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The officers from February 23, to June 30, 1885 were: N. B. Bailey, Captain; A. L. Curry, 1st Lieutenant; S. T. Clover, 2d Lieu- tenant. 1885-7, C. T. Jeffers, Captain; A. L. Curry, 1st Lieutenant; S. T. Clover, 2d Lieutenant. 1887-90, C. T. Jeffers, Captain; E. H. Sanford and S. T. Clover, 1st Lieutenants; R. J. Woods, Virgil Avery and W. R. Skillman, 2d Lieutenants. 1890-3, C. T. Jeffers and L. D. Spragle, Captains; E. H. Sanford, 1st Lieutenant; Earl Ulrich, 2d Lieutenant. 1893-4, L. D. Spragle, Captain; Earl Ulrich, Ist Lieutenant; A. S. Sherwood, 2d Lieutenant; 1894-5, same officers
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as the year preceding. 1895-6, Earl Ulrich, Captain; A. S. Sher- wood, 1st Lieutenant; Ernest Lacey, 2d Lieutenant. In the latter part of the year the company was disbanded.
In February, 1897, Company B was reorganized with about 40 members. Earl Ulrich was elected Captain; Willis Mayne, 1st Lieut- enant; John Fox, 2d Lieutenant. But it again disbanded during the following summer, and the equipments were sent to Watertown.
On the 8th day of March, 1898, when a war with Spain seemed probable, a large number of patriotic young men met in the Maca- bees' hall, and Company B was again reorganized, and fifty of them were enrolled and sworn into service by Lieutenant Frost, who was present for that purpose. An election of officers took place and A. B. Sessions was elected Captain, John Fox, 1st Lieutenant. E. D. Aldrich, 2d Lieutenant.
It was only about a month later when war was declared with Spain, and soldiers were called for by President McKinley, and South Dakota's quota assigned her. The stern realities of war now stared the members of Company B in the face. To their credit there was no flinching manifested, but on the other hand everyone who failed to pass the necessary and rigid physical examination was greatly disappointed.
On May 2, the First Regiment of the South Dakota Volunteer Infantry went into camp in Sioux Falls, and Company B. on the 13th day of May was mustered into the United States military service. On Sunday, the 30th day of May, 1898, the regiment left Sioux Falls for the Pacific coast to await transportation to the Phillipine Islands. It remained in San Francisco until July 28, when it left for Manila. The steamer on which the regiment embarked stopped four days at Honolulu, H. I., and during this time the soldiers were made happy by the generous and unlimited hospitalities which were graciously extended to them by the warm-hearted residents of this beautiful city.
They arrived at their destination on the 31st day of August, but it was several months before the regiment was ordered to the front. But their time came at last, and then their endurance and courage were put to the severest test. All the ordinary hardships of war they had to endure, and much more, for they were unacclimated and compelled to march under the rays of a tropical sun through dense and almost inpenetrable thickets where the wily Tagals were con- cealed with their deadly Mausers. But the regiment had been brought to a high state of discipline, and was led by Col. Frost, a brave and competent commander.
South Dakota is proud of her regiment, and Sioux Falls is proud of Company B. The regiment is at this writing on its way home, and Company B, will soon be in Sioux Falls.
The following comprises a list of those members who enlisted from this county: Officers from Sioux Falls, Captain, Alonzo B. Sessions; 1st Lieutenant, John C. Fox; 2d Lieutenant, Edwin E. Hawkins; 1st Sergeant, Walter S. Doolittle; Quartermaster, Don H. Fox; 2d Sergeant, A. R. Schlosser; 3d Sergeant, C. L. Butler: 4th Sergeant, William Hill; 5th Sergeant, Harry C. Schlosser; 1st Cor-
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poral, Arthur W. Swenson; 2d Corporal, Carl W. Anthony; 3d Cor- poral, J. A. Jones; 4th Corporal, E. J. Aslesen; 6th Corporal, H. W. Simpson; Musician, J. B. Sessions; Artificer, Carl F. Roman; Wag- oner, Angus P. Roman.
Privates, from Sioux Falls, A. Anderson, A. J. Anderson, A. B. Bunts, E. W. Blackburn, J. E. Barlow, E. N. Cole, H. W. Powers, W. E. Dickenson, Roy Ellis, A. J. Foster, S. A. Flaskey, H. B. Smith, G. H. Stone, R. Schuman, A. Stringham, A. Carlson, Milton S. Crandall, Thos. Haffey, H. A. Homan, J. Johnson, Levi W. James, J. O. McLaren, A. Garrigan, F. A. Gobel, F. Hengel, Wallace Hill, J. J. Whalen, Charles B. Ward, M. M. Waite, E. Wehling, Fred J. Watson, Geo. W. Zeigelmeier. From Valley Springs, Charles Esch- els, and from Wayne township, Charles Smith.
Jonas H. Lien whose residence was in Sioux Falls went out with the First Regiment as adjutant and was killed in battle. Charles Eschels died from disease contracted in camp.
THIRD REGIMENT U. S. V. CAVALRY .- At the first intimation of a war with Spain, Melvin Grigsby of Sioux Falls, conceived the idea that a regiment of cowboys would be more effective than any body of regulars, owing to their recklessness of life and limb and daring spirit. He communicated this idea to the secretary of war, at the same time tendering his own services, and received a favorable reply. April 11, 1898, Mr. Grigsby went to Washington, and soon after his arrival learned that a bill inspired by Theodore Roosevelt was before Congress providing for the organization of a regiment of cowboys. Seeing that only one regiment of special volunteers could be raised by the president under the provisions of the bill Mr. Grigsby, in the nick of time prepared, and through some of his friends among the congressmen, secured the following amendment to the army bill: "Provided further, that the president may authorize the secretary of war to organize companies, troops, batalions or regiments possessing special qualifications from the Nation at large under such rules and regulations, including the appointment of the officers thereof, as may be prescribed by the secretary of war." This bill passed on April 22, and a week later Mr. Grigsby received his commission as Colonel, with instructions to recruit the regiment of the Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, now known throughout the country as "Grigsby's Cowboys." His regiment was mustered into service May 19, and the next day left for Chickamauga.
The following is a list of members of Troop B, who were resi- dents of this county: Officers, 1st Lieutenant, George Grigsby; 2d Sergeant, Peter Gardner; 6th Sergeant, Thomas W. Wilkes; Corpo- ral, Roy S. Avery; Trumpeter, William E. Wilkes.
Privates, Algernon Beech, Harry T. Brown, George E. Grimes, T. Rodemaker, William F. Copelin, John McKeon, Thomas W. Waring.
This regiment remained at Camp Thomas, until the close of the war with Spain, and then was mustered out of the miltary service. Two of the young men who enlisted from Sioux Falls, Algernon Beech and William F. Copelin, died from disease contracted in camp.
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GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, JOE HOOKER POST, No. 10. - This post was organized and mustered in on the 12th day of May, 1882, with the following charter members: Thomas S. Free, Wm. Beckler, V. R. L. Barnes, Peter Gilman, C. D. Rice, H. T. DeLong, Henry Smith, J. B. Hawley, Wm. Mason, B. M. Stone, W. S. Potter, E. M. Winslow, Henry Brislan, Job Gray, Oscar Hickox, John Sloan, G. A. Campbell, F. M. Gee, L. Davis, A. H. Stone, Joe Dunn, J. M. Zook, S. B. Owen, W. B. Jacobs, J. T. McGarraugh, Thomas Leky, H. P. Hill, Benjamin West, J. B. Harris, B. F. Noble, Robert Chisholm. The first Commander was Thomas H. Free, Adjutant, W. S. Potter.
The following comprises a list of the Commanders of the Post to and including 1895:
1883, E. Parliman; 1884, Wm. Beckler; 1885, L. D. Henry; 1886, B. F. Campbell; 1887, H. W. Smith; 1888, W. H. Stoddard; during this year the membership increased from 42 to 154 and became the largest post in the territory; 1889, Porter P. Peck; 1890, Charles Barrett; 1891, C. S. Palmer; but soon after his electien he was elected commander of the department of South Dakota and A. Beveridge was elected to serve out the balance of the year; 1892, A. Beveridge; 1893, Geo. W. Mathews, who during the year moved out of the state, and Porter P. Peck was elected to fill out the term; 1894, Porter P. Peck; 1895, C. H. Van Slyke.
The membership in 1895, was 127.
MINNEHAHA MEDICAL SOCIETY.
This society was organized May 16, 1883, and the following were charter members: Drs. T. S. Roberts, J. B. LeBlond, J. C. Morgan, S. Olney, O. O. Sawyer, C. P. Bissell, S. A. Brown and W. H. Ger- main. The officers were: Dr. T. S. Roberts president; Dr. J. B. LeBlond vice president; Dr. W. A. Germain secretary.
1884. Dr. J. C. Morgan president; Dr. S. Olney vice president; Dr. S. A. Brown secretary; Dr. O. O. Sawyer treasurer.
1885. Dr. S. Olney president; Dr. O. O. Sawyer vice president; Dr. S. A. Brown secretary; Dr. T. S. Roberts treasurer.
1886. Dr. J. B. LeBlond president; Dr. W. A. Germain vice president; Dr. S. A. Brown secretary; Dr. T. S. Roberts treasurer. 1887. Dr. A. H. Tufts president; Dr. H. W. Subera vice presi- dent; Dr. S. A. Brown secretary; Dr. T. S. Roberts treasurer.
1888. Dr. A. H. Tufts president; Dr. H. W. Subera vice presi- dent; Dr. S. A. Brown secretary; Dr. T. S. Roberts treasurer.
1889. The officers were the same as the year preceding.
1890. Dr. S. A. Brown president; Dr. S. Olney vice president; Dr. F. H. Files secretary; Dr. A. H. Tufts treasurer.
1891. Dr. H. W. Subera president; Dr. R. Woodworth vice president; Dr. F. H. Files secretary; Dr. A. H. Tufts treasurer.
1892. Dr. O. O. Sawyer president; Dr. Frances Kyle vice presi- dent; Dr. F. H. Files secretary; Dr. A. H. Tufts treasurer.
1893. Dr. F. H. Files president; Dr. Frances E. Kyle vice president; Dr. R. E. Woodworth secretary; Dr. A. H. Tufts treas- urer.
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1894. Dr. Frances E. Kyle president; Dr. R. E. Woodworth vice president; Dr. A. H. Tufts secretary; Dr. H. Hovde treasurer. 1895. Dr. R. E. Woodworth president; Dr. C. W. Locke, of Garretson, vice president; Dr. F. H. Files secretary; Dr. Frances E. Kyle corresponding secretary; Drs. A. H. Tufts, J. C. Morgan and G. A. Dickson, of Valley Springs, trustees. Dr. Kyle died July 23, 1895.
CEMETERY ASSOCIATION.
MOUNT PLEASANT CEMETERY ASSOCIATION .- Organized Novem- ber 24, 1873, with the following charter members: W. H. Corson, J. Roberts, J. L. Phillips, C. K. Howard, Wm. VanEps, E. Sharpe, D. H. Henry, H. Gilbert, B. F. Campbell, John McClellan, E. A. Sher- man, B. F. Roderick, A. Gale, R. H. Booth, T. H. Brown, C. J. Had- ley, H. W. Lewis, True Dennis, W. R. McLaury, J. D. Cameron, J. W. Callender, W. H. Nelson, John McKee, C. W. McDonald, H. J. Whipple.
The trustees for 1873-4, were: Wm. VanEps, J. L. Phillips, J. Roberts, Wm. Corson, Edwin Sharpe; 1874-5, E. A. Sherman, W. H. Corson, B. F. Roderick, J. Roberts, J. L. Phillips; 1875-6, B. F. Rode- rick, N. E. Phillips, J. L. Phillips, Edwin Sharpe, J. Roberts; 1876-7 same officers; 1877-8, J. L. Phillips, W. H. Corson, E. Sharpe, T. H. Brown, E. A. Sherman; 1878-9, same officers; 1879-80, W. H. Corson, J. L. Phillips, John McKee, E. A. Sherman, E. Sharpe. The offi- cers elected in 1880 were not changed until 1893, when E. A. Sher- man, W. H. Corson, C. C. Carpenter, A. Beveridge and H. M. Avery were elected trustees. After the election of trustees in 1894, the board elected J. T. Gilbert president, C. C. Carpenter treasurer, and H. M. Avery clerk. In 1895, Andrew Beveridge was elected president, Frank C. Angel vice president, D. L. Mckinney treas- urer, H. M. Avery clerk. In 1896, they were re-elected, and they with John Sundback constituted the board of trustees. In 1897, W. L. Baker was elected president, F. C. Angel vice president, D. L. McKinney treasurer, H. M. Avery clerk, and they with Andrew Bev- eridge constituted the board of trustees. In 1898, W. L. Baker was elected president, F. C. Angel vice president, D. L. Mckinney treas- urer, and H. M. Avery clerk. A. J. Rowland was elected trustee in the place of Mr. Beveridge. Since 1893, the cemetery has been bet- ter cared for than formerly, and its appearance greatly improved.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY .- This cemetery is located about two mile northeast of the Roman Catholic church in section four, Sioux Falls township. It comprises several acres of land, and of late considerable interest is being manifested in beautifying the grounds.
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS. MASONIC.
MINNEHAHA LODGE NO. 5, A. F. AND A. M. - In the fall of 1872, Thomas H. Brown of Sioux Falls had a heavy stove to move, and seeing Clark G. Coats going by, called to him and asked his assistance. While they were engaged in moving the stove, Mr.
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Brown noticed that Mr. Coats wore a Masonic pin, and commenced to question him in regard to the number of Masons in the settlement. Mr. Coats replied that he knew of several, and mentioned the names of Joseph Dickson, I. C. Dixon, C. K. Howard, and added that there was "a fellow by the name of Hawkins, who laid stone," whom he thought was a Mason also. This was Judge R. C. Hawkins.
Mr. Brown had conducted a school of instruction in Montana during the years 1866-7, and he remarked to Mr. Coats that they ought to organize a lodge. In those days the store of C. K. Howard was the general rendezvous for the male population in the evening, and the next night found Mr. Brown there. Messrs. Dickson, Dixon and Coats were also there, and after a short conversation Mr. Brown remarked that it would not take him long to find out who were Ma- sons, if there was only some secluded spot to which they could retire. Mr. Howard suggested the oat bin in the rear of his store, and thither they repaired. Mr. Brown then proceeded to test each one thor- oughly and although some were a little rusty, they were all Masons sure enough. In this oat bin meeting there were besides Mr. Brown, Jos. Dickson, R. C. Hawkins and C. G. Coats, and from this humble beginning twenty-seven years ago, sprung the flourishing Minnehaha Lodge No. 5.
Some of these brethren thought it would be impossible to meet together as Masons, but Mr. Brown told them they could meet in informal lodge, and the next meeting was held in Dixon's old furni- ture store, on the northwest corner of Main avenue and Eighth street. At this meeting Mr. Brown was elected Master of the lodge.
Several meetings were held in this place, but the careless man- ner of some of the brethren who used tobacco so offended Mr. Dix- on's sense of cleanliness, that he refused to longer allow his store to be used, and they were obliged to seek a lodge room elsewhere.
After a few meetings Mr. Brown wrote to T. S. Parvin Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, and a dispensation was at once furnished, establishing Minnehaha Lodge No. 328.
After being shut out by Mr. Dixon, a room was fitted up in a building on Main avenue between Seventh and Eighth streets on or near the present site of Wm. Van Eps old store. While this room was being fitted up, the lodge met several times in a back room of Mr. Brown's house, but the first meeting in the lodge room was also the first meeting under the dispensation.
Mr. Brown tells a funny incident which occured while the lodge room was located in this building. The lower floor of the building was used as a dwelling, and the family occupying it kept boarders. In those days very little plastering was done, and this building was not plastered.
On a certain evening some new members were to be initiated, and during the day a man who boarded with the family just men- tioned, came to Mr. Brown and told him that the ladies of the family had devised a scheme by which they intended that night to learn all there was of Masonry. In the room under the preparation room, they had placed a barrel directly beneath the stove pipe hole in the floor above, and on this they proposed to stand.
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Mr. Brown called together two other gentlemen who were pretty bright, and a ceremony was prepared for the benefit of the listeners. This ceremony was faithfully carried out until a shriek was heard from below, the barrel went over, and then all was still.
From this building the lodge was moved to rooms over the land office on the corner of Tenth street and Phillips avenue where the Masonic Temple now stands. While there the charter from Iowa was received. In that building Harry Corson, Frank Pettigrew, Andrew Peterson and George W. Skinner were made Masons. While an entered apprentice, Mr. Peterson made a 24-inch gauge, and Mr. Weston made a level, both of which are still in the pos- session of the lodge and much admired.
T. H. Brown, J. W. Callender and R. F. Pettigrew were sent as delegates to a convention of lodges held at Elk Point June 22, 1875, to take such measures as might be neccessary to form a Grand Lodge of Dakota. At this meeting a constitution was drafted and adopted. T. H. Brown was elected most Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Dakota, and among his appointments was that of O. P. Weston of Minnehaha Lodge No. 328 as Grand Junior Deacon.
It was at this point in the history of the lodge that the change was made in its name from Minnehaha Lodge No. 328 to Minnehaha Lodge No. 5. In point of order it was No. 4, but in some way, in procuring the seals for this lodge and the one at Canton, the mistake was made in designating the Canton lodge as No. 4, instead of No. 5, as it should have been.
In 1881 Thomas H. Brown was again elected Grand Master.
From the land office the lodge was moved to the Emerson block in June, 1881. In 1883 the Masonic Temple was built, the corner stone being laid August 8, of that year. This was an event hitherto unexcelled in the history of Masonry in the Northwest. Grand Master O. S. Gifford was assisted by the Grand Lodge of Dakota, convened especially for that purpose, and the ceremonies were at- tended by about three hundred members of the fraternity and be- tween two and three thousand spectators. Eleven jurisdictions were represented including sixty-three organizations. The proces- sion was formed at the Masonic hall at 2 o'clock P. M., the escort comprising fifteen Knights Templars of DeMolay Commandery No. 3, Yankton, and forty-three Knights Templars of Cyrene Command- ery, Sioux Falls. Arriving at the site, the services were opened by the choir singing Lohengrin's "Great Architect of Heaven and Earth." The articles prepared were deposited in a copper box made to receive them, and the corner stone, a piece of Missouri sand- stone weighing 5,200 1bs. was placed in position with appropriate ceremonies. The oration was delivered by the Hon. A. C. Mellette. After the exercises had been concluded, the visiting brethren were conducted by the Cyrene Commandery to Germania hall, where a banquet awaited them. . In the evening a Masonic ball was given, with which the festivities of the day were carried to a close. The membership of the lodge at that time was ninety-one. The building was completed early in the year 1884, and all the Masonic bodies in the city took possession of the rooms constructed for their use.
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Thomas H. Brown was Worshipful Master of the lodge 1876-7-8 and 1881; John Bippus 1879; W. H. Nelson 1880; 1. K. Buck 1882; R. C. Hawkins 1883 and 1886-7-8; W. A. Germain 1885; A. B. Kitt- redge 1889 and 1893; S. A. Brown 1890; F. W. Harrington 1891; F. H. Files 1892; J. B. Fox 1894; W. L. Baker 1895; M. R. Brown 1896; Frank Kunerth 1897; J. W. Jensen 1898. The membership of the lodge is upwards of 200.
ROYAL ARCH MASONS, SIOUX FALLS CHAPTER No. 2. - On the 8th day of April, 1879, upon the call of I. K. Buck Most Eminent High Priest, W. D. Stites Most Eminent King, and E. P. Allen Most Eminent Scribe, a number of gentlemen met in convocation for the purpose of organizing Sioux Falls Chapter No. 2, under dispensa- tion from the general grand chapter of the United States.
The following were charter members: 1. K. Buck, W. D. Stites, E. P. Allen, Kinzie Maxfield, D. S. Glidden, Decatur Stew- art, C. L. Norton, Frank Caldwell, Wm. H. Davenport, J. M. Rich- ter, E. O. Kimberly, Edwin E. Sage, J. W. Callender, Charles Bas- sett.
At this meeting the following officers were elected: K. Max- field Capt. of the Host, J. M. Richter R. A. Capt., D. S. Glidden P. S., Wm. H. Davenport G. M. 3d vail, E. E. Sage G. M. 2d vail, Frank Caldwell G. M. 1st vail, J. W. Callender tyler, E. O. Kimberly treas- urer, C. L. Norton secretary.
I. K. Buck remained High Priest, W. D. Stites King, and E. P. Allen Scribe of the Chapter until January, 1881, when W. D. Stites was elected High Priest, and re-elected in 1882. Edwin Sharpe was High Priest in 1883, D. S. Glidden in 1884, T. Frank Hawley in 1885, E. E. Sage in 1886, Frank Kunerth in 1887, Park Davis in 1888-9-90, C. S. Palmer in 1891, H. T. Corson in 1892, S. A. Brown in 1893, W. T. Doolittle in 1894, Eugene Coughran in 1895. There were 171 members in 1895.
CYRENE COMMANDERY No. 2 .- At the Masonic hall in Sioux Falls, June 9, 1881, Sir Knights J. B. Hawley, E. E. Sage, W. D. Stites, Frank Kunerth, Edwin O. Kimberley and Clark Keiser met for the purpose of considering a petition which had been prepared by Sir Knight Hawley to be sent to the General Grand Commander, asking for a dispensation for a commandery at Sioux Falls to be called Dakota Commandery. The petition had appended to it fifteen signatures. Sir Knight Hawley was named for Eminent Commander, Sir Knight J. M. Richter Generalissimo, and Sir Knight W. D. Stites Captain General. On the 14th day of August, 1891, a dis- pensation was issued by Benjamin Deane, Grand Master of Knights Templars in the United States, granting to the petitioners the right "to open a commandery of Knights Templars and Council of the order of Knights of the Red Cross, subordinate to the Grand En- campment of the United States at the City of Sioux Falls, County of Minnehaha and Territory of Dakota, to be called and distinguished by the name of Gethsemane Commandery No. 2," appointing the officers as requested in the petition. The first meeting under this dispensation was held on the 22d day of November, 1881, at which time Eminent Commander J. B. Hawley proceeded to appoint the
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subordinate officers and committees. The third Tuesday of each month was fixed for the regular convocation of the Commandery. At its regular meeting on December 20, a committee was appointed to request the Grand Master of Knights Templars of the United States to change the name of the Commandery Gethsemane No. 2, to Cyrene Commandery No. 2, which was done accordingly the January follow- ing. A meeting of the Commandery was held June 21, 1882, to take action in regard to the funeral of Sir Knight Thomas C. Cochran, who died at Minneapolis that day, and it was decided that the Com- mandery should attend the funeral in a body.
November 6, 1883, W. D. Stites was installed as Eminent Com- mander, Wm. T. Doolittle Generalissimo, Benjamin F. Campbell Captain General.
The Commandery attended the funeral of David Jackson Turner on the 23d day of February, 1885. He died February 18.
In 1885, D. S. Glidden was elected Eminent Commander, William T. Doolittle Generalissimo, and Benjamin F. Campbell Captain Gen- eral. Since then the following named persons have been elected to the above offices, in the order named: 1886, W. T. Doolittle, F. W. Taylor, B. F. Campbell; D. S. Glidden was elected Right Eminent Commander of the Territory, May 12, 1886. ) 1887, W. T. Doolittle, F. W. Taylor. Eugene W. Coughran; 1888, F. W. Taylor, E. W. Coughran, B. F. Campbell: 1889, E. W. Coughran, Henry T. Corson, B. F. Campbell; 1890, Henry T. Corson, Park Davis, B. F. Camp- bell; 1891, Park Davis, B. F. Campbell, W. H. Holt; 1892, B. F. Campbell, W. H. Holt, H. L. Greene; 1893. W. H. Holt, H. L. Greene, C. E. Baker; 1894, H. L. Greene, C. E. Baker, W. A. Germain; 1895, C. E. Baker, C. S. Palmer, A. F. Pilcher.
ALPHA COUNCIL No. 1, K. AND S. M .- Organized April 11, 1891, with the following charter members: Henry T. Corson, W. H. Holt, F. W. Harrington, Samuel A. Brown, John B. Cloudas, Park Davis, W. R. Fisher, O. L. Farnham, Frank Kunerth, Albert F. Pilcher, Willard B. Walworth. The officers in 1891 were: S. A. Brown, Thrice Illustrious Master, and A. F. Pilcher, Illustrious Deputy Master; 1892 and 1893, Park Davis was T. I. M., and A. F. Pilcher, I. D. M. The membership in 1895 was 25.
EL RIAD TEMPLE A. A. O. N. MYSTIC SHRINE .-- The first meeting in Dakota, by the members of the Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, under dispensation, was held May 25, 1888, in the city of Sioux Falls, with thirteen charter members, who had previously re- ceived their degrees at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A charter was granted by the Imperial Council of Toronto, Canada, in June, 1888, W. D. Stites, as Illustrious Potentate, having gone there for that purpose.
The charter members were as follows: W. D. Stites, N. E. Phillips, Henry T. Corson, B. F. Campbell, A. B. Kittredge, W. R. Burkholder, C. H. Vincent, J. E. Conklin, G. W. Burnside, C. H. Winsor, D. C. Rice, Pickering Brown and Frank S. Emerson.
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