Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-09-26
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10. F..
Meeting of the Grand Lodge of
1 se,y 10 the United States .uayE Is
SECOND DAYS sEssIo,


| This body assembled again yesterday
morning in the Odd Fellows Hall, North
Gay street, Baltimore, with the NV.
GranduSire, James p. Sanders, of New
York, in the chair. The Lodge pro-
ceeded to- the election of officers, to
serve the ensuing year, with the follow
ing result y .b.5'Iuoa s2Ti IL ..lto i4-'
E.. d. D.Farnsworth, of Tennessee, M.
W. Grand Sire, formerly R. w. Deputy
Grand Sire; Frederick d. Stuart, of the
District of Columbia, r. oW.7rDeputy
Grand Sire; James l.. Ridgeley, of Mary
land, RsW Grand Corresponding and
Recording Secretary, Neglected; Joshua
Vansant, of Maryland, R. w. Grand
Treasurer, reelected. O. .bsg4sri9 saiit 10 sd
Io The Right Worthy Grand Treasurer
submitted his annual report, which was
referred to the committee on Finance.
The report shows that the receipts for
the year amounted to $50,7S5.17, total
disbursements $31, 1,6S4 35, leaving cash
balance of 19.1OO.s2. The gross as
sets of the Grand Lodge, including the
cash balance, amount to m $29, 9,325.S2-
The report contains an annual, state
ment of the Wildey, monument fund.
The receipts for the year amounted to
$52S.11, and the, q disbursements $50,
leaving a cash balance of $46S. IL, id The
gross assets, including the cash balance
and United States five-twenty bonds,
forming the original fund, amount to
So ,46S. Ii. The statement in reference to
the Southern relief fund shows that the
receipts, &C., amounted to $14.327, and
the disbursements to $13,6S4.59, leav2
ing cash balance of $642.41.J1eih 1ei
7H The Chair named the following COM
mittees, pursuant to the Recommendation
of the special committee on the M. w.
Grand .Sire's report: Committee of
National Jubilee, referred to in Grand
Sire's report p. G.. Sires Kennedy,
Nicholson; Reps. Ford, of Massachu-
setts; Logan, of Kansas; and Smiley, OF
Tennessee. Committee on Australia
matters, p. G. Sire Veitch; Reps. Lam
fberton, of Pennsylvania, and Fitzhugh,
ofiVirginia. Committee on Matters OF
Suspended and Expelled Members,
Reps. Hill, of Wisconsin,; Rusha, OF
Louisiana; Cummings, Of, Maine; Harris,
of Georgia; and Clark, of Iowa. Com
mittee as to Public Press, Reps. Venable,
of Kentucky; Ellis, of Maryland, and
Havenner, of the District of Columbia,
:, The remainder of the days session
was devoted to the discussion of ques-
tions of a private nature, relating to the
working of the order, &C. rs oI7 r.. ;.'2.
Adjourned until this morning. ..1i.. 1
The members in attendance who are
the guests of the r. w. Grand Lodge oil
Maryland partook of another collation.
at the Gilmor House yesterday, at noon,
At night, in response to an invitation
EXTENDED by John Il. Ford, Esq, the
delegates assembled at the hall and pro
ceeded to the Holiday Street Theater
where they witnessed the play of Ham
let. A number of delegates from a
distance were" accompanied by theil
| famiIiesPs 5Hfj '.ff - - -t'''
On Monday night the members of the
Grand Lodge visited Washington Lodge
No. L. the first lodge ever formed in
America, founded by the pioneer of Odd
Fellowship in this country, Thoma:
Wildey. The visitors were received il
a becoming manner, and number o
impressive speeches were made during
the evening Washington EZpress
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