National Republican., 1882-11-07
THE MYSTIC FRATERNITIEs.

In Illinois there has been a gain of 1900 mem
bers by the odd Fellows lodges during the past
year.
william Albright, the new supreme secretary of
the United Order of Foresters, is under $4,000
bonds. which are secured by the New York FL
deity Company
The first council of the American Legion of
Honor in Iowa was instituted in 1879, and there
are now 1856 councils, with membership of over
5000 in the State.
On November 81 the r. W. Grand Encampment,
l. o. o. f., of Missouri will hold its annual session
at ST. Louis; on the two following days the Grand
Lodge will be convened.
At the late session of the Masonic Grand Lodge
of Missouri, at ST. Louis, there was attendance
of 700 the last day, the largest single days at
tendance since Its institution, 90 years ago.
There are 27 grand lodges, knights of Pythias,
in the. United States 1878 Subordinate lodges and
1l0,903 members. The balances on hand in grand
jurisdictions and subordinaes aggregate 81 235 SOL
According to the last report of the supreme sec.
membership of COIL, of which the first class has
844; the second 956 thethird 82sl, and the senior
1,430.
las, at the annual session at owensboro', October
r. elected ;y y p Powers, T. g. C.; A. J: Lovely G..
vile, G. X. of Il. and s.
The first Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen In the West met in Denver, oc-
tober 10. with very large representasion from
lodge extended its hospitalities.
Odd Fellowship iu Arkansas is reported more
fourishing than ever The Grand Lodge at lis
session in Little Rock, October II elected W. A.
Jett, NJ. w. grand master, and S. w. Mallory, CIR.
Rep. to the Sovereign Grand Lodge
The Rev. DR.. C. C. Woods, of Kansas City, has
been elected grand master OF the Masonic Grand
Lodge of Missouri, and on the evening of 0cto-
ber l8 he was rendered the compliment of ban
quet by the grand officers at the st. James Hotel
Cincinnati Commandery, with the First Regi-
ment band, visited GAINESVILLE escort to the
Grand Commandery X. Il. of Ohio at the fortieth
annual conelaYe, and constituted the strong fea-
ture OF street parade in which over 600 knights
participated.
The Grand Lodge, knights of Pythias, of Mis-
souri, convened in annual session at Carthage on
October II. The famous Golden Crown Drill Corps
of ST. Louis and other divisions of the Uniformed
Rank throughout the State participated in pa
rade aud competitive drill for prizes.
A Des Moines odd Fellow wishing to send his
two motherless children to relatives in Virginia
placed the three-llnked pin on each boys coat
and started them Off alone. They attracted the
attention of members of the order en- route, who
looked after them carefully and they thus arrived
safely.
Supreme Treasurer Robert ]. Breckinridge
Knights OF Honor, reports that his receipts from
May TO October this year, were 1895 1856 10 for
for he general fund. He has paid out from the
benefit fund sS9i iSl4;62, and holds cash to meet
sixty two 5000 orders already drawn and not
presented for payment.
The Garfield Monument Association, recently
incorporated under the laws Of Ohio, is an organi-
Ss ISsSn S MnF@s o @ @ae5iS 5 hSyng f0r is o15sS
Cemetery, Cleveland, in memory of the murdered
President About $4,000 have already been sub
scribed, and as there upward OF 54 900 Knights
Templur in the United STATES, the whole amount
1t Is expected, will be raised by spring.
There is considerable excitement in the en- :
campment branch of Odd-Fellowship over the
creation of special degree for such patriarchs as
are now or may become uniformed. On Odd
Fellows day at the Centennial Exhibition there
was the first display Of Uniformed Patriarchs. At
tempts had been made at successive sessions of
the Sovereign Grand Lodge TO secure authority
for uniforming the members OF this branch FAIL
ing 10 obtain any recognition, the Patriarchs se-
lected uniform, organized uniformed battalons
and began drilling under tactics compiled by
Colonel Eddy, of Rochester, N. Y. The Centen-
Mai display led the Sovereign Grand Lodge to
prescribe uniform for street use, and II recog-
Eddys tactics. After this the members desired a
| separate degree, wherein all the work should be
| done In uniform. Failing in this. they organized
| the PalriareEal Circle as an independent body,
with grand and supreme authorities. The re-
| markable popularity of this movement led the
Sovereign Grand Lodge at its late session to pro.
vide special degree for these Patrarchs, and to
| condemn the outside organization. Now the
members of the Patriarchal Circle are being urged
10 stand fast TO the temples by their officers. The
| Sovereign Grand Lodge virtually threatens tho
members who do SO, and as result the Patrarchs
are applying for n new degree, while privately
expressing the intention of taking all the degrees
they can, and then judging between the Patri-
archal Circle and new uniformed eneampments.
This question interests over 100, 900 men.
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