parties concerned; that his wise policy and the endeavors of those who have acted under his instructions have been for the upbuilding of Masonry in Iowa. As a presiding officer Brother Eaton has shown his quality. His is a firm hand upon the helm of government. "Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re" perhaps best expresses the manner of the rule. He has finished the work intrusted to him, has earned his laurels, and the last name added to the list of Past Grand Masters suffers nothing by comparison with those of the honored brethren who have preceded him.

LEWIS JACKSON BAKER.

He was exalted April No. 9, of Ottumwa,

EWIS JACKSON BAKER, the newly elected Grand Master, is a resident of Ottumwa, Wapello county. He was born May 13th, 1850, near the town of Jefferson, Greene county, Pennsylvania. Brother Baker's Masonic history began with his initiation October 3d, 1885, in Ottumwa Lodge, No. 16. 17th, 1886, in Clinton Chapter, and knighted May 11th, 1886, in Malta Commandery, No. 31, also of his home city. He has filled most of the offices in Lodge and Chapter, being Master for the years 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, and 1897. No better testimony can be given as to the estimation in which he is held by the brethren who know him most intimately. In the Grand Lodge Brother Baker was elected Junior Grand Warden June 5th, 1889, and the crowning honor given this year came to one highly deserving and entitled to the same by years of patient and effective labor for the advancement of the craft.

Brother Baker was married at Bellaire, Ohio, January 25th, 1876, to Miss Emma Dale Shugert. Two years after he removed from the Buckeye state to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he remained until June, 1882, at which time he sought a new location, finding the same at Ottumwa, Iowa, where his residence has since been unbroken.

WILLIAM FISKE CLEVELAND.

ILLIAM FISKE CLEVELAND, Senior Grand Warden, has received an honor worthily bestowed and well deserved. It but adds one more to the many marks of esteem with which his brethren have rewarded faithful and diligent service. Brother Cleveland is a product of the Empire state, having been born August 30th, 1844, at Waterville, Oneida county, New York. Here he grew to young manhood, and among the friends of his childhood and youth made his first steps in the fraternity. He was initiated in Sanger Lodge, No. 129, in October, 1865, and raised the following month. He received the Capitular degrees at Nashville, Tennessee, in 1867, and the chivalric orders in 1872, at New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1876 we find the record shows him Worshipful Master of Quitman Lodge, No. 76, at New Orleans, and in the same year Captain-General of his Commandery at the same place. Brother Cleveland came to Iowa and settled at Harlan, Shelby county, in 1876, where he has since resided. In 1899 he was Master of Parian Lodge, No. 321, of his home town. Since that time Masonic honors have come fast and thick upon this our brother, space only preventing our transcribing the entire interesting list. In 1891 we find his name as Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Iowa.

After establishing himself in this state, as noted above, Brother Cleveland for several years engaged successfully in mercantile pursuits. The confidence reposed in him by his fellow-citizens is shown by the fact that he was elected treasurer of Shelby county, serving in that capacity from 1886 to 1900. He was also state senator from the Shelby-Cass district in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth General Assemblies.

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MARQUIS EDWARD LOWTHER,

ARQUIS EDWARD LOWTHER, of Centerville, Appanoose county, Junior Grand Warden, was born August 23d, 1856, at Monmouth, Warren county, Illinois. His Masonic history, though comparatively brief, is filled with evidences of energy and good work. Raised June 12th, 1894, in Jackson Lodge, No. 42, at Centerville, Iowa, we find him, after filling the intervening positions, presiding over that body in 1897, and retaining the honored place until the present time. In the Grand Lodge he was appointed Grand Junior Steward in 1899, and Grand Senior Deacon at the session of 1900. The last honor comes, therefore, fittingly, and to one who has proven himself a craftsman of worth, integrity, and zeal.

Brother Lowther removed to Iowa in 1876, settling at Centerville. He first engaged in the publication of the Centerville Journal, and won a reputation in the newspaper guild of Iowa. Selling out this property he became part owner of the Centerville Citizen. This he retained until 1891, at which time the Lowther Printing company was established, and has since been one of the flourishing and progressive enterprises of that town. In 1898 Brother Lowther was elected clerk of the district court in Appanoose county, and was reelected in 1900.

CHARLES BURDICK MILLS.

HARLES BURDICK MILLS, Grand Treasurer, assumes his responsible office after having amply proved his peculiar fitness for its duties. Brother Mills is a resident of Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista county, where he is engaged in the banking business. His standing among the men of finance may be judged from the fact that since the session of the Grand Lodge he has been elected president of the State Bankers' association, at the meeting of that organization held in Cedar Rapids. Brother Mills was born in the Keystone state, at Williamsport, Lycoming county. He is yet a youth among the graybeards, as the personal record puts his birth on June 19th, 1868. It tells well for a young man, whose energies and abilities are sufficiently great to thus early place him in enviable place and prominence. On the 1st day of April, 1890, Brother Mills was raised in Enterprise Lodge, No. 332; was exalted August 18th, and knighted December 1st of the same year. He is also a member of Des Moines Consistory, No. 1. After passing the oriental chair we find Brother Mills appointed Grand Marshal in the Grand Lodge for the year 1898-1899. At the session of 1900 he was made chairman of the Finance Committee, and in that position gave further evidence of his ability to handle business with system and dispatch.

Brother Mills removed to Iowa from Rochelle, Illinois, June 5th, 1885, and at once entered the employ of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad company as a telegraph operator at Sioux Rapids. He served this corporation in various positions until November 12th, 1885, when he became a member of the financial fraternity.