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CONTENTS . C [ PAGE LBADER- , „ , &»» ' - Death of the Grand Master of Canada ... ... ... ... 475 The Grand Lodge of Iowa ... ... ... — ... 475 Bell ' s Cathedral Series ... ... ... •••* " ••••••47 °

Instruction ... ... •••¦» ••••••- 47 * 5 Science , Art , and the Drama ... ... ... - - 477 MASONIC NOTES— _ The Voting Papers for the School Elections ... ... ... 479 Monthly Meeting of the Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic

Benevolent Institution ... ... ... ••••••479 Proceedings of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight ... - - - - •••479 Library for the Bournemouth Lodge of Instruction ... ... ... 479 Correspondence — •••••••••••••¦•48 ° The September Magazines ... ... ... — •••480

Grand Lodge of Iowa ... ... ... ... ... ... 480 Craft Masonry ... ... ... •••••••••481 Royal Arch ... ... ... ... ... ••••••4 S 1 Mark Masonry .,. ... ... ... ••••••4 S 2 The Craft Abroad ... ... ... ... ••••¦•482

POETRYKiaoro 1 A Greeting ... ... ... ... ... 482 Bro . the Lord Mayor ... ... .,. ... ... ... 482 Craft Masonry _ ... _ ... ... ... ... ... 4 S 2 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... •••... 4 S 4

Death Of The Grand Master Of Canada.

DEATH OF THE GRAND MASTER OF CANADA .

We are indebted to the kindness and courtesy of Bro . J ROSS ROBERTSON , Past G . Master of Canada ( Province of Ontario ) , for the mournful intelligence that Bro . R . B . HuNGERFORD , who in July , 1900 , was elected M . W . Grand Master of

Canada and less than two months since was re-elected for a further term , died of paralysis at London , Ontario , on Monday , the 9 th instant , the cablegram announcing the fact reaching us about 6 p . m . on thc evening of that day . The repot ts of the

recent 46 th annual meeting of this Grand Lodge , both in the Canadian Craftsman and thc Toronto Freemason , state lhat the declaration of Bro . HuNGERFORD ' s re-election was received with the utmost enthusia m by thc brethren present on

the occasion , and we have , therefore , no difficulty in picturing to ourselves the grief and consternation that must have been felt by the brethren on hearing of the unexpected death of their Grand Master . That he was a capable ruler of the

Craft is clear beyond the shadow of a doubt to all who have had the p leasure and privilege of reading the admirable address he delivered at the close of his first term of office ; that he was prompt to show sympathy with those in affliction was shown

by his message of condolence with our then illustrious Grand Master on the death of Queen VICTORIA ; while as to his personal attributes we have the authority of the Canadian

Craftsman for stating that he " possessed in a high . degree the happy faculty of winning and retaining the respect and confidence of fellow-members of the Craft . " But all this evidence

of Bro . HuNGERFORD ' s fine character and the many and great qualifications he possessed for the discharge of his important duties as Grand Master , while it more than justifies thc love and

respect entertained for him by his brother Masons of Ontario , must needs intensify their sorrow at his premature death . Nor will this sorrow be restricted to the Craft in the Province of

Ontario . At all events , the Masons of thc United Kingdom , and especially those under the Grand Lodge of England , who remember how their deceased brother sympathised with them

on the death of the late Queen , Patroness of all their Institutions , may justly claim to share in the sorrows of their Canadian brethren and in the sympathy they are extending to thc widow and children of their late chief .

We learn from a brief memoir which appeared in the Canadian Craftsman in its July number of last year , that Bro . RICHARD B . HUNGERFORD was by birth an Irishman , having been born in County Cork in 18 4 6 . In 1862 the famil y

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settled in Canada , and 10 years later he was initiated in the St . John's Lodge , No . 81 ( C . R . ) , Mount Brydges . Last year , at the time of his election as G . M ., he was a member of Lodges Nos . 64 , 195 , and 380 . He served for a time as Dist . Dep . . G . M . ( London District ) , and having filled the ofiice of Dep . Gr .

Master under Grand Master E . T . MALONE 18 9 8-1900 , was elected his successor in the latter year , and re-elected on the 17 th July last , He was also a Past Grand Z . of the Supreme Gr . Chapter of Canada , an Hon . Inspector-General ofthe Supreme 0

Council , 33 , of the Ancient and Accepted Rite for Canada , a Templar and Red Cross Mason , the representative of the Grand Lodge of Michigan at the Grand Lodge of Canada , and President of the Masonic Relief Association of the United States and Canada , which has its headquarters at Baltimore , Md ., U . S . A .

The Grand Lodge Of Iowa.

THE GRAND LODGE OF IOWA .

Greater interest than usual attaches to the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Iowa at the 58 th annual Communication , which was held in the city of Davenport on the 4 th June last , ancl two following days . Bro . WlLLARD LEE EATON , M . W . G .

Master , presided , and there was a lull attendance of the Present and Past Grand Officers and the representatives of private lodges . But , to the grief of all who were present , and , indeed , of the whole Masonic community , our venerable Bro . THEODORE

SUTTON PARVIN , Past Grand Master , was prevented by an illness—to which some three weeks later he succumbed . —from occupying his accustomed seat as Grand Secretary , and for the first and only time during his long tenure of that important

office , the business of the Grand Lodge was transacted in the absence of him , who may truthfully be said to have been its " guide , philosopher , and friend " through thc whole of its existence , and to whom , more than to any other Mason in Iowa , the present prosperous condition of the Craft in that State is due .

The main feature at all these annual communications is the delivery of an elaborate address in which thc Grand Master passes in review all the more important events of the past year , and carefully notes all such evidences of progress as have come

or been brought under his cognisance . In fulfilling this duty Grand Master EATON had an easy and agreeable task . As regards membership , he was able to show an increase of 818 , and the lodges on the roll now muster upwards of 30 , 000

subscribing members as against some 29 000 and more for the previous year . Nine new lodges were constituted , and dispensations issued forthe formation of 12 other lodges , which , if they prove their usefulness , will have charters granted them and

be regularly constituted by the Grand Master or some brother delegated to represent him for that purpose . The various financial reports that were presented also prove that in this respect , as well as numerically , Freemasonry in the jurisdiction

of this Grand Lodge is established on a solid basis , and we most devoutly hope that , as thc years go on , it will be strengthened and confirmed to a greater degree than at any previous period of its history in Iowa .

We have said that greater interest than usual attaches to the proceedings at this 58 th annual meeting of this Grand Lodge , and the reason for this will bc evident from what follows . Incidentally we may mention that when the proper

time arrived for the election of Grand Officers for the ensuing year , Bro . PARVIN was re-elected Grand Secretary , and the gratifying fact was announced to and acknowledged by him b y telegram . But before this—indeed , at the afternoon session on the opening day—Grand Master EATON rose , and aft ; r referring