R... W... WILLIAM C. DALEY, Past District Deputy Grand Master Twelfth Masonic District, died at Chatham, July 6, 1899.

R.. W.. FREDERICK W. HERRING, Past Grand Marshal, died at New York, August 13, 1899.

R.. W.. WILLIAM A. JOHNSON, Past Grand Steward, died at New York, August 16, 1899.

R.. W.. ADOLPH MUEHSAM, Representative of the Grand Lodge of Switzerland, died at New York, August 26, 1899.

M.. W.. DWIGHT PHELPS, Past Grand Master of Connecticut, died at Winsted, September 6, 1899.

M... W... HENRY CLAY TOMPKINS, Past Grand Master of Alabama, died at Montgomery, September 12, 1899.

M.. W.. JOHN S. CROSS, Past Grand Master of Michigan, died at Bangor, September 18, 1899.

R... W... CHRISTIAN HARTMAN, Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska, died at Omaha, September 28,

1899.

M... W.. OSCAR COLES, Past Grand Master, died at Bellport, October 12, 1899.

R.·. W... WILLIAM HOWES SMITH, Representative of the Grand Lodge of Maine, died at Schenectady, October 14,

1899.

M.. W... ALEXANDER M. EVANS, Past Grand Master of West Virginia, died at Middleway, October 16, 1899.

M.. W.. HARRISON DILLS, Past Grand Master of Illinois, died at Warrensburg, Missouri, November 1, 1899.

M.. W.. ALPHONSO BARTO, Past Grand Master of Minnesota, died at St. Cloud, November 4, 1899.

R.. W.. ROBERT A. DAVISON, Past District Deputy Grand Master First Masonic District, died at Brooklyn, November 19, 1899.

BROTHER GARRET A. HOBART, Vice-President of the United States, died at Paterson, New Jersey, November 21, 1899.

R. W.. CHARLES E. IDE, Past Senior Grand Warden, died at Jacksonville, Florida, December 9, 1899.

M... W.. LEE A. HALL, Past Grand Master of Missouri, died at St. Louis, December 15, 1899.

M.:. W... JAMES H. WELSH, Past Grand Master of Connecticut, died at Danbury, December 16, 1899.

R. W.. EDWARD G. WILLIAMS, Past District Deputy Grand Master Third Masonic District, died at Brooklyn, December 21, 1899.

R.. W.. WILLIAM D'ORVILLE DOTY, Past Grand Chaplain, died at Rochester, January 5, 1900.

M.:. W... ROBERT CLOW, Past Grand Master of Oregon, died at Junction City, January 5, 1900.

R.. W.. HENRY CHAPPLE, Deputy Grand Master of Montana, died at Flagstaff, January 10, 1900.

R.. W.. RICHARD H. HUNTINGTON, Past District Deputy Grand Master Thirteenth Masonic District, died at

Watertown, February 8, 1900.

W.. GEORGE SKINNER, Grand Pursuivant, died at New York, February 14, 1900.

M.. W... THOMAS G. REAMES, Past Grand Master of Oregon, died at Jacksonville, February 21, 1900.

R.. W.. JEROME BUCK, Past District Deputy Grand Master First Masonic District, died at New York, February 21, 1900.

R.. W.. NORMAN Z. BAKER, Past District Deputy Grand Master Thirteenth Masonic District, died at Boston, March 2, 1900.

R...W.. WILLIAM E. THORNE, Past District Deputy Grand Master Eleventh Masonic District, died at Middleburg, March 6, 1900.

M.. W.. SAMUEL W. WILLIAMS, Past Grand Master of Arkansas, died at Little Rock, March 14, 1900.

M.. W.. CLARK BUCKINGHAM, Past Grand Master of Connecticut, died at Wallingford, March 17, 1900.

R... W... CYRUS K. HOLLIDAY, Past Deputy Grand Master of Kansas, died at Topeka, March 29, 1900.

R.. W.. THOMAS R. HOSSIE, Past District Deputy Grand Master Twenty-third Masonic District, died at Gouverneur, April 14, 1900.

M... W... SILAS E. SHELDON, Past Grand Master of Kansas, died at Topeka, April 19, 1900.

1899. June

9,

DISPENSATIONS.

To W.. THOMAS BALMFORD, Past Master, to preside in Franklin Lodge, No. 216, pending the absence of the Master and Wardens.

July 12, To Unity Lodge, No. 9, to continue work, its charter having been stolen by burglars on the night of July 6, 1899.

Aug.

Sept.

July 14, To various brethren to erect a Lodge at Amsterdam. 7, To R.. W.. FRANK S. KENYON, District Deputy Grand Master Twenty-fourth Masonic District, to lay the corner stone of the new school building at Black Lake. 8, To M.. W... WILLIAM A. SUTHERLAND, Past Grand Master, to constitute Sutherland Lodge, No. 826, and install its officers on the 19th day of September, 1899. 16, To various brethren to erect a Lodge at Caledonia. 13, To R.. W.. JERRIE T. DURHAM, District Deputy Grand Master Twenty-seventh Masonic District, to dedicate the new rooms of De Ruyter Lodge, No. 692, on the 27th day of December, 1899.

Oct. Dec.

Dec.

23, To R... W... EMERSON I. LORD, Past District Deputy Grand Master, to dedicate the new rooms of Mount Horeb Lodge, No. 707, at Mooers, on the 2d day of January, 1900.

Dec.

26, To Lexington Lodge, No. 310, to elect and install officers.

Dec. 30, To Day Star Lodge, No. 798, to elect and install officers.

1900.

Jan.

Jan.

Jan.

Jan.

3, To Acacian Lodge, No. 705, to install officers.

5, To Champlain Lodge, No. 237, to elect and install officers.

5, To Pioneer Lodge, No. 20, to install officers.

8, To Rhinebeck Lodge, No. 432, to elect and install
Junior Warden.

Jan.
9, To Peacock Lodge, No. 696, to install Senior Warden.
Jan. 12, To Myrtle Lodge, No. 131, to install the Master.
Jan. 15, To Oswegatchie Lodge, No. 687, to elect and install

officers.

Jan. 16, To Atlantic Lodge, No. 178, to install Senior Warden.
Jan. 18, To M... W... WILLIAM A. SUTHERLAND, Past Grand

Master, to dedicate the new rooms of Central Square
Lodge, No. 622, on the 5th day of February, 1900.

Jan. 18, To Depew Lodge, No. 823; to install officers.
Jan. 19, To Phoebus Lodge, No. 82, to install officers.

Jan. 19, To Munn Lodge, No. 190, to install officers.
Jan. 25, To Washington Lodge, No. 21, to install officers.
Jan. 31, To Dundee Lodge, No. 123, to continue work in
such secure place as may be obtained, its Lodge-

room, furniture, and charter having been destroyed
by fire, January 20, 1900.

Feb. 7, To St. Nicholas Lodge, No. 321, to install Senior

Feb.

Warden.

23, To Fidelity Lodge, No. 51, to install officers.

March 3, To Kennyetto Lodge, No. 599, to install officers. March 19, To Mohawk Valley Lodge, No. 276, to continue work

in such secure place as may be obtained, pending the rebuilding of the Lodge-room destroyed by fire.

1899.

APPOINTMENTS.

Sept. 18, W.. WILLIAM R. DENHAM and W.. GEORGE BROCKWAY, delegates to the biennial session of the Masonic Relief Association of the United States and Canada, at London, on the 26th day of September, 1899.

Nov. 11, M.. W.. GEORGE P. HARRISON, Representative of the Grand Lodge of New York near the Grand Lodge of Alabama, vice Tompkins, deceased.

Nov. 18, R.. W.. FREDERICK E. YOUNG, Representative of the Grand Lodge of New York near the Grand Dieta of Mexico, vice Yarza, resigned.

Dec.

1899.

29, R.. W.. ANTON LUDWIG THUNE-LARSEN, Representative of the Grand Lodge of New York near the Grand Lodge of Norway, vice Christophersen, resigned.

ACCREDITS.

July 24, R.. W.. JOHN MCMILLAN, Representative of the Grand Lodge of Alabama.

Oct.

1900.

Feb.

20, R.. W.. FERDINAND GOEBEL, Representative of the Grand Lodge Eclectic Union.

5, R.. W.. JOEL H. PRESCOTT, Representative of the Grand Lodge of Michigan.

March 23, R.. W... GEORGE A. BENTON, Representative of the Grand Lodge of Maine.

CEREMONIES.

1899.

June 27, The Grand Master, assisted by R.. W.. EDWARD M. L. EHLERS, Grand Secretary; R.. W.. JOHN W. JENKINS, Grand Marshal, and other brethren, dedicated the new rooms of the Rising Star Lodge, No. 450, at Yonkers.