Hide Article Text (OCR)
ftbctt and In raids itf the outer 'lour. t'p*»nbeing ordered ilt;j admit them the doors i f i hi mam ti.ill were thrown open, when J. W Xielioh. giitid mumbil. J It, UtlHiim. humid of the iiori li; Thomas HublciUM. herald of tht swjiith II. V. hurtle rt, lie mid of the i list. mid B. M. Hu» l» , herald of the Went. Ciiterni and luoh povactiMtm of she toil! in the mu me of Friendship, Love and Truth,llol.il In 1 Ur emblematic colors of the It stuilims anti marching to the muHc of tIn? piano, which -t ut forth the hruiUful etr tlmtj the frrnnd Rikfcian March/* they » i* *Fr Hte I Eiia inii'ir*1 'isivo ami h andful picture.Tin ki yt- to the building |rt,Jent-dt . the gran 1 master hy Silitu Wright,chairman of the board of fruMeea, and theFOJemn a»« rvlce of di dlvuttaii, its pieacrtbedby tit rttoil. wok performed, l’n*t Gr-iud \i ifttt-r John Bvuns acting aw grand chaplain and PiiM Grand Master Chari- s A, I' ll-tenon us grand warden.'1 h building of the altar was the first In order, and Hi- heralds of thr nlt; rth, cast, south and went brought forth the blocks of atone Inscribed wit h the mot toof the various branches of the order, the Hr i being I’urlty, after which the tinm-s* of Friendship, Love, Truth, Faith. Hope and Charity f I lowed In the order tin n iPned. the whole being er wnod with th* royal jmrple » f the piitrUirlt; ti militant and the white crown of petee. After Hi cniple-11on, the sacred fire of Lov wv kindled on the altar by the herald f the • nth, the at.rue-tun spr tikb I with pun vv.th r by the heraldof the north. followed by the In raid i f thefair* of the territory, and the Influencevlchb I bv Ho h dee for Ho1 general good of society ntvl In moulding the m nil rctitl-irn tit id tin community and state, cannottie ovi rent bn.pod The iiti i no of Hr tie tfg*I,. Miller and the important part taken by 1iIni In the dev. Ir-pment of the city ntid stare, is too well known to need reposting.us Is nts i thr* name and deeds of JudgeGeorg* Armstrong. Alfred I*. Jon*.' whowas noted for his tnd Tkb.n and b ishrulm*** as noble grand f a small lodge id O ld I'd tows, aft r't.irds became a kllh I pnrlta-matilorinn arid a powerful adversary in debate. whether rut tin floor or the grand lodge of the (nltvd St rite •« «*r on th* floor of ihcterritorial c \lln II of Nehru k i P which hewas t ler-ie j for two successive terms, John Kv.iim settled itf the little town i f I'-mtnnHle,w hich In founded In I Mvo county, In April, 1SR5. and for m my y ars was an active spirit In the affri rs of county and Mato, having served as r« gist* r uf dc*-si*- in I 1 Ig-county ortrt year, county i ommL«iiUier of Washington rt utity f r three years, in the I. rrlt' rial round! for two \ aro r-^j-7, and later In the house of repr* • uta-h. vft. rrn*«ving In Omaha he wiis cl ett-l a tihiiiher of the tu bend board. In which I; ly he s- rved for nine years, and was al l * a in. tuber of the city council*At Uu time of the Insil'tlMon of Omahalodge Nr. ‘J. the entire nrd-r number -I h e-than ITn.nop na mb -r •. and was r-dip od by O.iMK) during th war of the rebt lib rt, butsine, Ixi,r, 1 r h is shown it remark ild* andunprecedcntrI growth, numb'ting today ltO(kh(HHi inciabetK, seaUered over all per-
Newspaper Details
Omaha Daily Bee
Omaha, Nebraska, US
Mon, Jun 11, 1894
Page 8
Full Page
Clipped by
Judith H.
USA 25 Jul 2021
Other Publications Near Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha American
Omaha Morning Bee
Omaha Tagliche Omaha Tribune
Omaha Pokrok Zapadu
Omaha Daily Bee
