Daily Republican., 1881-10-29
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IMP. .. II. II.
Annual Session Of the Great COun.
Gil OF Delaware Yesterday.

Annual Session Of the Great COun'
Gil OF Delaware Yesterday.
The annual session of the Great Coun.
Gil of Delaware Imp. o. r. NJ. was held
yesterday in the wigwam, Maris Build
ing, Sixth and Shipley streets. The
Great Sachem, Joseph A. Bond, pre-
sided and delegates were present in per
son from each of the fourteen Councils
| in the State. The Chief of Records
Edwin f. Eckel, had a long talk witt
the assembled braves, but unlike
Indians in general his talk was tron
prepared manuscript. From the tall
the following statistics of the order Art
CLEANED:
| Number of members per last report
S27; adoptions. 246; admitted by card
| 7; reinststed, 10; Withdrawn by card
3; suspended, 9s; deceased, !; rejections
2; present membership, 1913.
RECEIPTS OF GREAT COUNCIL.
Rent of wigwam, S3ll.s4; percentage
5oG. .9S; dispensations, 2150; supplies
1897; cards, 800 Total, $3.50. %. ii
bank beginning Of term, SIPS; expen
ses of term 156 u; balance in bank Al
date, 52l 90.
FINANCES OF TRlRES.
Received for adoptions, dues, degrees
s., 070 40; received from other sources
96S. 0S: expended tor benefits, l,499,i i5
for tu erals, 4sS,0o for reliet of widows
~, 5n for Other charitable purposes
53 %; for other purposes, 2,1o5'3; wan
pun IN belt, 2,,56.06: wampum invest
ed, 1904 0s percentage paid Great
Courcil, SN6.oS.
The Great Sackem in his long talk
r commended the furnishing OF inc
reading room in the "igwam, and ms
recommended ious met with such hearty
approval that u committee OF three
!eading ex-Great Sackrms were ap-
pointed to take the matter in charge
A pending amendment 10 the Consti-
tuition changing the time of the election
of chiefs from June and Decernher TO
March and September was adopted.
In the afternoon session the following
were elected TO iii the offices peculiar
to the order tor the ensuing year, and
install ed by p. G. l., David W. Carter :
Great Sachem-Joshua NJ. Clayton,
Ma'taho N Tribe, No. II, Wilmington.
Great Prophet Joseph Pyle, keokuk
Tribe, No 3, Wilmington.
Great Senior Sagamore-Frederick
Schruid, Delaware Tribe, No. |, Will
mington
Great Junior Sagamore-George E
Tempt, Seminole Tribe, NO. !, New
Castle.
Cir at Chief of Records-Edwin +.
Ecke,, Minqua Tribe, No. $, Whining
ton.
Great K"epsr Of Wampum-'ieorge
c. Mars, Lenape Tribe, No. Il, Whining
ton.
Great Mishinewa-Wm. f, Harrison
MinQua Tribe, No. Wilmington.
Great Sannap- Edmund Haines, keo-
knk Tribe, No 3, Wilmington.
Great Guard Of Wigwam-Wm. J.
Morraw, Chickohockie Tribe, No. T.,
Grubb's Corner.
Great Guard Of Forest-Ferdinand
Chairs, keokuk Tribe, No. ), Wi.nlng.
ton.
Great Representative to Great Coun-
Gil of Cnited States-Wiham f. Harri-
son, two years; Joseph a. Bond, oLe
gear.
The following standing committees
were appointed by the great s.ichem:
Appeas-E Twin Hlrst, No. 3; W. II.
Kramer, No. 6; f. l.. Smith, No. II;
Samuel Moore, No.9; W. c. c. Knowles,
No 10.
State of the Orders. H. II. Messin-
ger, No. II; S. +. Hall, No. 8; M.
Johnston, No. +; William F. Parsons,
No. Ii.
Finance-F L. Gallagher, No. Il; j.
4. Barr, No b Thomas Mum, No. II;
VIM. c. c. Knowles, No. 10: l.. G. Van
degrift, Jr, No. IA.
Printing WIN. f. Harrison, No. s;
Emile Bnrher, No. !; George &. Bryon,
No. &; Vim. +. Wainwright, No. Is;
Wm. =. Zebley, No T..
Constitution and Laws-J. "A. Bond,
No. t. Edmund Haines, No. :; II. Van
Gasken, No. s: l.. {. Vandegrift, Sr.,
No. IA; owen Zrbley, No T..
Reports-Chri~'ian Spoerl, NO. ].
Lewis Ionker, No. ;; VIM. l.. Countlss,
No. 4; d. ID. Rounds, No, l3, James X.
Graham, No. 10.
Edmund Haines, No. 3; ID.
w. Carter, No. s; Charles krapt, No. l.;
Joseph Tlylor, No. Il; James Hargis,
No &.
1t was decided to hold the next coun
Gil in the new wigwam of Seminole
Tribe, No. :, at New Castle, now in
course of erection.
The salary of the Chief of Records
was increased and a resolution of
thanks to Joseph A. Bond, the retiring
Great Chief was passed.