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Chinese Masonry.
raised are transmitted to the Supreme Lodge , from which the dependent members are relieved . Meetings aro rot hold upon regular nights , but at intervals ( looick . l upm by tl-e dignitaries of the Order , as tho nerfs ities of business may demand . The members
are notifi . N . 1 oi iut ; etiu .., s , Laid generally on Sunday nights , by the pypoaranee of a triangular flag at tho top of the pole on top of the house . This flag is white , and bears the picture of a lingered drarsn , K i-h its tail towards the point .
There are grips , signs and passwords , exactly as in an American Lodge . " The travelling card " of this society is quite a curiosity in itself . It is a square of red silk inscribed with Chineso characters , and is a document highly prized by all its possessors . —N . Y . World .
An Alleged Masonic Tragedy.
AN ALLEGED MASONIC TRAGEDY .
TOLEDO ( Ohio ) , 9 th March . —A tragedy , whioh rooalla the famous Morgan mystery , in whioh the Freemasons were charged with putting away a man who was supposed to threaten the existence of the Order , has just come to light here . In thi 3 case a roan , believed by many to have been oharged with tho commission cf a similar crime was almost miraculously saved from mnrder , and found rofngo
in snioidt ' . On Friday last a Leutleivan arrived at tho Boody House Hotol and registered bb name as Charles F . Edwards . Oa ths following day tho Rev . Father Qui ^ ley caled npon the Chief of Police and informed him that Edwards inteuded to commit suicide . The 1 ' olico Chief lost no time ia vorifyiug the priost'ti suspicions . Ho secured the aid of the hotel manager , who ordered ono of tho
bell boys or pages to climb through the transom over Edwards ' s ohambsr door . Tho boy opi'iit-d I ho door from tha inside , appearing with » white scared face . Whoa the invest igators entered thoy fonnd Edwards stretched dead ou the floor , with nearly all the popularly known liquid poisons represented in ounce bottles by his side . Thero were six oue-ounoo vhls of laudanum , one of tincture of
aconite , one ol aqueous extract of opium , and one ot pmssic auid . Tn the lire i > nito were tho iishoj of n number of lettors or other papers which ho had nttei \ r destroyed , vo serup remaining to reveal his identity . "Charles J . Edwards" is believed to havo been an alias . Father Quigley is inclined to bolieTe that it was the
intention of Edwards , who culled at iho presbytery , to murder him . His visitor wore a Masonic einblutn , indicating that ho belonged to one of the higher organizations within tho Craft . This recalled to tho priest ' s mind sundry mysterious throats ho had recoived soon after preaching a powerful anti . Masonio sermon a year ago , and a previous abortive attempt on hia life .
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Correspondents . All Letters must bear the name and address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications .
THE EOYAL MASONIO INSTITUTION FOR BOYS
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I can well imagine your feelings were somewhat akin to satisfaction when yon perused the report and balance sheet recently issued by tho Provisional Management Committee of the Boyal Masonio Institution for Boys , not because I think youjdesire that estimable Charity any harm , bnt rather because your
consistent support ot the old secretary and the old board of management is demonstrated as justifiable by a cursory glance at the figures just issued . 1 think when yon have carefully examined the expenditure under the different heads , you will agree that considerable saving has beon accomplished since the new order of things has been introduced . Indeed , I take it your remark , that you never
denied there was room for improvement , supports my opinion , and if I rember rightly , yon have , on more than one occasion in the past , fiercely criticised expenditure yon deemed excessive or unnecessary , not only in connexion with the Boys' School , but also with regard to the sister institution . Of course the past cannot be recalled , and although I am among the most loyal in supporting the present
executive of the Boys' School , I cannot refrain from expressing my private view that we lost onr best man when we drove Bro . Binckea from his post . Relying on your sense of fairness and your oft-expreseed desire to give both sides of a case aa impartial heariug , I now crave a portion of your space to present some items of tho balance sheet just
published in a light which I hope will show that the Provisional Management Committee have not wholly failed in their work of reform , although they have not yot reduced tho cost per boy to the marvellous average set down ' in their accounts published twelve months back , and I further venture the opinion we shall have to
wait many a long day before that desirable result is achieved . In the first place , the expenditure of the £ 2 , 111 16 s 7 d on special sanitary improvements , & c , should not , I think , be included in any summary of expenses compiled with a view of striking an average , although it would seem necessary it should be so included when a comparison is desired with the past , in regard to actual cost of
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working the Institution , as such outlays were then included . But having once disposed of this awkward item , I think yon will agree thore ia a saving everywhere , as my figures , drawn from the accounts prepared for the Committee of Inquiry and those just iasned , will , I hope , demonstrate . By the balance-sheet of 31 st December 18 S 9 the Institution was
shown to owe £ 1448 3 s lOd to sundry creditors ; last year the amount ia set clown at £ 1999 18 s 2 d , but as thero ia an item in the expenditure account " Liabilities relating to 1889 , under estimated at 3 l 3 t of December" of £ 200 2 s 2 d , tho aotnal difference in amonnts due to " Sundry Creditors" on the two years in £ 351 12 g 2 d against fcho Institution . On the other side "Sundry Debtors" figures for
£ 136 10 s 8 d in the accounts of LSS 9 , and for £ 137 5 s Sd in thwe of 1890 , so that the School stands liii better off under th « t head , or a net variation on the balance-shpet of £ 350 17 s 2 d . Add to this latter sum the total expenditure of the pnst yesir ( General £ 10 , 821 19 s 2 d , Pensions £ 106 4 s , Repairs to organ £ 72 ) , and we hava n gross outgoing of £ 11 , 351 Os 4 d . which , divided among tho 264 boys , set down
as chargeable to the Institution , gives an average cost of £ 43 per annum , outside the special expenditure of £ 2 , 111 odd , already referred to , and which of course puts tho averago up to close on £ 51 potboy . Now , the question arises , whioh of these two averages is the fair one to work on ? Taking tho outlay of the year and dividing it by the number of boys on the establishment of conrse gives the higher
fi'roro as the average , but , it s . irma to me that some other means should bo found of accounting for th : > outlay on improvements , tilths , Ac , so that tho " nverage" might bo relieved of that item , not , perhaps , for pnrpose 3 nf comparison with tho past , but in setting rip a standard for tho presout aud tho future . Ono consideration
strikes me . Is this £ 2000 odd spent on tho boys now IM tLo SI-. HJ ; II ! Or is it a permanent addition to i ! o " Land and Buildings 1 V > V-d Green , " set ont in the balance-sheet at a valuation ¦ I' £ " 0 , 109 V In other words , would a valuation to .-hiy nor .-ni wii . £ 20 i . i 0 !; .- t . \ ilum wnen tho last was made ? because if so , it v-ntt'd '• ¦¦¦ . f .-h- (•¦ ' < 'i : avgi ! ¦ ¦
the improvements against capita . ! , ™ - -WT , t ' . -. ^ ai '¦ : >; -. \ ::.: MI nv . vstimrit , rather than mix them up v ; i > . \ env ' ih .-y . \ 'o ; r . : v . v .-. ' . i' i :-.: t profess to be an adopt at account . ' . my , bn ; I ' r \ wy 1 .: .. ¦¦ . ' 0 t : > .- principle on which tho account ? , cru tut forth in 'in ; aper ja / ij :: n' . 'd from the Institution , and I ( nuiyy mat era aro n : v , CM ^ ; •¦ : > Lad as
some of us are likely to imngiuo from a hasty or I'li -.-aqj-. o :. ? gl . i CJ at tlio figures . I even hope to see you , Mr . Editor , tolling us ¦ ¦ . Ilctio of tho other side of the story . Let us bury tho past—th' - rtntadt >!? tii 0 . l > lo p . sfc—in its own history , and by united and energetic- nctbn provo that we of the prtsent are as good as- onr forefathers ; aye , and a treat clnnl better . Yours , & c . AN of , D READER OK THE CHRONICLE .
IS THE LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE BUT A NAME OR IS IT A REALITY ?
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICIIE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I am driven to ask this question from two cases which came before the Lodge on the 18 th inst . —one from a brother who appealed for a little help to supplement what his friends were doing for him to gain a living , and tho other ( the widow
of a Colonial Mason , sixty-five years of age , eyesight too bad to enable her to earn her living ) without hope , to whom was granted the magnificent sum of £ 5 . And that munificence displayed after the case had been brought forward by a brother of 38 years' standing and who is President of all the Institutions . Yours fraternally , ST . AUGUSTINE .
NEWSPAPER STATISTICS . —From The Newspaper Press Directory fot 1891 we ascertain that "there are now published in the United Kingdom 2 , 234 newspapers , distributed aa follows : — England—London 470
Provinces 1 , 293—1 , 763 Wales 90 Scotland 201 Ireland 157 Isles 23 Of these there are—142 Daily Papers published in England 6 Ditto Wales 19 Ditto Scotland 15 Ditto Ireland 1 Ditto British Isles
On reference to the first edition of this useful Directory for the year 1846 we find tho following interesting facts—viz ., that in that year thero were published iu tho United Kingdom 551 Journals ; of theso 14 were issued daily—viz ., 12 in England aud 2 in Ireland ; but in 1891 there aro now established aud circulated 2 , 234 papers , of which no less than 183 are issued duily , fihowing that the Press of the country has more than quadrupled during the last forty-fivo
years . The increase in Daily Papers baa boan still more remarkable ; the Daily Issues standing 183 against 14 in 1846 . The Magazines now in course of publication , including the Quarterly Reviews , number 1 , 778 , of which more than 448 are of a decidedly religions character , representing tho Church of England , Wesleyans , Methodists , Baptists , Independents , Roman Catholics , and other Christian Communities . "
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Chinese Masonry.
raised are transmitted to the Supreme Lodge , from which the dependent members are relieved . Meetings aro rot hold upon regular nights , but at intervals ( looick . l upm by tl-e dignitaries of the Order , as tho nerfs ities of business may demand . The members
are notifi . N . 1 oi iut ; etiu .., s , Laid generally on Sunday nights , by the pypoaranee of a triangular flag at tho top of the pole on top of the house . This flag is white , and bears the picture of a lingered drarsn , K i-h its tail towards the point .
There are grips , signs and passwords , exactly as in an American Lodge . " The travelling card " of this society is quite a curiosity in itself . It is a square of red silk inscribed with Chineso characters , and is a document highly prized by all its possessors . —N . Y . World .
An Alleged Masonic Tragedy.
AN ALLEGED MASONIC TRAGEDY .
TOLEDO ( Ohio ) , 9 th March . —A tragedy , whioh rooalla the famous Morgan mystery , in whioh the Freemasons were charged with putting away a man who was supposed to threaten the existence of the Order , has just come to light here . In thi 3 case a roan , believed by many to have been oharged with tho commission cf a similar crime was almost miraculously saved from mnrder , and found rofngo
in snioidt ' . On Friday last a Leutleivan arrived at tho Boody House Hotol and registered bb name as Charles F . Edwards . Oa ths following day tho Rev . Father Qui ^ ley caled npon the Chief of Police and informed him that Edwards inteuded to commit suicide . The 1 ' olico Chief lost no time ia vorifyiug the priost'ti suspicions . Ho secured the aid of the hotel manager , who ordered ono of tho
bell boys or pages to climb through the transom over Edwards ' s ohambsr door . Tho boy opi'iit-d I ho door from tha inside , appearing with » white scared face . Whoa the invest igators entered thoy fonnd Edwards stretched dead ou the floor , with nearly all the popularly known liquid poisons represented in ounce bottles by his side . Thero were six oue-ounoo vhls of laudanum , one of tincture of
aconite , one ol aqueous extract of opium , and one ot pmssic auid . Tn the lire i > nito were tho iishoj of n number of lettors or other papers which ho had nttei \ r destroyed , vo serup remaining to reveal his identity . "Charles J . Edwards" is believed to havo been an alias . Father Quigley is inclined to bolieTe that it was the
intention of Edwards , who culled at iho presbytery , to murder him . His visitor wore a Masonic einblutn , indicating that ho belonged to one of the higher organizations within tho Craft . This recalled to tho priest ' s mind sundry mysterious throats ho had recoived soon after preaching a powerful anti . Masonio sermon a year ago , and a previous abortive attempt on hia life .
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Correspondents . All Letters must bear the name and address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications .
THE EOYAL MASONIO INSTITUTION FOR BOYS
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I can well imagine your feelings were somewhat akin to satisfaction when yon perused the report and balance sheet recently issued by tho Provisional Management Committee of the Boyal Masonio Institution for Boys , not because I think youjdesire that estimable Charity any harm , bnt rather because your
consistent support ot the old secretary and the old board of management is demonstrated as justifiable by a cursory glance at the figures just issued . 1 think when yon have carefully examined the expenditure under the different heads , you will agree that considerable saving has beon accomplished since the new order of things has been introduced . Indeed , I take it your remark , that you never
denied there was room for improvement , supports my opinion , and if I rember rightly , yon have , on more than one occasion in the past , fiercely criticised expenditure yon deemed excessive or unnecessary , not only in connexion with the Boys' School , but also with regard to the sister institution . Of course the past cannot be recalled , and although I am among the most loyal in supporting the present
executive of the Boys' School , I cannot refrain from expressing my private view that we lost onr best man when we drove Bro . Binckea from his post . Relying on your sense of fairness and your oft-expreseed desire to give both sides of a case aa impartial heariug , I now crave a portion of your space to present some items of tho balance sheet just
published in a light which I hope will show that the Provisional Management Committee have not wholly failed in their work of reform , although they have not yot reduced tho cost per boy to the marvellous average set down ' in their accounts published twelve months back , and I further venture the opinion we shall have to
wait many a long day before that desirable result is achieved . In the first place , the expenditure of the £ 2 , 111 16 s 7 d on special sanitary improvements , & c , should not , I think , be included in any summary of expenses compiled with a view of striking an average , although it would seem necessary it should be so included when a comparison is desired with the past , in regard to actual cost of
Correspondence.
working the Institution , as such outlays were then included . But having once disposed of this awkward item , I think yon will agree thore ia a saving everywhere , as my figures , drawn from the accounts prepared for the Committee of Inquiry and those just iasned , will , I hope , demonstrate . By the balance-sheet of 31 st December 18 S 9 the Institution was
shown to owe £ 1448 3 s lOd to sundry creditors ; last year the amount ia set clown at £ 1999 18 s 2 d , but as thero ia an item in the expenditure account " Liabilities relating to 1889 , under estimated at 3 l 3 t of December" of £ 200 2 s 2 d , tho aotnal difference in amonnts due to " Sundry Creditors" on the two years in £ 351 12 g 2 d against fcho Institution . On the other side "Sundry Debtors" figures for
£ 136 10 s 8 d in the accounts of LSS 9 , and for £ 137 5 s Sd in thwe of 1890 , so that the School stands liii better off under th « t head , or a net variation on the balance-shpet of £ 350 17 s 2 d . Add to this latter sum the total expenditure of the pnst yesir ( General £ 10 , 821 19 s 2 d , Pensions £ 106 4 s , Repairs to organ £ 72 ) , and we hava n gross outgoing of £ 11 , 351 Os 4 d . which , divided among tho 264 boys , set down
as chargeable to the Institution , gives an average cost of £ 43 per annum , outside the special expenditure of £ 2 , 111 odd , already referred to , and which of course puts tho averago up to close on £ 51 potboy . Now , the question arises , whioh of these two averages is the fair one to work on ? Taking tho outlay of the year and dividing it by the number of boys on the establishment of conrse gives the higher
fi'roro as the average , but , it s . irma to me that some other means should bo found of accounting for th : > outlay on improvements , tilths , Ac , so that tho " nverage" might bo relieved of that item , not , perhaps , for pnrpose 3 nf comparison with tho past , but in setting rip a standard for tho presout aud tho future . Ono consideration
strikes me . Is this £ 2000 odd spent on tho boys now IM tLo SI-. HJ ; II ! Or is it a permanent addition to i ! o " Land and Buildings 1 V > V-d Green , " set ont in the balance-sheet at a valuation ¦ I' £ " 0 , 109 V In other words , would a valuation to .-hiy nor .-ni wii . £ 20 i . i 0 !; .- t . \ ilum wnen tho last was made ? because if so , it v-ntt'd '• ¦¦¦ . f .-h- (•¦ ' < 'i : avgi ! ¦ ¦
the improvements against capita . ! , ™ - -WT , t ' . -. ^ ai '¦ : >; -. \ ::.: MI nv . vstimrit , rather than mix them up v ; i > . \ env ' ih .-y . \ 'o ; r . : v . v .-. ' . i' i :-.: t profess to be an adopt at account . ' . my , bn ; I ' r \ wy 1 .: .. ¦¦ . ' 0 t : > .- principle on which tho account ? , cru tut forth in 'in ; aper ja / ij :: n' . 'd from the Institution , and I ( nuiyy mat era aro n : v , CM ^ ; •¦ : > Lad as
some of us are likely to imngiuo from a hasty or I'li -.-aqj-. o :. ? gl . i CJ at tlio figures . I even hope to see you , Mr . Editor , tolling us ¦ ¦ . Ilctio of tho other side of the story . Let us bury tho past—th' - rtntadt >!? tii 0 . l > lo p . sfc—in its own history , and by united and energetic- nctbn provo that we of the prtsent are as good as- onr forefathers ; aye , and a treat clnnl better . Yours , & c . AN of , D READER OK THE CHRONICLE .
IS THE LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE BUT A NAME OR IS IT A REALITY ?
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICIIE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I am driven to ask this question from two cases which came before the Lodge on the 18 th inst . —one from a brother who appealed for a little help to supplement what his friends were doing for him to gain a living , and tho other ( the widow
of a Colonial Mason , sixty-five years of age , eyesight too bad to enable her to earn her living ) without hope , to whom was granted the magnificent sum of £ 5 . And that munificence displayed after the case had been brought forward by a brother of 38 years' standing and who is President of all the Institutions . Yours fraternally , ST . AUGUSTINE .
NEWSPAPER STATISTICS . —From The Newspaper Press Directory fot 1891 we ascertain that "there are now published in the United Kingdom 2 , 234 newspapers , distributed aa follows : — England—London 470
Provinces 1 , 293—1 , 763 Wales 90 Scotland 201 Ireland 157 Isles 23 Of these there are—142 Daily Papers published in England 6 Ditto Wales 19 Ditto Scotland 15 Ditto Ireland 1 Ditto British Isles
On reference to the first edition of this useful Directory for the year 1846 we find tho following interesting facts—viz ., that in that year thero were published iu tho United Kingdom 551 Journals ; of theso 14 were issued daily—viz ., 12 in England aud 2 in Ireland ; but in 1891 there aro now established aud circulated 2 , 234 papers , of which no less than 183 are issued duily , fihowing that the Press of the country has more than quadrupled during the last forty-fivo
years . The increase in Daily Papers baa boan still more remarkable ; the Daily Issues standing 183 against 14 in 1846 . The Magazines now in course of publication , including the Quarterly Reviews , number 1 , 778 , of which more than 448 are of a decidedly religions character , representing tho Church of England , Wesleyans , Methodists , Baptists , Independents , Roman Catholics , and other Christian Communities . "
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Tho TOWKB FUBNISHIKG CoiiPAHY LIMITED supply goods on Hire direct from manufacturers ; ono , two or three years' credit without security . Purchasers havo the choice of 100 Wholesale Houses . Call or writo for Prospectus . Address-Secretary , 43 Great Tower Street , B . C .