Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 12, 1890, Page 16

THE LAND OF THE TORTILLO Bome of #he Sights Seon by the Gubornatorial Party. CORDIAL RECEPTIONS EN ROUTE. Now Receivel by the Mexicans—Ob- by the Wayside—fite- s and Characteristios of Rervations Bour the Country. To O1d Mexico, Crry or Mexico, Dec. 23 Bie I ) he tter of a | -\H'\I-hn Old Mel. {ico, which had Special to T \ \ been discussed by some of our | party for than two past took definite form last Novem® when G Thay moro rs ornor asked friouds to him in a visit to the ancient home | (i3, NOGL It was agreed to charter an | at Montezuma, excursion Pullman supplied with a cook, porters, and well stocked with provisions enough for a twenty-five day's trip, the expoense to be shared pro rata. About No- vember 1 superintendent D, "hompson of e B & M., having decided to quit rail- ronding and learning of our projected trip, decided to mvite a few personal friend: join our party for the pleasure of more company and mutual enjoyment. We ren- dezvoused at Lincoln December 14 and left there at 8530 p. m. the same evening in the Pullman car Wanderer and B. & M. No. 8¢ Our correct passenger list disclosed the names of Governor John M, Thayer Auditor Thomas H. Bentoi Miss English; Commissioner Z.auds and Buildings John wnd Mrs, M. B, Wright of St Louis; - eral A. V. Cole and wife of Juniita; Colonel H. E. Palmer, wife and daughter @nd Miss Anna Livingstone of Plattsmouth; Mrs, General Bates of Aurora; Superintendent D. E. Thompson, Dr. B, L. I . Trammell, Mrs, M. Wheeler and Mi: anna Funke of Lincoln; Miss Jeanette Miller of Chicago; S. L. Higleyman of St. Louis, and Hon. John M. Ragan of Hastings. Nev. Our route was via the Missouri Puacitic to St. Lons, Lattle Rock, xarkana, Fort Worth, £l Paso and over the Mexican Cens tral to the capital of Mexico. he events of each day's trip, scones and sights by the wavside would fill a book, interesting to every member of our party, gencrul pubiic, but it is not my write more than an trin, At.Jefierson City Sunday afternoon we were met at the depot by all tho stuto who were Sundaying at the capital. r man had telegraphed th ausas City that the governor of Ne- braska and other state eficera had invaded Missouri. They were on hand to be intro- duced and exchange ewvilitics and to extend to us an invitation to stop over av the capital, promising us the keys of the city, . We were compelled to decline on the ground that the invitation had not beer d from Governor i'ran- 18, who his St. Louis howme, but chiefiy for lack of time. On a ng at the 3t Louis station Gov- ernor Fraucis entered our car and formally extonded to us the hospitality of St. Louis and promised us a royal good vime if we would stop over a day or two. it would help St Louis' chances for the world’s fair. He was 1ntroduced to all of our party and made a very favorable im- ression during the hour’s visit. We left St. Louis on schedule time and were soon sleeping nway the second nightout. The first rays of the morning’s sun found us in the lonely woods of Arkansa From day- light until noon we were moving through one stretch of woodland. Here and there a clear- ing, a dingy, homely railway station in the center, a few stores aud saloons and very ordinury looking dwellings, now and then a log hut, & fow acres of cotton and some corn to change the monotony of the view. The people we saw looked as they used to talk years ago; “If youens will lét weans alone.” High Five, a game played, with fifty-two pieces of paper, made muny of us often for- etful of the uniuviting scenery without. f.lllle Rock, reached about noon, was a wel- come change of scene, ‘The city lays on a high bluff skirted with evergreens, and is from the first a pretuy sight. 1t shows evideuce of prosperity and recent growth, aiso of much wealth, depot we found quite a party of prominent citizens uwaiting our arrival. Ex-Congre man Logan, H. Roots, and many others whose names I have forgottel One of the party had served on General Thaver's staff during the war, and I noticed tho tears in his eyes as he grasped his old commander by the hand. He told us in talking of the Gen- eralina * Thayer wasithe oravest oficer that haa ever commanded him, Carriages were in wait ing, and as the time schedule gave us an hour and fifteen minutes we were invited to ride about the ciy. sited the capitol and were introduced to the state officers. We found the capitol building as some of us saw it more than twenty=seven years ago, no change, no sigs f repair or new point, The building has that “sombrero” appearance of @ majority of the southern capitols, and a more sombre appearance from the fact that it was draped in meurnming, The stars and and wife wifoand cousi of Public purpose to stripes, God forgive thom, at half-mast, ail | because of Jeff Davis, who was not_hunged on a sour apple tree. We found Governor Eaglo of Arkansas, a typical southerner, a tall, dark-complexioned man, who scemed thoroughly glad to sce us, wanted us to sl 8 wock, would provide quarters in his houso for the entire purty and make us all happy, We beeged him to emigrale 1o Nebraska—ut least to make us a visit 10 see a country where cornstalks grow as high as a meeting- house steeple. He twld us thav he was born i Arkansas. I think made him regret the unfortunate cir cumstance. Our “afternoon ride was a continuance as to scenery of the fore part of the day. Texarkana, near tho extreme south- west corner of the state, was reached some time after dark, Theexas and Arbansas boundary line passes through tne depot. Our party enjoyed a twenty minutes' promenade and as many times from Arkansas to Texas and back. Dallas. Tex,, for breakfast, third day out, was the first live, growing, pushing town that wo had seen since loaving St, Louis. Mauy manufactories were seen from the cars, large blocks of brick buildings, new aud olu, old ones growing higher and chan g- ing front gave evidence of & prosperity ro- minding me of Omaha. We were out of the timber in the fullest sense of the word, Dallas is in a prairia country, the soil looks productive aund the appearance of the city attested the fact, Kort Worth about 11 & m,, we were met by a delegation of prominent citizens, accompanied by mband, to discourso swoeet musio aud to belp them porsusde us to stop over Just for oue day, if no longer, They rememberod Governor Thayer as having been there last spring, the guest of Governor Ross at the spring exposition. Nothing could induce ourparty to ston over, Wednesday noon, the 18th found us attho de\ml at El Puso, at tho end of a thousand miles ride through Texas, Here, too, we were surprised by a recoption. Carriages were awaiting us and Judge Blacker cap- tured Governor Thayer and nis wife for dinner, Otiers of our party farod as well, After dinner we were driven about the ci and iuto old Mexico. A, J. Simpson, late of Colorado, our consul st Juarez City' (lately known as El 0 Del Norte) acted as our escort. Near Juarez City we were shown an elegant country home belonging to Mr. Aloxandor, # native of Texas, who bas Jived in Mexico for mavy years. His wine cellars weroe filled with the product of his own vineyards aud his house wost elogantly fur- nished, He mude us a present of the entire plantation to have and to hold as long as we remalued, Returuing to Juarez City we inspected the old church said to be 870 years old. We suw the records as far back s 1620, ‘Those previous 10 that date were burned during one of their wany revolutions, The Moxican customs bhouse oficer came into if not to the | o | as thick 0. | outline sketch of thb | | for silver ores from the mines, which could em | He thought | At the | on’t you doubtit"’ sort of way that | we' | | p. m., appa and Steen and wife | | for transpor { l | mino a few | M Join | | great vole THE h did not cross the barder until 6 ontly only for an introduction W the governor and_party, Ho advised us that ne had heard of us through the Mexican minister at Washing- ton and that he wasa't going to shuko the contents of our valises out upon the floor. His men put on the stamps without exmina. tion, an excention that made othor less fortinate traveiers ‘wonder, A t aturo of railroading was noticed here, ompany of soldiers took possession of SMoKing car. It was the usnal escort aecom- PANics every passenger train i I'h number varies from re told that they were to | pbbers and to arvest th duetor in case of a vassengers, They fellows and it [ was a lone want one to protect soliicrs Chihunhua, ital of tho stal by breakfast urth 10th. From the station wo in the valloy of a beauuiful str above the level of the cew, with mountain peaks by, 3000, to 4,000 feot nigher city of 0,000 inhabitants, nuot a fi building in it, all stone or adobe with flat dirt or tile roots, only three or four othicr than churches above two stories in height. Many tall, commanding cathiedrals riso up nbove the level of the busincss houses. In tho heart of the ecity the wain wthedral, which was a hundred years i : S00,000, was _built fr o 4 of one silve Its towers ht. T floor and and there is not n seat in the church, The Gvadolupe church, threo miles west and the wreat stone aqueduct feou ¢ the ground just the conspiclious tures of th D the first ro Mexican city over scen by our party We could smell it half a mile away. From Chitwahua south the ride was full of int t and our cars sometimes full of dus at Juarez City, our point of entrance inio Mex- co, we were less than 3,500 feet above the svd level: at Chihuahua ov X)) feet ana from thence to the City of Mexico from 500 feet above the sea. o The Mexican Central runs on a high table land or elevated platean betweon two ranges of mountuing, the Sierre Madre to the rignt and a range of foothills to the left until Zacatecas, the capital of tho state of that name, is reached. ‘Phis city is the centor of the great mining regions of Mexico and is the point where we crossed the range and dropped down on str flowing to tiie Pacific. Wo pass santa Rosalie, Jimiye, Mopin, Lerdo and Torreon,the latter point beiug where the Mexican International from Eaglo Pass conncets with the Mexican entral. From Chibnahua south to Lerdo lies the great cotton bolt of Mesico, ana we aw thousands and thousands of bales ready ation lying ulong the tro ciendas” or furm house e of the mountains h o action and e wdoubt fullof mineral. Zacatecas was r by us about noon the th, threo and a half nours late. it s ¢ orful eity built m a ravine v the top of the Sierra a station 15 on the dividing | point and from the platform streamns of water can be soen flowing to the Gulf of Mexico and to the Pucitic ocean. Like other Mexi- an cities the churel und cathedrals of Zavatecas are phe most prominent and were s stacks of grain on a Nebraska Lhe city bus many reduction works the that xico, We w riin from on- or of nger 1'd from the hass some me les soutl that nam fuare a8 re ,on_ the the tax levie fiftocn over 200 fect in he roof are of stune on miles sou thwest of at th appearan farm bo seen on both sides of the track. Frow atecas we went down seven miles to Guadulupe, a eity of 20,000 population, thence down a beautitul valley for one hundred miles to Aguas Calicntus, the capital of the state of that name. This is tne junction of the road from ‘Campico, now completed to 55 miles west of Aguas Ca s, and whtich will soon b extended to San Blis on the Pacific coast. we found the pri- vate car of General Don Carlos Diez Gnt- ierrez, the present governor of the state of & uis Potosi, who had come over from his capital seventy-five miles east accom- panied by his fumily und staff en route to the national capital. His car was attached to onc train ahcad of ours and very soon the 1Wo governors were reminding each other of the time and the dry country. Goveruor Gutierrez (Gyasticutus for 'short) was prompt to call upon us and to introduce his family and staff. Al the talking was done through interpreters. Later in the day the gallant Mexican e himself away trying to make one of our ladies understand a compli- mentary speech and talkad pretty good Eng- lish. After this Governor Gutierrez had to talk American to our party and I guess he has ruined his health by the effort, We found him a very entertaining, handsome man, richly and” elegantly dressed, costly diamonds on fingers und shirt front, tall, commanding, in appearance every inch a soldier. The goveruor wus dehghted with the change that has takeu place since the railvoad invasion of Mexico and expressed unbounded hope in the future of the repub- lie, Icr fourteen yoars Mexico has enjoyed absolute poace and all classes begin to see the beneficial result. The governor holds the rank of general in the Mexican army and has been threo imes governor of Sau Louis Potosi, He served one term as minister of the interior under Presi- dent Diaz, during which time his brother ‘was elected and ser a8 governor, which leuds to tue beliet that the family have what we Americans term a “‘cinch” on the oftice, The governor remarked that since the days of -the Mexican warand up to within a few months past there haa beon a bitter feeling against the *'Giringoes,” and that one year ago in the city of San Lows Potosi, a town of 60,000 people, there were only five resi- dent Americans, while at the present time there are over two thousand. ‘I'his, he said, was a good igdication of the tide of emigra, tion that is Broaking upon Mexico from the | northern republic. Our chat with his Mexican excellency was interesting. Wo were all reminded that this Old Mexico country—the oldest in the world —aud fiest in America sottled by Europeans is but partially developed. At Yacatecas the mining operations have been conflued to a tract of land of less than 640 acres, which ‘have been worked sinco the days of Cortez's invasion, and since the keeping of a record the product the value of the output bas peen over $1,600,000,000 in gold and silver. The Sierra Maara rango in Mexico 15 2,000 miles lon How many acres of gold and silver? ‘I'ne farming and fruit regions of Mexico can be made 1o produce ten thousand, 5 es. a hun dred thousand to one more thun' now pro duced, The people are favored with all imate, from tho torrid heat of the tropics to the temperature of eternal snow clad peaks. Buv as yet the former pre 500 years bebind the age. ~ They plow with un ox and au ass hitel 0 crooked sticks, their carts are clumsy vehicles, burdens are carried on burros and on the heads and backs of human servanis, The Mexican excels us in polite- ness, i bull fighting and in the buiiding of churches. Tho Mexico of today, however, Wwill be but a fragment of history ten years hence when the business nen of the north begin their invasion in carnest. Of a population of 10,000,000 ono-third, per- baps, live on $10 a year, .r 81 a year as far as production goes. ~ Five million are buta gradoe higher, They live on Pulkey and tor- tillas, dress scantily, sleep on the ground, do any livle work and, while happy, are almost absolutely non-producing, At Aguas Calientas wo had an opportunity of seeing five hundred to one thousand of these second olass citizens wking their daily buth. Aguas Calicntes signifies hov water, oud they have here the iinest hot water spring in Mexico, The springs are about two miles from the city. Water from Which ~ is conveyed to the oy through two stone aqueducts. One entirely covered gives o the city buths clean water, The main bath bouse is a large one-story stone building with an inside court and pii- lared porch surrounding. The open court is fuil of fine trees and flowers, roses and ger- raniums tempting to Nobraskans, remember- ing tne day of the month—December 21, F'rom this porch doors open into separate stone rooms, roof, side and floor and bath tub all of stone. The open aqueduct is Within one foot of the closed one and built of stone. The trough or waterway is about two and a Lall feet wide aud three foet deep and is quite full of water. It s said that at any time during daylight for 305 days of the Yyear men, woweu and children can be seen bathing 1n this trough oraqueduct. We saw at least five hundred, possibly a thousand, of all agos and of both sexes strung al ng the ditch or squedact buthing or dressing or washing their * dirty cotton shirts. q‘he bathiog suits were quite unique, some were about as lurge as & good sized fig'leaf. Chil- dren from oue to ten were many of them quite nuked, the men and women were & trifle more modestly dressed. All seemed o greatly enjoy the wash and apparently cared notbiug about how many hundred Kkinds of OMAHA DAILY BEL: dirty people ware gottin water in the current A thoasand human the firat use of the Bovs thet, beings in the samo bath tub, all soaping and scrubbing them- selves—will you join them in the bath? Excuse me, bat this is what we saw at Agnos Catientes and one of our party took sev eral vhotograplis of the seene from differont points. So we have the documents to prove the statemont. Down the old channel south of the pres ent aqueduct a holes cut in the whore, according to tradition, tho first m and woman used o bat I balicva mys that the garden of Flen was in old Mexi vo. We were four hours late pulling into the Mexican Central depot in the City of M ex- i, 160 hours from the time 1 coln, sver six and one-nalf days, 1,42 anuth of the T'exas | As »l from the train we were met by Cols I H, Corella of 3 t Dinz's staff and the Moxican na tional band, forty-four pieces, which played “*Hall to tho Ui ' a8 tho train entered tho We wore then escorted to the Ho ro the bund gave us a never n serenade, playing a modle made up of all our national wirs, It was a most royal and unexpected treat, that elected from us he vs in retur Aftor & of dinner we oili h atside of clothing and the mostly paved with | 3 . narrow in the b of the city, from 20 to S0 fo waiks from 2 to 20 foet wide: buildmgs aro of stone or adobe, alt with flat roofs, ve heavy doubly barred und iron stravped doors some o foot thick opening into st or inner courts, Al the first story windows crossed with heavy iron bars gave to each building the app: o of w prison. Wo walked and tried talk to the natives, “No comprehende.” Neither did we, Some bought curios and some, including tried to drink pulkey the national sucked from o maguay peant by y Mexican and packed to market in a hog skin, 1t 1ooks like pale blue sour milk and sinells to Hades, ‘The first. smeli is not unlike the scent of a sun scorched swill barrel and a box of warm limberger cheese, but it is right good 80 I tried to make myself believe. 1t tastes a Little Like koumyss. The Moxicans drink it as the Dutch do their boer, and 1t is no more jutoxicating than veer. It is meseal_that knocks down more effectively than Sullivan could dot. If you have an enemy and you want to get even send him & bottle of mescal, one wood smell make him drunk. If he takes aglass of it it aceount qui kly cr else you will 1 his debt. Somo of our parcy attendod the theatre und paid, as was requicod, for one act only and that was enough. spent the first dav in the Aztecan of our purty atteuded early mass Sunday morning and saw guard mount at the Pualace Plaza at 6 w. m.. and at 11 o'clock visitod the Alameda or great park. From 11 pvery ody o8 there for a walk, and sten to the alte finest military band al vretty senoritas very homely wirls, 'The best of them paint and powder and yet belong to the unper ¢ The atmosphere compels this paint- g protection, they say. Mexico i ed with beggars, everywhere, before going to bed and the awakoning, hotets, in the churches, Hideous, ugly, deformed your footateps constant! siness portion wide; sido 0 apitol. in Mexico. I saw there, also soma They aro first thing on on your doorstep. One 8oon_le: :ution to them, but yet the [hey are one of the blots on Mexic 0's fair picture, Sunday afternoon a buli fight ten miles outside. the ecity. The others remained within the city. some at church and some at the laying of a corner stone for an American hospital. The Mexican Central ranuroad furnished us with a special car. In half an hour we woren the frame boxes erected on the upper tier of at least twenty seats, one above the other. overlooking the arcns and view- ing the same kind of a cirens the used to delight in. The scene before meand a glance at the surroundings gave my mind an muoreasion to the eff cct that the two scenes, Roman and ican, were but a fow months apart. 1 weaken in the attempt to deseriba abull Acht. Weo have all read of the bar- barous exhibition, vet but few conprehond. The bull fighter, the head clown in the ring, the one who acjually kills the bull, is a big- ger man in the estimation of the sccond class people who patronize the bull fight than the president of the renublhie, who bears the same nawme, Dizz. Fe marches into the rinz, from a side gate, a half dozen vicaderes, human bull teasers with him, all dressed a la circus, tights and giit; the band playime “Hail to the Chiel.” A couple of horsemen ride 1o as best they can on $5 00 horses that they want killad. ~ To put the horses at a disadvantage they blind their vl ‘The bull is admitted at an oposite gate, Just as he passes the gate an attend- ant jaba a dart with a_paper rosette on the bull’s right shoulder. This is to madden the bull. Then the fun begius. ‘The oull is pricked and bled, tormented and weakened nigh to death: a horse is gored, rider thrown, but unfortunately never hurt. The horse may be lead from the rine stepping on his entrails or, perhaps, killed outright. Whnen the bull refuses to ficht the bull sticker stabs him with the sword. He must strike be- tween the shoulder blades and the blade of the sword must go in at least three feot or heo must try again. Four or five horses were killed and as many bulls, and not a man hurt, before I became 8o disgusted that Ileft without getting a return ci We were all glad to get back to the city and better pleased to hear from such men as Governor Guticruez and Colonel Conellia that the next Mexican congress was liable to enact a law prohibiting bull fighting as a public exhibi- tion, Pauue PEPFERMINT DROPS, One swallow doesn’t make a summer, but it may bring ou an early fail, Don’t allow vourself to be carried away by enthusiasm—you may have to walk bact In the national flower discussion the marry-gold and toddy biossom have becn grossly neglectea. The western mayor who refused to “lot the dead past bury its dead” without u per= mit wilted when informed that it had a poetic license. “I see the English syndi after our paper mills now.” = *Indeed? They've been after our dollars so long 1 didn’t think they'd gev down to our milis,” The chiropodists now furnish their paticnts with button hooks with handles so long that oue is obliged to o out in the next room to button her boots, for fear of injuring the ceiling. Mrs, Wickwire —Henry,T really must have a new bonnet. This old one 18 a sight to behold. Mr. Wickwire—And only yesterday you told me it wausn't fit to be seen. I am sorey to refuso you, but Ican't encourage inconsistene; Little Brothel n’t you walk straight, Mangle! Mr. Mangle—Of course 1 can. Why do you askt Lattle Brother—Oh, nothin'; ouly I heard sister say she'd make you walk straignt when she married you, And wa said she'd help her. “They say General Sherman is very fond of Gorman opera. I wouder why it uppaals to him—so full of clash and roar, like u pat- tle!” **No, I don't think that. I guess it's becuuse iv's the only musical place he can KO without hearing ‘Marching Through Georgia,’ Unusual Consideration, Mr, W.—The idea of a man comfug to the theater in such an intoxicated condition. il have the usher remove him. Mrs. W.—Let him alone,John, Ithink he s very considerate. He got all he wanted before he came in and wiil not be Iikely to annoy people by going out between acts, te poovle are “Perbaps,” said the fresh young man as he plumped bimself down on the sofa be- tween the two giddg girls, “‘perhaps you were discussing some choice secrev!” %0, no," said one of them, *I was just saying to Minnie that noihing should separate us, but really 1dida’t expect it to happen 8o soon.’’ And the beating of his owan Leurt JVas all the sound he hear I have here," said the drummer, thing entirely new in cigarettes. This brand " Retail Dealor—“Chestnuts! I've heard that from every salesman who comes in.” *Yes, but T happen to be telling the truth. Here is something new in ciparettes. Never been on the market before.” “Hum, What is iti” **Tobucco,"” *No," said she, with the complacency bora Of knowing that she bad the prettiest and woet striking costume in the ballroom. *1 dou’t care m 1 like to feel that I, for ch vanity, you said ber admir- iug cowpauion, shoulders above AL s everybody here will say," “some 0 rooms | of it will | So we | iate playing of two of | You sce them the last thing | They are omnipotont—at tho | erippled, they dog | several of our party | Romuns | | Nebraska No | to JANUARY FISRT MASONIC GRAND LODGE Organization of the Grand Body. Torritorial ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI MASONS of Masons Kx- | Views on the Prerog- atives of Grand Masters—News and Notes The press Grand Maseers Their the Lodges. First Grand Lodge A & A 101 was lield on that a grand Jordan " M. o Ihe Ige, H\ A, B, A, M, 7/ \ _ for the torritory of SOV 4 NZ37 Netrati, ik o8 N ' X g 0 L O RN \\ ganized o oV on the September, 18 accordance with the previous agrosmen appointment of tho musters and wardens of tho several lodges of the territory, name 154 of Bellevue, 1dings 166 of Nebraska City, and Caj of Omahna, a convention day for the purpose of or lodge for Hroth of Capitol lodwe, L. L lodgo, H. N. Cornell of wore ap- pointed & committao to reporton the action necessary 'to carry out the design of the cons vention. At tho afterncon session the committee ro- ported an order of business, providing that the master of tho oldost lodge reprosontod preside, and that the charters of tho lodges represented and the credentials of the rop- rosentatives b presented and acted upon, after which the couvention should procesd W election of ofivers. Tho report wis adopted and @& lodge of Master Masons opened with | David Lindley of Giddings lodgo in tue chair (L. 13, Kinney, master of Capitol lodee, waiving lis right); R C Jor Capitol jodze actiug us senior warde L. L. Bowen of Nobraska loage acti junior wurden. A committoe consisting of Brothor Bowen, Jordan and Cornell was appointe: to oxanine the churters of lodas ¢ 10 be represented in the convention and the credentials of the representatives uuaer the sumo. Ihe committee submitted a report stating Wt the following lodges were dulv char- tered and repres A3 follows, to wit Nebraska lodge, No. 157, of Builevae, Sarpy county, charterod by the M. W. grand lodge of Lilinnis, October B, 1835, and_ropre- sented as follows: Brother L. B, Kinne! worshipful master; Brothe L. Bowon, seuior warden, and Brother John A. Nye, Junior warden. Giddings lodge, No. 156, of Nebraska City, Otoa county, chartered M 23, 1853, by the M. W. grand lodgo of Missouri, and .ropre- sented as foliows: Brother David Lindl worshipful mastor; Brother H. N. Corn senior warden: irother William Anderson, junior warden Capitol lodgo, No. 101, of Omaha, charterci June 3. 1857, by the M.'W. eraund’ lodse of Towa, and ropreseated as follows: Brothe George Aristrong, worshipiul mast Brother Charles W. Hamilton, junior war ion; Brotuer Robert C Jordan, junior war red to bo and the ion of of- ititled to seats in tho gr: nventi fic 1 loi procredald to the ele , with the following result. t U Jordan of Omaha, grand master; L. L. Bowen of Beltevie, deputy grand mas- ters David Lindley of Nebraska City, senior grand warden: L. B. Kiney of Belleve, Junior grand warden; William A nderson of Nebraski City, graad tronsaror; George Armstronz of Dmata, geand secretary Ihe grand oficors wero inswlled by Most Worshipful Brother L A. W. Buck of lili- nois. ‘The following oMoers, apprinted grand master, were also install Bucl H. N. Cornell of Nebraska City grand marshall; J. M. Chivineton, Owiaba, grand chaplain; Charles W. Hamilton, Omaha, senjor grand de john A. Nye, Bellavue, junior grand deacon ; J. P. Mauning, Omana, grand tyler. The grand lodge by the by Brother was then dec d duly organized, and a ¢ mittea consisting of Brothers Bowen, Armstrong and Cornell were appointed Lo report u constitulion, by- laws und rutes of order for the government of the grand lodge snd rules and regulations for subordinate lodzes. ‘The comnnitte sub- scquently subnntted a report, which was adopted. It was resoived to renumber the lodges ander the jurisdiction of the grand lodge ac~ cording 1o the uge of their churiers, On motion of Brother Cornell, the namo of Giddings lodge was changed to Weste Star, and the subordinate lodges wer numbored as follows: Nebraska, No. 1, at Bellevue; Western Star, No. 2, ut Nebraska City, und Capitol, No. 3, at Omah Brothers Bowen, Lindley and Armstrong were appointed a’ committee to draft and procure the passaze of o suitable act of ia- corporation of the grand lodze at the ensung session of tho general assemdly of Nebraska. It was orderca that charters issue from the grand lodea to the several lodges under its jurisdiction, and the suid lodges were euthorized to surrender the charters under which they had been working to the several grand lodges from which they issued. After deciding that the uext seasion of the grand lodge should ve beld at Nebraska City on the first Weduesday in Juoe, 1533, the grand lodge closed its seasion, Two Grind Hast Opinions, ‘The following extracts from the addresscs of the grand masters of lilinois and Missouri taken from tne Masonic Review and Voice of Musonry, December number, will be of in- terest to the ancient craft Masons of Ne- braska. Grand Master Smith of Illinois referring to the comment of the committee on foreign correspondauce rezarding the senti- ments of that jurisdiction on Scoltish rite matters has a difsrent opiniou of the *pry rozatives' of grand masters from that ents tained by some of the rocent grand masters of some other jurisdictions. Horo 18 what he thinks about the matter: S SUf there s a kingdom the size of Rhode Island over which reigns a prince more im- beciie than another, that ruler's weukoess wnd tyranoy are excused #s sanctioned and authorized underthe unwritten law of the *Divine rights of kings. So, of the decisions of a vacillating and arbitrary grand master, His every et forwhich there 15 no law or “landmark’ be clams lawful and justitiod as @ ‘prerogative of . grand master.’ We aon't believe in eiher. . We believe in the doctrine of Aweric: ‘I'bat all wen are born free and equal;y’ the rulors becowe such by the will o the people, and are t) govern under constitutional aud statute luw. We thought we had 8o expressed ourselves in our formar addross to the grand lodg We know that Wo were 80 understool by our own grand lodge, but 1t does seem that our remarks, our ‘attempt 8t wil, Was no wmore uuderstood by somo distinguished writ- crs on Masonis correspondence than was Mark Twam's to the Russian. Murk had been telling of his perplexity at a cross. road where there wero o many finge boards, under allof which there was an ad- ditional oue bearing the followiug inscrip- tiont **T'hose who can't read will inguire at the blacksmith sho Oue of the audience meeting with Mr. Pwain o few days later said to him: “Mr. Twaiu, I was very stupid the other evening. I could not see the point of your joke &s tothe sign-board at the cross- roads. 1 lay awake all nigh. thinking of it, when it suddealy came to me, I have been laughing over 1t ever sioce, and thinking what a Joke 1t would be unon the fellow if the blacksmith waso’t in.” We commend the above to the distinguished writers who have charged us with believing ia the **Di viue rights of kings' and the “prerogatives of grand wasters,” ‘The following excerpt from the report of the vommittee on the grand master's address was adopted as the sense of the grand lodge on this subject: *1t bas ever been held, and rightly, too, by this grand lodge that it can recognize nothing but the three degrees of symbolic Masonry. Of otner so-called Masonic bodies, this grand lodge ofiicially knows notbing, aud such bodies are not prover matters of | ances will continue so { linn of duty, and stardily | ternity | tion from York -SIXTEEN discussion for this grand body; and the grand master states facts when he says Cernoanism and all other isms are unknown 10 this membership, and cannot bo officially prosented to this grand iodge, or any con st nt lodgo in this jurisdiction,’ I'he following is an extract from the ad- dress of the grand mastor of Missouri: “The graud lodge of Missouri is happily exompt f of of thoss annoys ¢ und ponts which aus AMOng tho w ora are actuated oy ue and inte loyalty to symboiic Masonry and have not becoma infatuated ‘to follow after atr 18, eminence to moder ism,' No oceasic arisen from this grand lod to mak i ncersy for or against ants for roy as to their legitimacy, thoreny perpetrating the foily of eadorsin g or con ing systems aboat which we can know nothing as York Massns, Ouc happy froedem from all complications und distued N A We pursue our withstand ali ap 500rey 10 champion systems ncient and nonorable’ fra. 1 systoms ara all that their n suroly they neod no recogni rite grand bodies, If th sume to bo the loss wo pest much ewhere, peals from’ av foreign 1o o If 5 votarios are not wiat 1 | have to do with them the bettor it will be for Prace alone,’ harmouy. Lot them severcly AL M, fon of of was held Taesday nof the fol- A meeting for the ele, the Masonic templo craft night, and resulted in lowing to serve for two years: L, M. Ander- % Avkin, T, K. Sudborough, V. P. man, Lo M, Rheom and William sSiev. ers. Messra, Anderson and Aikin were ro- clected, the others are new members, directors K ot 3 District Deputy W. L. Scism ins oficars of Myrilo lodge Monday night. Grand Chanceller Macfarland instulle the officors of Marathon lodge Moaday even ing. J. P, Lund, the Garman deputy, iastallo d the oficors of Planct lodge last Monday evening. The lodges at Lin tho eraction of P £109,000, 1 wood pa lled the dln are about to vogin hian castie hatl, to 003 ol which has baen sub Thie Pythian elub ele lay ni rland, pr first vice president; J. W, Mitcael s presidont; W.'G. Shockoy, resideut; Suckett, treasa Scism, secretary. G. C. Macfarland_installel the ofiswrs of Nebraska lodge, No. 1, Welnesday night, ussisted by O. . C. Will L. Soi al G at A, H. R Weber. After tho comploted an adjoarament was take Getty's, where supper was served. “Lwo more lodges will soon be riking order in making seventeen in all,” said a prominent K. of P. the other day. *If the brethren who are working so hard to organize new lodges would aevote their time to increasing the membarship and keeping up the interest 1n the lodies already established the effact would b> mus neficil, city now, more in fact, thaf expact 1o exist in 4 healthy ¢ halt should b2 ¢ tod officors wnd Chan Dr. L A Merriam, 20a d in full , and 1lad in this matter of start- ing anew loiga ev moath. The result will e the sume as in the uniform ruank, which went clean daft on the id2a of | a regiment in Omana, and now the iney resuit s becoming apparent. One diy. Drospect thal one or Lwo more divisious wil thie sute fate betore very long.” Oviole lodgo conferred three runks Thurs day night.on nine members of the lodge re ceutly started. ‘Ihe membership is to be confived to printers, The lodge will ment in the new Pythian hall on Sunday after- noons. This’is the first lodee in the' city be organizea for the purpose of restri its meun ship to any trade or prof Ihe idea has been tried in other civies and is found 1o produce the most satisfuctory re sults. General Caruahan is expected in Omaha somo time next wonth to visit the divisions of the Uniform Rauk. Northern Star lodge is the name of the new lodge which willoccupy the new Pythian hall on Friday nights, ‘T'nie ofticers will be installed next Friday night. L OO F D. G. M. John Kvans, instalied thcoMcersof Golden Link lodge D. of R, last Walaesiay night. A number of visitors from Alphi e were preseat by invitation. Tho exor- s closed with a supper in the usuul Ke oekah styie, Special Deputy Grand D. G. M. Joha saloy, H. Patriarch F. Evais ani Pat M. Braasal ani 3 to Plattsniaey Puesdiy nignt and installed the officers of Mystic en cimoment, The installation wos pubhe After the encuaomant officers had baen in- stalled the offl s2rs of the ordimate Joige and the Rebekah degras lodge were 1nstallod by Patriarch 13ates and Sister Bovd rosnso- tively. ‘Ihe entire work of instailation wis conducted in the wost eMsiont manaer, the oflicers bainz perfect in their s:varal paris. ‘I'he ceramonies wore followad by a sup; Goodrich hall assoeiation will give other ball and supper Tussiay nig willbo the last of the seis)n wad overy effort is being mude to have this one of ths best of the fico series of paries given by the association, C R A Deputy Supreme Ragent Gaorga Ker is at Hastings organizing a council of the order, He reports tho prospacts are good for a flour- ishiag council, and expects to have it insti- tuted in about two wecks. On Monday evening next, January 13 Union Pacific ouncil No, 1069 will install the ofticers recently elected for the coming year. It is espacially desired that all mem bers be present on this occasion, aud memn bers of other councils will be cordially wael coned at their hall i the Continental block I'ne oMcers-clect ara as follows: Regent, J. F. Coykenall; vice regent, James 1. Preston; orator, frank Coliey: past regent, J. K. Chumbers; secretary, 1. L Richards: collector, S, W. Linds: reasur- or, Win, Gyve haplain, Wm. P. Davis; guide, J. B, Shéldon; on, C. M. Nettle: ton; sentry, Geo. R. Griswold. The ceremony of installatio: ducted by Mr. J. W. Mayoard, deputy su preme regent in chargo of the council, On tomorrow also it 1s oxpected vhat un in teresting report will be received from the comuitiee huving in charge the arrange meuts for the social and mausical entertaio- ment to be given on the 27th inst. An elub. orate programme is o ba presented on that oceasion, Lo which the wives aud intimate friends of members will be invited, K. G, B, Rel Cross castle, No, 4, elected the fol- lowing officers at their last razluar meeting P, C, W. G, Cronister; N. C, L, L. Babb; V. C, J. 8. Caofaron; H. B\, R Tizard; V. H., W. O. Perrys 8. H., B, H. Noidigy M. of R.. M. K. Over: C. of £, C. B. Boic of E., L. C, Erven. Ited Cross castle held another of their very pleasant parties Friday night. The com mittee of arrangements, Messrs, J. 8. Cam- oron, R. Lizard, W.O.'Perry, M. K, Over, made an unusual effort 1o make this the most successful of any of the parties, aud they certaiuly succozided. The hall was well filled and everything passed off pleasantly, will be coun- Nk e SENGER 1 Wedical and Surgical instit N. W. 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