. Erich Meyssner, LL.D., Attorney-at-Law.
Grand Archivist: Bro. Mathias Hildeerandt.
Mutual Representatives : Near the Grand Lodge of the Three Globes,
Bro. Dr. Rudolf Dahms, Professor ; near the Grand Lodge of New York,
Bro. Alrert Wagner.
The Lodge of the Three Globes was erected by Frederick the Great.
shortly after his accession to the throne of Prussia, September 13, 1740.
It was organized as a Grand Lodge June 24, 1744, Frederick being
Grand Master, and continuing as such to his death in 1786.
This jurisdiction is the largest and most important in Germany, and
claims the allegiance of 14,598 brethren. The Grand Lodge and its sub
ordinate Lodges control 368 charitable institutions of various kinds.
We have received with never-failing regularity the conscientiously
edited and ever interesting " Bundesblatt," the official journal of the
Grand Lodge. Bro. Dr. Gustav Diercks' painstaking care, able mind
and good judgment can easily be noticed throughout.
The 1.001st regular convocation of the Grand Lodge was held March
12, 1904, with the Grand Master in the chair. The constitution was
amended in so far as to exclude from the Lodge-room the proposer of a
candidate in a discussion of the latters qualifications and eligibility when
raised for the purposes of opposition. The result of the discussions,
however, is to be communicated to the proposer on his return to the
Lodge-room. Various officers of the Grand Lodge were elected at this
session ; among others, Bro. Fricke was elected Grand Lecturer, and
Bro. Adler Deputy Grand Lecturer.
It may be of interest to mention the meeting of April 5, 1904, which
discussed the project of a Masonic periodical, to be published by the
Union of the Grand Lodges of Germany. Each Grand Lodge was repre
sented, the chairman being Bro. Gerhardt. It was determined to recom
mend the publication, at intervals of three months at least, of a periodical
to be entitled " Mitteilungen des Deutschen Grosslogenbundes." The
journal is to contain an official and an unofficial part. The former is to
include the proclamations of the executive of the Union, the reports of
proceedings of the Diet and committees, in addition to the various re
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ports of the constituent Grand Lodges, of foreign Masonic powers, etc.

The latter shall be devoted to essays dealing with the history of Free
masonry—especially German Freemasonry—since 1717, the basic prin
ciples, the philosophy and the ethical teachings of the institution. While
the executive of the Union is to be responsible directly for the official
portions of the journal, the unofficial pages will be placed under the
control of a scholarly and competent editor. The journal, moreover, is
to be fittingly and properly supported by the Union by means of appro
priations voted at the Diet.
At the annual communication of the Grand Lodge, held May 15, 1904,
the regular business was preceded by a meeting of the Statutory Com
mission. The statutes passed for the government of the executive council
of the Grand Lodge were amended in several insignificant places, and
steps taken to have unaffiliated brethren, who have been suspended from
their own Lodges, deprived of the privileges of the Craft. At the business
meeting of the Grand Lodge, which was opened in Ample Form by the
Grand Master, the principal topic for discussion was the next Diet of
the Union of the Grand Lodges. This subject has been so fully con
sidered in its proper place as to make further remarks supererogatory
here. The ritual lecture of the F.\ C.\ degree was the subject of an
elaborate report, in the course of which the speaker declared that this
degree, symbolically so insignificant, must be considerably amplified in
view of the fact that its teachings will enlarge the mental horizon of ,
candidates, making this include many mooted cultural questions.
The 1.003d regular quarterly session of the Grand Lodge was held
June 11. 1904. Nothing of more than local importance transpired. The
1.064th session was held in connection with the St. John's Day cele
bration. June 24. 1904. with Bro. van den Wyngaert as acting Grand
Master in the East. Bro. Hildeerandt, Grand Archivist, presented a
resumf- of the work of the Grand Lodge of the Three Globes for the
Masonic year 1903-1904, and the usual St. John's addresses were deliv
ered by the acting Grand Master and the Grand Lecturer. Bro. IIh.de-
rkandt reported that the Grand Lodge directly had dispensed the sum
of 18,750 marks in charity and that the jurisdiction numbered 136 St.
John's Lodges.
On September 12, 1904, the Grand Masters of the three Prussian
Grand Lodges congratulated the German Emperor on the announcement
of the betrothal of the Crown Prince. This letter the German Emperor,
who is not a member of the Craft, was pleased to accept.
On September 28, 1904. the Grand Lodge was called upon to mourn
the loss by death of its Deputy Grand Master (since 1895), R.\ W.\
Karl von Rgese. Bro. von Koese departed this life in the seventy-
third year of his age: be had been a member of the Grand Lodge since
1889 and of the executive council since 1891. On October 9, 1904. his
mother-lodge " V.w den 3 Seraphim " held a Iodge of Sorrow in his mem
ory.
He was a retired army officer, having risen in the engineer service
step by step to the rank of Major-General. Active throughout the Franco-
Prussian war. the German Emperor ennobled him on the twenty-fifth an
niversary of the hard-fought victory of Belfort, February 8, 1871, where
Bro. von Rgese had deservedly distinguished himself. He was the re
presentative of the Grand Lodge of New York near the Grand Lodge of
the, Three Globes; those of our brethren who had occasion to go to Berlin
know how painstakingly he watched over our interests. With our Ger
man brethren we cry : " Friede seiner Asche ! Ehre seinem Andenken ! "
The 1,005th communication of the Grand Lodge occurred September
24. 1904, the Grand Master, Bro. Gerhardt. presiding. Beyond the
declaration that a Commission of Appeals was absolutely needed to render
the Union of the Grand Lodges a body with de facto as well as de jure
powers, little of moment was transacted. At the l,(X56fh convocation,
held October 29, 1904, the Grand Master referred briefly to the death of
Bro. von Rgese. The brethren present expressed their sorrow after the
Masonic fashion. R.\ W.\ Bro. Bernhardt was elected Deputy Grand
Master to succeed the late General von Roese. The next meeting, held
November 2, 1904. was given over to a general Lodge of Sorrow in mem
ory of the brethren who had entered the Eternal East during the past
Masonic year. The Grand Lodge assembled again on December 10, 1904.
No business of general Masonic interest was transacted.
Of particular interest is the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth
anniversary of the founding of the Lodge " Zur Eintracht " in Berlin on
December 4. 1904. This Lodge was instituted December 9, 1754. as " La
petite Concorde," and is the oldest subordinate Lodge of the Grand Lodge
of the Three Globes. For many decades the work was carried on in the
French language, the majority of the members being natives of France
or of French extraction. The W.\ M.\ Bro. Schwengrerg in his com
memoration address discussed the chartering of the Lodge, its history,
its Past Masters and other distinguished brethren, and declared that to
day, with 317 members, the Lodge is as new and ready for fresh efforts
as it was when first erected, in the days of the Royal Grand Master.
Frederick the Great of Prussia. In conclusion, we may express this
hope with R.\ W.\ Lunwio Kleirer. chaplain of the Lodge :
" Das Wahre suchen uud das Schime liebeu.
Dns Gute ilhen,
Kein edler Ziel als dieses kann im Leben
Der Mensch erstreben."
As noted above, Bro. Professor Dr. Rudolf Dahms has been selected
as the new representative of our Grand Lodge near the Grand Lodge of
Three Globes and in greeting the successor of the lamented Bro. von
Rgese, we hope that he will have no difficulty to uphold and strengthen
the ties of friendship and fraternal feeling that have united the two
Grand Bodies in the past.
THE GRAND NATIONAL LODGE OF FREEMA

SONS OF GERMANY (GROSSE LANDESLOGE
DER FREIMAURER VON DEUTSCHLAND)
AT BERLIN W. (Eisenacherstrasse 11/13).
The Wisest Musterg&of thq Order (Vicarius Salomonis) : His Royal

Highness Bro. Frederick Leopold, Prince of Prussia.
Grand Master : Bro. Karl J. E. Gartz, Privy Councillor of Justice
and Director of the County Court, Steglitzer Strasse 85.
First Deputy Grand Master : Bro. Karl V. Protzen, Major-General.
Second Deputy Grand Master: Bro. Count Stanislaus of Dohna,
Ph.D.
Grand Secretary. Archivist and Librarian: Bro. Dr. Wilhelm Wald.
Assistant Grand Secretary : Bro. Hans Espeut.
Mutual Representatives near the Grand Lodge of New York: Bro.
E. C. M. von Cronau ; near the Grand Lodge of Germany ; Bro. Felix
Seckt. Ph.D.
The Grand Lodge was founded December 27, 1770. and controls, ac
cording to latest statistics (June, 1904), 7 chapters, 3 Provincial Grand
Lodges, 33 St. Andrew's and 124 St. John's Lodges, 12,685 brethren and
239 charitable institutions.
We regret that we cannot present more than a very meagre report of
the work of this powerful body during the past year. None of the proto
cols issued by this Grand Lodge has reached our hands, although we are
quite certain all our official documents were sent to Berlin.
The Masonic Club at Eckernfoerde was transformed into a Lodge
" Zur Yckenburg " during the year 1904.
We note with regret the retirement of Bro. Karl Otto Brendel
from his position as First Deputy Grand Master.
THE GRAND LODGE OF PRUSSIA, CALLED

"ROYAL YORK ZUR FREUNDSCHAFT " (OF
FRIENDSHIP), AT BERLIN (N. W. Dorotheen-
strasse, 27).
Protector: His Royal Highness, Bro. Frederick Leopold, Prince of
Prussia.
Honorary Grand Master: Bito. Prince Heinuich zu Schgenaich-
Carolath.
Grand Master: Bro. B. A. Wagner. Ph.D. and Professor, Monbijou-
platz 11.
Deputy Grand Master: Bro. Ludwig Keller.
Grand Secretary and Archivist: Bro. G. MlTZLAFF, former Lieu
tenant-colonel, Berlin, N. W. Dorotheeustrasse 27.
Mutual Representatives : Near the Grand Lodge of New York, Bro.
Emil Frexkel; near the Grand Lodge of Prussia. Bro. Odo Briegler.
This Lodge was originally founded in 1760. receiving a charter from
the Grand Lodge of England, as suggested by its name. Its existence as
an independent Grand Lodge dates from June 11, 1798. The jurisdiction
includes a provincial Grand Lodge in Silesia, with headquarters in Bres-
lau, founded September 0, 1816, 13 Inner Orients, 09 St. John's Lodges
and 10 Masonic Circles. According to latest figures obtainable the
" Royal York " roster adds up 0,728 active Masons, controlling and sup
porting 115 Masonic Institutions.
Wo have been favored with the printed protocols (Mittheilungen) of
the Prussian Grand Lodge and have before us Nos. IV, V of the year
1903-1904 and Nos. I, II, III of the year 1904-1905, together with a new
edition of the Masonic Directory of this Grand Lodge and Associate
Bodies for the year 1904-1905, containing a detailed list of the personnel,
and managing committees, governing the Craft in its various departments.
It also gives a special membership list of the four Berlin St. John's
Lodges, as has been customary in former issues.
The regular quarterly meetings of the Grand Lodge took place on
March 7th, June 0th, September 5th and December 5th, 1904, while the
so-called Spring Convention was held on April 30th and May 1st, 1904,
followed by the Annual Election on May 9, 1904. At these communica
tions the business affairs of " Royal York " were discussed and acted upon,
the Grand Master, Bro. Wagner, presiding over the deliberations of the
representatives of the Lodges.
Regarding the revision of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, the Grand
Master reported that a committee consisting of the Associate Grand Officers
and some experienced non-resident brethren shall now sift the material
submitted as basis for the fundamental law, following the principle of re
taining all that was good in the present Constitution ; everything apper
taining to the position of the Grand Lodge from the point of the civil and
Masonic law should be treated together and a separation of these items
so far as they touched upon the Grand Lodge was to be avoided. The
presiding officer further advised that the semi-annual reports of the sub
ordinate Lodges should be more comprehensive, so as to furnish a live
picture of the individual activities developed in the St. John's Lodges,
an improvement which would also furnish important material for the new
Masonic periodical " Am rauen Stein." The latter paper was earnestly
recommended again to the Lodges and members of the jurisdiction, espe
cially to those who had not heretofore become subscribers thereto. The
original motto of free expression of opinion will continue to be followed
in the future, and not only Master Masons, but also Fellow Crafts and
Entered Apprentices should increase their Masonic knowledge by its
perusal.
Regarding the Home for Aged and Infirm Masons or so-called " Johan-
nisstift " in Einbeck, Bro. Wagner stated that it was desirable that not
only the Subordinate Lodges of " Royal York," but all Gorman Lodges
should annually contribute certain amounts to the sup|xirt of this most
prominent and admirable monument of Masonic benevolence. He further
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added that a similar resolution would be submitted to the Diet of the
Grand Lodges' Union on this laudable subject.
As to the exchange of Mutual Representatives, the presiding officer
stated that the entertainment of friendly relations with sister Grand
Lodges had always been considered an important factor by the leaders of
" Royal York," and in this connection the gratifying report was made
that the resumption of intimate relations with the Grand Lodge of Ham
burg and the exchange of Mutual Representatives betweeen these two
jurisdictions could not fail to be of favorable influence upon the relations
of both Grand Bodies.
The presiding officer also called attention to the charitable side of
our brotherhood, and in this connection admonished the brethren not to
forget the various benevolent institutions from whose number he especially
mentioned the " Victoria-," " Augusten-" and " Kronprinz Friedrich-Wil-
helm "-Stiftung. Nor did he forget to mention the Berlin " Wilhelms-
Stiftung," a charity supported entirely by the four local " Royal York "
Lodges in the German capital, which at the same time did not restrict
the distribution of their funds to the needy of their own circles and
which practice the teachings of Freemasonry wherever a worthy case is
presented for their consideration.
Regarding the various subjects which were to come up for the con
sideration of the Diet of the Grand Lodges' Union at Whitsuntide, the
Grand Lodge defined its position by an instruction to vote in favor of
the resumption of friendly relations with the Grand Orient of the Nether
lands and the Grand Lodge of Hungary ; also, eventually, with the Grand
Lodge of France, but opposed the abrogation of the rule forbidding the
reception of members of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith into the
Masonic Fraternity.
As to the creation of a permanent Masonic tribunal and the publica
tion of a literary periodical for the whole German Craft under the super
vision of the German Grand Ixjdges' Union, the Grand Lodge expressed
confidence in its leading brethren that they would defend the " Royal
York " interest by the promotion of pence and harmony for the benefit
of the whole Fraternity.
The business portion of the convention at this meeting having been
finished, the Grand Master delivered an address entitled, " The Position
of the Inner Orients towards St. John's Masonry," which met with such
deserved approval that printed copies thereof were sent to all subordinate
Lodges, in accordance with the desire expressed at the conclusion of Bro.
Wagner's remarks.
An equally interesting address was made at the session of the Grand
Lodge on the following day. when the Deputy Grand Master, Bro. Kel
ler, spoke on the subject of practising Freemasonry in private life, a
document whose importance is best characterized by the decision to mail
a copy thereof to every brother within the jurisdiction.
In closing the Legislative Meeting of the Grand Lodge, the Grand
Master expressed his gratitude to the brethren for the interest they de
veloped in the affairs of the " Royal " Fraternity, putting special stress
upon the fact that never before had such fertility of thought and talent
instigated and refreshed the old love for Masonic work.
The election of officers for the Masonic year 1904-1905 treated no
material changes, the former incumbents of the principal offices being re
elected.
At the quarterly meetings of this jurisdiction little transpired of inter
national interest, save, perhaps, the motion of the Lodge " Zum Tempel
des Friedens in Metz," to support, as much as possible, with friendly
Masonic Powers, the action of the French Lodges which are desiring to
bring about a re-establishment of Masonic intercourse with German
Ixxlges. After a lengthy discussion it was decided, however, that this
matter could only be adjusted in conjunction with the two other Prus
sian Grand Lodges, a decision which was also reached upon the invitation
of the Grand Orient of Belgium to send delegates to the International
Masonic Congress to be held in Brussels, August 27th-31st, 1Q04.
As will be remembered, our Prussian brethren had given speedy as
sistance to the unfortunate Silesiau population which had suffered loss,
and enormous damage, their property being devastated by rising water
and general inundation. At that time 1,200 marks had been collected for
this purpose, and the careful distribution of this sum, by their Past and
Honorary Grand Master, Bro. Fringe Schoenaich-Carolath, had alle
viated to such an extent the suffering of the stricken district that the
thanks of the Grand Lodge were expressed to the faithful brother who
had undertaken the work according to Masonic principles.
Among the festivities, the celebration of St. John's Day aud the one
hundred and sixth anniversary of the foundation of the Grand Lodge were
combined in the session held on June 24th, with M.\ W.\ Bro. Wagner
in the chair, assisted by Deputy Grand Master, Bro. Keller and Bros.
Christian!, and Leisering, Senior and Junior Grand Wardens respect
ively. The four local Berlin Lodges also participated in the festive work,
as had been the custom in the past.
Some musical recitations and the opening ceremonies concluded, the
Grand Master greeted the brethren with a short address, emphasiiing
the fact that the fraternal communion which formed the essence of
Freemasonry was especially patent on this particular holiday of the
Craft: for not only the brethren present, but also those far away, had
shown their interest in such decided manner that it made clear one
of the purposes of the Fraternity—to gladden and brighten our lives.
The joy of St. John's Day. however, was not to be considered as a quiet
enjoyment, a " dolce far niente," but a living spring of enthusiasm which
impels one to new action ; thus let us continue in the New Masonic year,
the *1ienker added, gladly proceeding with all those humanitarian efforts
in which we are now engaged, referring principally to the erection of the
Masonic Home in Einbeck, which, under the energetic assistance of the
brethren, I hope will be consummated during the present year. Solicitnde
for the education of the younger generation upon which the future of
humanity rests in fostering their energies and guarding them from the
pernicious influence of sensuality, the Grand Master considered a further
important factor in such of our Masonic activities as the St. John's Day
celebration might suggest.
In finishing his remarks, the Grand Master read a poetic greeting re
reived from the Grand Lecturer, Bro. Fischer, bespeaking an onward
striving towards light with love by living a true life.
A telegram received by His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, Protec
tor of the Prussian Grand Lodges, was read with great satisfaction, and
the honor reciprocated by a similar message, thanking the Royal Pro
tector for his congratulations and assuring him of the unvarying fidelity
and devotion of the Royal York jurisdiction.
Similar congratulatory communications were received from the Grand
Lodge of the " Three Globes," the Grand National Lodge of Freemasons
of Germany, many St. John's Lodges belonging to the jurisdiction. M.\
W.\ Prince Schgenaich-Carolath, Honorary Grand Master, R.\ W.\
Bros. Knorr and Hartmann and many other brethren too numerous to
mention.
The proclamation of the new Masonic year was next in order, where
upon R.\ W.\ Bro. Mitzlaff, Grand Secretary, reported upon the
changes of the personnel of the Grand Lodge during the past Masonic
year, mentioning also the names of those brethren who had been called
from their earthly labors to eternal rest. The official oration was then
delivered by the Deputy Grand Lecturer, Bro. Grosse, In his discussion,
the speaker considered Freemasonry from its historical standpoint, prov
ing how. in the beginning, the highest nobility and even royalty were
very anxious to be initiated into the mysteries of the Fraternity, when
aristocracy of birth and mind filled the Lodges of the eighteenth century,
and the good middle classes frequently were not considered a desirable
addition to the Order, which represented the social and spiritual elite of
those times; and when to-day the leading spirits of our nation are not
found in our Masonic affiliations, the question necessarily arises whether
Freemasonry has not become antiquated. What the leaders in our mystic
chain during the eighteenth century have worked for—enlightenment of
the masses and general education of the people—has been realized because
the pioneers found encouragement and cooperation within the small and
select circle where the scope of their ideas was fully understood and ap
preciated. How different to-day. where the poet, thinker, artist and
statesman are not any more satisfied with the small assembly of con
genial friends, but try, by means of the daily press, to influence public
opinion ; where publicity has taken the place of secrecy, where there is
little or no understanding for the quiet work of a well-organized Lodge
irrespective of the fact that the underlying principles of Freemasonry
upon superficial examination cannot produce any new features, a rich
literature pro and con permitting the study of the essence and substance
of Freemasonry to every curious and studious head. Thus the close con
nection between the greatest minds of the age and Freemasons has slack
ened, and keeping pace thereto, the artistic character of Masonic associa
tions has vanished ; but. nevertheless, the royal art has not lost its re
cruiting power and will continue to attract new material if it keeps up
with the spirit of the times and adopts itself to the modern conditions of
our century. Then, according to Lessing's ideas. Freemasonry' will be
identical with civic society in the broadest sense of the word, or it will
not; and if we look around and scrutinize present conditions, we find
everywhere new signs of activity and the desire to practically inculcate
the principles of the Order into our modern conditions. Instead of an
artistic epoch, a socialistic era might appropriately be termed the future
which lies before us, and as our brethren have been anointed by a drop
of social oil, the tendency of the Craft demands in emphatic terms that
our work should bring forth positive results in the erection and adorn
ment of an original edifice. Let us go out into the world participating
In everything that pertains to the public welfare ; promote the many
tendencies which will lift humanity to a higher sphere of thinking in
mercantile and private life and attract other brothers to help us to make
the connections between our Lodges and the public conditions surrounding
us more close and intimate ; then publicity will have taken the place of
Becrecy in our Masonic circles and Masonry will have ceased to be a
theoretical art, and practical results from practical work will be the
characteristic distinction of a true disciple of the royal art upon each
recurring observance of St. John's Day. An earnest brother's best cele
bration will be a notable deed.
Deserved applause rewarded the speaker for his excellent design upon
the trestleboard ; then a collection for the poor and needy was taken
up and the ceremonies were concluded in ample form. After a short
interval the brethren assembled in the Banquet Hall, where the festivities
continued in the social intercourse of the brethren and their ladies—a
re-union made especially attractive by the recitation of appropriate songs
and other musical selections—a Summernight's Festival in the true spirit
of our patron saint, a feast of light and roses.
The Grand Lodge of Sorrow was held, as customary, on November
11th, with the Grand Master in the East, assisted by the Deputy Grand
Master and the Senior and Junior Grand Wardens. The local Berlin
Lodges were represented by their respective Masters, and after the open
ing address by the presiding officer he recalled especially the memories of
the late Grand Master, Bro. Flour, and Deputy Grand Master. Bro.
Knorr, and also dwelt upon the duties which the surviving craftsmen
owed to those who had already joined the silent majority. The Masters
of the subordinate Lodges then recalled the names of those who had fin
ished their earthly career during the past year and had entered the Eternal
East. A short obituary statement, in every instance, pointed out the
principal characteristics of the deceased brethren, calling back in detail
the good work performed by them while sojourning through life.
The official address was then delivered by the Grand Lecturer, Bro.
Fischer, who spoke upon the lesson which the Masonic " All Souls'
Day " should impress upon every member of the mystic tie by strength
ening our belief in the immortality of the soul.
" Kriinzet die Pforten des Todes mit Palmen,
Singet der owigen Freiheit Psalmen
ITnd steuert mutig zum Hafen hinein.
Das Grab, das Grab soil Triumphtor uns sein ! "
Thus he pointed out the philosophy of the grave, and as God has
planted in us the aspiration to perfection. His wisdom, kindness and
justice must grant the possibility to reach this perfect state. This being
impossible 0ll earth, it is absolutely established that our spirit will con
tinue its strife for perfection in a higher light ; that means that it is im
mortal. The shadow of death therefore vanishes, and to die means for
us only the casting off of a narrow raiment and the liberated spirit returns
in joyful confidence to its Maker.
We cannot close our report of the Masonic work performed within
this jurisdiction without making prominent mention of the excellent de
signs drawn on the " rough ashlar " by such leading craftsmen as Bros.
Keller, Wolfstieg, Neumark, Leisering, Hartmann, Christiani and
Zimmer, nor without favorably commenting upon the conscientious en
deavors of Bro. Rudolph Grosse, the managing editor, who within the
short space of fifteen months has put the official organ of the Grand
Lodge " Royal York " in the front rank of similar publications.
We are also pleased to mention that the visit of R.\ W. . Bro. August
Wolfstieg has delighted those of our New York brethren who had the
distinction of meeting this great scholar and cultured gentleman and wish
to express our regret at his short stay and our consequent inability to
show him more attention.
Our special thanks are due to R.\ W.\ Bro. BrleGLEn, our worthy
Berlin representative, who has kept us so well posted on the spiritual and
material welfare of the Prussian Grand Body.
In summarizing the results of a year's achievements within the
" Royal York " domain, we notice the same steady advancement which
has always been characteristic of this Grand Lodge, and while its progress
has been on conservative lines, it is, nevertheless, so marked and in such
close touch with the spirit of the times that we cannot help but admire
the judgment and diligence of its leaders. May they continue to guide
its destinies to a still more useful and glorious future !
GRAND LODGE OF THE ECLECTIC UNION

(GROSSE MUTTERLOGE DES EKLEKTI-
SCHEN FREIMAURERBUNDES ZU FRANK
FURT AM MAIN).
Grand Master: Bro. Fritz Auerrach. Merchant, Palmengarten-
strasse 6.
Deputy Grand Masters : Bro. Karl Berxinger and Bro. Christian
Gotthold. Ph.D.
Grand Secretary (Recording) : Bro. Philipp Hertz.
Grand Secretary (Corresponding) : Bro. Wilhelm Lotz.
(irand Archivists: Bro. Ludwig Banoel and Bro. Emil Fromm, M.D.
Representatives: Near the Grand Lodge of New York. Bro. Ferdi
nand Goerel: near the Grand Lodge of the Eclectic Union, Bro. Alex
ander Marc, M.D., at Wiesbaden.
This Grand Ixidge was organized March 18. 1783, and proclaimed as
an independent Masonic jurisdiction January 13 (November 14), 1823.
Up to this time it had acknowledged the supremacy of the Grand Lodge
of England ("Ancients"). The number of its subordinate Lodges re
mains twenty-one.
We have received the reports of the proceedings of this Grand Lodge,
which are issued under the official seal at stated intervals ( Nos. 236-261
inclusive) ; also the " Annex to the Protocols," containing the annual
reports of the individual Lodges.
The quarterly convocation was held February 22, 1904, in the rooms
of the local Lodge, " Sokrates rar Standhaftigkeit," in Frankfort. The
session was opened in Ample Form by the Grand Master. M.\ W.\ Bro.
Fritz Auerrach. The committee on the proposed court of Appeals for
the Union of the Grand Lodges reported that it would be impracticable
to have members of the commission act as judges in questions affecting
their own Grand Lodges. It was claimed, too, that it would be undignified
for a Grand Master to appear before such tribunal as the advocate of
his own Grand Lodge. Such a matter could well be put into the hands
of a brother specially deputized for the occasion. The other business of
this meeting dpalt only with the internal affairs of the Grand Lodge.
The Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge took place May 1,
1904, the Grand Master, Bro. Auerrach, presiding. The Masonic jubi
lees of Bros. Benjammin Reges, Adolf Coiaischonn and (Jeorg Let-
kam, LL.D., were celebrated during April, 1904.
The proposal of the Grand Lodge of F. & A. M. ( colored I of the
District of Columbia in Washington for an exchange of representatives
was laid on the table, its consideration not being deemed feasible until a
later date.
The International Bureau of Masonic Affairs at Neuchatel in Switzer
land notified the Grand Lodge that the " Universal Day of Peace " for
the various Masonic bodies of the world should be celebrated ou May 18th.
A motion to amend the Book of Constitution of the Grand Lodge, to
the end that subordinate Lodges situated at a distance from the seat of
the Grand Lodge might be permitted to nominate as representatives the
eligible masters of Lodges working in Frankfort. Wiesbaden and Hanau
was lost. It was declared to be of paramount importance that brethren
from distant cities should take part in the regular sessions of the (Jrand
Lodge. Another motion of similar purport was also defeated.
The Grand Lodge accepted membership in the International Masonic
Bureau in Switzerland, the cost of this to be defrayed by the individual
Lodges of the jurisdiction. It was decided that the Grand Lodge should
not favor the erection of subordinate German Lodges in foreign lands,
and that the question of recognizing the " Grande Loge de France " be
left to the discretion of the members of the Union of the Grand Lodges.
The question of a Masonic periodical for the Grand Lodge of the Eclectic
Union was not considered at length, and it was announced that the pro
posed changes in the ritual of the Eclectic Union were confined to verbal
modifications and obsolete expressions.
A proposal to transform clandestine Lodges into duly constituted ones,
wherever situated, was made but neither discussed nor acted upon. Due
acknowledgment of the receipt of the tenth annual report of the Masonic
Board of Relief of Syracuse, N. Y., was made.
The annual St. John's Festival of this Grand Lodge was celebrated
in the Lodge *' Zur aufgehenden Morgenriithe " in Frankfort, June 25,
1904. The six local Lodges were represented, the ceremonies being di
rected by Deputy Grand Master Bro. Beeninger.
The quarterly convocation was again held in the rooms of the sub
ordinate Lodge " Sokrates zur Standhaftigkeit " in Frankfort, August 19,
1904. Bro. Auerrach announced that R.\ W.\ Bro. Krafft had been
appointed as the representative of the Grand Lodge at the International
Masonic Congress, to be held at Brussels, August 27th to 30th.
Announcement of the reconstruction of the Scottish Rite Grand Lodge
of Germany into " Vollkommene Schottisehe Loge, genaunt Grosse Frei-
maurerloge von Deutschland " was made. It did not appear that an
exchange of representatives with the Union of the Grand Lodges was
thereby asked for.
The Grand National Lodge of Germany declared that amendments to
the procedure in cases of offences against the Masonic law had become
necessary : their nature could not be ascertained from the reports we
have received. It appears, however, that the " Landesloge " preferred to
govern its members by its own laws rather than by those of the Union
of the Grand Lodges.
The Masonic Circle " Zur aufgehenden Sonne" in Sonneberg had an
nounced its intention of applying for admission as a subordinate Lodge
of the Grand National Lodge of Germany without restoring its property
to its former Grand Lodge. This, it was said, wns a departure from
precedents. There was nothing to prevent a Lodge from transferring its
allegiance from one Grand Lodge to the other, provided it did not attempt
to transfer the property belonging to its first sovereign jurisdiction, too.
It was determined, finally, to lay the matter before the Grand National
Lodge of Germany, the Grand Master feeling certain that the proper
action would be taken by this body.
Due acknowledgment of the receipt of a copy of the Proceedings at
our one hundred and twenty-second annual communication (May, 1903)
wns made.
At the quarterly communication held November 24, 1904, the Grand
Mnster, Bro. Aueerach, and the Deputy Grand Masters, Bros. Ber-
ningeI! and Gotthold, were re-elected for a term of three years. We
congratulate the distinguished brethren upon this new evidence of their
interest in our Institution, and the brethren of the Eclectic Craft on their
wisdom in again placing such deserving men at the head of their affairs.
The project of the Internation Masonic Bureau of Switzerland to
hold an International Masonic Congress in Frankfort in 1906 was dis
cussed. While the Grand Iodgc was in sympathy with the project, yet
it could not undertake the organization of such a congress, especially «s
the Diet of the German Grand Lodges will convene in Frankfort at Pente
cost, 1906. The Grand Muster finally expressed the hope that a Masonic
congress will soon meet in Germany, to arrange for which he proffered
the support of his own body.
The correspondence of the Grand Lodge of the Eclectic Union with
the Grand National Lodge of Germany in the matter of the Masonic
Circle " Zur aufgehenden Sonne " in Sonneberg was laid before the Grand
Lodge for final action. It was claimed by the Eclectic Union that its
statutes obtained and that the circle at Sonneberg had at all times been
notified of amendments or additions to the law governing withdrawals
from the jurisdiction of the Eclectic Union. The Grand Lodge of Ger
many contended that the circle at Sonneberg did not have to ask and
receive the consent of the Grand Lodge at Frankfort to transform itself
into a Lodge working under the Grand Lodge, for the circle " is an inde
pendent, juridical person quite as able to determine for itself if it will
remain under or depart from your jurisdiction as, according to Section
93 of your Constitution, any of your subordinate Lodges." The Eclectic
Grand Lodge in its reply declared that it could not permit the circle >t
Sonneberg to leave its jurisdiction save in due form, and hoped that the
members would take the proper legal steps toward this end. The last item
in the correspondence is dated October 15, 1904, and informs the brethren
of the Eclectic Craft that the Grand Lodge of Germany erected a Lodge.
" Zur aufgehenden Sonne," at Sonneberg, which began Masonic labors on
the 9th of that month. The Grand Lodge was informed by Bro. Acib-
rach that the brethren at Sonneberg regretted that they had acted in the
premises without the concurrence of their former Masonic protector, the
Eclectic Lodge "Ernst fuer Wahrheit, Freundschaft und Recht" at
Coburg, and hoped that amicable relations would soon be restored among
all the parties concerned.
At the special communication held December 15, 1904, the Grand
Lodge officers for the new term, 1904-1907, were elected.
We have been favored with the statistical report on the condition of
the Eclectic Lodges for the Masonic year 1903-1904, a carefully prepared
document showing status and work of the Frankfort jurisdiction. Ac
cording to these figures the Eclectic Craft now numbers 3.065 brethren.
THE GRAND LODGE OF CONCORD (ZUR EIN

TRACHT), AT DARMSTADT IN THE GRAND
DUCHY OF HESSE-DARMSTADT.
Protector: His Royal Highness Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse.
Grand Master : Philipp Brand, Mainz. Rheinstrasse 3-5/10.
Deputy Grand Master: Wilhelm Ratj.
Grand Secretary, Grand Librarian and Grand Archivist: R.\ W.\
Fmedrioh A. Khauter.
Mutual Representatives: Near the Grand Lodge of New York. Jonas
E. Reinthaler. M.D. : near the Grand Lodge of Concord, George Wil
helm Koch, Giessen.
This Grand I/odge was organized March 22. 1846. It has jurisdiction
over eight St. John's Lodges (number unchanged from last report), hav
ing a total membership of 740 brethren, who maintain 18 charities.
We acknowledge the receipt of report No. 128 with thanks. This gives
an account of the proceedings at the regular session of the Grand Lodge,
held May 8, 1904, in the Masonic Temple of the Lodge " Johannes der
Evangelist, zur Eintracht," in Darmstadt.
The Grand Lodge was opened at 11.30 a.m., in Ample Form, M.\ W.\
Bro. Brand, Grand Master, in the chair. All the subordinate Lodges,
and fourteen Grand Bodies, were represented by delegates.
Various matters connected with the internal affairs of this Grand
Body were first disposed of. The minutes of the last session were read
and approved.
M.\ W.\ Bro. Brand reported that he had tendered the condolence
of the Grand Lodge to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke, Protector,
who mourned the loss of the Princess Elizabeth of Hesse, November 19,
1903. The Grand Duke acknowledged the Grand Master's telegram with
thanks. He also announced that, since the last session of the Grand
Lodge, two distinguished Craftsmen had entered the Eternal East—viz.,
M.\ W.\ Karl Oppel, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the
Eclectic Union in Frankfurt a|M., and R.\ W.\ Adolf Schermann,
M.D., representative of the Grand Lodge of Concord near the Symbolic
Grand Lodge of Hungary.
Under the head of changes in representation near other bodies, the
Grand Master announced that near the Grand Lodge of the State of New
York R.\ W.\ Hermann Cantor, for many years the able and deserving
battler for the cause of Freemasonry in the United States, had been suc
ceeded by R.\ W.\ Jonas E. Reinthaler, M.D. Bro. Cantor, the Grand
Master reported, had been elected to honorary membership by the St.
John's Lodge " Zum Tempel der Freundschaft " in Bingen.
The various motions noticed for the Diet of the Union of the Grand
Lodges of Germany were then discussed at considerable length, with a
view, no doubt, of enabling the Grand Master adequately to present the
opinions of his brethren at the session of the Union. Bro. Brand pre
sented the matter of the establishment of a Masonic Court of Appeals,
which this Grand Lodge approved.
The Question of the publication of a scientific Masonic periodical was
also debated ; the Grand Lodge of Concord declared itself in favor of
the project. It was resolved, too, to vote in favor of the repeal of the
interdict of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, by the Union ; the
question of recognizing the " Grande Loge de France " and the " Gran
Oriente Espanol " was postponed until such time as exact information
about these bodies will have been received.
The time for the election of a Grand Master having arrived, the Deputy
Grand Master, Bro. Rau, took the chair. The only candidate proposed
for the office, the veteran Craftsman Bro. Brand, was unanimously re
elected head of the Grand Lodge of Concord for the coming two Masonic
years. We grasp this opportunity formally to congratulate our distin
guished brother on his re-election.
The Grand Lodge was closed at 1.30 P. m., there being no further
business.
On December 27, 1904, the fiftieth Masonic Jubilee of the Deputy
Grand Master, Bro. Rau, was celebrated with much eclat at Darmstadt,
by his mother Lodge, " St. John the Evangelist." Similar festivities took
place on February 8, 1905, when R.\ W.\ Bro. Hermann Cantor, past
representative of the Grand Lodge Zur Eintracbt hear the Grand Lodge
of New York, completed fifty years of active service in King Solomon's,
No. 279, New York. The St. John's Lodge " Zum Tempel der Freund-
schaft," in Bingen-on-the-Rhine, of which Bro. Cantor is an honorary
member, sent a letter of congratulation on this occasion.
While we chronicle with regret the retirement of R.\ W.\ Bro. Her
mann Geyger as the Representative of the Grand Lodge of New York
near the Hessian Grand Body, we fully appreciate the reasons which
caused our esteemed brother to take this step, and in thanking him for
his diligence in watching the interests of the Grand Lodge of New York,
we express the hope that he may be spared for many years more to the
Fraternity, his family and his many friends, and enjoy the privileges of
a well deserved rest. To his successor, R.\ W.\ Bro. Koch, we extend
our most sincere and fraternal greetings and welcome him in his new
position as our representative. We trust that the labors of the office will
not be too arduous.
THE GRAND LODGE OF SAXONY (GROSSE LAN-

DESLOGE VON SACHSEN) IN DRESDEN
Ostra-Allee 15).
Grand Master : Bro. Bernhard Arthur Erdmann, M.D., Royal

Medical Councillor, Ammonstrasse 15 II.
Deputy Grand Master : Bro. Theodore Hultzsch, President of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Grand Secretary (Recording and Corresponding) : Bro. Ernst Hat-
tenius.
Grand Archivist and Deputy Grand Secretary : Bro. Emit. Kngll.
George W. Stake ; near the Grand Lodge of Saxony, Bro. Prof. Dr.
Oscar Lehmann.
The Grand Lodge was erected September 11, 1811. It now governs
24 Lodges with 4,521 members and 116 charities. For 1904-1905 it is
the executive head of the Union of the German Grand Lodges.
We regret we have received no reports from this jurisdiction, although
a copy of our proceedings was promptly forwarded to Dresden as usual.
A session of the Grand Lodge was held April 13, 1904, at which only
routine business was transacted. The charitable society " Fiirsorge " of
Dresden has now been ten years in existence. At the session of the Grand
Lodge held December 14. 1904, the question of a new Lodge, Solon, char
tered in Chemnitz, under the Grand Lodge of Hamburg, was considered.
It was said this Lodge was founded by nine members of a clandestine
society, six of whom were rejected candidates of the Lodge " Zur Har-
monie," under the Grand Lodge of Saxony, in Chemnitz. Hence this
Lodge wished to have no relations with the new Lodge. Several delegates
favored the severance of relations of comity between the Grand Lodges of
Saxony and Hamburg, especially since this was a matter within the pro
vince of the Grand Lodge having a Lodge in existence in any locality
where a new Lodge was founded by a member of the Union of the Grand
Lodges of Germany. The whole subject was laid on the table for con
sideration at a special meeting of the Grand Body.
On February 14, 1905, Bro. Rorert Fischer, Master of the inde
pendent Lodge " Archimedes zum ewigen Bunde " in Gera, entered the
Eternal East. Deceased was a Mason over forty years ; the editor of the
" Latomin," a celebrated Masonic periodical, and of " Astraea," a valu
able Masonic annual. He was chairman since 1897 of the Society of
German Freemasons, and also of the Independent Union of the Five Free
Lodges in Germany. A distinguished brother, we sincerely mourn his
loss. Bro. Th. Hultzsch, too. Deputy Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge, died November 6, 1904, at the age of seventy-two ; and we extend
to our sister Grand Lodge our sympathy in the loss of these noble Crafts
men.
GRAND LODGE OF THE SUN (BUNDES- UND

GROSS-LOGE ZUR SONNE) IN BAYREUTH
(Hofgarten 19).
Grand Master : Bro. Hugo Ficke, City Councillor, Freiburg, i. B.
Deputy Grand Master: Bro. Jacor Krueck.
Associate Grand Master : Bro. Friedrich Engel.
Grand Secretary : Bro. Georg Heinrich Fischer, Karlstrasse 5.
Grand Archivist : Bro. August Bencker.
Frederick Schrgeder ; near the Grand Lodge of the Sun, Bro. Karl
Schneider.
This Lodge was erected January 21, 1741, and constituted as an inde
pendent Masonic sovereignty December 11, 1811. It controls 35 St.
John's Lodges and 14 circles, of which five are located in Norway under
the Provincial Grand Lodge " Polarstjernen in Christiania." There are
now 3,004 brethren. A new Lodge, " Dankward zum rauhen Stein,"
was erected in Brunswick, its officers being installed with appropriate
ceremonies by the Grand Master. September 25, 1904.
The annual session of the Grand Lodge was held in May, 1904, in
the Lodge-room of the subordinate Lodge " Zur Hansa " in Bremen.
Thirty-one Lodges were represented. The Grand Lodge decided to become
a member of the International Masonic Bureau in Switzerland. It was
reported that a separate ritual for Masonic circles and clubs had been
established in Norway and Sweden. The communication for 1905 will
take place in Munich, in the Lodge " Zur Kette."
A session of the Executive Council, the Deputy Grand Master presid
ing, was held September 9, 1904. R.\ W.\ Bro. Schrgeder's report of
the annual communication of the Grand Lodge of New York, May 3-5,
1904, was read. The Provincial Grand Lodge in Norway held two ses
sions of its executive council in Christiania. Acknowledgment of the re
ceipt of the reports of our Grand Lodge Proceedings for 1904 and of the
German Masonic Temple Association reports and address book is grate
fully made. It was voted to prepare a revision of the Constitution of the
Grand Lodge.
We have been favored as regularly as in previous years with the
various issues of " Bayreuther Bundesblatt," the official organ of the
Grand Lodge, and studied the same with interest and pro6t.
The Grand Master's appeal for assistance for the sufferers in Aalesund
met with success, 2.000 marks having been collected.
THE SYMBOLIC GRAND LODGE OF HUNGARY

AT BUDAPEST (VI Bezirk Podmaniczkygasse
45).
Honorary Grand Masters : Bro. Anton von Berecz, Principal of the

Royal Hungarian High School for Girls : Bro. Georo von Joanngvics,
Ex-Secretary of the Education Department : Bro. Stephan von Rakovs-
zkv, Chief of the First Division of Accounts.
Grand Master : Bro. Geoeo von Jganngvics.
Deputy Grand Masters : Bro. Martin von Martonffy, Royal Privy
Councillor and Managing Director of the Industrial Schools : Bro.
Maurus Hoor Tempis, Professor at the Technical High School.
Grand Secretary : Bro. Ignatz Fekete, Counsellor-at-Law.
Grand Librarian : Bro. Virgil Koltai.
Adolph Finkenrerg ; near the Grand Lodge of Hungary, Bro. Donat
Zifferer, at Vienna.
This Grand Lodge was founded March 23, 1880, as the result of the
union of the St. John's Grand Lodge with the Grand Orient of Hungary.
It has jurisdiction over fifty-nine subordinate Lodges and 3,930 brethren.
The meeting of the Executive Council, March 7, 1904, was presided
over by the Grand Master. Bro. Georg von Jganngvics. It was proposed
that the publication of the internal affairs of the Governing Committee
(Bundesrath) be discontinued. A project looking to the establishment of
travelling or extension of lectureships on Masonic subjects, for the spread
of the teachings of the institution among the public, was considered, but
no definite action was taken. A special communication of the Grand
Lodge was announced for the autumn of 1904. at which the adoption of
a definitive constitution was to be considered. Various Lodges at Vienna
protested at the action of the " Comenius " and " Haladas " Lodges at
Budapest in accepting as candidates certain residents of Vienna. It was
claimed that this involved an infraction of their exclusive jurisdiction, but
as the candidates in question lived at Budapest during the greater part of
each year the action of the Budapest Lodges was confirmed by the Council.
The nineteenth regular session of the Grand Lodge of Hungary was
held March 26 and 27, 1904. The proceedings were opened in accordance
with Masonic usage, M.\ W.'. Marcel Neuschlosz in the chair. Such
motions as related to the need of greater unity of purpose among the
subordinate Lodges were referred to the next session of the Grand Lodge.
R.\ W.\ Adolf Schermann, M.D., was re-elected Deputy Grand Master
for the term of three years.
At a meeting of the Bundesrath on April 11, 1904, Bro. Marcel
Xeuschlosz was notified that he had been appointed the representative
of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts near the Grand Lodge
of Hungary. The Committee agreed to exchange mutual representatives
with the Grand Lodge of Columbia in Washington. In addition to lec
tures for the general public on Masonic topics, it was moved that " Kelet,"
the official journal of the Grand Lodge, be transformed into a popular
scientific and literary weekly magazine. The motion being carried, funds
were voted to carry its recommendations into execution.
On April 27, 1904, our Hungarian brethren were called upon to mourn
the loss of R.\ W.\ Adolf Schermann, M.D., Deputy Grand Master.
Bro. Schermann was the Chief Physician of the city of Budapest, and
had been made a Mason in Galilei Lodge as far back as December 5,
1876. For a long time he had been active in his own Lodge, and since
1900 he had been Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. In his
chosen calling he attained to high rank very early in life, and was always
to the front in every movement of national importance. His text-book
on Hygiene has long been the standard Hungarian work on the subject.
Our sincerest sympathies go out to our sister jurisdiction ; with her we
mourn the loss of one of Masonry's noblest champions.
At the session of the Bundesrath, May 9, 1904, the Grand Master
alluded feelingly to the death of Bro. Scheemann. The project of the
Szfchenyi Lodge for Masonic extension lectures was carefully gone into.
Bro. V. Koltai believed that by this means the general public might be
made acquainted with the sublime and patriotic teachings of Freemasonry.
Finally, it was decided that a general systematic lecture-organization was
inadvisable, no matter how effective and valuable such lectures as those
projected might be. It was declared that the Grand Lodge as a body could
not interfere with the railroad strikers of Hungary, and that the income
from Masonic charities could be used to assist non-Masons, too.
On the 18th of May, 1904, the Grand Lodge commemorated the Hague
peace sessions by holding a meeting to further the idea of universal peace.
On this occasion the Grand Master delivered an address on peace, and
Bro. Stefan Apathy recited his poem on universal peace. Various breth
ren delivered addresses, and there was a brief musical programme.
The Governing Committee met again on .Tune 6, 1904. It was de
cided to take part in the International Masonic Congress at Brussels.
The receipt of the list of officers elected by the Grand Lodge of New York
in May, 1904. was acknowledged. The Lodge "Aufrichtige Freundschaft "
was dissolved, not having fulfilled its obligations to the Grand Lodge.
The Lodge " Hrvatska vila " in Zagreb was permitted to unite with the
Lodge " Niichstenliche " in Sissek. The Lodge " Nemzeti," which had ini
tiated a candidate who belonged to another secret society, was proceeded
against for this violation of its duty to the Grand Lodge. Bro. M. von
Martonffy started the movement for Masonic extension lectures among
the Lodges in Miskolcz, Gybngyos and Gomorer. Under their auspices a
Masonic circle, " Bethlen Gftbor," had been founded in Maros-Vftsarhely.
The circle " Vaskapu " was changed into a Lodge at Fluss.
The Council held a meeting on June 13, 1904, to consider the changes
in " Kelet." In the course of the discussion Bro. V. Koltai declared that
the new journal must be conducted on strictly impartial lines. Inasmuch
as these changes involved an outlay of 45,276 Kr., it was resolved, by a
vote of 7 to 6, to consider the matter in committee before taking final
action. During the summer months the Grand Lodge issued a general
appeal for contributions of bread, food, clothing and money for the famine
sufferers. On September 20, 1904, the Grand Lodge suffered another irre
parable loss in the death of Bro. Bela von Katona. Honorary Grand
Master. He was born January 27, 1855, graduated from the University
of Budapest as Doctor of Laws in 1876, and at the time of his death was
a Deputy Attorney-general. He was made a Mason in the Lodge " Demo-
kratia," November 30, 1893, and from 1897 to 1903 was Deputy Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge.
At the " Bundesrath " meeting of October 3, 1904, the Deputy Grand
Master, Bro. M. von Martonffy, was in the chair. Bro. M. Gelleri
denounced the action of the editor of van Dalen's Masonic Calendar for
1905 in excluding statistics of the Hungarian Lodges from its pages on
the ground that Hungarian is not one of the languages of culture. Two
new subordinate Lodges were founded : one in Meziitur, the other. " Hegy-
videk " Lodge, in Munkflcs. On October 16, 1904, Bro. Oedgen Neusch-
losz, member of the Council, honorary master of the Lodge " Die alten
Getreuen." died at the age of fifty-three. He was a thorough Mason, and
the Grand Lodge of Hungary lost an active worker in him.
At the meeting of the executive council held November 7, 1904. the
Deputy Grand Master. Bro. von Martonffy, presided, and reported that
he had received the report of our Grand Lodge for 1904. Owing to the
restlessness in Belgrade. Servia, the Lodge " Pobratim " had been forced
to suspend its Masonic labors. Two new Lodges were about. to be in
stalled, however. Regarding the general lectures on the work for the
benefit of the whole Craft, several brethren declared that it was im
portant to instruct the younger brethren in the work, as they almost in
variably were the leaders in the Lodges. A representative of the Grand
Lodge was appointed for the celebration in Berlin of the fiftieth Masonic
jubilee of Bro. Hermann Settegast. Ph.D.. former Grand Master of the
irregular Grand Lodge " Friedrich zur Bundestreue."
At the meeting of the Executive Council of December 5. 1904. the
Grand Master was in the chair. A special communication of the Grand
Lodge was called for December 17, 1904. for the purpose of ratifying the
newly amended constitution. It was determined to have this read, so as
" to exclude wholly the discussion of every political and religions question
from Lodge-rooms." The constitution as presented was, with some minor
verbal changes, adopted by the Symbolic Grand Lodge at its special
meeting.
The Executive Council convened January 5, 1905, and the interests

of the Border Lodges (Grenzlogen) were discussed. It was said that
they were opposed to the Lodges in Hungary, and did nothing to fur
ther the interests of the Hungarian Craft. The brethren believed that
the Border Lodges always voted against the other Lodges, but it was
shown that on the question of having political and religious discussions
in Lodges only five or six votes out of a total of fifty-six were those of
Border Lodges. Bro. Marcel Neuschlosz adduced these and other facts
to prove that these Border Lodges were not inimical to the Hungarian
Lodges, and did not outvote the latter on important questions. Hence
these Border Lodges ought to remain in the Hungarian Craft.
On the question of ceasing to publish " Orient," the German edition
of the official organ " Kelet," in accordance with the resolution adopted
at a conference of Worshipful Masters of Hungarian Lodges, on Decem
ber 11, 1904, the Executive Council decided to give a hearing to the
German Lodges of the Grand Lodge before finally determining the matter.
Deputy Grand Master M. von Martonffy announced that he was
about to resign the leadership of the Symbolic Craft. Bro. Neuschlosz
expressed his sorrow at Bro. von Martonffy's impending retirement,
declaring that it was a grave crisis in Hungarian Masonic circles for such
a brother to leave the Grand Lodge.
A petty quarrel seems to have arisen from the action of the editor
of Van Dalen's Masonic Calendar in omitting the names of Hungarian
Lodges from his edition for 1905. because these were in the Magyar lan
guage. Bro. Findel, the editor, with the outspokenness one usually asso
ciates with his name, declared that these Hungarian names were excluded
because his calendar is not published " in the interests of Hungarian
terroristic chauvinism." The Symbolic Grand Lodge replied that it had
a perfect right to use the Hungarian language (the official tongue of the
land), the more especially so as there is a perpetual conflict between the
German and the Hungarian elements, with the consequent oppression of
the latter, the weaker ones. Altogether, this seems to us to be more a
question of Austro-Hungarian internal politics extended to Germany
( Pan-Teutonism ) than one of Masonry.
As we go to press, the sad news of the death of Bro. Marcel Neusch
losz, Honorary Grand Master and Past Deputy Grand Master of the
Symbolic Grand Lodge of Hungary, reaches ns. The deceased was one
of the most distinguished of Hungarian craftsmen, and his departure—
the third great loss Hungarian Masons had to experience during the past
year—creates a gap in the ranks of active Masonic workers which it will
he very hard to fill. He passed awny on March 8th of this year.
GRAND LODGE " ALPINA " OF SWITZER

LAND, AT NEUCHATEL.
Grand Master: Bro. Ed. Quahtier-La-Tente. Councillor of State.
Deputy Grand Master : Bro. Alfred-Louis Jacot.
Grand Secretary : Bro. P. E. Bonjour, Professor at Neuchatel.
Grand Archivist : Bro. Louis Frey, Vice-President of the Swiss In
surance Department in Berne.
Address of Grand Master : For letters : Ed. Quartier-La-Tente,
Councillor d'Etat, at Neuchatel (Switzerland).
For Telegrams: Quartier Alpinaloge, Neuchatel (Switzerland).
Address of Grand Secretary : P. E. Bonjour, Professor, Neuchatel
(Switzerland).
Dr. Boskowitz ; near the Grand Lodge " Alpina," Bro. Louis Reichen-
rach, Bernheim, St. Gall.
This Grand Lodge was founded June 12, 1844. Its governing council
transacts business in German and French alternately during quinquennial
periods. Until 1905 the Grand Lodge is located at Neufchatel, a French
canton, and the official reports are issued in the French language.
It should be remarked that Freemasonry in Switzerland has not been
invested with that public importance and consequence which the member*
of the Craft enjoy in some other more favored lands. Partly because of
the considerable Catholic population, partly by reason of the attitude of
powerful clerical neighbors, the Swiss Masons have shrunk from all mani
festations of a public character. Time was—and quite recently, too—
when Swiss Masonry had to be carried on in secret, in the dead of night,
at the risk of life itself.
We have received several issues of " Alpina, Organe Centrale d>
L'Union des Loges Suisses."
The sixteenth meeting of the Executive Council was held May 14. 19M,
in the Lodge " Zur Hoffnung " in Berne. The Grand Master presided.
Due announcement of the Peace celebration of May 18, 1904, to com
memorate the meeting of the International Peace Tribunal at The Hague,
was made. The International Bureau of Masonic Affairs, an activity
under the direct control of the Grand Lodge Alpina, had issued a circular
letter calling on all Masons to observe the day, and prepared a special
ritual for the purpose.
The Lodge " Union des Coeurs " at Geneva proposed to alter the form
of " Alpina," the official organ, completely. In line with the position of
Masons in Switzerland, the journal should devote greater space to propa
ganda, the fields of art, science, literature, economics, philosophy, philan
thropy and history in relation to Freemasonry. All references to Ma
sonic Lodge-work, the names of the brethren who participate in various
discussions of the Grand Lodge and the reports of the bodies and com
mittees of the Grand Lodge should not be published. The brethren who
favored the proposal, it should be remarked, looked upon Masonry as
being a secret society, not merely a society working behind closed doors.
Tho Executive Council opposed this view diametrically : Masonic ritual
terms should not be used in the journal, but references to the work of
the Grand Lodge Alpina and its subordinate Lodges would be decidedly
in place. The matter was left to the Grand Lodge for determining.
The report of the Council favoring the erection of the Masonic circle
at Lucerne into a St. John's Lodge, " Fiat Lux " was adopted. The
Lodge " Zur Hoffnung," through its W.\ M.\, proposed that the Grand
Lodge should delegate a brother to visit the various Masonic bodies of

the world, for the purpose of obtaining knowledge of the various signs
and passwords in use in the three degrees at different places, so that
brethren under the Grand Lodge Alpina when on a visit to distant parts
may have no difficulty in gaining admission to Masonic Lodges. The
matter was referred to the chairman of the council of administration, with
instructions to obtain this information in the manner proposed. The sub
ordinate Lodges, when once in possession of this information, will either
conform their own work to the Masonic work of other jurisdictions, or
communicate it with their own work to candidates. Mutual representa
tives of the Grand Lodge Alpina and the " Grand-Orient et Supreme Con-
seil de Parana (Bresil) " were named; the question of relations with the
Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia was referred to the executive
head.
The suggestion of the Lodge *' Akazia " at Winterthur, that there
shall be a solemn convocation of the Grand Lodge only at the commence
ment of each quinquennial period and at the second annual meeting there
after was referred to the Grand Lodge of 1905 for action.
The seventeenth session of the executive council was held June 25,
1904. in the Lodge " Etoile dc Jura " at Bienne, the Grand Master pre
siding. The secretaries of the Bureau of Masonic Information and of
the International Bureau for Masonic intercourse presented their reports.
The projected International Masonic Congress at Brussels was consid
ered ; the Grand Lodge Alpina determined to lend its support to the
undertaking.
The meeting of the Grand Lodge followed. The condition of the va
rious investments and charitable endowments of the Grand Lodge was
considered ; substantial appropriations were voted for the increase of
these funds. The Bureau of Masonic Information reported that, in view
of the many foreign pupils in Swiss boarding-schools, a selected list of
the latter for the use of French, Italian and American Masons was in
preparation. The " Freimaurerloge Fiat Lux " of Lucerne was officially
recognized and proclaimed as a subordinate Lodge of the Swiss Grand
Body. The question of " Alpina " as a Masonic journal was considered ;
no definite result seems to have been reached, and the periodical suffers no
change.
The fifty-second solemn convocation was held June 26, 1904. Con
gratulatory telegrams were exchanged with the committee having the un
veiling of a memorial to Jean-Jacques Rousseau on the island of St.
Pierre in charge. The Grand Master delivered an address, declaring that
Freemasonry is a union for liberty, love and labor. In 1903-4 the Grand
Lodge had increased its numbers by 116 brethren.
The eighteenth regular meeting of the administrative council of the
Grand Lodge was held in the rooms of the subordinate Lodge " Akazia "
at Winterthur, with the Grand Master in the chair. An elaborate ac
count of the proceedings at the International Masonic Congress held at
Brussels in August, 1904, was given. We observe that only representa
tives of French Masonry, i.e., of France or of the lands directly under
French Masonic influence—Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands and
Portugal—were present. The Swiss Grand Lodge was continued as the
head of the International Bureau for Masonic Intercourse. The Congress
was of the opinion that a knowledge of the history of our institution is
indispensable for those who wish to participate in its work and approved
the plan of organizing courses of lectures in the history of Freemasonry
" in all the Lodges of every Orient."
In conformity with the resolution of the Grand Lodge, a circular
letter as drafted was- approved, in which each Masonic sovereign juris
diction was asked :
1. The Masonic bodies with which it has exchanged representatives.
2. The Masonic bodies of its jurisdictions with which, while regular,
it has not exchanged representatives.
3. What Masonic bodies in its own land it believes to be or considers
irregular and clandestine, with their names and origins.
4. Finally, what is to make a body thus established an irregular Ma
sonic body?
Besides some minor resolutions in respect to its internal affairs, the
Grand Lodge through a circular letter called attention to the statutory
enactment provided for the election of a Grand Master by representatives
from each subordinate Lodge—the tenure of office of the present incum
bent expiring during the present year. The new head of the Alpine Craft
will hail from the German speaking portion of Switzerland, Lucerne being
the place and January 15, 1905. being the day set for a caucus on the
subject.
THE GRAND LODGE OF DENMARK, AT COPEN

HAGEN (Klaerkade 2).
Protector : His Majesty King Christian IX.
Grand Master^C'of the Order : High Royal Highness Bro. Christian
Frederick Vilhelm Carl, Crown Prince of Denmark.
Grand Master : His Highness Bro. Hans, Prince of Sehleswig-Hol-
stein-Sonderburg-Gluecksburg.
Deputy Grand Master : His Royal Highness Bro. Christian. Prince
of Denmark.
Grand Secretary : Bro. Rasmus Oellgard Nielsen.
Frederick C Wagner; near the Grand Lodge of Denmark, Bro. Jess
Peter Aastrup.
This jurisdiction was established November 16, 1858, and controls one
Provincial Grand Lodge at Odense, two St. Andrew's, ten St. JohD's and
fifteen instruction Lodges, with a total membership of 4,243 brethren.
As in the case of the other Scandinavian jurisdictions, we are without
direct news of this Grand Lodge. The Lodge " Christian til Palme-
straeet " in Copenhagen, working under the Grand Lodge of Hamburg,
sopms to continue its existence, nh'ch to our regret. We trust, however,
the matter will soon be amicably adjusted.
GRAND LODGE OF SWEDEN, AT STOCKHOLM

(Blasieholmen No. 6).
Grand MasterAôf the Order : His Majesty Bro. Oscar II., King of
Sweden and Norway.
National Grand Master: His Royal Highness Bro. Oscar Gustav
Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Wermland.
Governor of the Order : His Royal Highness, Bro. Oscar Carl Wil
liam, Hereditary Prince of Sweden and Norway.
Deputy Governor : Bro. Prince Oscar Carl August Bernadotte.
Grand Secretary : Bro. H. S. B. Svensson, Ph.D.
Hiram L. Hutchens ; near the Grand Lodge of Sweden, Bro. A. J. H.
Klintrerg, Rear-Admiral of the Royal Swedish Navy.
This jurisdiction (IX. Province) was founded in 1731, and there are
now four Provincial Lodges, twelve St. Andrew's and twenty-three St,
John's Lodges, and 11,911 brethren. Swedish Masonry is distinctly con
trolled by the Royal family.
We have had no direct news from the Grand Lodge. It is reported
that a special ritual has been arranged for the use of Masonic circles.
The seventy-fifth birthday of the King was celebrated in all the Lodges.
The city of Stockholm contributed the sum of 200,000 Kroner for the
Sanatorium for Consumptives in honor of the event. This was the direct
result of Masonic effort.
GRAND LODGE OF NORWAY, AT CHRISTIANIA.
Grand Masterôf the Order : His Majesty Bro. Oscar II., King of
Sweden and Norway.
National Grand Master : His Royal Highness Bro. Oscar Gustav
Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway.
Substitute Grand Master : His Royal Highness Bro. Oscar Carl
William, Hereditary Prince of Sweden and Norway.
Deputy Grand Master: Bro. Johan Gottfried Conradi, Physician.
Grand Secretary and Address : Bro. Theodore Hansen, Dahls Gade 3.
Mutual Representatives : Near the Grand Lodge of New York, Buo.
Rudolph Holde ; near the Grand Lodge of Norway, Bro. Anton Lub-
wio Thune-Larsen.
This Grand Lodge (X. Province) was founded May 10, 1891, and is
composed of three St. Andrew 's and nine St. John's Lodges. Most of the
3.345 brethren are members of the upper middle and official classes.
Nansen and Sverdrup, the distinguished Polar explorers, are said to be
members of the Order. While no reports have been received, yet we wel
come R.\ W.\ Bro. Holde, the new representative, to his office as one
of the circle of foreign representatives near our own Grand Lodge.
THE GRAND ORIENT OF BELGIUM, AT

BRUSSELS.
National Grand Master : Bro. Fernand Cocq, Attorney-at-Law.

Deputy Grand Master : Bro. Hasse, Architect.
Grand Secretary : Bro. Eugene Brand, Professor of the University.
Address of the Grand Orient : M. Rian-Nedgrot, 8 Rue de Persil.
Timothy Matlock Cheesman. M.D. ; near the Grand Orient of Bel
gium, R.\ W.\ Alrert J. Kruger of Antwerp.
The Grand Orient, the supreme body for the three symbolic degrees in
Belgium, was founded February 25, 1831, and now controls nineteen
lodges. Again we have not been favored with any reports of proceedings.
Belgium has for a long time been agitating in favor of a resumption of
friendly relations between the German Grand Lodges and the Grand
Lodge of France. At the International Masonic Congress (see below)
this was put into the form of a resolution. Bro. Jean Baptiste de
Ri'ydts, member of the Supreme Council of the Grand Orient, died Sep
tember 29, 1904. Another member of this body, Bro. Alfred Henri
Aluert Baertsgen-Morel, also entered the Eternal East November 12,
1904.
The International Masonic Congress was held at Brussels, under the
auspices of the Grand Orient and the Supreme Council of the Scottish
Rite of Belgium, August 27, 28, 29 and 30, 1904. We have received the
report of the proceedings at the Congress.
The Belgian Masonic authorities, in their call for the Congress, dated
May 15, 1904, laid stress on the following subjects of discussion :
ii. The extension of a knowledge of the history of Freemasonry.
6. The theses of Bro. Tempels.
c. International arbitration.
d. Questions affecting universal Masonry.
The following bodies were represented at the Congress by delegates:
Grand Orients of France, Holland, Spain, Lusitania (Portugal). Italy
(Milan), North America at New York (subsequently ascertained to be
irregular). Grand Lodges of Fiance, Switzerland (Alpina), Catalonia,
Eclectic Union, Hungary, Roumanin, Egypt and these Supreme Councils
of the Scottish Rite, viz., Egypt, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Netherlands,
Mexico. Brazil, Spain, Greece and numerous brethren of Belgium. The
Grand Lodge of New York having, it was stated, received an invitation
to send delegates to the Congress after the holding of its annual communi
cation, the proper time for its acceptance was not represented.
The Secretary of the International Bureau for Masonic Intercourse
rend his report. (This was noted under Switzerland.)
An elaborate plan for extending a knowledge of the history of Ma
sonry, chiefly among the younger brethren, was presented. It is proposed
thereby :
a. To create in every Lodge a section for historical study.

b. To have every Lodge prepare its own history and publish this.
c. To publish a Masonic bibliography.
d. To have lectures on Masonic history in every Lodge by competent
Masonic scholars.
Bro. Limonsin of France declared the subject needs patient, methodi
cal development. There are now no accurate text-books on Masonic his
tory ; these must be written.
Bro. Peter Tempels of Belgium submitted a careful memorandum.
He mentioned some subjects that could be treated—e. 9., the history of
the founding of the Grand Lodge of England, the examination and pub
lication of Masonic manuscripts, etc. After various brethren had spoken,
it was the sense of the Congress that the subject was worth developing ;
although the history of Masonry is obscure and lost in the dim beginnings
of antiquity, careful, patient research will bring much that has been lost
to light.
A day was devoted to the consideration of Bro. Tempel's " Masonic
Theses." They were discussed pro et contra. Suffice it to say that the
Congress referred them back to their author for emendation, amplifica
tion and presentation anew to the next Congress.
The following are the theses :
1. Whatever may have caused Freemasonry as an institution to orig
inate, it is certain the idea of a universal brotherhood always existed.
2. The idea of fraternal fellowship is the oldest, most universal 'and
characteristic among Masons, despite the fact that Masons of one country
have different tendencies from those of another.
3. Freemasonry as an institution does not depend upon the rank,
nationality, religion and politics of its votaries.
4. The Lodge should always be a centre of moral and intellectual
culture.
Ti. The above facts being established, Masonry is an institution mak
ing for the progress of humanity, treating all men as equals.
(i. Masons cannot, therefore, hold to any particularistic doctrine in
religion, politics or philosophy, save that which makes for liberty of
conscience.
7. Hence Lodges must not adhere to one rule of conduct as against
another.
5. Masons are, therefore, working for the common welfare.
9. There should be no written constitution, but an unwritten practice,
for the universal alliance of Masons.
10. In an International Congress only that which all accept as true
should be discussed.
11. While each Grand Body is sovereign in its organization and rites,
it is desirable that there should be substantial unanimity everywhere re
garding the historical points and essential details in the E.\ A.\, F.\ C.\
and M.\ M.\ degrees.
12. The M.'. M.\ degree confers upon its holders the plenitude of Ma
sonic power. This is universally conceded. Higher degrees—and of these
each Grand Body is the sole judge for its own jurisdiction—are only
historical or pedagogic in character.
13. Hence there should be friendly relations, active intercourse and

frequent visits among all Masons.
14. Masonry, finally, is taken to be a national phenomenon of our in
tellectual and moral life. Men in active careers have need of an ideal
leavening.
The subject of international arbitration was discussed by Bro. Hasse
of Belgium, who was strongly in its favor. There should be friendly
relations among all Masonic powers, active celebration of the universal
day of peace in each year, a common stand against chauvinism and mili
tarism, and. finally, the international arbitration of Masonic difficulties.
As a result, the Congress by a resolution favored the resumption of
friendly relations between the Union of German Grand Lodges and the
Grand Lodge of France, and the representative of the Grand Lodge of
the Eclectic Union, who was present as a delegate, was requested to see
to it that this resolution have effect in the quarter where it would be
considered. We understand the French brethren view this project with
some alarm ; it lends color to the clerical charge that the French Masons
are unpatriotic, for they seek alliance with Germany.
A concert, banquet and exhibition of Masonic relics closed the Con
gress.
THE GRAND ORIENT OF THE NETHERLANDS

(HET GROOT-OOSTEN DER NEDERLANDEN)
AT THE HAGUE (Fluweelen Burgwal 22).
Grand Master : Bro. G. Vas Visser, Banker.
Deputy Grand Master : Bro. Taco Henry, LL.D.
Grand Secretary : Bro. J. Iserree Mgens.
Deputy Grand Secretary and Address : Bro. J. Boudewijnse, Bali-
straat 60, The Hague.
Grand Archivist and Librarian : Bro. E. Barenrrgek.
This Grand Lodge was constituted December 25, 175ti. Its jurisdic
tion covers fifty-three St. John's Lodges in Holland and Norway (three),
twenty-three in South Africa and seventeen in other Dutch settlements,
principally Java.
We have received " Bulletin van het Nederlandsch Groot-Oosten " for
1904. All the Lodges were active, and many contributions for their libra
ries and the useful " Louisa Stichting for orphans of the Groot-Oosten "
were made. An exchange of representatives with the Grand Orient de
France was carried into effect.
The Annual Communication of the Groot-Oosten was held June 19,
1904, Bro. Vas Visser presiding. Sixty-one Lodges were represented
by 140 delegates. The Grand Master announced that the proposed Ma
sonic Diet at the St. Louis Fair was not to be an official body, hence the
Dutch Masons did not have to be represented. They wore represented,
however, at the Brussels Congress. He laid before the assembly the pro
position of five Dutch Lodges in the Transvaal to be constituted a Pro

vincial Grand Lodge of the Transvaal on account of the great distance
and expenses involved in journeying to Cape Town, the seat of the Dutch
Provincial Grand Lodge of South Africa. The Grand Master disapproved
the proposition, and this action was endorsed by the Groot-Oosten, but
not until after it had been remarked that an English District Grand
Lodge existed at Johannesburg. The discord between the Groot-Oosten
and its South African Provincial Grand Lodge had been successfully al
layed, the Grand Master having permitted the South African members to
join several Lodges. A Mason in South Africa, therefore, can properly
belong to an English and a Dutch St. John's Lodge. The ritual was re
vised so that all the secrets of Freemasonry could be communicated to a
candidate at his initiation, the distinctions of the different degrees being
entirely removed. The Grand Master, Bro. Vas Visser, was re-elected.
In February, 1904, the Lodge " La Bien Aimee " in a circular letter
proposed that a Masonic periodical, to be devoted to Lodge interests and
sent to all members of the various Lodges, should be published by the
Grand Orient.
The Grand Orient is. we understand, in favor of doing away with the
F. C. and M. M. degrees as above indicated.
The sesquicentennial of the founding of the Groot-Oosten will be cele
brated in 1906: fittingly to commemorate this event the Lodges in Alk-
maar and Nijmegen have proposed to establish a stipendary fund for
the purpose of enabling needy children to obtain an education.
THE GRAND ORIENT OF ITALY, AT ROME

(Palazzo Giustiniani, Primo Piano).
Grand Master of the Order : Bro. Ettore Ferrari, Sculptor and City
Councillor.
Deputy Grand Master : Bro. Adoi.fo Engel.
Grand Secretary : Bro. Gustav Canti.
Office Manager of the Order : Bro. Ulisse Bacci, editor of " Rivista
delta Masoneria Italiana," the official publication of Italian Freemasonry.
Grand Master of the Scottish Rite: Bro. Adriano Lemhi, Florence,
via della Scala 46.
Head of the Symbolic Rite : Bro. Auolfo Engel, member of the
1'pper House of Deputies.
The Grand Orient was founded in 180.3, reconstructed in 1801 and
1804 and acknowledged as sovereign in 1887. It controls 199 St. John's
Lodges, twenty-two of which are in Tripoli, Egypt. Transvaal. Mexico
and South America. There are ninety Scottish and four Symbolic Re
gional Rite Lodges and thirty-seven Circles.
At the election of Grand Officers Bro. Ferrahi was re-elected Grand
Master and Bro. Engel Deputy Grand Master, the latter being Grand
Master of the Symbolic Rite (for the three degrees).
At a meeting of the Grand Orient the question of publishing a Ma
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sonic paper in the public interest, to spread Masonic teachings, was
considered ; and at a special session in Milan a union was consummated
between the Grand Orient of Italy and the Grand Orient " Italiano " of
Milan, after a breach lasting ten years.
At the international congress of Free Thinkers, where Masons were
represented, which was held in Rome, September 20, 1904, there were
discussed :
1. Religious dogma and science.
2. The relations of church and state.
3. The organization and propaganda of a system of free thought.
On December 31, 1904, R.\ W.\ Francesco Mueller, representative
of the Grand Lodge of the Three Globes near the Grand Orient of Italy
died at Turin, aged seventy. One of the most distinguished Masons in
Italy, he was a native of Germany, and had recently celebrated his
fortieth Masonic jubilee, when he was the recipient of many honors and
was made a Knight of the Crown of Italy.
We have been favored, at the last moment, with a copy of the official
" Rivista Massonica," over the destinies of which Bro. Ulisse Bacci
presides so ably. This number, for January, 1905, contains an account
of the Free Thinkers' Congress, as above, a necrology of Bro. Mueller
and a short account of the preliminary attempts to unite the Milan
Grand Body with the Grand Orient of Italy, besides the usual fenille-
tonistic matter. Much of the magazine is devoted to combating the cleri
cal influence in Italy.
THE GRAND LODGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF

PERU, IN LIMA.
Grand Master: Bro. Dr. J. Arturo Ego-Aouirre, Apartado 178.
Deputy Grand Master: Bro. Dr. Ignacio La Puente.
Grand Secretary : Bro. Dr. Alrerto Qimper.
Celesting Lopez ; near the Grand Lodge of Peru, Bro. P. Aturo-Ego-
Aguirre.
The Grand Lodge was founded in 1831 and rejuvenated in 1852. It
is sovereign over thirty-three Lodges, five of which are in Bolivia, three
in Chile and two in Equador, with a roster of 550 active members.
Although our Grand Lodge is represented near Peru by the Grand
Master of the Peruvian Grand Lodge, we are not in receipt of reports
of proceedings of any kind : hence our inability to give any more detail?
regarding the status of Freemasonry in our Southern sister Republic.
GRAND LODGE OF CUBA (LA GRAN LOGIA DE

LA ISLA DE CUBA), IN HAVANA
( Apartado 72) .
Grand Master: Bro. Jose Fernandez Peixon, Cienfuegos, No. 72.
Deputy Grand Master: Bro. Remigio Lopez.
Grand Secretary : Bro. Aurelio Miranda, Havana.
Deputy Grand Secretary : Bro. Carlos G. Charles.
Mutual Representatives: Near the Grand Lodge of New York, Bro.
Antonio Gonzalez ; near the Grand Lodge of Cuba, Bro. Juan B.
Hernandez.
This Grand Lodge was founded in 1859. At one time there were three
sovereign Grand Lodges on the island, but in 1891 they were all con
solidated into the present one (December 24th of that year). Lately,
reports of a new schism have been rife.
We have received the " Anuario " for 1903-1904. Quarterly sessions
of the Grand Lodge were held June 28, 1903, September 27, 1903, Decem
ber 27, 1903, and April 9, 1904. On the last-mentioned occasion the Grand
Lodge officers were installed. The annual session was held March 27
and 29, 1904, in the Lodge " Hijos de la Patria," in Havana. There are
fifty-nine Lodges in the jurisdiction, with 2,452 brethren, a gain of 204
over last year.
By a circular of April 20„1904, the Grand Lodge of Cuba announced
to the Masonic world that, at the instigation of the Grand Lodge of
Louisiana, it had at its annual session in the preceding month resolved
to suspend relations with the Grand Orient de France for the reason
that this body had violated the Ancient Landmarks of the Craft in not
demanding a profession of faith in a Supreme Being from its candidates.
The Grand Master's address at the annual communication foreshad
owed this action. He told the Cuban Craft in substance either to culti
vate the friendship of American and English Grand Lodges which are
as bodies opposed to the Grand Orient de France, or to give up relations
with these bodies and seek closer connection with France and the Franco-
Spanish Masonic influences. At that time France and Cuba still ex
changed mutual representatives. He cited the action of a deputy in the
Cortes of Spain, Grand Master of a French Grand Orient in Spain, who
participated in a debate on the conflicts between Masons and the Catholic
Church. In closing this portion of his remarks, Bro. Pellon said :
" If, as is done in Cubn. in Anglo-Saxon countries and in others that
imitate them. Masons would limit their efforts to the attainment of ideal
morality and human perfection, we should not see the strange spectacle
of a minister, who years ago proposed reforms for the colonies, declaring
in the Cortes of Spain that the Masons and not the friars were the' cause
of the insurrection in the Philippines."
Certain irregular or Spanish Lodges still flourish in Cuba. These
were founded when the island was a dependency by the colonial adminis
trators from Spain and were storm-centres of revolutionary propaganda.
The Grand Master declared the " raimtit d'etre " of their existence had
passed ; it was time their members should affiliate in due form with regu
larly constituted Lodges.
Among the decisions made by the Grand Master the following are of
interest :
A person having only one hand cannot be initiated.
No Lodge can refuse admission to a visiting brother in good standing.
The son of a Mason cannot become a candidate for initiation until
he has reached the age of twenty-one years.
Twelve Lodges were either constituted by dispensation, erected by
warrant, or reorganized during the year. An exchange of representatives
was had with the Grand Lodges of Texas. West Australia, West Virginia.
Montana. Arizona. British Columbia, Missouri. Brazil, t'nion of Grand
Lodges of Germany and Nebraska.
The report on foreign correspondence covers the proceedings of sixty-
three Grand Lodges, and is the work of Bro. Francisco de P. Rodriguez,
New York for 1903 has fraternal consideration. We thank Bro. Rodri
guez for kind personal mention, also for his deserved tribute to the chair
man of our committee, M.\ W.\ Bro. Anthony.
The November 15, 1904, issue of the Cuban illustrated Masonic quar
terly, " Urbi el Orbe," contains a brief but well-written article on the
Masonic Home at t'tica, with a neat photograph, and an excellent picture
of its genial Superintendent. M.\ W.\ Jesse B. Anthony. The work
of the institution and its superintendent is fittingly commented upon.
During the War of Liberation a military Lodge " Independencia " was
in existence. It was founded by Carlos M. de Cespedes, president of
the Republic, in Guaimaro, and among its members were General Ramon
Cespedes. Francisco Maceo, Salvador Cisneros. Ignacio Mora and
other Cuban patriots. The regalia and other utensils were moved from
camp to camp on the back of a mule called " Mason."
Activity and good judgment appear to be the keynotes of the Masonic
work performed by our Cuban brethren, with corresponding results.
THE GRAND LODGE OF MEXICO (Gran Logia

Simbolica de Antiguos, Libres y Aceptados
Masones " Valle de Mexico ").
Grand Master : Bro. Manuel Levi, 2a Damas 9, Apartado 78.
Deputy Grand Master: Bro. Emilio Dahlhaus, San Juan 2. Mexico.
Grand Secretary : Buo. Felix M. Iglesias, Apartado Postal 10.
Mexico City.
Mutual Representatives: Near the Grand Lodge of New York. Bros.
Milq W. Waldorf ; near the Grand Lodge of Mexico. Frederick E.
Y-l'NQ.
This body controls forty-one Lodges, twenty of which work in Spanish,
twenty in English and one in German, the Deputy Grand Master being
W.\ M.\ of the last. " Germania " of Mexico City. The United Grand
Lodge of Vera Cruz still continues to be active, M.\ W.\ Lico SI. Iluiuo-
rko iie Azua being its Grand Master.
Tbe Mexican Grand Body now numbers 1,222 brethren. The annual
communication was held January 8, 1905, twenty-three Lodges being
represented. The Grand Master regretted the fact that the Grand Lodge
had participated in the deliberations of the International Masonic Con
gress in Brussels. In future, this would not occur. At the request of
the Grand Lodges of Arizona and Texas the names of candidates rejected
by the Lodges of these jurisdictions will be sent to the Grand Lodge of
Mexico in order that no Mexican Lodge will elect them to membership.
Four Lodges, formerly in the Supreme Council, have joined the Grand
Iiodge. three new ones have been erected and one surrendered its charter.
We note with satisfaction that closer relations have been established
between the Mexican Grand Lodge nnd our own by the exchange of
Mutual Representatives, and hope that both parties will profit by the new
arrangement in the extension of the philanthropic work in which they are
engaged.
SUPREMO CONSEJO Y GRAN ORIENTE PARA

LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, IN BUENOS
AYRES.
Grand Master: Bao. Liroria Bernal.
Deputy Grand Master: Bro. Dr. Servando Gali.eoos.
Grand Secretary : Bro. Estevan Gtahello.
The Grand Lodge was founded in 1895. the Gran Oriente Argeutino
and the Gran Logia Simbolica uniting with the Supremo Couseio. It
controls twenty-three Lodges.
This year we regret to state that we received no reports from this
jurisdiction. A Masonic journal, " Regeneration." devoted to the in
terests of the blue Lodges, which the Grand Orient views as clandestine,
has been founded.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Grand Lodge of Greece in Athens

(University Street 53 A).
Grand Master: Bro. P. C. Petrackis.
I ieputy Grand Masters : Bro. Ath. Montzopoulos and Bro. J.
RlSOTTI.
Grand Secretary: Bro. N. Koi-MOntsopoui.os.
The Grand Lodge was founded July 22, 1808, as a result of the union
of the Grand Lodge of Greece (1872) with the Supreme Council (1895).
A circular letter from Athens, dated March 23, 1905, informs us that the
latter body is now independent of the Grand Lodge. On January 17,
1905, new Grand Officers were elected as indicated above. The Grand
Lodge controls sixteen symbolic Lodges and three chapters.
During the Grand Lodge's last Masonic year our Grecian brethren
have been called upon to mourn the loss of M.\ W.\ Dem. Rhodocaua-
kis, P. G. M. A very distinguished craftsman, Bro. Rhodocauakis led
the Greek Masons from strength to strength until a Higher Power called
him to the Eternal East. It may be added, he was one of the few Masons
who were honored with the degree of Doctor of Universal Masonry.
National Grand Lodge of Egypt in Cairo.
Honorary Grand Master: Bro. Hussein Fakhry Pasha, Minister

of Justice.
Grand Master: Bro. Idris Bey Raoher, Judge of the Court of
Natives.
Deputy Grand Masters: Bro. Darwish Bey Sid Ahmed and Bro.
Ardel Kady Bey Chekir.
Grand Secretary : Bro. Nahle Bey Sahleh.
The Grand Lodge, founded May 8, 1876, was formally instituted Octo
ber 8, 1876. It claims control over about forty-seven Lodges, of which
eleven are in Cairo, with a membership of 200 brethren. The address is:
A la Grande Loge Nationale d'Egypte Boite speciale, No. 148, Le Caire.
Representatives have been exchanged with Switzerland and the Eclectic
Union.
The Grand Orient of Egypt in Alexandria, of which Bro. F. Drgli
Oddi is Grand Master, has been united with the Rite of Memphis since
1892. There are on its rolls the names of 100 brethren.
Supreme Conseil Maconnique Chef d'Ordre dans le

Grand-Duche de Luxembourg (in Luxemburg).
Grand Master : Bro. Josef Junck, Head Station Master.

Deputy Grand Master: Bro. Eugene Lang, County Engineer.
Grand Secretary : Bro. Gregory Kolrach, Geometer, Neuthorstr.
Luxemburg.
The Supreme Council was established December 7, 1849. This, the
smallest Masonic power, controls one Lodge and one chapter. The Lodge
" Les Enfants de la Concorde fortifiGe " was founded November 22, 1803,
has sixty members, Bro. Lang, the Deputy Grand Master, being Master.
We are not in receipt of any new information regarding this jurisdic
tion.
The Grand Orient of Spain in Madrid.

Grand Master: Bro. Jose Marenco Gualter.
Deputy Grand Master : Bro. Francisco de Sosa t Arrelo.
Grand Secretary : Bro. Jorge G. Girod, Pretil de los Consejos 5.
This body, founded July 4, 1888, controls twenty-five chapters and
ninety-five Lodges. The new Grand Master was elected September 30,
1904, for the term 1904-1908.
At Philadelphia this Grand Orient has erected a new Kadosch Chap
ter " Gomez," which, supposedly, is empowered to confer all degrees be
tween the nineteenth and the thirtieth.
The former Grand Master in a recent session of the Cortes, of which
the present Grand Master is also a member, warned the people of the
reaction sure to be set up by the large influx of clericals resulting from
a new concordat with the Vatican. The Freemasons, he said,, were the
true, the only liberals.
The United Grand Orient of Lusitania in Lisbon

(Palaco Magonico, Rua do Gremio Lusitano 35).
President of the Supreme Council of Fifteen : Dr. Bernardino
Machado.
Grand Secretary : Jose Barrosa Marinho, Rua do Alecrim 38
Lisbon.
Founded in 1805, revivified January 31, 1859, this Grand Orient arose
as the result of the union of the Grand Orient of Portugal, the Grand
Orient of Lusitania and the Supreme Council, October 30, 1869, and
controls about twenty-five Lodges.
A clandestine Grande Oriente de Portugal is now in existence, with
the following officers :
Grand Master : Luis Augusto Ferreiro de Castro, 33d degree.
Deputy Grand Master : Francisco Gomes da Silva, 33d degree.
Grand Secretary : Feio Teresas, 33d degree.
Gran Logia Soberana e Independiente de Venezuela

in Caracas.
Grand Master : Bro. Salvador T. Maloonado.
Deputy Grand Master: Bro. Pedro Elias Rojas.
There is in this Republic another sovereign Masonic body calling itself
Gran Oriente National de los Estados Unidas de Venezuela in Caracas,
founded July 20, 1893, and controlling thirty-five Lodges. Bro. Matos,
the Minister of Finance of the Republic , is Grand Master.
The Grand Orient of Brazil, at sRio de Janeiro (Rua

do Lavradio, 83) .
Grand Master : Bro. Quintino Bocajuva.
Grand Secretary : Bro. A. Pinto Mendes.
Grand Chancellor: Bro. Carlos Leite Rireiro.
This jurisdiction arose from the union of the Grand Orient of Brazil
" Valle do Lavradio " and the United Grand Orient " Valle dos Bene-
dictinos." January 18, 1883. It is sovereign over three Kadosch and
eighty-five Rose Croix chapters, and 111 St. John's Lodges.
We acknowledge the receipt of several issues of the official " Boletin."
which are filled with much interesting news of our Brazilian brethren.
There still seems to exist that animosity between Church and Freemasons
which is so deplorable, for, at the funeral of a distinguished Mason, the
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bahia refused to sanction a religious
ceremony as deceased had been a Mason.
During the past year the former independent Grand Orient of Bahia
was united to the Grand Orient of Brazil. The latter has directed its
efforts towards uniting all separate Grand Orients with the mother Grand
Body, and is seeking to discourage the idea of having a separate Grand
Orient for each state of the Republic.
Grand Lodge of Tunis, in Tunis (Valle de la

Megherda) .
Established May 2. 1881.
Grand Master : Bro. Dr. Gust. Demons. Army Surgeon.
Deputy Grand Master : Bro. G. Romuf.
Grand Secretary : Bro. Edi ardo Nt:R«r.
Gran Logia Nacional Independiente de la Republica

Dominicana, in Santo Domingo.
Grand Master : Bro. Jose J. Poll.
Grand Secretary: Bro. Domingo Mai.ljt.
This seems to be the only Masonic body at present existing in Santo
Domingo. It has been independent since June 24, 1891, and controls
fifteen Lodges.
The Grand Orient of Haiti, in Port-au-Prince.

Protector: General Nord-Alexis, President of the Republic.
Grand Master : Bro. Joseph Dessources Duplessy.
Grand Secretary : Bro. Ducis Viard, Port-au-Prince.
This body was founded January 24, 1824. and since its uniou with
the former National Grand Orient of Haiti (founded in 1886), July 20.
REFORT ON CORRESPONDENCE. 153
1899. controls sixty-one St. John's Lodges, twenty-nine Iloyal Arch chap
ters, thirty-five Rose Croix chapters, twenty-three Conimanderies and
twenty-three Areopagi. We have received a number of " La FraternitG,"
the official organ of the Grand Orient. As we go to press, we learn that
M.\ W.\ Bro. Dvplessy has pnssed away.
Gran Logia Soberana de Puerto-Rico, in San Juan.

Grand Master: Bro. Jose Ramos Anaya.
Deputy Grand Master: Bro. Antonio Coroero.
Grand Secretary: Bro. Federico Yumet, Puerto de Tiena, San Juan.
The Grand Lodge was founded September 20, 1885, and instituted
October 8th of that year. It governs sixteen Lodges, with 800 as the
number of members.
A Masonic weekly. " El Mallete." of which we gratefully acknowledge
the receipt of a copy, has begun to appear.
Grand Orient of Central America, in Guatemala.

This body, established in 1887. controls the Masonic work in Guate
mala. Honduras. Salvador. Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The Scottish
rite system, with thirty-three degrees, is in vogue.
The Grand Orient of the Republic of Chile in Val

paraiso (Calle Victoria 19).
Grand Master: Bro. B. A. Gonzalez.
Deputy Grand Master: Bro. Eduardo de la Barra.
Grand Secretary: Bro. Eduardo Poizier, Casilla 22, Valparaiso.
This body was founded May 24, 1802, and controls fifteen Lodges
with about 70(1 brethren.
In October, 1904, a new Grand Lodge—to control only the three de
grees of Masonry—was founded by six Lodges. The old Chilean Grand
Lodge controls the thirty-three Scottish Rite degrees, and the secessionists
were dissatisfied with the manner in which brethren holding the higher
degrees interfered with the blue Lodges. The new Grand Lodge is called
Gran I-ojia Simbolica, M.'. YV7. Guillermo Munnicii, representative
of the German Grand Lodges near the Grand Orient, being Grand Master.
The (irand Orient still controls five Lodges.
Grand Orient of Colombia, in Bogota.

Founded in 1872.
Grand Master: Bro. Leon Eciieverria.
Deputy Grand Master: Bro. Manuel Avcizar, Secretary of Foreign
Affairs.
Grand Secretary : Bro. Damaso Zapata.
The Grand Orient of Uruguay, in Montevideo.

Grand Master : Bro. Dr. Carlos de Castro, Minister of Justice.
Deputy Grand Master : Bro. Louis Lerena, Merchant.
Grand Secretary : Bro. Jose dela Hauty, Calle de Queguay 277.
Proxy : Bro. Lindoro Forteza.
The Grand Orient was established in 1870, and is sovereign over
thirty-three Lodges and fifteen chapters.
The Grand Orient of Paraguay, in Asuncion.

Grand Master: Bro. Jose Segundo DeCOtro.
Founded in 1896, this jurisdiction numbers eight Lodges.
STATISTICS.
The accompanying tables have been compiled from the Proceedings re
viewed, and not only present the numerical standing and work of the Craft in
this and other countries in Correspondence, but also, in the "Comparison
Table," present points of interest in each jurisdiction, and furnish the standard
ratio of growth, per cent, of net increase, and rank of progress.
EEPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE. 157
GENERAL TABLE.
Foreion Correspondence.
Grand Lodge. Date of
Meeting. Chairman. Address.
Alabama Dec. 1904 William Y. Titcomb . . Anniaton.
Arizona Nov. 1903 Charles D. Belden Phoenix.
Arkansas Nov. 1902 E: A. McCulloch Marlanna.
California Oct. 1904 William A. Davles San Francisco.
Connecticut Jan. 1904 John H. Barlow Hartford.
Colorado Sept. 1904 L. N. Greenleaf Denver.
Delaware Oct. 1904 Lewis H. Jackson Milford.
District of Columbia. . . Dec. 1903 George W. Balrd Wash'ton, D. C.
Florida Jan. 1904 Silas B. Wright De Land.
Georgia Oct. 1904 A. Q. Moody Boston.
Idabo Sept. 1904 George E. Knepper Moscow.
Illinois Oct. 1904 Joseph Bobbins Quincy.
Indiana May 1904 Daniel McDonald Plymouth.
Indian Territory Aug. 1904 T. C. Humphrey So. McAlester.
Iowa June 1904 Joseph E. Morcombe. . Cedar Rapids.
Kansas Feb. 1904 William M. Shaver.... Topeka.
Kentucky Oct. 1904 William W. Clarke Owensboro.
Louisiana Feb. 1904 Herman C. Duncan. .. Alexandria.
Maine May 1904 Aldro E. Chase Portland.
Maryland Nov. 1904 Edward T. Schultz Baltimore.
Massachusetts Dec. 1903
Michigan Jan. 1904 Lou B. WInsor Reed City.
Minnesota Jan. 1904 Irving Todd Hastings.
Mississippi Feb. 1904 Andrew H. Barkley.... Crawford.
Missouri Sept. 1904 John R. Parson St. Louis.
Montana Sept. 1903 Cornelius Hedges Helena.
Nebraska June 1904 Charles J. Phelps
Nevada June 1904 E. D. Vanderlieth Carson City.
New Hampshire May 1904 Albert S. Walt Newport.
New Jersey Men. 1904 W. Holt. Apgar Trenton.
New Mexico Oct. 1904 J. H. Wroth Albuquerque.
New York May 1904 Jesse B. Anthony Utlca.
North Carolina Jan. 1904 John A. Collins Enfield.
North Dakota June 1904 Robert M. Carothers— Grand Forks.
Ohio Oct. 1904 W. M. Cunningham Newark.
Oklahoma Feb. 1904 James S. Hunt Stillwater.
Oregon June 1904 John M. Hodson Portland.
Pennsylvania Dec. 1903 James M. Lsmberton.. Philadelphia.
Rhode Island May 1904 Henry W. Rugg Providence.
South Carolina Dec. 1903 Charles Inglesby Charleston.
South Dakota June 1904 Samuel A. Brown Sioux Falls.
Tennessee Jan. 1904 Henry A. Chambers .. Chattanooga.
Texas Dec. 1904 Thos! M. Matthews, Sr. Athens.
Utah Jan. 1904 Christopher Diebl... . Salt Lake City.
Vermont June 1904 Marsh O. Perkins Windsor.
Virginia Dec. 1903 J. W. Eggleston Richmond.
Washington June 1904 William H. Upton Walla Walla.
West Virginia Nov. 1904 George W. Atkinson... Charleston.
Wisconsin June 1904 Aldro Jenks Dodgeville.
Wyoming Aug. 1904 Wm. L. Kuykendall... Saratoga.
British Columbia June 23. 1904 IW. A. De Wolf Smith.. New We6tmin'r.
Canada July 20, 1904 j Henry Robertson Collingwood.
Manitoba June 18, 1904 Charles N. Bell
New Brunswick. Aug. 25, 1903 John V. Ellis St. John.
Nova Scotia June 8, 1904 Thomas Mowbray Halifax.
Prince Edward Island.. June 24, 1904 Donald Darrach j
Quebec Jan. 27, 1904 ,E. T. D. Chambers Quebec City
STATISTICS.
Sus
Grand Lodge. Member Raised Affili Died. Dimit- pended
ship. ated. ted. N. P. of
Dues.
Alabama 494 15,393 1,375 310 287 841
Arizona 19 1,123 102 46 5 IK 52 16
Arkansas*. . . 462 12,416 881 405 29s 133 550 474
California 391 29,468! 2,665 722 151 490 513 238
Colorado 107 10,559' 669 263 46 144 227 Iff
Connecticut. . 110 19,047 982 85 48 361 86 a
Delaware 22 2,602 159 10 1 44 23 6
D. of Col a; 7,064 496 90 60 124 77 1
Florida 149| 5,432 5- 305 N 105 248 m
Georgia 471 24,120 1,764
Idaho 37 1,954 183 113 11 25 43
Illinois 7321 70,921 5,662 1,331 416 1,0S3 1,355 722
Indiana 524 40,199 3,688 Si 17 252 603 845 301
Indian Terri'y 152| 5,669 571 437 62 88 421 14d
Iowa 50: 34,595 2,428 8161 272 46.- 1.161 52C
Kansas 369 24,742 1,735 629 322 343 918 233
Kentucky . . . 486 25,416 2,502 680 485 391 778 693
Louisiana . . . 159 7,898' 978 194 67 122 252 89
Maine 200 24,611 1,309: 127 :i7 83 471 194 194
Maryland . . . 106 10,2931 781 77 184 7'.' 46
Mas ehusetts 236 45,370 2,809 495 747 353 417
Michigan . . . 393 49,724 3,239 744 154 690 801 292
Minnesota. . . . 242 19,474 1,298 534 85 259 550 164
Mississippi . . . 300 11,457 694 389 126 163 442 112
Missouri ... . 569 39,080 2,824 1,042' 334 700 1,104 628
Montana* 49 3,780 308 102 371 26| 92 84
Nebraska 236 14,190 932 392 153 159 556 188
Nevada 21 985 54 23 4 17 24 2
N. Hampshire 79 9,572' 297 56 15 207 731 97
New Jersey . . 174 22,102 2,146 279 115 336 233 218
New Mexico.. 24 1.431 136 84 5 24 51 21
New York. ... 763 126.177 10,665 1,168 1.216 1,937 1,159 1,942
N. Carolina . . 323 13.361 1,149 324 164 192 380 230
North Dakota 72 4,847 468 110 15 81 183 36
Ohio 503 5S.243 4,511 77:i 751 870 848 1.103
Oklahoma 111 5,219 752 466 16 44 290 45
Oregon 105 6,953 541 298 44 112 153 70
Pennsylvania. 440 64.997 4,612 559 1,046 348 506
Rhode Island. 37 6,091 370 364 108 16 34
S. Carolina. . . 197 7,251 731 75 lit; 248 117
South Dakota 10:1 5,710 319 193 29
18.5551
51 204 20
Tennessee. . . . 425 1,376 476 215 387 630 271
Texas 686 36,436 2,697 1,400 292 528 1,766 385
Utah 11 1,151 85 52 10 20 45 13
Vermont 103 11.288 607 101 26 304 164 53
Virginia 279 15.001 907 3%| 197 255| 442 159
Washington . . 129 7,961 S02 423 96 91 271 159'
West Virginia 128 9,399: 855 200| 70 99| 218 Sol
Wisconsin . . . 253 20,571 1,373 34- 95 315 485 156
Wyoming 23 1,649 184 4 17 71 17
20,865 12,053
B. Columbia 39
Canada 469
Manitoba 48
N. Brunswick* 23
Nova Scotia. . 40
P. Edward Is.. . 18
Quebec 70
2,»84i 3
Tot al 13,041 22.m* 12,760
* Last year's report.
COMPARISON TABLE.
Subordinate Lodge*.
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Alabama 21 282 S 36 .09.40
Arizona 49 155 19 50 .09.97
Arkansas* 25 30 .07.16
California 11 731 164 101 .09.84
Colorado 28 621 16 99 .06.64
Connecticut 19 7(;5 33 173 .05.30
Delaware 44 369 20 1 19 .06.35
District of Columbia 35 706 63 272 .07.38
Florida 40 145 7 36 .11.77
Georgia 15 51 .07.73
Idaho 45 196 10 53 .10.50 i
Illinois 2 1i57 14 91 .08.49
Indiana 7 493 13 76 .09.88
Indian Territory 31i 125 8 37 .11.43
Iowa 10 468 10 68 .07.31
Kansas 13 376 14 66 .07.36
Kentucky 12 816 10 52 .10.63
Louisiana 33 213 17 49 .14.04
Maine 14 473 15 123 .05.46
Maryland 2'J 353 10 97 .08.03
Massachusetts 6 630 22 192 .06.46
Michigan 5 S55 20 126 .06.84
Minnesota 18 964 10 .so .07.00
Mississippi 26 38 .06.33
Missouri 8 627 11 69 .07.55
Montana* 4.') 211i 15 77 .08.66
Nebraska 23 453 15 60 .06.85
Nevada 50 176 17 47 .05.72
New Hampshire.... 30 310 31 121 .03.10
New Jersey 16 375 24 127 .10.54
New Mexico 47 182 14 59 .10.82
New York 1 1111 22 165 .09.02
North Carolina 24 184 11 41 .09.12
North Dakota 42 442 20 67 .10.64
Ohio 4 681 14 116 .08.19
Oklahoma 41 .86 12 47 .18.13
Oregon 36 253 14 66 .08.44
Pennsylvania :i 573 41 147 .07.71
Rhode Island 37 556 37 165 .06.30
South Carolina 34 159 9 37 .10.55
South Dakota us 205 22 55 .05.86
Tennessee 20 324 10 43 .07.69
Texas 1) 310 20 53 .07.75
Utah 48 257 19 1li5 .07.85
Vermont 27 343 31 109 .05.52
Virginia 22 421 10 54 .06.34
Washington 32 4(t1 IS 62 .11.86
West Virginia 31 309 I 18 73 .09.81
Wisconsin 17 415 1 10 81 .06.96
Wyoming 46 216 11 71 .12.36
British Columbia 242 28 7:1 .09.66
Canada 381 13 85 .08.24
Manitoba 245 | 18 51 .11.90
New Brunswick* 149 57 .07.64
Nova Scotia 158 ,1 14
16 61 .08.65
Prince Edward Island . 96 I 14 4i! .06.43
Quebec 185 20 77 .08.78
* Last year's report.
STATISTICAL COMPARISON.
Grand Lodges 57 57 57
Subordinate Lodges 12,516 12,704 12,837
Raised 57,798 62,799 74,477
Affiliated 16,457 17,452 21,527
Restored 7,218 6,933 7,801
Died 14,40(1 14,082 15,282
Dimltted 19,668 19,284 20,433
Suspended for non-payment of dues. 14,293 13,387 13,104
Suspended and expelled 542 523 602
Membership 901,968 944,188 989,176
Based upon the tables we And, in the Grand Lodges of the United States,
the following percentages :
1902 1903 1904 1905
6.62 6.94 7.83 8.10

2.73 2.70 3.11 2.82
1.67 1.58 1.64 1.63
1.62 1.47 1.35 1.27
2.24 2.11 2.15 2.19
3.68 4.36 5.26 5.80
REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE. 1C1
In numerical standing the most promi The average of membership to each

nent rank in the following order : Lodge is greatest in the following :
New York 126,177 District of Columbia 272

Illinois 70,921 Massachusetts 192
Pennsylvania. 64,997 Connecticut 173
Ohio 58,243 Rhode Island 165
Michigan 49,734 New York 165
Massachusetts 45,370 Pennsylvania 147
Indiana 40,199 New Jersey 127
Missouri 39,080 Michigan 126
Texas 36,436 Maine 123
Iowa 34,595 New Hampshire 121
California. 29,468 Delaware 119
Kentucky 25,416 Ohio 116
Kansas , 24,742 Vermont 109
Maine 24,611 Utah 105
Georgia 24,120 California 101
The jurisdictions having Lodges of the largest membership are in the

following order :
Surordinate Lodoe.
Grand Lodge. Location. membership.
Name. No.
New York |Genesee Falls | 507 Rochester 1,111
Minnesota |Minneapolis 19 Minneapolis 964
Illinois IGarden City. HI Chlcag.. 951
Michigan | Palestine. .., 357 Detroit 855
Kentucky. Preston 281 Louisville 816
Connecticut Hiram 1 New Haven 765
California .... Mission San Francisco. . . . 731
District of Columbia. La Fayette. . 19 Washington, D. C 706
Ohio Magnolia .JO Columbus 681
Massachusetts . Roswell Lee . Springfield 630
Missouri |Temple. 299 Kansas City 627
Colorado Denver.. Denver 621
Pennsylvania .... Dallas 508 Pittsburgh 573
Rhode Island What Cheer. 21 Providence 556
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Our present report comprehends a review of the proceedings of sixty-four
Grand Lodges.
The translations of the proceedings of Grand Bodies in foreign countries
have been prepared and are submitted as the work of R.-. W.\ Emu. Frenkei .
With fraternal regards to all, this report is
JESSE B. ANTHONY, Chairman.
RErORT OX CORRESPONDENCE. 105
CORRESPONDENCE, GRAND LODGE, 1905.

I.—Grand Lodges in the United States.
I'AOE PAGK
Alabama 1 Montana ( not received )
Arizona » Nebraska g0
Arkansas (no session) Nevada gj
California * New Hampshire
Colorado J New Jersey go
Connecticut 9 New Mexico W
Delaware JJ North Carolina 80
District of Columbia 12 North Dakota 61
Florida M Ohio «3
Georgia Jo Oklahoma ™i
Idaho 18 Oregon 68
Illinois 19 Pennsylvania JO
Indiana 22 Rhode Island 73
Indian Territory 24 South Carolina 74
Iowa 26 South Dakota 76
Kansas 28 Tennessee "8
Kentucky 31 Texas 80
Louisiana 33 Utah 82
Maine 30 Vermont 83
Maryland 38 Virginia 84
Massachusetts 42 Washington 87
Michigan 43 West Virginia 89
Minnesota 45 Wisconsin 90
Mississippi 4fi Wyoming 92
Missouri 47
II.—Grand Lodges in the Dominion of Canada.

British Columbia 93 Nova Scotia 97
Canada—Ontario 95 Prince Edward Island 98
Manitoba 97 Quebec 99
New Brunswick (not received)
III.—All Other Grand Lodges.

England J00
Ireland • 102
Scotland J04
New Zealand 104
South Australia 106
Tasmania 107
Western Australia 107
Valle de Mexico 109
Costa Rica 109
Queensland 110
Grand Lodges' Union of Germany 112
Zu den Drei WeltkUgeln (Three Globes), at Berlin 118
National Lodge (Landesloge), at Berlin 121
Royal York, at Berlin 121
Eclectic Union, at Frankfort 127
Zur Eintracht (Concord), at Darmstadt 130
Saxony 132
Zur Sonne (The Sun), at Bayreuth 133
Hungary 134
Switzerland 137
Denmark, at Copenhagen 140
Sweden 141
Norway 141
Belgium 142
Netherlands 144
Italy 145
Peru 146
Cuba 147
Mexico 148
Argentine Republic 149
Miscellaneous 149
IV.—Statistics.
t
General Table 157
Statistics, Membership, etc 158
Comparison Table 159
Index.
A.
PAOE
Ac count s. Committee on 274
" " Report of 119
Accredit of Representatives of other Grand Lodges 29
Additional Tax for Home 57
Address of Grand Master 9
" " Committee on 59
" " Report of Committee on 218
Amendment of Book of Constitutions 57, 255
Amendments to the Book of Constitutions, Proposed 39, 227, 267
Anthony, M.\ W.\ Jesse B., Resolution of Thanks to 260
Antiquities, Committee on 274
" " Report of 120,255
Appeals, Commissioners of 2
" " Election of 266
" " Report of 223
Appendix 271
Appointment of Committee on Accounts 274
'' " Antiquities 274
" " Foreigu Correspondence 274
" Custodians of the Work 274
" District Deputy Grand Masters 272
" Grand Officers 270
" Representatives near other Grand Lodges 28
" Special Committees 59, 218
" Standing Committees 195,274
Appropriations from Funds of Grand Lodge 213, 226, 265
Artisan Lodge, No. 84, Historical Sketch of 132
Asylum, Superintendent's Report 97
B.
Ball of Knights Templars 45, 89, 25fi
Berean Lodge, No. 811, New Charter issued 223
Board of Relief in the City of New York, Report of 185
Board of Trustees of Hall and Asylum Fund 2
•* " '. *• " Elecilon of 265
" " "
Book of Constitutions amended " " Report of 85
57, 25-si
" " Proposed Amendments to 39,227,207
«
ii INDEX.
PADS
Brooklyn Masonic Guild, Report of 190
Brooklyn Masonic Temple 191
Buffalo Lodge, No. 846, Constitution of 31
O.
Ceremonies, List of 30
Charity, Committee on 196
" " Report of 226
Charters, Committee on ; 195
" " Report of 222
Children from the Home 47, 78. 259
Clandestine Masonry, Legislation on 43, 57, 58, 222
Closing of Grand Lodge 266
Commissioners of Appeals 2
" " Election of 266
" Report of 223
Committee on Accounts 274
" " Report of 119
" Antiquities 274
" " Report of 120,255
" Charity 196
" Report of 226
" Charters 195
" " Report of 222
'* Constitution 196
" " Report of 227
" Credentials 195
" " Report of 197
" Deceased Brethren 196
" " Report of 231
" Finance 196
" « Report of 213, 265
" Foreign Correspondence 274
" " " Report of 260
" Grand Master's Address 59
" •' " " Report of 218
" Grievances „ 196
" " Report of 260
" Hall and Asylum Fund 274
" " " " Report of 257
" Jurisprudence 195
" " Report of 262
" Pay of Representatives 196
" Printing 196
" " Report of 261
Special 69, 218
" » Report of 214, 218, 256
" Standing, List of 195, 196, 274
index. iii
PAGE
Committee on Unfinished Business 196
" " " Report of 263
Constitution, Amendment of 57, 255
" Committee ou 196
" " Report of 227
" Proposed Amendments to 39, 227, 267
Consumptives' Sanatorium 44, 60, 88, 95, 259, 263
Credentials, Committee on 195
" " Report of 197
Custodians of the Work 274
" " " " Report of 224
D.
Daniel D. Tompkins Memorial Fund 42, 64, 218, 266
Deceased Brethren, Committee on 196
" " " Report of 231
Dispensations, List of 25
District Deputies absent 9, 213
District Deputy Grand Masters, Appointment of 9, 213, 272
" " Reports of 285
Dummy in Third Degree prohibited 225
E.
East New York Lodge, No. 852 223
Election of Commissioners of Appeals 266
" Grand Officers 219
" Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund 265
Enlargement of the Home 47, 89, 118, 259
F.
Finance Committee 196
" " Report of 213,265
First Six Officers of the Grand Lodge from Organization 281
Foreign Correspondence, Committee on 274
" " " Report of 260
Fraternal Dead 10,231
Frank R. Lawrence Lodge, No. 797, Resolution of Thanks to 260
Franklin Lodge, No. 90, Historical Sketch of 139
Functions, List of 3°
Fund for Monument to Daniel D. Tompkins 42, 64, 218, 266
O.
Gansevoort Lodge, No. 845, Reference to 25
Garfield Lodge at Raven a 223
General Masonic Relief Association of United States and Canada,
Reference to 37i 265
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PAGE
George W. White Lodge, Reference to 27, 223
German Masonic Temple Association -42, 187, 258
Grand Historian, Report of 121
Grand Lecturer, Report of 182
Grand Librarian, Report of 184
Grand Lodge, Closing of 266
" " Opening of 8
Visited W
" Lodges, List of, with Name and Residence of Grand Secretaries 275
" Master's Address 9
" " " Committee on 59
" " " Report of Committee on 218
» " Official Visit* 30
" Officers, Appointment of W1
Election of 219
" " Installation of 365
" Secretary, Report of 59
" Treasurer, Report of 76
Grievances, Committee on 196
" " Report of 260
H.
Hall and Asylum Fund, Committee on 274
" " " " Report of 257
" " " Election of Trustees 265
" " " Financial Report W
" " " Indebtedness, Payments on 60
" " List of Donations to the Home 110
'« " " List of Inmates of the Home 108
" " " Report of Superintendent of the Home 97
" " " Report of Trustees 85
" " " Reserve Fund 94
" " " Trustees of 2
Hiram Lodge, No. 105, Historical sketch of 1<2
Historian, Grand, Report of 121
Historical sketch of Artisan Lodge, No. 84 132
•« " " Franklin Lodge, No. 90 139
" " " Hiram Lodge, No. 105 172
" " King Solomon's Lodge, No. 91 143
«' " " Lodge of Strict Observance, No. 94 153
,' " " Manitou Lodge, No. 106 177
•' " " Military Lodge, No. 93 1*8
" " Newark Lodge, No. 83 129
'i " " Phoebus Lodge, No. 82 122
•• " " Phoenix Lodge, No. 96 161
" " " Renovation Lodge, No. 97 165
" " " Rising Sun Lodge, No. 103 168
" " Schodack Union Lodge, No. 87 138
INDEX. V
PAQI
Historical sketch of Scipio Lodge, No. 110 179
" " " Union Lodge, No. 95 157
" " " Washington Lodge, No. 85 135
L
Inmates of Home from Opening Ill
Installation of Grand Officers '-65
J.
Joyce Fund 88, 95
Jurisprudence, Committee on 195
" Report of Committee on 262
K.
King Solomon's Primitive Lodge, No 91, Historical sketch of 143
Knights Templars Ball 45, 89, 256
Kraus, W.\, George J., Acknowledgment to 43
L.
Lake Shore Lodge, No. 851, Reference to 27, 223
Lecturer, Report of Grand 182
Legislation regarding Clandestine Masonry 43, 57, 58, 222
Librarian, Grand, Report of 184
List of Dispensations 28
" Grand Lodges, with Name of Grand Secretary 275
" Lodges by Districts 339
" " in Good Standing 331
Lodge of Strict Observance, No. 94, Historical sketch of 152
Lodges represented at this Annual Communication 197
M.
Manitou Lodge, No. 100, Historical sketch of 177
Marshall Lodge, No. 848, Reference to 25, 222
Masonic Board of Relief of New York, Report of 184
" Guild of Brooklyn, Report of 190
" Home, Enlargement of 47, 89, 118, 259
" " Report of Superintendent 97
" " Table of all Inmates received 112
" Sanatorium 44, 60, 88, 95, 259, 263
" Sanatorium League, Reference to 88
" Standard, Resolution regarding 265
Maxwell, R.-. E.\ William J., Resolution of Thanks to 257
Mead, M.\ W.\, Charles W., Letter from 2a6
vi INDEX.
FASI
Memorial for Daniel D. Tompkins .42, 64, iil8, 266
" Pages to Deceased Brethren 234-254
Military Lodge, No. 93, Historical sketch of M8
Monitor, Action upon new 224
Monitor, Reference to new 224
Mount Arab Lodge, No. 847, Reference to 35
N.
Newark Lodge, No. 83, Historical sketch of 129
North Woods Lodge, No. 849, Reference to 26, 222
O.
Officers and Representatives present at Annual Communication 3
Official Visits by the Grand Master 30
Opening of Grand Lodge °
P.
Pay of Representatives, Committee on 196
Permanent Fund, Report of the Trustees of 8*
Perpetual jurisdiction
Petitions received and referred to Committees 196
Phoebus Lodge, No. 82, Historical sketch of 123
Phcenix Lodge, No. 98, Historical sketch of 161
Printing, Committee on ,98
" " Report of 261
Proceedings of other Grand Lodges Appendix
Proposed Amendments to the Constitution 39, 227, 267
R.
Radium Lodge, No. 844, Reference to 25
Regarding candidates rejected in other jurisdictions 40
Renovation Lodge, No. 97, Historical sketch of I65
Report of the Brooklyn Masonic Guild I9"
" " Commissioners of Appeals 223
" " Committee on Accounts 1"
" " " Antiquities 120,255
" " " Charity 226
" " Charters 222
" " " Constitution 227
" " " Credentials 197
" " " Deceased Brethren 281
" " " Finance 213, 265
" " " Foreign Correspondence 260
" " " Grand Master's Address 218
" " " Grievances 260
" " «' Hall and Asylum Fuud 257
INDEX, vii
PAGE
Report of the Committee on Printing 261
" " " Unfinished Business 263
" " Custodians of the Work 224
" " German Masonic Temple Association 187
" " Grand Historian 121
" " " Lecturer 182
" " " Librarian 184
' Secretary 59
" " " Treasurer 76
" " Special Committee of Five Past Grand Masters 214
" of Masonic Board of Relief of New York City 185
" " Past Grand Masters -n the Sanatorium.. . 268
" " Special Committee on Grand Master's Address 218
" " Special Committee on Knights Templars Ball 256
" " Superintendent of the Home 9"
" " Trustees of Hall and Asylum Fund 85
" " Permanent Fund 84
Reports of District Deputy Grand Masters 285
Representatives excused from attendance at Grand Lodge 8
" of Lodges in Grand Lodge 19"
" " other Grand Lodges, Accredited 29
" " other Grand Lodges at Annual Communication 7
" " other Grand Lodges near this Grand Lodge 279
" " Sister Grand Lodges received 7
" " this Grand Lodge near other Grand Lodges 27"
Reserve Fund 94
Resolution permitting Master Masons in Good Standing to be Present at this
Annual Communication 8
Resolution regarding Children of the Home 221
" regarding publishing list of Grand Lodge officers 265
Rising Sun Lodge, No. 103, Historical sketch of 168
Rituals of Work and Lectures 39
Rules of Order amended 227
" " proposed amendments of 227
Russell Lodge, No. 850, Reference to 26, 223
S.
Salaries of Grand Officers 213
Sanatorium for Consumptives 44, 60, 88, 95, 259, 263
Schodack Union Lodge, No. 87, Historical sketch of 138
Sclplo Lodge, No. 110, Historical sketch of 179
Special Committee on Grand Master's Address 59
«• «' " " Report of 218
" " of Five Past Grand Masters, Report of 214
Standard Work, Reference to 224
Standing Committee on Hall and Asylum Fund, Report of 257
Standing Committees 195. 274
Statistics of Initiation, Affiliation, and Membership, etc 60
viii INDEX.
rAGi
Subscriptions to Masonic Sanatorium Fund 95
Subscriptions to the Joyce Fund 95
Superintendent of the Home, Report of 97
T.
Tompkins Monument Fund 42, M, 218, 266
Transportation for Representatives *1
Transportation Lodge, No. 84a, Resolution of Thanks to 259
Trustees of Hall and Asylum Fund 2
" « " " Election of 266
" " " " Report of 85
" Permanent Fuud, Report of 84
U.
Unfinished Business, Committee on 196
» " " Report of 263
Union Lodge, No. 95. Historical sketch of 157
V.
Visit of Children from the Home *7, 78, 259
Visitors at Grand Lodge 7
W.
Washington Lodge, No. 85, Historical sketch of 135

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ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION

ORDERED TO BE READ IN ALL THE LODGES

TRUSTEES OF THE MASONIC HALL AND ASYLUM FUND

The One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Annual Communica

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.

No. 1, R.\ W.\ Rougier Thorne.

No. 5, R.\ W.\ Thomas Balmfoed.

TRUSTEES OF THE MASONIC HALL AND ASYLUM FUND.

R. \ W.-. Dow Beekman.

PAST GRAND OFFICERS.

M.\ W.\ Joseph J. Couch, Past Grand Master.

Past Master prior to 1849 :

STANDING COMMITTEE ON HALL AND ASYLUM FUND.

And the Representatives of the following Grand Lodges :

A constitutional number of Lodges being present—

The Grand Lodge was opened in Ample Form, with prayer

On motion of W.\ J. Henry Arruckle, blaster of Delhi

In the absence of R.\ W.\ Arthur B. Burrows, District

On motion, R.\ W.\ Frederick Heeg, Representative of

M.\ W.\ Frank H. Rorinson, Grand Master, delivered the

The Fraternal Dead.

How the winters are drifting, like flakes of snow,

There's a magical isle up the river of Time,

There are fragments of song that nobody sings,

Oh, remembered for aye, be the blessed isle

R.\ W.\ Samuel S. Stafford, Past District Deputy Grand

R.\ W.\ William Henbt White, Past Grand Sword Bearer,

Bro. White was a man of scholastic ability, a graceful,

R.\ W.\ George W. White, Past Grand Treasurer, Past

R.\ W.\ Peter M. W. Verhoeven, former Representative

R.\ W.\ Rorert Bonynge, Representative of the Grand

whatever sphere of life his attention was directed. Modest and

R.\ W.\ Auod K. Dudley, Past District Deputy Grand Mas

He was highly esteemed and greatly respected, because of his

R.\ W.\ Gates Curtis, Past District Deputy Grand Master

R.\ W.\ Henry J. Smith, Past Grand Steward, and Past

His obsequies were held in the Aurora Grata Cathedral.

and immediately took an active interest in its affairs; he served

R.\ W.\ William Delamater died at his home in New

Jacor Eidt followed to the other shore. No man was more

R.\ W.\ Charles C. Warner, Past Deputy Grand Master of

R.\ W.\ William Henry White, Past Grand Sword Bearer,

R.\ W.\ Charles M. Swain, Junior Grand Warden of Penn

M.\ W.\ James R. Weston, Past Grand Master and Represen

M.\ W.\ James H. Mills, Past Grand Master of Montana,

M.\ W.\ Alrert W. Coe, Past Grand Master of South Dakota,

K.\ W.\ Rorert Bonynge, Representative of the Grand Lodge

M.\ W.\ Bela de Katona, Past Deputy Grand Master and

R.\ W.\ Washington Mullin, Past Grand Sword Bearer, died

M.\ W.\ John N. McClanahan, Past Grand Master of Iowa,

M.\ W.\ Jacor A. Kiester, Past Grand Master of Minnesota,

M.\ W.\ George B. Van Saun, Past Grand Master of Iowa,

M.\ W.\ George L. Shoup, Past Grand Master of Idaho, died

K.\ W.\ John M. Milne, Past District Deputy Grand Master,

W.\ Theodore Wygant, Past Grand Treasurer of Oregon,

R. \ W.\ John G. Bogert, former Eepresentative of Virginia,

R.\ W.\ William S. Thomson, Past Grand Standard Bearer,

R.\ W.\ William Delamater, Past Grand Librarian, died at

R.\ W.\ Ludwig Philip Seeger, District Deputy Grand Mas

R.\ W.\ Louis W. Duesing, Representative of the Grand Lodge