Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1889 — MASONS IN LINE. [ARTICLE]

MASONS IN LINE.

Imposing Parade of the Grand Dodge and the Masonic Bodies. A Chicago dispatch, describing the laying of the cope-stone of the Auditorium, by the Grand Lodge of Masons of Illinois, says: Thousands of people collected along the street long before the parade started, and the gentlemen in the line were frequently cheered by advancing crowds. The procession was formed on' the east side of Michigan avenue, right resting on Washington street. The column moved under the direction of Brdther Gen. Charles Fits-Simons at 11 o’clock. The Templar, escort, under command of Norman T, Gassette, was composed of the following commanderies: Apollo, No. 1; Chicago/ No. 19; St Bernard, No. 35; Chevalier Bayard, No. 52; Montjoie, No. 53; Siloam, 1 No. 54; Evanston, No. 58; Englewood. l No. 59. ’ The several lodges that participated were formed according to numbers, juriio? lodges on the right Following the Second Regiment band rode Brother Walter A. Stevens, grand marshal; then the mas- 1 ten and wardens of lodges not represented in procession, officers of the grand lodge,’ grand officers, and past grand officers of other i urisdictions. After the parade Grand Master Smith, Deputy Grand Master Pearson, and the junior grand wardens were escorted to the platform where the stone rests. Architect Sullivan presented Gen. Smith with a silver square, plumb, and level. These; were applied, and the stone was declared a true one. Then followed a selection by the second regiment band, followed by an address by Mayor Cregier,, past grand master.