Daily Republican., 1883-11-22
ODD FELI.OwsIN COUNCIL.
Annual Session Of tho Grand LOdG q
at Odd Fellows Hail.

(. Annual Session Of the Grand l.0dg
, at Odd Fellows Hail.
The annual session of the G ran,
! Lodge Of Delaware, |. o. o. f., conven
: ed in the Grand Lodge room at Odd Eel
| lows Hall yesterday, with Grand Mas
ter Joseph H. Chandler, M. d., presii
ing. The Grand Master, in his report
) called attention TO this meeting as beinl
the semi centennial anniversary of the
Organization of the Grand Lodge of Del
aware, and committee, consisting Ol
Past Grand Masters Il. +. James, A. r.
Fell, X. w. Cooper, j. Y. Foulk Grand
Treasurer II. II. Ewbanks and the
, Grand Master ex-officio. were appointed
to take charge of the matter and to pre-
pare for celebrating the event at the
Opera House during the coming year.
From the reports made it was learned
; that at the organization of the Grand
, Lodge of Delaware there were but 5000
, Odd Fellows in the United States, and
at the present time there are 800 In
, fifty years l., ,1OO,0OO men have been en-
rolled, and the sum of $92, ,S38, $50 have
been collected. OF this S34 ,62O, ,93S have
been expended in the relief of / ,04l, ,4SO
sick members, 1873, ,685 widows and their
) families, and the burial of no. ,45l de-
ceased members.
II Reference was made 10 the presence
Of the venerable Past Grand Master
Robert B. Mcdonnell, who stood second
on the list of Past Grand Masters, he
having been elected in 1884, and is still
an active member. The decisions made
by the Grand Master during the year
were approved.
The reports of District Deputy Grand
Masters j. II. Appleby, of Whining
ton; Benton V. Weldon, of Smyrna ;
S. M. Simpler, of Milford, and A. II.
Manship, of Milford, were read and
adopted.
The Grand Secretary, Isaac w.
Hallam, reported 81 lodges with 1854
members last year, and present
membership of 2,5S6. The total re-
ceipts were $31 ,593 .G3, and the expendi-
lures $40, 865.72, Of which Sl3, ,695. SO
were expended for the relief Of mem
bers, families of deceased members,
burial of the dead and other charitable
purposes. Benefits have been paid for
2,274 weeks sickness of members, relief
having been given to 81 members, %
f,milies of deceased members and Is
members and 16members' wives having
been buried Grand Treasurer II. II.
Ewbanks reported the balance of cash
on hand at close of session of 1889,
s., 1881: received from the Grand
Secretary, 2,6SS.G8; expended, 81, $780,
73; balance cash on hand, 2,4S7. 50.
The aggregate resources of the ,juris
dction were report d at Sl25, ,74j 62, an
increase OF S6,752l2.
Detailed reports of the proceedings
of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the
United States, which met at Provi.
dence, were made by John Gallagher
and Samuel NJ. Simpler, the repre-
sentatives.
Henry Eckel, Arthur Il. Lewis, John
&. Yates, Enos II. Jefferson and VIM.
IL. Foulk, comprising the committee
appointed to consider the advisability
Of establishing home for aged and in
firm members, reported in favor of es.
tablishing the ane.
Forty new members were admitted,
and an application for new Lodge at
Shelbyvile was received and referred
to the Grand Master. A number of
obituary notices were read and the usl.
al eulogies pronounced in memory of
the deceased.
The contrac for printing the record
of the proceedings was awarded to the
James & Webb Printing and Stationery
Company.
In behalf of Past Grand Master T.
F. James, Past Grand j. II. Appleby
presented memorial of the late Past
Grand Master James l.. Ridgely, who
was Grand Secretary of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge, |, o. o. T., from 1910 to
1881. The memorial consisted of
handsome volume bound in Tu key
lined with blue satin and in
scribed in gilt letters on the back.
of the deceased, with official
copies of all action taken by the Grand
Lodge of Delaware and the correspond
ence appertaining thereto, with auto
graph signatures of the Grand officers.
One copy is to be pr sented in behalf Of
the Grand Lodge of Delaware to the
widow Of the deceased, and another to
the Sovereign Grand Lodge at its
session in Minneapolis in September,
1884. A vote of thanks was extended to
the donor, Mr.. James.
In behalf of Centreville Lodge, No
SO, Grand Chaplain Rev. Robert Gra-
ham, presented the Grand Lodge with
a crayon portrait of the retiring Grand
Master, Joseph II. Chandler, ID. ID.
The portrait was presented by
M. & W. Garrett, photographers,
and is an excellent pieces of workman
ship.
The gift was accepted in behalf Of the i
Grand Lodge by Past Grand Master Il.
+. James. Grand Treasurer r. II a
Ewbanks, in behalf of Eden Lodge, No.
"a, presented the retiring Grand Mas
er with fine Past Grand Masters re- 6
gala, which Mr. Chandler accepted in q $
ieat speech after which the Grand Z
Lodge extended their thanks to the re- !,
iring officer for the able and impartial +
manner in which he had performed the a
luties of the office. s.
During the noon adjournment the
present were escorted to the
Clayton House, where they were sunp-
uously entertained by Grand Master T
Chandler. The usual elaborate bill of v
are of the house was gotten up In un- C
que style by the James q Webb Print t
ng Company, which contained card Il
With the compliments of the host In the 9
over corner.
The session throughout was very in
eresting and at 10 o'clock last night d
IN adjournment was made. During b
he day the following new officers v
vera elected and Installed Grand |,
Master, Benton N. Weldon of No. 6, o
# Smyrna; Deputy Grand Master, a
'oseph II. Seal of No. q, of Whining v
on Grand Warden, w. H. Shippers Of a
10. l2, Of Newark Grand Secretary, Ii
ssac W. Hallam Of No. 21, of vii. V
nington Grand Treasurer, II. II. o
Iwbanks of No. "a, of Wilmington ii
'rand Representative to the Sovereign r,
irand Lodge, John j. Gallagher Of No. II
/, Of Wilmington Janitor, David Y
Downs. The following appointments r.
we're made by the new Grand Master p
irand Warden, William Murphy of Ii