The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-06-04
OLA Fellowship.

Mount Ncho EuCampment No. will hold
Its tegunr meeting on Wednesday next when degrees
win lie conferred
Friendship Lodge M. IL will give a select
family excursion to Glymont on the Mary washing
ton the 10th instant.
The officers of the Grand Lodge will hold
au adjourned meeting Tomorrow evening In the
Grand Secretary $ ROOM to consider important mat
Brother Thomas W. Fowler. adutant of
the Uniformed Battalion and his good lady, VIII eel.
ebratc the twenty-nnh anniversary of their wedding
tomorrow evening vt the residence, 0O7 tifh street,
wbers their friends win lie made welcome,
proposition is on foot for a combined ex-
cursion to iuray Cavorns under the auspices of the
four Encampmcnts of this District. Make It a dead
certainty for there In doubt. with proper eNerIon,
II San he made To pay AMI furnish pleasant occasion
Into the bargain.
Fosters DdHy Dcmocrut, of Dover, N. H.,
conveys The Information that Grand Master and Grand
Patriarch Jonathan Edwin Mason delivered the
memorial day address at Salmon Fails, In that state,
Tuesday last 1t says ''Cdpt. Mason's Grafton
| u beautiful testimony to the honored dead
| Why is there not u movement made in
this jurisdiction FOR tho formation of an odd Fell
ST. Louis AMI other cities? 1t would serve to enlist
the old members of the order in The work. aud thus
Indirectly aid all the Lodges and EnC1mpments, Who
| Will start the ball In motions
| Annual meeting of Uniform Battalion was
held Oh Friday evening last. Tie Secretary's annual
report showed the Battalion to he In excellent cond-
tion Having nearly II; 600 Invested with sufficient
plus In tho Treasury Tor all ordinary purposes and no
debts. The ualccction OF officers resulted as fol-
| lows: Chief captain, John n. ChaunCey; captain
| First Co., Edward Dunn; captain Second Co., Alex
| ander scott; captain rhir Co., John Casey; captain
iary, Thomas W. Fowler; quartefmaster. IL. A..
| ktl,lcr; surgeon, John II. SeTcit, NJ. D.; color
hcarcr James W. Hughes; sergeant major, w. r..
| Galliher.
| Knights of Honor.
| No secret beneficiary organization in this
| country has male the remarkable strides from few
toa most powerful body like into the knights of
Honor Instituted In June, 1879, by seventeen per-
sons there are now fully l3O 600 members, all good,
reliable, insurable lives. over 800 subordinate
| Lodges are In practical operation, and grand Lodges
are In every state of the linton, except oregon, Del
aware, aud Nevada, ana also the District of Column
lila. It has paid to the families of deceased members
during the past year the Of 81 1873, 600
and since lis organ altion the order has dishuscd
| for this object alone s., 9G7, oO3. Eighteen as
sessments at one dollar each during the year indi
Gates the cost to member for a., 900 Insurance,
30 per thousand. about ne-thirl the rate of pre-
| MUM charged by the old line life insurance COM
panies' The supreme Lodge OF the order met In
Baltimore on the 9th OF May, and remained in
| sion ten days Representatives were present from
| all tho grand Jurisdictions MessIs. Thomas J.
LASER and Harrison bingham, from this city, rcp-
| rescnting tho District OF Columbia Mr.. Lasier
made an interesting report to National Lob No 6il
last Thursday evening" Much important legislation was
accomplished, aud the good ~ the order enhanced as
affecting the membership and the thousands who are
seeking safe and reliable Insurance. The instlti-
ton las assumed such formidable position as to
| commend 1t to every prudent and wise man. The
ftatorna features Of the order bind the members
strongly to each other ami Induce feeling of security
that when the dread moment arrives when close and
dear ties must be severed the family viii positively
receive the amount specified, and that too without
deductions for collecting, expensive agencies, law
SUITS etc. which commonly follow In the wake Of
HE insurance companies. "A brief summary of the
most important changes male In the constitutions
aud laws of the order VIII prove Interesting to our
readers, particularly the members aud such persons
| rs may anticipate becoming such. Each member
must pay his assessment within thirty days, he
| VIII stand suspended. Lodges are allowed forty
days III which TO inakp returns TO tho Supreme Treas
urur; failure suspends them, aud they only eu
| rcInStated upon payment Of tho assessment or as
scssmcnts, with n fine of ten cents for each member
In good standing. Members ur the suspended Lodge
viii lie entitled to the benefit fund for additional 10
days. and also. In case member dies al tho eXpira-
ton OF the thirty days and his Lodge Is still under
suspension, II the deceased member holds with
drawal card OF receipt FOR dues, his family shall
cel'o the benefit The amount of the benefit (2, 000)
| must lie paid by the supreme officers Within sixty
days. The laws which heretofore have recognized
subordinate Lodge officers tho agents Of the SUI
| prcmc Lodge were changed, and the subordinate
| Lodge made the direct agent through whom AL
| moneys FOR the Widows and orphans BENEFIT Fund
| are to be transmitted. This IL In accord with the
| charter, which was obtained from the State Of Ken
lucky No person over ATTY years of age will he ad-
mlttcd Ia the order a beneficial member after July
| l. by the way, the time when all new amendments 20
into effect. number of disputed claims salts
facOrly adjudcated and ordered paid by tho supreme
Lodge. The supreme Reporter sand Supreme Treas
nrcr offices wcro permanently located at Louisville,
Ky. This VIII enable those officers 10 promptly
pay death losses subordinate Lodges are authorized
to condensc the ritual by emitting all Of the nrs,
| AMI second degrees except The obligations
and communicating the secret work A unanI-
nous vote of the Supreme Lodge recorded against
separate state Jurisdictions In matters pertaining u
| the payment Of death losses. The constitutions
and general laws, reported by u committee appointed
at tho previous session, thoroughly examined aud
discussed, AMI VIII, under the law. he finally adopted
a the next session. which will lo held in Galveston,
Texas, In May, 1883. Thus briefly SGiycn the Important
work OF this great DrGcr. The officers chosen, cmbraC
ing such distinguished men In their ayOCltiuns The
| Hon. II. II. Cochran Judge m the Supreme cOurI
of Wheeling W. Va, rs supreme Dictator; Gen, f..
ID. SlOat, Oi New Haven, Conn, supreme Assistant
Dictator; u. II. Nelson, Esq, Ashland, ohio SUI
| pTcme Reporter; Judge Robert j. Breckenridge, O
the honorable character OF the order and insuTcs
newcd prosperity, Increased membership, and
glorious record In aiding the families OF the members
during the coming year. There are six subordinate
Lodges In this District. with membership Of over
800. The knights OF Honor Hall In st. Cloud Build
Ing. corner OF Ninth and streets, has, during th'
past few months, become the general headquarters OF
the order for Washington we'll as that of the ROya
Arclnum Legion OF Honor, Knights aud Ladies' o
| Honor, ctc The hall is neatly httCd and meets In
happy degree tho wishes OF organizations OF thi
character.
society Notes.
| IGmptrdnce.-rh officers of the Crane
Council Sons Of JOnadab, viii complete the series o
Grand Yisitatlons to subOrdnates with that {,
Friendship Council No. g, n. H., Maryland, Tuesday
evening next. The party VIII leave corner Slnti
aud streets In one OF Knoxs 'busses at O'Clock
Knights NJ PythiaS, BROTHER George j
Caynor, of Excelsior Lodge No. II, died Friday last
at his residence, 1923 Ninth street, The Lodge het
a meeting last night aud made arrangements TO at
tend his funeral AZ O'Clock Tomorrow afternoon
meeting at their Castle Han at O'Clock for tina
purpose,
Burke's EIOIuence.
Grattan, who on question Of oratory wa