Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 23, 1890, Page 13

Ancient and Accepted -’ Scottish Rite of the United States of America, their Territories INESS | STOP, READ: THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1800.-SIXTEEN PAGES. IN_OMAHA ™ 2.,z AND THINK e s s Before Buvlng Cloaks or Millinery. LET THE COST BE WHAT IT MAY THE GOODS MUST BE SOLD. BARR'S CLOAK DEP'T. ALL GOODS MUST RE SOLD. Note the following GREAT BARGAINS! Ladies' Ulsters, Newmarkets and Raglans, that have been selling far 815, wo will offer this weok for 8. SPECIAL CUT: Cloaks and long gurments that were $12 and $15 must go at $3.95. Aside from the above stated bargains, we havo stiil on hand a few Fancy Wraps and gflc:eln that will please the most fastidious. Ladies should see them before the sizes are roken A nice lino of Ladics, Misses® colors, at unheard of prices. one-bulf the retail price. Ludies’ and Misses' Gossamers that were §1 and $1.35 will be offered on Monday at only 28c each; slightly damaged. Ladies' Flannel Tea Gowns that wore §7.50 will be sold on Monday for only $3.75. Children’s Hoods and T ulmggunn, 10 pink, blue, brown, cream, cardinal, &, your choice for 2¢; regular price, 5c to §L. and Children’s Spriog Jackets, in black and all fancy Now is the time to secure a nice Sprivg Jacket for less than HANDKERCHIEF DEP'T. o ‘Ladies’ extra fime Linen Handkerchiefs, white, H. S. and embroidered, at 20¢; reduced Tom 35 Genta’ Japanese Sillk Hundkerchiefs, white, hemstitched and faney colored borders, our regular 81 quality, at 50c each, s’ Whits' Pongeo Siik Handwerchiefs, nemstitehed, 850 each, 3 for $1: Nrmndod Colorea Silk Handkerchiefs, 85¢; reduced from 50c. FLANNELS. This will be a memorable week in Barr's Flannel Department. Note the following: AT 9C—Fine all-wool Red Fiaunels for 9c per yard. AT 18C-Extra Heavy Red and Gray Mixed Flannels, White Shaker Flannels, Scotch Sbirting Flanuels, and Fancy Plmd Shirting and Dress Flannels, worth 25c and 30c; on Monday morning in one lot at 13¢ yard. Get a skirt length of one of our Colored Embroidered Flannels before they arc all gone; thore's only & few o f them left. . B.—~Remnants of Flanoels, all sorts and sizes, at mere nominal prices. reduced BARR'S MILLINERY DEPT. LADIES: This 1s your last chance to buy a Pattern Hat, Bonnet, Feathers, Flowers, Pon_Poms, &c., at less than one-third the actual cos! Ladics’ and Children’s Felt Hats at oniy 15¢ each, to olose out. All our Freuch Felt Hats and Bonnets be closed out at only price, $1.50 to §.25 each. Ladies’ ana Children's Straw Hats, black and colored, all good shapes, at only 25¢ each. This is your chanee to buy a spring hat at less than half its value. Ostrich Plumes, 1ips, Flowers and Pon Poms at give-away pric All our Trimmed Hats and Bonnets will be closed out regardless of cost. Every lady should tuke advantage of this golden opportunity and secure some of these bargaios. RIBBONS. A )arge accumulation of Short Lengths of Ribbons, in all colors and qualities. will s vlaced on salo Monday morning. We have made a deep cut on this lot, and ladies who use tliese goods for fancy work should not fail to see the ribbons at Barr's. All this weel. DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT. 200 pounds best quality Carpet Warp at 19¢; worth 20 pieces double-faced Colored Canton Flannel at 17 CANTON FLANNEKLS— 10 pieces Bleached Canton Flannel at 7¢; reduced from 10c. 1 case extra heavy Unbleached Canton Flannel at 10ie; formerly 163c. SPECIAL— 150 Antique Oak and Ash Curtain Poles, with complete trimmings, at 19¢; formerly 350, e e . LAP ROBES. Mohair Plush Lap Robes and Wool Horse Blankets at “‘quitting the town" pricaa. All Wool Horse Blaukets for $2.65; regular price, $4. Extra Heavy Horse Blankets for 8; regular price, Mohair Plush Lap Robes at $2, reduced from $ Fine Plush Lap Robes at $3.69; reduced feom $6. Extra Quality Lap Robes at $6.50; reduced from $10. Superfine Chaise Lap Robes at $7. educed from $11. Superfing Chaise Lap Robes at $7. educed from $12. HOUSE FURNISHING DEP'T. Large Japanned Water Carrier, 90c each. Four-fold Hardwood Clothes Ho rsc, 60¢ each. Bohlinger's Celobrated Lace Curtain Stretchers, $1.50 and §3. Jasperware Flower Pots and Tray, 49c each. Nickol-plated “Ansoma’ Clocks, 7bc each. Large French Bisque Jointed Dolls, 43¢ each, Large Kid-body Dolls, 88c each. Elegant Hand-painted Vases, 10 inch, 68c each. Elegant Hand-patnted Vases, 12 inch, 75¢ eagh. Al the above prices are less than manufactuters' cost. eounlcru o each; former ; former price, 2c. See our 5e, 10c, 3¢, 25¢ and 500 at an Early Day ART DEPARTMENT. Last and greatest bargains in Barr’s Art Department. Noto the following pricest YARN. YARN. YARN. All our Saxony and Germantown Yarn to be closed out al Te skein; former price, 15 All our Persian /A‘nhyrfl will be closed out at 10¢ skein; former price, 20e. Knitting Yarn, black and colored, will be closed out at 5¢ skein; former price, 10c skein. Children’s School Bags must go at only 25¢ ench; former pric LACE. LACE. Yak Lace, former price 85¢ yard. now 3¢ yard. 6-inch American Luce, 12 yards for 25¢. Colored evening Drapery Nets, all silk, 48 in. wide, 90c per yard; former price, 81,50, $1.75 and $2.00 per yard. Black Chan tilly and Guipure Lace Edgings, all widths, at 12jc; former price, 85¢. 40¢ and H0c per yard, 40-inch Valenciennes Laco Flouncing, to close, this week for 45¢ per yard; for- mer price, 85¢ and $0c¢ per yard. 40-inch Oriental Lace Fiouncing, to close, this week for 85c yd; worth 70¢ yard, Sewing Silk Grenadine Veiling at 7o per yard. All styles Linen Collars, best quality, at 11¢ each. DRESS TRIMMINGS. 48 pieces of Colored Silk Passamentrie and Gimp trimmings, to for 19¢ yard; former price 60¢ yard and 75¢ yard. All silk Tape Fringe, black only, 6 in. deop, to close, at 50¢ yard; former price, $1.00 yard. Crochet Silk and Jet Tnmmmg. closing price $6.30 yard; former price, #) yard. Colored Mohair Frogs at 20c a sot; regular price, 35¢ sot. NOTIONS. Corticelli and Goffs Skirt Braid, all colors,8c roll. Best Silk Garter Elastic, worth 30c yard, closing out price 10¢ y: ard. Corticelli ard Embroidery silk, sold at 10c dozen, going at 4e dozen. re Silk Crochet Buttons, all desirable shades, at 13¢ dozen. Silk Corset Laces, 2% \'nrdfl long, worth 25¢, for 11c each. Black Satin Fan eum satin, gauze and ostrich leather, all at 44c. Big lot of Palm Leal Fans to be given away for lc each. All remnants in jewelry, including Lace Pins, Ea; Stick Pins, ete—all in one fntfynur choice 15¢. 2 Corsets and Muslin Underwear Dep't. We will offer our Farewell Bargains in this department, beginning Monday morning. February 24, at 8 o'clock sharp. French Woven LA)PnElS‘ that were considered cheap at 81.75, will be sold for 98¢ each. The remaining sizes of our Tailor Made Corsets we will sell a} 42¢ each; cheap at 85c. TLadies’' Cambric and Muslin Underwear, Fancy Mull Aprons, Work Aprons, Dressing Suacques, etc., will be sold at one-half the former price. Come early to secure bargains. , 60c and $1.00. LACE. close, this week ings, Sleeve Butttons, “N.B. Al Persons Indebted to the Wm. Barr Dry Goods Company, will Please Make Settlement “request that you publish for the enlignten- VERY IMPORTANT EVlDLNCL Testimony of Prominent Ecottish Rite Masons. THE NORTHERN JURISDICTION. Shown to bae Ilegal By the Testimony of 1ts Most Prominent Members— Robinson's Unwarranted Action. Currving Favor With Pike. Omama, Kob. 20.—To the Editor of Tue Bep: An article appeared in the columns ot Tue Bee of Sunday, February 16, from a member of the faction of the Ancient and AcceptedScottish rite known as the South- ern jurisdistion, under the nom de plume of Salx, who claims the “right to write 82© behind his npame” and who thinks it strange that the 3% members of the obedience of their su- preme council do not make an effort to de- fend the regularity and legitimacy of their vite through the columns of the pross, exhib- sting in & most lamentable degree n lack of knowleage of the history of thethree supreme counvils of the Aucient and Accepted Scot- tish rite existing 1n the United States (other- wise he would not be so exacting of the Thirty-third degree members of his south- ern jurisdistion), that I (a member of the and Dependencies), would most respectfully -secona dogree “Salix,” a im, the follow- ing brief though accurate and undeniable historical sketch of these supreme councils, together with a synobsis of the aworn testn mony recently taken from witnesses, now liv- ing, eminent Magsons, not orly of ours, but of the Northern jurisdiction, -corroboratin, every claim made by the United States juris- diction regarding their regularity and legiti- macy aud then let this amour propre " X" ask himself how, under the light of these historical facts and this sworn testi- mony he could expect the 332 members of the southern jurisdiction to euter into any on on this subject. timony shows that a Scottish rite was orgunized in Charlesten, 8. C., in the year 1801, but the witnesses could not tell where or from whom the five men who or- anized 1t received their authority. C. T. hnclenmh the historian of the northern jurisdict id he did not kunow nor did he think anybody else knew or would ever koow. Jobu G. Burker, editor of the Mu. sonic Chroudcle, of the United States juris- diction, said the.v never had any authority ‘whatever, is Scottish rite wens to sleep, after a short umonoe of about two years. In 1858 and '50 it was rosusciated by Albert Pike, who later became a confederate gen- eral, and is now known as the southern ju- risdiction, Iv 1807 a Scottish rite whs e tubhished in New York ecity under legal authority from France by Jolu‘rh Cerneau, Governor De Witt Clinton and other Ma - somie diguitarics. The Marquis de lLa Fuyette wius its grand commander in 1824, It clalmed jurisdiction of United States of tion, Io 1814 was organized 1o New York city by Ewmanuel d Motta, one of the five who created the Charleston counel in 1801, I 18 known as the northern jurisdiction, and 1rom this invasion of territory already oc- cupled, bas grown all the contention down 10 tne present time, This body, hike its an- cestor at Charleston, had & brief existence of about two years, having held but one ro- corded meeting in that time. This sume body was many years afterwards resusci- tated by one Gorgas, and i's first reported weoting was held Juno 15, 1844, which was nlumlld by only two wembers. e testimony shows that in 1860 a split mumd 5'"" n::,'ihm Jur! o body, €0 mon remain- n.-'fmn.a""';t one' hd K. H. Rousellaer of Ohio, at the bead of the lun\uu faction. An unuhlly bitter feeling ?Eg g oxllwd between the two factions, each body having publicly expelled the other. “The tes- timouy shows that the northern jurisdiction in Ohio was considered clandestine. Both factions sought the favor and fraternal ro- cognition of Plke‘n council, from which they claim they sprung, but without effect. Both fuctions then turned their oyes aud hopes upon the United States jurisdiction, each seeking an ally 1n that.council. The testimony sbows that the United States jurisdiction rejected the overtures of the Van Rensellaer and accepted that of the Raymond body. Consequently on Febru- ary 18, 1568, the Raymond council closed sine die, never to meet again, and on April 15 fol- lowing, 1ts members entered the United States jurisdiction council chamber and took the oath of fealty to that hody, E. T, Car~ 80n, the preseat northern jurisdiction deputy in Ohio, claims that the two councils dis- solved and formed a now aud united body, but the recoras show that the United States Jurisdiction underwent 1o change whatever, It 4id not, like the Raymond body,close e die, but its orzanization, laws and Grand East were counticued. The only change made was to create several additional offi- ces for the benefit of the late Raymond lead- ers as & mark of respect only. The fact is that the Raymond body, now admitted to have been the most razulur of the two war- ing northern jurisdiction factions, was merged und consolidated into the United States juris- diction, ‘‘beyond the power of any individ- ual or inspector general to revive the e."” ‘The sworn testimony proves conclusively that thero was no “union,” but a clear sur- render and final ending of the northern juris- diction, Raymond died a wember of the United States jurisdiction in 1864, ‘The testimony shows that on Decem- ber 14, 1805, Il Edmund B, Hays resigned his office as grand commander of the United States jurlndlo- tion, and Simon W. Kobinson, former member of the Raymond body, in his stead. Robinson desired to be in fra- ternal correspondence with Pike’s soutuern jurisdietion, as it would enable him to score @ point agaiust the Van Renseller body that 'Was also trying to secure Pike’s alliance. Pike would not recognize the Van Res Amr council, a8 he considered it “ille; d unmasonic,” although that was \hn rlw that then and has since existed in Ohio, presided over by Deputy E. T. Carson, Neither would Pike assent to Robinson’s overtures, as he declared that the old Ruy- wond body was defunct, and that the coun- cil presided over by Hobinson was the Hays or United States jurisdiction, with which he (Pike) would have nothing to do. Pike was never frienaly to the Hays council, looking upon it as a dangerous rival to his own. ‘The testimony shows that Robinson and his followers, on October 21, 1865, resolved 10 ‘‘resume” the name of the northern juris- diction, » name which it never had, to lease Pike, but this did not im, as Pike still declared that it was the Hays or United States jurisdiction. Being threatened with an invasion of his wrrllorv Pike finally consented, provided Robinson and hi arty would abandon the United States jurisdiction, and resuscitate the de- funct mond body. This they decided to do, but & difficully arose ss to bow it might be accomplished, and at the yamo time pre- venta continuation of the Hays suprewe oouncil by its older members, who they well kuew woula never consent to its abandon- ment, This could ouly be done by an ingen- 1ous deception and cowparatively secret movement. In June, 1566, the United States jurisdiction neld one of thelargest meeting: of the supreme council ever held in thi country. A committee was avpointed 1o n. Roviate with the Van Rensellaer body and secure its meorger into the United States Jurisdiction, and @ resolution was adopted forbidding any action by the commitiee that, would affect in any way whatever the thea esent status of the council or the 83=, n violation of this resolution Robi son notified certain members of the council, together with certain others belonging to the Van Reusellaer t meet him in Boston on 13, 1806, The ¥ Rensellaers paid wo attention 1o th sUWIONS. Hobinson at that meeting did not open the United States jar- isdiction council, but ivuored it altogether and fio an unlawful sud revolutiouary manuer declared the Hays council dissolved and its members absolved from their oath of was elected broutho intg it the breath of life and. invost it with all its original vitality. He admit- ted In his specch that hedid all this to pleaso ’1 ha testimony shows that there was only ono United States jurisdiction member pres- ent, consulted, or participating in Robin- son’s revolution who had been an active member of the Hays council prior to the ab- sorption of the Raymond body in April, 1863, notwithstanding each and every such active member was at that time residing witaia ten miles of New York City hall. Robinson’s ingenious and revolationary act was for a long time kept a secret from the world, and no doubt would haye 80 con- tinued, but,on May 17, 1867, Robinson's re- suscitated faction formed a union, thus form- ng the northern jurisdiction of the present day. Some of the members wero auxious to familiarize themselves with the hiatory of the rite, so accordingly a committee was ap- poiuted which collated and published the proceedings now familisrly known as the *‘Reprint.” They were circulated in 1881, from which the old members of the Hays body discovered how they had been sold out t‘md their ancient council abandoned by Rob- nson, ‘They excbanged views and arrived at the conclusion that their oath of feaity to the old Hays United Statos jurisdiction was still binding upon all who had assumed it, that the deception practiced upon them vi~ tiated all subsequent, contracts. They met on September 27, 1881, opened and continued tho United States jurisdiction council that had been closed by "Robinson in June, 1866, and 80 announced their act to the world in & printed proclamation of the same date. Some of the northern jurisdiction leaders claim that the Robinson revolutionary act was done with the unanimous consent of all tho members, but the sworn testimony proves the contrary, Daniel Sickles, 332 northern jurisdiction, on his oath testified thas he was grand sec- rotary general of the United States jurisdic- tion in 1886, but he knew mothing of Robin- son's act until after it had taken place. H. Thompson, E. Atwood and R. B, Fol- &er tostified to the same, The United States penpll clgim that it is absurd to suppose that they would consent 10 the abandonment of nmr body, the strongest and moat_prosperous Scotuish rite council in the world, for the sake of resusci- tating the defunct illegal Raymond body and obtaining the fraternal recognition of Pike's southern jurisdiction. They also claim that if Robinson had.the Fight to nullify the arti= cles of consolidation of 1863, by deserting the United States jurisdiction body, Thomp- son, beyond question, possessed the same right to resuscitate from dormancy his United States jurisdiction. Charles T. "McCienachan, 332 northern jurisdictior, on his oath testified that Robin~ s0n’s act was beyond a question a resuscita. tion of the Raymond body as it existed previous to 1863, and was not a continuation of the United States jurisdiction. Albert P. Moriarity, assistant secretary northern jurisdiction, testificd that the *'Reprint” was a correct transcript from the manuscript records in possession of the northern jurisdiction. This Keprint covers the claims of the present United States jurisdiction, Charles T. McClenachan also testitled that Simon W. Robwson, Peter Lawson, L. R. Paige, G. M. Randall, A. P. Hughes and William Field, who mrnntwufl with Rob- inson in resuscitating the northern jurirdic- tioa, had taken, during their Seottish rite membership, from two to foyr oaths of feaity. Mr. McClenachan further testified on oath that the Van Rensellaer body, of which Enoch T. Carson of Ohio was a member from 1860 till 1867, was an irregular, clan- destine body. Danuel Sickles, 33 2, northern jurisdiction, testified that the “History of the United States Jurisdiction,” published by Macoy and Siciles i 1 was true and correct. er, 339, United States juris- d that the five men who es- tablishea the southern council for the 33= bad no authority for claiming that they were the sole possessors of that grade; that ::.'l %& was known and conferred previous H, Thompson, 33° United States juris- diction, testified that he was lieu- tenany commander of the United States jurisdiction in 1863 prior to the consolidation with the mnhru of the defunct Raymond was the next l.- legal uce-ulon w0 body, aud Edwuad B, Hi T.d commander uu“wnn Mmea and his m.vmondmn violated the articles of comsolidation of 1863 and abandoned the counc, he succeded by right to the command of the United States urisdiction,§ Grand Communder Edward B. Hays having dicd; that forsome time he was ignorant of the truth, but upon the official production or the records known as the ‘'Keprint” in 1881, he, with a constitutional number of bremren reopeced the ola Uaited States jurisdiction’ council, as tney had a perfect and legal right to do, and have con- tinued it to the present time. Robert B. Folger, M. D., 332 United States jurisdiction, Masonic historian, and the oldest thirty-third degree Mason living, testified that he had personally met and known Illustrious Joseph Cerneau: that he knew nothing of Robinson’s revolu- tiopary act of December 13, 1866, until after it occurred: that when the reprint appeared in 1881 he then had the official evidence in his hand.of the abandonment of lis council by Robinson, and that with others he had assisted in reopening the council in that year; the written Records were inspected, and it wus found that Robinson closed the United States council in June, 1866, and it was. not opened by him again. At the June meet- g @ resolution was adopted prohibiting the very action taken by Robinson. Charies T, Clenachan, 33, the grand \ master of ceremonies and hlnoriun of | the northern jurisdiction, in his sworn testimony, produced severul letters, which wore put in evidence, which showed beyond a doubt that a conspiracy was on foot to break up the United States jurisdiction and revive from the dead the northern jurisdice tion that had lost itseif in the former body in The following is quoted from the letters: ‘“‘We have here in New York Il Brother A G Goodall, 339, who was Quly appointed by Iil. Brother Huys, repre- sentative of the grand orient of Brazil, etc., etc. He has been in South America, was handsomely received by the grand orient of Brazil, Rio Janeiro, Peru, etc., ete., and orings back with him important documents and recognitions which he is extremely anx- ious to lay before the council, eto, ** * I expect to accomplish l.hmuill I Brother Goodall the recognition and establishment of fraternal relations with Brazil, Rio Jaueiro, Chili, Peru, Uraguay, etc. * * * galso the recognition of the supreme council of England, the grand commander of which he ha# also visited, and brings interesting news of said interview, * * * the recognition of France and Belgivm we have already, and can renew at any time. * + Brother Goodall is extremely aux. ious to make his report to ‘the council, and says be tninks his business of sufficient i~ portance to call & meeting of the council, He says they would do the same for us in South America.” F'rom the above testimony offered on the part of the northern jurisdic- tion it will be seen thatthe United States jurisdiction was already. in possession of re- <oguition from Brazl, Rie Janeiro, Peru, Chili, Uraguay, n-nnue, Belglum and Eng: . The question now ll\ Why are they not now in possession of thay.supreme councilt The testimuny gives the answer., Goodall was induced to follow Rolinson and sttend the meeting at Boston aadturn over to it the recogmitions he had obtained for tne United States jurisdictiqn, Those recogni- tions are illegally in possession of the north- ern jurisdiction and showld be returned to their rightful owners, It was also in the svidende that there has neyer been in existence s Seottish rite body called the Cerneau rite,'but’‘that the proper name of that rite 1s the Supreme Council of the Uanited States of Ath ries and Depeodencies. ALeXANDER ATKINSON, —_——— L O o F The committee composed of members from each lodge in the city, which was appointed to confer with a committee from the Council Bluffs lodge to make arrangements for the receptiod and entertainment of Grand Sire Underwood, has held several confereunces with the Council Bluffs comunttee and they have formulated the following plan which will be submitted to their respective lodges for approval: The graod sire will arvive in Council Bluffs April 24, and will e met by the lodges of that city and of Omabha. A parade will be held by all the lodges in the moraing of the 24tb, and an address will be d.uvcrad by the grand sire in the afiernoon. A graud dipuer will be given at the Ogden a, their Territo- house and a ball will be held 1n the evening, On the 25th the grand sire will come to Omaba, escorted by the lodges of Omaha and Council Blufts, where he will bo given s reception and possibly a drive about town in the afternoon. He will remain in Omaha until the evening of the 25th, at which time he will leave for Des Moines. The details of the entertainment on this side of the river have not yet been arranged. Tho P. M. band gavea very pleasant party at_Goodrich hall Tuesday evening, ‘I'ne hall was well filled and the bright hues of the ladies’ dresses blended harnoniously with the handsomo uniforms of the musi- cians. The committee of arrangements con- sisted of Messrs. 5. W. Read, F. Camn and Mac Morris, and G. A. Beunett officiated as master of ceremonies. T'wo cases of unusual interest, involving the riglt of members of Independent Order ot Oddfellows lodges to seek in civil courts 8 remedy for the denial of sick benefits by the lodge, were recently argued in Lewistow, Fulton county, Ilis,, by Major A. Orendorft, one of the best known Oddfellows in the west, and Hon J. Otis Humphrey. The cases were those of Jamos Hunter vs. Fulton lodge, No. 51, of Lewiston, und amuel Langstaff vs. Olive Branch lodge, No. 15 of Caatou. Both cases went off on demurrer and were dismissed by plaintiffs after long and exhaustive arguments on both sides. The court held “that the members of 8 secret society by the mere fact of their membership, become subject to the constitu- tion, by laws, rules and all enactuments of the suuuv.,y and of the grand bodies to whicn it is subordinate; that the rule of such lodge requiring the members to submit their claims for benefits to the tribunal of the order is & reasonable rule, and when mem- bers have submittea their ciaims aud tho lodge in good faith has passed on and re- jected them, the cannot afterward sue 1n the f!\gl M‘Jurtl. but the finding of the tribunal s These cases were test ca: much atteotion. The degree team of state lodge went to South Omaha Monday eveningand conferred the first degree on a candidate. A. O .U W, Grand Master Workman J. G. Tate wu m the city early in the week. ‘The report of the supreme recorder for lha month ending December 31, 1889, shows the membership of the order in Nebraska to be 6,379, with atotal membership in the supreme ]urhdll.lhm of 230,220, William R. Sheen, supreme recorder of the Seleot Knights, has notified the grand com~ mander of this state that the new ritual will soon be ready for issue. The ritual has been for some time in the bands of 8 commuttee consisting of G. W. eed of Topeka, Knn D. H. Shields ot Hannibal, Mo., and E. Ford of Emporia, Kan. The Nebraska grand legion of Select Knignts is in excellent shape financially. ‘The per capita tax has been paid, aud there is money on hand to pay all outstanding ob- ligations. ~ Three new legions are contem- plated, and the subordinate legions will soon corumence to boom their membership, Nelson Smith, the old man.who died uul. denly last week of heart disease, was a m ber of Union Pacific lodge, No, 17. ’l‘he lodge took eharge of the burial. Brotner Smith left a family consisting of four daugh- ters and a crippled wife and it is dificult to say wbat would have been the result of his death if he had not been a mambor of such an order asthe A, O. Owing to the brother's advanced age aund the size of his family they were in almost destitute circuwm- stauces and his beneficiary will be of great assistance. ‘Lhe grand commander of Select Knights bas been notified that the beneticiary due the beurs of Dr. Peter Hostettor from the Kan- 848 department of the Select Knights, will b2 forwarded in a few days. A Card, To the Editor of Tum Bee: My attention has been called to a communication pub- lisbed in your paper of Sunday, February 16, signed by one “Salix,” and claiming to be a Scottish rite Muson of the 322 of the Southern lurlldlallan 1 desire to say that [ am reliably informed aud am fully satisfied that “Salix’ is not a Scottish rite Mason of me 822 of the Southern jurisdiction, nor has he auy autbority to pablish any such article @ herein referred va. It is & distinct line in our policy to carefully avoid all newspuper and attracted controversy on the subject of our rite, and strict adherence to this policy is the practice of our brothren. Rouerr C. Jorbay, 332, Inspector General for Nobrasia, Omaha division of this shall division of Lincoln are arranging the details of a series of competitive arills to tuke place about the latter part of March. Three drills will be had, one in Omaha and one in Lincoln, and the third to be either m this city or Lincoln. The latter point has not yet been decided. Lily division No. 8 gave one of their monthly parties Thursday night in Metro- politan hall. The affair was fully equal to the former parties given by this division. e Hastings Matters of Interest. HasiNas, Neb., Fab. 22, —[Special to Tug Brr.]—The annual roport of the Hastings hoepital shows that there were thirty-six vatients admitted for the pasttwelve months and cf this number only five died. The hos- pital is entering upon its third year under most auspicious circumstances. ‘Fhe members of the lodgo of Elks of Lin. coln organized a similar lodge In this city this evening, Tue Nebraska Suynday School association will meet in annual session io this June 8 Lc 5, wclusive. The Contral State l‘aaclmrs‘ association will convene in this city at the high school building 10 May. Prospects indicate that Hastings willsport a professional ball toam the coming season. ‘I'nere is already an immense amount of in terest manifested. Mr. O. H. Gordon, an ardent admirer of the national game, and one of our bright newspaper men, expressod himself to your correspondent as being in favor of u tri-state league, composod of Hastings, Kearnoy, Grand Isiand, Lincoln and Beatrice on the north, and St. Joe, At- chison, Topeka, Leayenworth and Wichita on the south, He thinks that such a league would arouse more enthusiasm among the patrons than an exclusive Nebraska league, he is 1n favor ot fixing 8 salary limit of $600, with a $30 guarantee, Lo play eighty-four games between June 1 and Seotember 15, Mr. Gordon has mada a partial canvass among baseball admirers, aud has thus far raised $3,000 fora teaw, ‘This sum will be doubled in unother week. In the meantime Hastings fans will negoti- ate with several first class players who are anxious to play nere. ‘The work of sluting the roof of the new court houss is well under way and will be completed 1 ten days, with favorable weather . The Daily Nebraskan favors drawing party linesin the approaching municipal election. The Nobraskan evidently fecls safe in urging this proposition, from the fact that there are fow availsble democrats who would accept the honorary position. The twelve-inch pipe for the gas well is expected this coming week, when work will be resumed. The Hastings school board are preparin 10 build a public school in the Fourth war this spring. The city council meets Monday evening to fix a dute for -ubmm:ugu proposition to vote 6,000 sewer bonds, Brof, Hicks, of tho state university, has been in the city this week securirg samples taken from the gas well. Yardmaster Reynolds of the B. & M. - forms your correspondent that his men handled twenty-soveu different trains in the yards last Tuesday morning, ‘The city council has Becided to impose a tax on every traveling fak:r, book ugent, ete,, who enters the domwaius of this city snd attewpts to ply their vocation. The Gazette-Journal publishers are pre- erlnk & boom edition, & birds-eye view of Hastings, cuts of colleges sud public build- qu‘ 10 be circulated 1n the east. nother daily nowspaper threatens to - vade the newspaper circies of this o George W. Mowery, an old Hustings resi- dent now of Omaha is doing Hastings this week, Miss Mellona Butterfield of Onuhl is vis- iog friends in this city this wee C. E. Yost aud Flemon Drake nf the Neo- brasks Telephone company sveat Wednes- day and Thursday in this city this week. There is o lurising suspicion that these gen- tlamen were here in the interest of the ex- texsion of therr line from this city to Grand Island and Kearney. - AN ODERIFEROUS BANQUET, ! Cornell Sophs Make Merry After Bes Smearcd with Axafetida. Aunurs, N. Y. 'ab. 22.—|Special Tele- gram to Tue k 1—One hundred membvers of the sophomore class of Cornell university arrived on the 10 o'clock train last evening to attend their apnual banquet at the Os- borne house. They all bore evidence of the rough treatment thoy received on their de- parwure from ithaca, where they were as- sailed by 250 freshmen, who besmeared them with lampblack and asafetidn, smashed their hats and tore their clothing from their b It was a motly erowd that alighted from the train and filled the station. A large circle was formed in the statiou, all daocing meérrily and giving vent to cotlege and class yells until the din was deafening. They then marched in proces- sion to the Osborne house, where their atten— tion was divided between the lavatory and the dispensary. Thoy then distributed them- selves about the town, later in the evening roturaing to the hotel for the banquet, All the officers of the olass and the banquet com mittee were present intact. The return of the abducted freshman president to the uni- versity lessened the enthusinsm of the soph- somewhat, s they had expected to put bim on exhivition and to force a speech from him at the banquet. Tney made merry, however, with coilego songs and stories un- ul night's candles were burat out and jo- cund day s100d tip-t0s on the misty moun- tain tops. INTERNALLY DE ORMED, Death of & Man Whoso Heact:and Other Organs Ware Di:piac d. New Yonrk, Feb. 22,—|Special Telogram 0 Tue BEr.|—A most remarkable case of displacement of the vital orgaus of the body was revealed in the autopsy held on Albert L. Johnson, tho old inventor who dropped dead in the Equitable bunding on Tuesday afternoon. Deputy Coroner Jonkins wsae the autopsy and found that the heart, which was abuormally fat, had moved over to the right side of the cbest, the stomach, spieon pancreas nna the greater portion of the large and small intestines had passed into the left pleural eavity and considerably compressed the left lung. The heart, besides being displaced, was com-~ pressea sud there was a general dislodu~ ment, all resulting from » diaphragmatic herufa for which the deceased received uiuch medical treatment. Some Lwepty years ngo Jobuson contracted hernia by a tree falling on bim and it is believed the wenersl dis- placement of those organs occurred at that time and existed over since. Dr. Jookins said that the immediate cause of deathwas heart fmlore, though the dis plucementofthe organs was tending to accelerate death Ou Her Way to Moloka Kaxsas Ciry, Mo, Feb, 23.—|Special Telegram to Tur Bex.l—Amy C, Fowler, the young Englishwoman who surrendered wealth and social position to minister to the lepers at Molokal, the island of the Sand- wich group sev apart for lepers, was hers today oo her way to Honolulu, A conference on paysical culture was recently hela at Hoston under the presi- dency of Prof. Willlam 1. Harris, United States commissione ! education. ‘Yhe merits of the various systems— the Swedish, the German aund the American-—-were ex- plaived by sevoral teachers and thewr pecu- Liarities illustrated by demonstrations. A short article in a recent issue of the Boston Medical Surgical Jourual sketches the growth of interest in America in physical education as a part of cojlege education. In Johus Hopikins' unwversity it already has a recoguized place in the curriculum, sod & professorship of bhygiene and physical cul ture Dus just been endowed ut the Penusyl- vauls college at Gettysburg, with the sum of $23.000, in wemory of Dr. Cuarles H. Graff, by his pureots, et lowa is the banner state fer women edu- tors. Fourteen of the stule superiatend~ ta are women, aad four-fiitbs of the Wach ©rs are women,