The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-11

w LII d very HOuTlSuiuS CouQltlOn.
From the report of Grand Secretary Joshua
Davis, we take the following statistics:
MEMBERSHIP STATISTICS.
Number of members at last report. .. 9576
Numper admitted during the YEAR ......:... 973
Number deceased. .................... 81
NUMBER Withdrawn or dropped ............. $40
PRESENT number of members. ...............1O,1 42
increase OF members during the year sos
present number OF lodges. .......... 70
Increase of lodges during the year ........ Q
Number of Rebekah degree lodges ....... 10
Increase of Rebekah degree lodges ... 2
Number tof members Of Rebekah degree
iouges. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $50
Increase of Rebekah degree members
during the year. ...... 1854
RELIEF REPORT.
Number of brothers relieved. ............. 759
Number of widowed families relieved. $3.50. %
Number of brothers buried. ..........,..... 81
Number of weeks sickness for which bene-
,Amaant paid for relief Of brothers.. s27ss7 ?6
Amount paid for relief of widowed fami-
neS....... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 7S3 so
Amount paid for burying the dead .... 2,4s7 o4
Total paid for relief. ....... S31, 1856 60
Amount of annual receipts. ...........S 69,739 10
Current expenses separate from bene-
fits and charities ............. 226S9 81
Total invested funds. ............. POT O63 SO
Grand Treasurer D. w. Nash's report ex-
hibits the following fatleas to the finances of
the Grand Lodge:
Cash on hand at last report. ,136 18
Cash received during the year. 9, All 80
Cash paid out during the year. 2,S76 81
Cash on hand at the present time. -. 3,761 II
Present cash assets of Grand Lodge:
City of Portland registered bonds at par. 5000
Deposited in savings bank .,............ 1859 60
Cash in hands of Grand Treasurer. Ill 50
Total. ........... .SS,671 20
Pact md r FoD
Past Grand Frank Keay of the Grand Lodge
of New Hampshire were introduced to the
Grand Lodge and welcomed to seats therein.
The following Grand officers were elected
for the ensuring year:
Most Worthy Grand Master-Henry P. Cox.
Right Worthy Deputy Grand Master-Byron
Kimball.
Right Worthy Grand Worden-S. W. Cook.
Right Worthy Grand Secretary-Joshu
Davis.
Right Worthy Grand Treasurcr-Daniel w.
Nash.
Right Worthy Grand Represcntative-John
Read.
The Grand Lodge then adjourned until D.
m.
The afternoon session was spent in consider
ing the case of Belfast Lodge, at the close of
which a.resolution was adopted expelling that
lodge from the order.
AT the evening session the committee upon
the case of Waldo Lodge made report ac-
quitting that lodge of the charges preferred
against it, and the report was adopted.
The Grand Officers elected at the morning
session were installed, after which the Grand
Master made the following appointments:
Grand Marshal-Freeman T. Merrill.
aya1 ,Ir1n4 MY D-sI
Grand Chaplain-Thos. lyric
Grand Guardian--Geo. 7. Springer.
Grand Herald-Chas. M. Morgan.
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.
District No. 1-G. A. Gllpatric
&c. R. McIntire.
3-Geo. Manent.
4-Evans c. Libby.
Sc. W. Howe.
CD. H. Crockett.
Nv. H. Vinuon.
SIS. D. Wadsworth
9-S. b. Bean.
lot. S. MeIntire.
11-Edgar McAllister.
12-B. Kimball, er-oFcio.
ia. j. Curtis.
14-D. S. Knapp.
15-A. S. Austin.
16-A. l.. Gaubert.
IFS. w. Cook, er-oficiO.
18-F. E. Roberts.
I9-T. s. Spaulding.
20-R. r. Rundlett.
22-J L. Arnold
&c. A. Libby.
PA. A. Beaton.
25-E A. Staples.
26-
27-J. L. Towne
28-J. b. Young.
29-H. G. Munson.
300 w. Bridges.
31-T P. Elliot.
32-G. W Pratt.
Committee on credentials-Isaac f. Clark,
j. B. Dunbar, A. Frye.
Committee on Finance-Samuel Freeman,
j. III Russell, f. w. Buxton.
Committee on Appeals-E. P. Burnham, B
9. Stone, j. H. Crockett, A. S. Austin. Simeon
Merrill
Committee on Petitions-J. N. Read. f. W.
Brooks, S. f. Spofford.
Committee on the State of the Order-G A.
Callahan, N. G. Cummings, S. K Dyer, J.
Read, E. W. Morton.
Adjourned sine die