The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 1, 1897, Page 28

28 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1897. Order of the Eastern Star. Last Tuesday evening Ivy Chapter held s most interesting meeting, the most interesting | of the year. Eight candidateswere initiated | into the chapter and four sapplicants were | elected.~ After the conferring of the degrees | and the closinig ol the chapter: there was & banquet at which 125 took part. ‘Among the guests were Mrs. Kate S. Willats, grand secre- tary; Mrs. Florence E. Harris, worthy matron of Centinels Chapter; Mrs. Nellle Darling, worthy matron of Golden Gate Chapter; Mrs. Olive Schmidt, worthy matron of King Solo- mon_Chapter, ana many visitors from local chapters and from chapters in ‘the Easi. -The gathering of members of the chapter and | friends did pot break up until midnight. The special meeting of Mission Chapter on Thursday evéning was & grand one, Four can- didates who could not be initiated at the pre- viously held regular meeting were received into the chapier, and aiter the ceremony = : of the grand master workman and other grand there was a musical aud literary programme | o, o' qg discussed, and it is probabie thai which afforded mueh enjoyment, and this Was | yycn s meeung will be heid, on which occa- added o by the life which master of cere- |sion an interesting programme will. be pre- monies Wilson -thfew into the afair. Then | sented. During the evemug the lodge was there was 2 eollation in which ice cream and | a8ddressed oy District Deputy Curtis, Mr. cakes | predomin Pierce of Excelsior Lodge, Frauk Winterburn ed, and there was also dancing until mi The 0dd Fellows. Grand Master Drew and Grand Secretary Shaw paid a visit last week fo Pescadero Lodge at Pescadero, which had not been visited by grand officers for a long time, and they were received with a great desl of enthusiasm. At the close of the business meeting the visitors | were the guests of honor at & banquet.st which there were assembled about 150 0dd | Fellows of San Mateo County, and a most | pléasant evening was paised. | Xext Thursday evenine the officers 6f Wildey Encampment will be installea by Grand Pat- rigrch Doran and staff. of officers. Grand Patriarch Doran and. Grand Scribe | 1 | delivered addre: | conferred on seven candidates. he officers of the lodge wers publiciy 1nstalled and a banquet followed. Todges of tre order will be shortly instituted at Orland, Point Arena and Fort Bragg. The Grand Lodge of Oregon closed witha very successful meeting of the 23d of July. The classified plan of assessments was up for consideration and was adopted by practically A UNADIMOUS Vote. The new lodges to be established iq_ihg Pan- handle district of this City will be instituted during the early part of the current month. Nevada City Lodge 52 18 receiviug s large number of nccessions. George H. Bahrs,- grand overseer, has re- turned from Southern Catifornia afteran ex- tended visit to lodges in.‘thatsection of the State. The classified assessment plan went into operation. in the -jurisdiction of Nevadaon July 1. At the meeting of the.Grana Lodge 6f Oregon Supreme Master Workman Robson and the grand recorder of California were present and On Tuesday ing, 27th, Grand Receiver Booth- and Granhd Lecturer- Danforth visited Benicia Lodge No. 94, when the degrees were Up to the ciose of businesson July 30 the grand medical examiner had passed upon 460 applications for the month of July. Sante Rosa Lodge No. 28 has a boom, and on the 11th inst, initiated a iarge ciass of candl- dates. A lodge will be instituted at Snelling in the course of & few days Pacific Lodge No.7 will in the month of August confer the degrees on a class of ‘thirty five candidates. Reading Lodge No. 72 has a boom on and has inerensed its membership: materially aur- ing July and will continue the increase during August. ¥fanklin Lodge held an interesting meeting last Friday night, ana _the matter of bolding an open meeting on the occasion of the visit and others. To-morrow night tha Past Masters’ Associa- tion wi/l give & jingo eutertainment in Shiels | building. The Degree of Honor. Last Tuesday the new lodge was institued at Miipitas by Grand Recorder Mrs. Roland, as- sisted by members of Dawn of Hope, Ivy and | Alide Upchureh lodges. The degrees were | conferred by Mrs, Sudie Hodges, pest chief of | honor of Ivy Lodge, and the new officers were | installed by Disirict Deputy Mrs. Eva Cogan. The mew lodge is called Monte Vista No. 57, | aindstarts with thirty-one charter members. The officers of the lodge are: Mrs. Ella Wilson, P.C..of H.; Mrs. Delia-Boyce, C.'of H.; Sylvia | Boyce, L: of H.; Miss Flora Goodwin, C. 6f C. | brotherhood Councilor M. Boehm, Grand Treasurer Mrs. Clara_McDonald, Past Councilors D. M. True of Columbia, Los Angéles; Miss McDonald of Social Council, Mrs. A. Boehm of Golden Gate Council, Mrs, §. C. Wallis, Miss M. Underwood and Mrs. Packer of Evans Council and severa! visitors irom local councils.” The hall was prettily decorated with flowess aud evergreens and the work of instaliation was conducted in a very creditable manner by the installin, officers.” The following are the new officer Frea Stockman, P, C.; D. D. D. B. Todd, t. Mrs. C. Balz, V. L. Zimmermsn, B.; F. W. Zimmerman, L; M Elise Kokemeister, T. Mrs. Tiemann, P. hariotte Whitlock, M. Annie Herrington, W.; Mrs. Maloney, G., and Mrs. B. Smith, 8, After installation there was a collation in the banquet-room, where there was an abundance of good things and an un- limited supply of icecream. During the even- ing the company was entertained with short addresses by Grand Ccuncilor Boehm, Grand Recorder Wallis and vocal selections by Henry Widman. Grand Vice-Councilor D. J, Hartley and Grand Trustee F. W. Day were in this City yes- terday to attend s meeting of the executive committee. The officers of Unity Council of Oakland were installed by Deputy Mrs. Jackson last week, and aiter the work was over there were dancing and refreshments, The Druids. The Druids’ Hall Association has declared & dividend of 10 per centand has reduced the rent on lodgerooms. 1 ‘Last Wednesday night Aurora Grove ini- tiated nine candidates and received one ap- plication. Templar Grove conferred the degrees on several candidates at its last neld meeting. The grand officers have been invited toa ball to be given on the 13th inst. by Olema Grove. The noble grand arch, the grand secretary and other grand officers are absent on official visitations. Junior Order Americsn Mechanics. Lincoln Council gave an entertainment and banquet in B. B. Hall last Thursdsy night, at which there were present between 300 and 400 persons. There was presented an excel- lent programme and then a number of toasts were offered during the banquet. The talk about a proposition to consolidate Alexander Hamilton with some other council had the effect of attracting an unusual mem- bership ai the meeting last week, and the members, with a desire to show that there is no need for consolidation, initiatea four can- dates and presented a dozen applications. Custer Coucil of Onkiand gave a reception to its iriends last Tuesday and a very enjos- able time was had.- It was a party for gentle- men ouly. This council will initiate several candidates atits next meeting. The following interesting circular has been issued irom beadquarters at_Denver, Colo., under date of tne 24th of July, by Joseph Powell, the National organizer: The twenty-ninth annual session of the National Council has recently been he.d in the city of Pitte burg, Pa., and the memb-rs of that body bave all reuried Lo Loeir homes. Time suflicient b us elapsed for serious reflection wpon the reports made by the officeis and the business transactéd the convention, and now we ‘are prepared to renew the wOrk with more cheerful lLearts and with greater aetermination than ever beiore. The record of the past year has de aed to the worid the fact that.ours i8 & progressive organ= izat on; tha., notwitusta ding the stringency of | -the times, the Junior <rder does nu. faiter, but pressrves a golid front and an irresistible onward murch:-that’ obstacles a:e of ljttie concern, and thst: aside from- our (rinity of Graces, Virtue, Liberty ani Patriotism, our motto 1s “kx- celsio Wedo not believe: ihat there.is that patriotic cltizen or member .0t our orger whose heart does Dot experience emotions of joy when he beholds the’ following accompiishments of our noble The amount paid for sick and fune ral beneiits fo. Dec-mber. #1.. 1896, is about $: 5U0,000; -the amount received by subordin e Bernes will on the 13tn inst visit S Miss Jessié ‘Goodwin,” R.:S.; Mrs. Flora Wig- 51:‘:‘13?11";3:?3'»‘Z%’;’O:z}uug; ’;x%un”mb%um aid Obispo, where a new encampment is to | more, F. S; Mrs. Mary Jones, recorder; Miss A rarposseil ). and we. stituea. On the 12th these officialsw Wigmoré, U.; Miss Clara Boyce, I W.;:D. | Taoe 35 7 ‘c:;fm‘c"fi. mfifl:“i‘";:::fi:’:fir 335 with the encampment &t Paso Robles. 'S Boyce, 0.°W. ; Mra. Henry. Abell, D. S.Boyce | 3 hip. All arrangements have been npleted for |ana J. Boyce, trustees, and - br.'W. L: Wilson, | the visit of the Veteran Odd - Fe, Lodge Tuesday night. To-morrow night California Lodge will work in the initiatory degree, and -Golden. West Lodge will work in the same degree on Thurs- day night ows to Unity medicil director.. Alter the ceremonies there were a grand banquet, and-mirth, music, speeches and a genersl good-time. The oflicers of Dawn-o1 Hope Lodge, in West Odkiund; wera izstalled last week by Deputy Mrs.-Co who aiter the ceremony deiivered The receipts for the year were §1,562,287 28, ana the amount in -the treasuries of the su.ordinate councils at the end of the year was $1.624,846 94. The amount paid for-b-nefiis durlug the year was $550 860 29. ~ No_meun” foundazion indeed apon Which 10 biild a 7eat superstruciure ! Ve have great cause for congratuiation in the Yt Wadmeadiy | night' Fatrmount Lodge:|am baoia: fact that -0 a sing « itein In the catugory Indicaces worked in the initistory degree, J; “On'the T0tn inst. a'new lodge of the order is | 5, (995 but, rather we ‘enioy hundsome galiis o Last evening there was au entertainment it \'tg - be -instituted -at -Newman, San: Joaquin | jogm fit, Examine the figurcs: Guin in councils, Memorial Hall in the Odd. Fellows’ building-|-County. gl man P, sbout 11,000; In recelpts of s 7 ate councils. $284;945 515 in amount paid to the members of the relief com ttee of Bac- | T T for sick and fuueral benefits, §83, 2 19 in remento, aid to the members of the retief | The MNative Sons. smount -in treasuries of subordliate counells, committee af Stockton. Te-day the visitors will be the guests of the San Franciscorelief commitiee at & banquet to be given in iheir honor. The Robekahs President Mrs. Minerva J. Karsner of the State Assembly of the Rebekahs has justre- turned from s tour of visitations through So- ‘noma, Lake and Mendocino counties.- Her visits through the first two named counties were pleasant, not only by reason of-the re: ns she received wherever she ‘visited; y reason of the facilities for travel;. but in Mendocino County, while the welcome was as'cordial s it could ‘be, the president found that traveling was not a matterof ease and comfort. She visited the loGges at Ukiah, | Mendocino; Punta Arena, Fort Brage; Eureks, Férndale and other points, but did not go to Humboldt. She' started on her. tour ‘on:the 234 of June, end aiter a few daysrestwill| returs to-her home in Oroville. $he found during her tour that the establish- ment of {he home for orphians,.that’isin course of consirnction: at Gilray; has aroused an unusual interest in.the mémbership, and:| that the members now declare thatthey: have | & grand -obj.Ct fo Work forand.willdevote more time und - attention -to thelodge meet- | ings.. Everywhere the president was. ques- tionéd as. to: the honie and the manner o1 its conduct, and she was-$nown 8 ieweligible who will: become ocoupants--when its ready.| for occuphney. She also ascertained that all the lodges. dre increasing in' memberghip, In-Boing from:| Fort Bragg ‘Mrs. Knrsner -nad “to :ide on ‘a | buckboard for 137 ‘miles; and it itas not very: pleasant riding, either, for there was .inck of comfort, anu - it ‘was. ot heighténed by the cteerful drivers telling Her. highly embel- | lish=d stories “of hold-ups at this and.that point, end" of runaway.accidents and:narrow | escapes that Conveysnces -hud - from ‘rolling down into deey precipices. | Last evening Grand:Master Drew and Secre-.| tary Mrs. Mary E. Douoho.visited' Pescadero, | where a new 1odge of the Rebekahs was insti- | tuted, with twenty-five ' charter members. This Jodge is the re-ult of.s talk by the grand | master on the occasion of his recent visit-to | that place. President Mrs. Karsnerhas announced the following August 4, to Oriental | Lodge; Augnst 5, Haywards; August 6, Sun- | set; August 7, Fair Oaks; August 9; Brooklyn; | August 10, Absit Invidia; August 12, Aureola; Augusi 13, Golden Link; Angust 14, Oaklana ; August 16, Loyal; August 17, Carmel; August 19, Myrule, in Vallejo. | Oriental Lodge has made great preparations |y, y N feni; e and going 10 and coming from & picnic, imi- for the reception of President Mrs. Karsier on | tatjon of a Chinese orohestra; sentimental the evening of Wednesday next, aid as an in- | vitation has been extended 10 members of sis: | ter lodges to be bresent it is expecied that.| there will be s large attendance. - This lodge | will give a candy-pulling party on'the evening | of the 18th inst. On the evening of Saturday, the 24th:of July, Mission: Rebekah Lodge Ne.225 enter: | tsined Excelsior end Unity lodges, 1. 0. 0. K.; and Templar Rebekah Lodgs in the Cozy iittle iodgeroom in Excelsior liail on Mission street. There were addresses by members of Mission Rebekah Lodge and by some of the visitors, after which tnere were dancing and whist for those who cated to participate in the 1ascinat- ing game. -At 11 o'ciock supper was served in the ‘bauquet hall, and the guests parted at midnight, well pleased witi the entertain- ment furnished by tne baby lodge ot the Re- | bekahs. On the evening of the 14th of August Mis- sion Rebekah Lodge will Lold an open meet- ingand give's postofice party. An excellent programmeé has been arranged for the occasion. Itis gxpected that the Dew -home &t Gilroy | will b ready for occupancy by the 18t of Sep- | tember. . Mrs. Minerva Bugkley of Lebanoi Lodge of Stockton has been elected as the matron of the home. secretary Mrs. M. E. Donoko says that since the beginning of the new term the reports show that thete is & noticeable increase in-the membership all over the jurisdiction. The proceedings of . the iast held State As-| sembly make up & book of 153 pages and is s model 88 to arrangement of mauter and com- pleteness. It coutains ail that was done at | the session aud as an sddendum the account of | the lnyipg of the cornerstone of tse home at | Giiroy. ‘It is embellished with hali tone pic- tures of thie junior pest president, Mrs. M. Greenwood, and of the new home 8s it will ap. pear when finished.. The work is one of the neatest €ver gotten out and reflects great | credit on the secretary, Mrs. Doiioho, under | whose supervision it was prepared. | Ancient Order United Workmen. i A lpdge will be instituted during' the month of August at Randsburg. 2 Grand Master Workman William Vinter ad- dressed & public meeting under the auspices of Point of Tiniber Lodge No. 92 at Byron on the evening of July 24, in which there wes a largeattendance. The officors of the lodge were publicly installed by District Deputy Rahmsdorm. 3 | Grand Master Workman Vinter spent Sun- day, July 25, at Sacramento, and steps are being taken 1. that ¢'ty for the ‘organization oia drill team for the ampiified degree work. | The Grand iMaster Workman visited Willows Lodge No. 113 at Willows, Glenn County, on Monday evening, July 26, on Which occasion f.organi. | numnber ot Appl! | mey. 1'C. J. Swee: | cane in recognition of faithful services and in Edward Dolan-of Jows Hill, Placer County, and'a member of Mountain No. 126, writes to Grand Secreiary Lunsteédt asking for an appli- cation cliarter blanks, as he has thirty naiives Who desire-to ‘start a parlor. Graid ‘President’ Clark will send a grand| organizer - during the coming monthto-reor- ganize Fern Grove No. 172; a t Bodegs, Sonoma. County. The grand secretary’s visiting register shows the following names: during_the wee Marcuse, past_ president of Marysville No. 6 Gus Weiss, secretary -Mount Diablo No. 101 orris, prand inside seniinel, o1 Ceuter: | Dr. Max Wassman of Ramova No. 109, | 3 -H. O. Tenney, secretary Hai- No. 146 of Alameda; ¥..W. Kugler- of | A. V. Morgan, Eden No. 113, of ‘tny- svards; 'J. B. Donnelly “of - Pledmoit No:-120, E..Ai Garrison; president Siei ra No. 8: Past_ Grand President John A. Steinbacb, | Who was appointed grand . organizer, visited Fort Brage, Mendocino:County, Jast week and der Glen 200 with thirty aturday -evening, July 24, with & cations from natives who will comie in Al the next mesting. 1. C. Smith, ex:secretary of . Redwood: Grove Prrlor, No. 79 (disbauded), has . secured- the {gnutiites to a0 application : for- reorganizu- On'irom a number of the old members-and & nuriber-of the natives who have become’ of #ge since the parior disbanded: Milton D, Garratt, naving made up his mind to seek tame and fortiue:in aforeign land, members of Mission Parlor No. 38, appreci ing s untirine efforts-in the past; gave a high jinks in hiy nouoron the evening of the 241tninst at their.cozy hall James A.Black, aciing as . master: of: cere- Honies, Tnade a fei-neat ‘and appropriate: re- | marks, after ‘which -an ‘entérininment “took place:which wasa credif to the parior: and a | splendid fiiiale of the labors.of tne committee | in ctiarge. The injier man was well provided'| for, and as. the dnwn ot day appriached the'| “final blowaut” or the band reminded_ tne. in-| vited guests that aiter.ali “there {s no place | like ome.” The- Nativi Sous one:and all joined hanas ‘and wished their - ex-grand irustee health dnd happinéss during his jour- | meni be: The following fis: the - programme- that was | presénted: Overture, Golden Gate band; bary- | tone solo, J. C.-Bates: singing and twiking, | Thomias F. Kelly; selection, California Mando- | lin Clup; Dana Tnompson’ and William Mut- ray in their famous burlesque boxing. sct; | vacal selections, the Kiondyke quartet; ciog | dance, James Turper; song, George Burr; se- lection, Golden Gate banud; William Massett, mimie, imitations ‘of Jules' Levy, cornet vir- tuoso, bugle calls, imitation of a full brass | song, Del Bowler; . few stories, Al Waite; se- lection, California™Mandolin Club;:tenor solo, | William Bryant; Delmar ‘and Ramiere, nov- | elty musicians; final -blowout, Golaen Gate | brass band; Professor William' Cellarius, ac- companist. The Native Daughters, Owing to some delay in the printing of the proc-edings of the last held grand parlor their book will nol be ready as 500D :as it was ex- Tected. . Alameda Parlor will celebrate. its tenth an- niversary on an elaborate scale onthe 2d of next Septémber. s Mrs, Carrie Durham, past grand president. is visiting parlors in this City. Mrs. Mamie Mackie of the: parlor of Fern. dale s visiting this City. Pagu:Grand Presi--| dent Miss E. A. Spencerand Miss' Bessie Bald- win of Eureka were visitors 10 Buena Visia Parlor last Thursday night. : The Chosen Frienda. Assessment No. 280 has been levied and is: due to-day. Last Thursday the officers of Crystal Coun- cil were instailed by William Goldberg, dis- trict” deputy, in the presence of the grand councilor. . - The officers of Social Council were installed 1ast Thursday nighit by Past-Supreme Coun- ¢ilor C. M. Arnoid, acting as district deputy, accompanied by Grand Treasurer. Mrs. Clara MeDonald. Among those present -wese Grand Councilor M. Boehm and ‘Grand Prelate Mrs. ‘Ihe foliowing officers of Fairmount Couricil were installed by District Deputy -Dr. D. B.’ Todd: . Councilor, ‘Charles E. Myers; vice- counéilor, Auns M. Horstmann; secietary, Mury A, King; treasurer, Hosea 0sgood; in structor, Otus’ B. King; prelate, Cstherive | Munton: marshal, E. P. Sherwood; warden, Helen M. Myers; guard, G. A, Ross; sentiy, Antonie Schmidt. Grand Recorder Walll acted In the capucity of grand marshal. After the instailation Councilor Meyers, on benalf of the council, presented to Hosea Osgood, who, for morc than twelve years, has been the couwcil’s reasurér, a very fine gold-headed view of the fact ihat he had a day or two be- fore attained his seventy-fifth birthday. Mr. Osgood, who had been kept in the dark as 10 the matter, responded in & few words whici showed his high appreciation of the preseut. Last Friday night Dr. Todd, district deputy, assisted by Grand Recorder 'S, C. Walli stalled " the oflicers of Branford Councii in Masonic Block at Ruilroad and Fourteenth ave- nues, South San Francisco, in the presence of & large number of the members and of Grand 10 42, i1 be seen by the foregolng that the founds- 1ien 1S 5oL on'y & saie one on which to bulid, but that the tempie is grandiy rearing thereon. in addition (0.the foregoing we have established at Tiffin, Ohio, what 1 do-not hésitate to say I re- gard as-the -olid plilar of. our superstructure—the National Orphans’ Home. . his home consists of & veryiarge farm ini o high state of cultivation and well improved, is valued at pernaps from $40,000 0,000 a:d 1y free from debu'with tile vested se Nauoual Couucil. I recentiy visited the homeand L would do an injusiice were I to fail to commend the board of trus.ces for thelr wise con- duct.of affairs. Tois: fpsiliution contained, when I was there, | 35 or 36 orphans of- deceased members of our brotherhood xnd 1 was -advised tust a large num- ber nsore wereseeking admiitence Mo member of Gur order, no_true American citizen, can visit the home and. fail. to'sa¥ within his own heart, *4God bless the home and. strengthen il supj.ort- ers " "Ii has, indeed, ‘been dedicated toa sicred cause, 1 would not omit mention of the valuable service of the Natioual:and the various State Leglslative commiticesif I would-do jusiice to our organiza- tion.. They have brei batiling tor the.restriction of immigration, and would have beey successiul had.not the recent Chi kxecutive of our ~ation placed his ve(o upon the measure. - With this reirospective summary what may we hove ‘the fuiur: wll bring (o us during.the ‘efm upin which we'are justiaunched? What kind of sailing sy we justly expect? Does ic not seim as.11 the. (od'to hom - we pray to guide the des. tiaie; of ‘his Nation aiso.kéejs a vigilant eye upon the “fortuies of the. great -Junior urder United Amgérican Mechanics? 1t 13 the desire ot the. Nafonal Counctlor that the present year be.ote 0f more brilliant. uchleve. ments. if possiole, than'any since the: founding of the organization. - We wish Lo help the weak and encourage .he sLrong State_anaSubordinate couns 1. Kivery-one of the 2500 councils: which we probabiy hiave at_the present tine shoula maxe Bratlfyivg gains, aswel| is aid the varions-Stite | aud -<ational Council ofiicers.in the organization or new councils. Let us add 26:000 to our memibership.‘besore the Touisville session. There. need be:1o :doubt. 1o’ faliering. ‘We can'do’iiif ‘we will. Let every stace. Counell. officer make-it *his “business-to - en. thuse the subrdinate membership, and.lef evers. supordinate member maké L his:business. 10 get’ oueTIeW meniber or one relnstatement of & Sus- pended member. ‘It one ‘member out uf seven wiil do that we wili zaln 26,000.. We.ought (0 do better than thit, and evéry member of the order cught th-1eel bumiiiated it we do not. Let tis be min .ful Of the sic<, the needy and the unempioyed of. our brethren. _The Nationsl Counciior has also issted a cir- cular calling atiention to the fact that the. Junior'Order erected a Junior' Order building at the lennessee tair and asking all who can to attend-upon Junior Otder day. Daughters of Judah. - The following-named _officers of the new lodge 'of the Daughiers of Juash were in- stailed last week by -IJ. Aschhsim, grand secretary of the Order of B'me Brith: Mrs, 8. H. Siman, monitor; Mrs. H. Gutstadt, presi- dent; Miss M. Cohin, vice-president; Miss B, Cohn, : recording secretary; .Mrs. .S Meyer, financial secretary; Miss Fannie Aaron, guidas Mrs. Horow11z, inside sentinel; Phil Siess, out- side sentiuel; H. Gutstadt, Max Kollman and 8. 'H. Simou, trustees. The lodge starts in without any beneficiary feature iu its laivs, -1t will meet twice: a-month. Onc meeting will be ‘for. busihess ‘and the otlier fof ocial pur- poses.. ‘A committee on entertainment whose| duty shall be to arrange social. events for the coming six months was:appointei.” The lodge. hasapplied {0 the general commitiee. of the B'ne Brith fora charter, that bidy having by a'special law the authority to grant such, The B'ne Brrith : The grand presidént hias made arrangements [ to come to this Cliy in"a shortiime and to | make ‘arrangements- for visitations to the partof the jurisdiction. At this time a gréat many-applications from individuals who wish fo-join the order are, be- ing presented to the locai lodges. Knights of Honor. - Taylor Rogers delivered a highly interesting lecture to the memuers of Yerba Buena Lodge on. Monday. evening. His subject was ‘“The New Gola Fields of Alaska and Their Probable Effect Upon the Volume of Money n the World.” The lecture was listened to with great interest by the members, and a hearty vote of thanks given to Mr. Rogers at its close. Deputy Frank Lawrence was among the vis- itors, as was also the grand reporter. On Tuesday evening Ivanhoe Lodge No. 1889 of West Oakland was consolidated with Golden State Lodge No. 2058 of Oakland by Grand Vice-Dictator W. J. Tnomson, assisted by Grand porier Johnstone. Alter the con- solidation the two lodges in joint session elected the following officers: -W. H. Norton P. D.; J- L. Pereau, Ii; J. L. Edwards, V.-D.: H. E. Long, A. D.;' William M. Brown, re. porier; J. W. Ward, financial ‘reporter; M. Scheeline, treasurer; J. M. Cohen, :chapigin; T. F. Lewis, guide; C, J. Dukey, guardian; J, Caliaghan, sentinel; trusiees—E. Be:nheim, J.W. Noble and J. Callaghan. After the elec: tion Deputy Frank Lawrene isted by Dep- uty H. R. Miller and the grand officcrs, in- stalled the new officers in their respective sta- tlons. A bright future is before Golden Siate dge. = : Supreme . Representative J. W. Rourke and Grand Reporter Johnsione were visiiors st lodges in the southern -and in -the northern Far West Lodge on Friday evening, and re- ceived a cordial welcome from the merbers. Mr. Rourke told of his experience with the Supreme Lodge during the session atSt. Louis, and the grand reporier spoke of the order in this jurisdiction. Keystone Locge has issued tickets for a “welcome nome” to be given to the supreme representatives, Hon. C. F. Curry and John W. Kourke, in Social Hall, Alcazar building, on Friday, August 6, at 9 o’clock P M. brers The meeting o1 ‘the Past Dictators’ Associa- tion on next Saturday, August 7, will boa very enjoyable affair. A fine programme has been prepared, and ail past dictators and sit- ting dictators, whetner members of the asso- ciation or not, are invited to be present, and & good time is assured to all who attend. The anniversary committee will next Satur- day mekt to close up business. Foresters of Amerioa. Court Novato No. 157 was instituted July 24 in Scott’s Hall, Novato, with thirty-seven char- ter members and fifteen applications on the secretary’s desk. The court was instituted by John Heenan, deputy grand chief ranger at large, assisted by Grand Secretary Johm J. Cordy and James J. Fulton, past chief ranger of Court Aurora No. 2. The following officers were Installed: Junior past chief ranger, C. C. Wiiliams; chief ranger, E.R.Samuels; sub- chief ranger, J. Q. ‘A. Haven; treasurer, Jo- seph Gambetta; financial secretary, C. E. Car- lyle; recoraing secretary, C. W. Hayden; phy- sician, Dr. H. Kuser; senior woodward, James H. Rogers; junior woodward, S. Porcelis; se- nior beadle, P. L. Esrhart; junior beadle, J. 8. Guibbini; irusiees—A. V. de Bora, E. Meyers and H. E. Ring. "An advancod copy of the new ritusl has been received by the grand secretary, who- expects in about ten days to receive the shipment of new rituals, when they will be forwarded to the various subordinate courts. Deputy Grand Chief Ranger John Pachner, assisied by Past Chief Kanger William_Boyd, instaled the following officers of Court Rafael, No. 62, Inst Wednesday: Junior past chief ranger, William Eden; chief ranger, G. Bodin; treasurer, P. A. Cockrane; financial secretary, William H. Kelly; recording secretary, W. A. Yeaman; physician, Dr. W. F. Jones; senior Wooudward, Charles Brown ; junior woodward, M. Madsen; senior beadle, D. Carroll; junior beadle, J. Ferry; trusices, J. Barreau, M. Con- Way, L. Smith; organist, William Ede Among the visitors from this City was Grand Becretary John J. Cordy. After the installa tion the court and Evening Star Circle gave & joint social and banquet in_Masonic Hall Stearn acted as toastmasterat the banquetand during the evening there were remarks by C. K.Stearn, & song by R. Widemor, an address by John J. Cordy, grand secretary, also tue following entertained: Chief Ranger Auzust Bodin, Deputy Graud Chiei Ranger John gncl;gul and 8. Label of Court Golden West, 0.20. An entertainment and ball for the beuefit of the widow and orphans of the late Julius Hopp will be given under the auspices of Court Aurors, No. 2, F. of A., on Saturday evening, August 21, 1897, in Social Hall, Alcazar building. Young Men’s Institute. Wednesaay, .July 21, Santa Cruz Council held an 6pen meeting on_the occasion of a visit by District Deputy H. C. Hall and W. T. Aggler. The council was found to be in & very | good condition and during the evening there wes & programme that included music and ad- dresses. . St. Mathew Council of Ban Mateo had a pleasant meeting last Monday on the occasion of a visit from the grand officers. The present board o1 directors will hold a meeting on the 7th inst. Toat will probably be its last meeting before the meeting ot the Grand Council. On the occasion of the visit of the grand officers 1o the council on the Potrero on the 21st of July the retiring president, P. J. O'Donnell, was presented with very fine gold locket, suitably inscribed, as & token of affection. g The committee that has charge of the excur- | sion that will go to Santa Rosa during the session of the Grand Council expecte to have visitors from all the councils'in- the towns within fifty miles of San Francisco. Order of Fendo, Excelsior Council No. 72 was instituted at Saud Couleé, Mont., July 20. The following officers were elected and installed: Counetlor, David ' C. Johnston; vice-councilor, Emil Adolphson; secietary, Daniel M. Wood; treas- urer, Margaret Hewlitt; chapiain, Mary E. Nash; guide, John William Doyra; medical examiner, Dr. Arlhur’)lunro. Brother E. T, Colby deserves great crédit for getting up. this council. Supreme Secretary Duden will visit the councils in the soutleri part of the State in the near future. A dispensation has been granted to'San Jose Couneil No. 71 to take. in members at charter rates for thirty days longe Ancient Order of Forester:, Another court, called Anacapa, organized by ‘Thomas Ewing, Don Cotrell, C. F. Reiily, H, D. Ley and Lazarus Noah, was instituted on tne 24th of July at Venturs, and the following named are the officers for the first term: Thomas Ewing, past chief ranger; Don Cot- rell, chief ranger; E. F.. Reilly, sub-chief rang- er; J. H. Clancy, treasurer; L, 'Noah, senior woodward; F. M. Fulstone, finan cial secrstery ; C. P. Bargin, recording secretary; George Rugglés, junior woodward; J. C. Joy, senior beadlie; O. F. Jones, junior beadle; A.A. Glass- cock, medical examiner; H. D. Ley, E. F. Reilly and J. Lagomarsino, trustees. A new court is being. Qrgnnlzed at Hueneme, and another at Santa Paula. Still another court 15 being organized on the other side of the bay. : “Past Chief Ranger McNulty, who will soon Jeave for the East, High' Sub-Chief Ranger M. Boehm and Past Cnief Rangers S. C. Balley and E. Jackson paid a visit last Tuesday to Court Kuarsborough, and were cordially wel- comed. Three candidates were initiated that night. Fhe hizh courtofficers are-arranging for a visitto Court Tomu:es this week. On the evening of the 13th inst. there will be.a meeting of representatives from all the iocal courts and the couris, across the bay ata reception to be'tendered to- Past High Chief Ringer McNulty, The following night'he will b tendered s banquet.: - " Companions of the Forest. Last Monday night -Loyal Circle initiated three eandidates. Last Tuesday ‘hight Supreme’ Grand - Chief Companion ‘Mrs. Beverson;. Supréme. Grand Secretary Mrs. Morrow, Sapreme-Inside. Guard Lena Schweitzer, Supreme Outside Guard Mrs. J. Beumett . Mrs. Gee, deputy -for - California Cirele; Mrs. ‘L. Goodwin of Artemas- Circle, and“Mrs. Annie Page, Mrs. Massey and Mrs: Butler of Minerva Circle, Mrs. Bell, chief com- panion. of Bureka Circle; and. Miss F. Goets, finangial’ secretary ‘of Eureka Circle, visited Alba ‘Circle- in- Vallejo .and installed the offi- cers:for the ‘current term. ~Tne visitors were |- réceived ivith a warm welcome and aiter the work-of ‘installation. was at an end they were invited to a banquet that had been specially prepared for tnem. There werd feasting, speech-making and toasts and réesponses, and at the cjose of the ‘bunquet there was dancing until early in the morning: o : Next Wednesday an“entertainment is to bo given-in Social Hall in aid of a brother-of the secretary of ope of the circles,whoisindistress. Though not a.memver of the.order the lead- ing -members, ‘on learning of:his condition, determined 1o get up an enfertainment to help him along. His uame is Dauscner,and for & long-time he witn_ his sister,. who.by. needlework -earns a scant livlihood, were -ihe sole support of aged: parents;botn of whom are inyalids and unableto support themselves, Dauscher, while, working at niis trade, that of wood sawyer, wis struck in the breast by a piece of wood which flew from the saw,and during treatment subséquent to_the accident, he contracted a cold which has developed into quick consumption; and:he, too, is unabie to enrn’ a living.. And it is for‘this.charity that the companions are Working.- The supreme grand .cnief companion and the supreme grand secretary Wil visit Mizpah Circle next Tuesday,. - - The -foliowing named officers of Columbia Circle’ were installed iast Monday night by Deputy: Chief Companion Aunie Eiliott, assisted. by . Grand Herald Sophia Graff: Katte - Nicolaus, past - chief companiou; Katie Putterer, chief companion; Pina Grosse, stbstitnte chief companion;. Emma - Lane, financlal secretary; Lena Stegman, treasurer; Mary Plunkett, recording secretary; Mamiie Dunhaue, orgauist; Sophie Graff. right guide \0 the substitute chief, by proxy; Lizzie Kahley, lefi guide to the substitute chief; Mary Show es, inside guide; Maria Wohlander, out- siae guide.” 3 After.the instaliation there were some very appropriate ramarks made in regard to the reinstated members, which speaks weil for the order in having them return toit. Several were initiated this quarter, and still they come. After the business was concluded the companions enjoyed themselves by feasting and having a good tim Friends of the Forest. The officers of Pioneer Lodge were installed 1ast Wednesday in St. George’s Hall by the su- - preme officers. im the presence of a number of visitors from other lodges. This lodge will give un auction party in its hall on the even- Ing of next Wednesday. new.lodge is in process of organization in the Mission aistrict, and steps are being taken 1o organize one in the city of Oakland. Lincoln Lodge reports initiations at every -meeting. The supreme officers: paid a visit to Rich- mond Loage last Thursdsy night, K. I' WASHINGTON STATUE. | At Lasf a Movement Is Afoot to Restore It to the Children of San Francisco. General Washington’s statue is going to be placed in the children’s playground in | our beautiful park. . It is just like one of the dear old-fash- ioned fairy tales which we ali love, in our hearts, .better than. the new-fashioned stories that are trying to take their place, but haven’t yet succeeded. § E The good fairies of old wentabout right- ing wrongs, rewarding virtue and punish- ing misdemeanors,/and the little folks of San Francisco are planning to follow their example, in 8o far as righting one wrong is concerned. 5 Perhaps some people. think that chil- dren haven’t any inflcence, and don’t amount to much anyway, but if ~thereé are any such mistaken persons in this City" they will soon be convinced to the con- trary. The events of the past week have proven beyond dispute that our San Fran- cisco children have the warmest of hearts, clear heads, a big ‘fund of practical cora- mon-senseé and a “pull’’—Oh, my! such a pulil One that is long enough and strong enough and all together-y enotigh to bring their fathers ana their mothers and their uncles and their aunts—all their relatives and friends and acquaintaunces, in fact—and TaE CALL and the Park Com- missioners and the park superintendent, HAZEL all over to their side and make them agree to let them have their own way. There are a few queerfolks in this coun- try. who object to public school pupils “wasting their time” in salutesto the flag and other patriotic exercises, and want to “‘reform the Fourth of July” to the extent of completely doing away with the noise and contusion and powder-smoke of that glorious day. ‘Such things ‘‘don’t teach patriotism,’’ ‘they say; but if these wrong- headed persons were allowed to glance over the letters that have been coming to THE CALL office lately I think they would be obliged to change their minds. Perhaps, though, now that I think of it, they are rightin one way, for it seems as if our San: Francisco- children have not needed to be ‘‘taught’’ patriotism at all, but .must-have been born patriots, every precious one of them, so earnest and eager are they to atone, as far as possible, for a seeming slight -that . has been offered; through negligence and. carelessness, to the memory of the Father of their Coun- try. 5 How can we help to put the statue of Washington . where it ought to be?’ “Can’t we have General Washington’s statoe in our playground?’ -‘Won't THE CALL get some one to give our first Presi- Pleonn jb.“.,dv‘]k u“';“. > dent a better place -to. stayin thanthat| back ' .yard?”. Buch-.questions: as_these ‘have: come ‘pouring ini by :almost every in all manner’ of handwritinzs and hand-printings, and some of - the:littie letter-writers of a practical turn of ‘mind ‘have_ inclosed “small sums of money ‘to help deiray the expense of .removing the dear old statue to a‘‘better place to_stay Ain."” - 2 Some of the older people have. written, too, offering their assistance in the mat- ‘ter, and-expressing -their’ pleasure ‘that public ‘attention has ‘been called: to it. Many of the present fathers-and mothers of our City associate some’ of their hap- piest memories with thisbenign guardian of their oldtime playvground, ‘and it has seemed £o them'that it would be a very pleasant thing if their children in turn could play around its pedestal, and learn of noble aims, truth, honor,: devotion to duty and love of country by gazing on the sculptured face of him whose life was an exampvle of them all. Nearly -everybody knows ‘the story of this. statue—certainly that large propor- tion ‘of everybody that reads TrE CALL does, for it hias been told at length in its columns very lately, and it was the telling of it there which so aroused public inter- est that nothing short of immediate action. in the premises would satisfy the popular demand. 3 2 s 3 Erected' in the playground of Wood- ward’s Gardens, in the days when those gardens were the one.great pleasure resort of the coast, it was left behind in the march of progress, and when that ouce famous place of antertainment and amuse- ment was cut up into building lots it was hemmed apout by high and unsigh:ly board fences and left, a melancholy pris- oner of circumstances, to look with mute reproach over its prison walls and deeyn itself forsaken and forgotten. Much of the seeming injustice and wun- kindness in this world, however, comes | cented. from want of thought and not-from want of heart. We San Franciscans are a busy people, and though we caught a glimpse of the majestic and grandly sculptured features now and then as we passed by its obscure and ignoble place of detention, no one for many months gave the matter any. special consideration. - At last one little girk Hazel Bell by name, was moved to suggest,.in a letter to | TrE CaLL's “Childhood’s Reaim,”that the aeserted status of Washington would be s great, addition to the children’;l play- ground in the park. .The suggestion was an excellent one, doing honor both.to - the originator’s head and heart, but ther: are always so many excellent things' in the “Realm” that it passed by unheeded. Later on Mr. Carrington of THE CALL became aware of the facts in the case and made through -these columns & spirited plea for better things. .. B " The first to respond- to this forceful appeal to the public was patriotic little . “Bell. - Delighted with the pos y out she sent a big round four-bit piece to THE. CALL office with ‘a neatly written note, In which she asked that it might be accepted as her contribution to the. #Chil- . dren’s Washington Statue Fum‘i."v After BELL. that came many other letters, suggestions and contributions, but that note of Hazel's and her four-bit piece really started the fund and gave it its name. As THE CALL was directly responsible for the arousing of this sudden and wide- spread interest in the reclamation and proper placing of this more than locally famous figure it has felt constrained to accept the trust which has been offered it and doits best to further the wishes of our patriotslarge and smali. : Among the first letters received was one from Mr. Joseph Scheerer, the present owner of the statue, who, after stating that it is not his fault that it has been so long neglected, generously offers not only to give it to the City, but to move it to.any place selected. and also to move to that place any materials that may be fur- nished to make for it a fitting pedestal. This offer-1s, of course, most gladly ac- The thasiastic spirit already manifested that sufficient ‘contributions will ‘be received to build a new pedestal, and to so restore the time and weatlier scarred features that this representation of our country’s most revered hero may be an. artistic as well as a patriotic glory: to its surroundings, | wherever it finds an abiding place, the B Raken i next step was to secure a proper home for it. The children all want it in ‘the park, of - course, and so do many of ' its old-time | admirers who are no longer children, but it isn’t the easiest thing in the world to get. ‘permission -to put things in the park. Of “course the people of the City own the park, but we hiave sensibly given the care of it into the hands of three gentlemen, and as the boys say, . “what they y gaes” about everything connected with it. Now these gentlemen—the Park Com- missioners we call them—are very proud of the trust reposed in them, and very conscientious about carrying it out so that nobody can rightfully find any fanlt with their administration of affairs in our great pleasure-ground, and they hesitated just a little when the proposition was made to them to let the children bring this especial statue and set it up in their domain. Itis not that they are not patriotic— dear me, no—for they are just as loyal as they can be, each one of them; but they. like to'have things in the park which are not only rich in sentiment but in the ma- terial of which they are composed. But when it was made clear to them just how the children feel about it, and that a statue of pure gold would not be so highly prizad by the unworldly little ones as this one which has been a friend of the chil- dren, and of the children’s children, for | nt to 80 lony, they gave their cordial a the plan. i 3 5 - Not only that, but instead of deciding, as they might have done, that it should be placed in some obscure corner where it would take a Diogenes with his lantern 1o find it, they Icini- decision u8 to its situ- ation to Mr. McLaren, the park superin- tendent, z R Now, the children all know that Mr.. McLaren is one of their best friends, ana when the matter was left to him it was a forezone conciusion thst he would decide itin a way to please them best. “The children want is 1in their play- ground,’” 1 said meekly (it is.always .best 10 be speciaily meek when you are asking | special favors), and - then Mr. Mch:% straightway marched ‘me off ‘to that de- . lightful spot, and we spent tne next halt hour in “'viewing the landscape o’er” and deciding -just where this new addition to the young folks': treasures " should’ be | placed. 2 : ‘We found just the spot for it—an ideal place in every way; but I am going to keep it a secret just for the present, until 1 see “for sure” . that we are going to be able to carry outour plans and make the | change just as we want to. It will not take very many dollars to accomplish all that we have undertaken, and a small contribution from each of the big and little children who for arny reason would like to keep this relic of bygone days from falling into utter decay in its present disheartening surroundings is all that will be necessary. | The matter of a fund for defraying the expense of restoring this famous relic to ¢ being assured from the en- | “eolic, dfarrhcea, dy: the children of San Franciseo will be taken-up more fully as soon as suitable ar- rangements can be made therefor. But little Hazel Bell heads the list, and is wait- ing for others to follow. FLORENCE ‘MATHESON. The Mother Lode It is & misconception to consider the mother lode simply as'a single ana continuous ledge of quartz running for 200 miles through the country; it is rather a line of fissure atthe footof the Sierra Nevadas, filled partly with dykes of porpbyry and ruffs of quartz, inter- sected by masses of black slates, and often ruins of pre-existing rocks, immersed more or less completely in crystallized quertz, the en- tire ventricular masses showing every sign of metamorphism ‘in a high degree, and the walls of the adjoining country rock abound. ing in the crevices or cracks of an origina: cooling of the mass, and filled with stringeri and feeders of quartz encased in films of ghin ing ‘black slate (slicken sides), loaded with sulphurets, and often abundant in free gold. This paraliel group of veins, from its eastern hanging wall to the west, is of a very irregular width, sometimes only showing a single: line of croppings, and at others spreading 1o sev- eral hundred feet. It is accompanied bya series of chimneys as vents at very irregular distances apart on its course, through which immense masses of pure quarts have reached the surface, and which usually lie st a steep angle loagitudinally with the fissure. These chimneys have generally -been the pay shoots of the mines. - The gold which they brought to the surface inthe days of their activity has long since been scattered over tha face of the country by the denudation to which it has been subjected from that long ago period when its lofty summits were first broken up and buried beneath the old gravel and lava beds down to the present, where these beds and the underlying rocks have again been chiseled out by the rivers and streams of our times. There are two chief lines of gold-bearing rocks to the mother lode, the eastern and the western. The eastern rises between walls of black slate, and carries films and sheets of late into the mass, giving a striped o ribboned appearance. The second, & short distance west, follows & stratum of magne- sium roek, characterized by its rusty outcrops. In this we recognize the greenstone (diorite schistos) dykes.' Tue general -sirike of the slates when not disturbed by local eruptions is north and south and dips nearly or quite ver- il The greater portion of these rocks are however, to be classed among the erupfives. They are in many cases greatly decomposed, and in the induced schistose structure are often mistaken for metamorphized sediments. This schistose structure has generally a north and south direction.: ' As pefore. mentioned slate forms the westeru part of the lode, form= ing a belt from a few hundred yards to more than a mile in width. It is cut’by many dykes of fine greenstone, and others of horns blend and quartz porphyry. The quartz veinsare formed both in the slate and in the contact with the eruptive and inclosed in them. The diorite shistos varylng to talcose schist, forms & latge portion of the system. The greenstone has been derived from s masive crystailine rock by pressure and resuitant decomposition; gquariz veins are very numerous in it, some of them belong ing to the east and west system; floa: quariz is abundant and all the gulches show signs of having been siuiced. South of Somora the greenstone ‘appears more in the form of dykes; between these are long narrow arms of metamorphic rocks, chiefly silicious schists. In these schists are most of the veins on which are located the Rawnide, App, Golden Rule “'and; Jumper mines. The gold-bearing deposits may bé divided into two general classes; to one ‘class. belongs the :Rawhide mine, while to the otirer helong the'white quartz veins formed after the usual manner, best illustrated by the Kennédy ana Golden Gate mines, & d which may be prop- erly 'considered us deposited by réplacement and characterized by the even distribution of the gold and small, well formea erystals of 1ron. pyrites. ~All'the material of the lode contains iron suiphides scattered through its ‘minute cubes and calcite in small particles. There are several parallel veins from ten to 500 feet- apart, course -north, 16: degrees east, with a dip of 76 degrees east, and from five to ‘thirty teet wide between porphyritic hanging and slate foot. walls. The quartz is of ribbon structure interstratified with black slate, car- rying from 2 to 8 per cent sulphurets, mostly Aron, which concentrate from $50 to $300 per ton. The veins are true fissures and deep seated, and I am in doubt ii they ean be. bot- twomed at & depth of 5000 fect. A heavy foot and hanging wail gouge composed of pulver- ized quartz snd siate highly mineralized ac- companies the veins, and in no place have I noticed the freezing of the veins to the walls, In my opinion there is not a bester district in the worid or one that. affords more induce- ments for investment of capital in legitimate mining than the mother lode of Califoruia. D. Y. BROWNE. ’ NEW TO-DAY. FREE T0 EVERT HAN. THR METHOD OF A GREAT TREATHENT FOR WEAKNESS OF MEN. WHICH CURED HIM AFTER EVE THING ELSE FAILED, Painful diseases are bad enough, but when a man is slowly wasting away with nervous weakness the mental forebodings are ten times worse than the most severe pain. Thers isno let up ‘to the mental suffering day or night. 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