The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 4, 1904, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY CALL 8 N4 e (@) «;-I IN CALIFORNIA ls. Upon the right senting California at Washington e L | ©he SCOTTISH RITE of the Supreme a master mind i n jurisdiction of the person of fers the highest fringe and gold tass Masonic degree, and left of the throne proper are two The war of the rebellion b mother Supreme Albert Pike, to the thirty-third; Sub-thrones for the grand chancellor eleven days afterward, his p whom Scottis second, that he and grand minister of state. ties as United States Senator prev ; 5 The Scottish Rite Temple originally Brother Latham from enter 7 . F k B i dd “belcnged to Colonel Reeves of. the the w propagating the Mitohell, . uyereEn 3 £ ran a United States army. It was bought by Rite in California, and his elect General Pike in 1883 for the uses of the active inspector general of this State Supreme Cou Later was added the s made to lapse by reas ¢ the which contains 00 volum: war. at $100,000, and it is the most _Th“fi collection of Masonic books desree in the world, in California was Brother , has the following Masonry at the present day is in- will nreside over I!le world’s oldest »r the perpetuation of its grand mother Supreme Council of that ¢ 1e principles. Taking hold of The holy house of the temple, a it was at a very low ebb, he Third and East streets, X‘l)rlh\\’es(. wi Jided into practicable shape the de- be at Mr. Richardson's disposal when- since made it famous ever he may choose to occupy it. It is t Master Mason to receive the grees which hav > rick E i G0 Neusia. wh throughout the world, enabling it .to owned by the tish Rite Masons and The meetings of the Supreme Coun- ©rick 1»,‘1‘“;,'(1 rx;ax,.n ;n; ‘,‘h@;:‘?a ° - A in- is valued at $150,000. o e o e Was e 1 the same from Bro: ez proclaim to all mankind the great prin e cil occur biennially- at Washing 7o £ i e e - ciples of liberty, equality and fraternity ~ The gorgeous throne upon which Mr. (., and the present officers and mem- n organization which bends its bers are: James D. Richardson, grand commander, Murfreesboro, Tenne Samuel E. Adams, lieutenant 'grand commande Minneapolis; T. Carr, grand prior, Miles ( the Supr Cou which appoint ment he had held from the year 1% At the of the Civil War t # poeecBim Charleston, 21, 1802, the G 1 e first patent, nor potentate, but which marches on with calm di with a con- for ¢ : e ae Martin Collins, grand chancellor, o : ; R Louis, Mo.; George F. Moore, roth 2 B minister of state, Montgor com- an e g - to see s % . y be 1 3 eral, Washingte arn.j : : : A : J. Nunn, grand almoner, Savan- 7 Z : nah, Ga; Samuel M. Toad, °¢ived that houor. tly, grand auditor, New Orlea Brother Shaw proposed for honorary > I = o = members Bro = S 3 e " La.; Irving W. Pratt, grand ~°F700 '-‘ = = Alexander G areschal of ceremon Port- A f California. Thus the first : ed Ore: Buren R. Sherman, StéPs were taken by the Supreme and, Ore aberlain, Vinton, Council for establishing the Ancient o " : gran amberlain, int > par” v £ . A : Towa: Adolphus L. Fitzgerald, aflflf 1\‘ pted Scottish Rite on the Pa- - & f nerry, Carson ( cific Coast. st d equerry, arsor A A g . ‘ 3 Nev.; Frank M. Foote, s : August 4, A*‘& {?:;x. rnia : i - . e gang jequsery.. Hyiuma ottish Rite Masonry on the . g t- ever. Then will Harper S. Cunn SEin T — i standard bearer, ( e weg 7 adizese y John F. Mayer, gran Va.; John W. Morris, n ac | & o Ppa | g gree Brother Thomas H. - 7. 176 s . -reign grand ) A | s E s proclamation di bedies then t ate to W. Frank P and up to and T. W. Harrison, General Robert H. Hall Washington, D. & 8\'¢ x writing, has been o # ! ction bodies of the A V \ - ; - hir D. % cepted Rite In the State of California, - . ey 1 at C., and the P as active inspector general for this Jjurisdiction. Brother Plerce, as the active or general for the State of California, has fit in his wi rent course fr her States of the southern jurisd tion. In other sections of the southe risdicti as a general proposition, or possibly two, bodies control the ntire State, it being necessary for didates to travel the e e length > the jurisdiction to receive the de- = grees, and in these places they are mandery of Congerred in what is termed . team Enights work, that is, the degrees from the Templar fourth to the thirty-second are of the State ferred within four or five day of Ca dies meeting thus two or thr forn Brother Pierce, howe s State permitted the o n of the bodies of the rite r they have been called for and in is opinion could be maintained. The wisdom of this course is appar- the widely disseminated Scottish Rite with: S s the Scottish Rite the same a: blu nmanderies, it creates a far rest and at the same time closer inspection of Scot ork bv the candidates who dy received the degrees. The bodies of the Anc cepted Scottish Rite gr 1 dispensa- tions by the inspector general, Brother Pierce, number tbirty-three in a Yerba Buena Lodge of Perf 1, the first and oldest, was « Oectober 15, 1868. This body is nc of the strongest in the entire sow jurisdieti present Montevideo. rep ¢, Buenos Grand Con Rome. (Cuba), Ha Photo by Oakland No. 1, organized October 12, 1883. King Solomon No. 3, Los Angel 1886 4, Sacramento, Marysville Pasad October s No. 8, San Diego, May 13 Visalia No. 9, Octot California Ne, 10, October 1, 1902. ~ Santa Rosa 1304, Stockton No. 12 These Lodges c eight chapters of ¥ Councils of Kadosh and six consi ries constitute the thirty-three bodies. A more complete departure from estahlished custom was the one per- ng the organization of two sets cottish Rite bodies in one city, that is San Francisco. On October 1, 1902, ten Scottish Rite Masons hailing from Yerba Buena Lodge of Perfection No. 1 and one other, Brother F. J. H Rickon, thirty-third degree, from Little Rock, Ark, under a dis- pensation from the inspector general, organized what are known as the Cal- ifornia bodies, meeting at p at Golden Gate Hall, Su eet 8, 1898, Francisco, 11, January y 19, 1904 Greece, Athe Switzerland, Lausanne, Canada, Hamilton. pt, Cairo. is, Tunis. ncil of th < Venezuela, Caracas. They have a membership of 300 ac- ° | . i world, being the Budapest. quired in less than two years, one of 7a\ g organiz comprising de- 3 ic, S :- ———— the most rapid growths in the hist » e e e EEN G Tan TOnmee: . . 5 [ The.work’ of ‘the ‘Anclent and At op seavosv il Gowils 1n the history \\ | grees from the fourth to the thirty- tockholm. { FRANK B. LADD, 33°. | ceptea Scottish Rite in the State of Caitorsia wodies 1t city. The term —A n PR o Rl iy asras g | Bgig 2 ed Scottis Stat California bodles is taken on account ke, The b Ry v pened Chris JT‘"’» | California Consistory No. 10—Organizer California Bodies. | California, as in all other jur ions, of the name given to the different sec- high honors of Masonry by S S i - - % commenced with a few zealous breth- tions, California Lodge of Perfection, |/ ltchellsand D sover. And these Supreme Councils, wher- ren, hampered at times by envy and California Chanter of Rose Croix, Cal- dosh and Cali- . are the sole power of commander, James D. Richardson of Richardson will sit while exercising the jealous Accepted Scottish Rite Tennessee, has for more than twenty formal functions of his ‘kingly office tnis writing it numbers among its vo- fOT¥ ere they are locate leader of the minority overlooks a grand hall known as the taries the most influential men of the on the part of some, until at ifornia Council of a Consistory. he wisdom of permitting two rs general, and in h ar f the year 18 re bodies In this city is evidenced by the : ‘-rpr.vryvizr‘zex‘(?l~ SU- jy the House of Congre: a position S;nalr-. (‘hs_mber of the Supreme community. % work accomplished and they are now 1 2 th vernment the which he held until his n to the Councii. This hall is entered from The first steps taken in California werking in perfect amity and confi- ] grand constitutions of 1786. throne of Scottish Rite Masonry, when the West by two anterooms. Above by the Supreme Council to occupy this dence with each ot and as there as The bodies organized at Charleston, he resigned from his public office in it rises a dome ceiling alive with territory was on Thursd: April 4, are more than 6000 Masons in the city tric burners. Mr. Richardson’s 1861, by the election of Brother Milton ©f San Francisco from which to draw with varying success for a2 order that he might give his time and ele ntel i material for the Scottish Rite there Frederick number of years, but the fires of Scot- jintellect to the grand cause which he throne is a majestic seat elevated S, Latham as a sovereign grand in- T Qi g comom g tinved who as the tish Rite Free Masonry, though at has selected for his future life. upon a dals approached by three spector general, an active brother for Iy ne GOUPt ROt oWl OF the continued mmander of the Princes of the ti dormant, were kept alive by the Mr. Richardson becomes the ranking steps. It is sheltered by a-heavy Callfornia. This session was held at pody, Yerba Buena, which deserves Secret possessed the sovereign inteilects and minds of the old guard Mason in the world by virtue of two canopy of royal purple velvet New Orleans. Brother Latham at tha: much for the work it has done in the over all the craft. until there sprung into existence at last facts, first that the Scottish Rite don- and silk bordered with gold time was United States Senator repre- propagation of the Scottish Rite. YN & | A ,