Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-07
STATE NEWS.


Naio"s hooies Ia sCssion--A ouiet bay IN
conference.-the Mstnoaist., Mecban-
| ics aud Ked aen
In tho nth days session Of tho general
| conference Of tho Methodist Enis,opal
| churoh, large number of resolutions
wero presented aud referred to the appro.
pirate Committees, among them being ono
declaring that Ia the Judgment of the gon
| eral conference the Blair educational bill
now before Congress, to extend national
hid to tho common schools of the various
states, tho dstrbut to be made on the
basis OF the number Of illitcratos in each
state, is wise, philanthropio aud patriot.
| 10 measure. The treasurer of tho Episco
| pal iund stated that the receipts tor the
four years wcrc S221 0j5 - The cxpeu
diturCs were for salaries of bishops and
widows of DECEASED bishops, $l52 120. .l6 :;
for house rent si1,149.0o for travelling
expense $3.50 %.
state Council OF Rei men.
Alta meeting of Red Men in Hazleton
yesterday Chef Burgess Dunn delivered
an address of welcome, which was ro.
| spOnded to by Great Sachcm Mcdowell.
OF Philadelphia. Twenty two new repre-
| sentatves wore added to the council. The
following officers for tho ensuing year
were declared elected Great sachom,
Benjamin +. MOrey, of the Stroudsburg
Dsm0trdt great senior sycamore Joseph
L. Young, OF Philadelphia great junior
sycamore, John w. Garlic, of Pittsburg
great prophet, Thomas A. Mcdowell, OF
Philadelphia great chief of records,
Charles c. Conley, OF Philadelphia great
keeper ot wampum, George W. krcamer,
OF Philadelphia. Applications for charters
tor eighteen tribes in various parts of the
state were presented aud tho board of
FH.Nn fata V...Nt a.
hal absolute control of the building at
OPS Race street, Philadelphia, recently
purchased by them.
Thirteen new tribes have been instituted
aud the application Tor four more will be
presented at this session. Considerable
business OF Importance to the members Of
the order Will come before the great coun.
oil, the sessions of which will continue
until Thursday. The order has an exist
ence IN nearly every state and territory
with a total membership of nearly 45, 900,
Pennsylvania alone having 500.
Order ofUBited American mechanics.
In the sessions of the state council ia
Harrisburg yesterday the state officers
showed large increase IN membership
DUNG the past year. There was received
by the various subordinate lodges,
sJ3 PAP 10, and paid out for benefits and
Ih'A NuN ApA bSuNhbc lblltl, %, -
There is invested aud in the treasures of
council the handsome sum of $229, ,OS3 so
The widows and orphans fund shows au
invested sum of $50, 347 90
The following IS list OF the officers
CHOSEN Tor the ensuing year State cOun
eilor, L. A. Friedman, Of NOrthumber.
land county state vice councillor, A J.
Slack, Philadelphia state council secre.
tary, Walter Graham, Philadelphia state
council treasurer, John Kreider, Philadel
phla stats council conductor, Nelson
Enders, Dauphiu county state council
examiner, George w. Baxter. Phladel-
phia state council protector, William II.
Shaeter, Cf HazeltOu. Last evening
meeting was held az the court house to
show that the order is neither political
nor sectarian. Remarks were made by
Exstate Councillor Eckstein, State Coun.
cilor S9nderlIug and ). II. AShbridgc of
Philadelphia.
The County superiutcndcnts,
Conventions OF school directors were
held in the counties of Pennsylvania yes
terday to elect in each county superiu.
tendent of schools, to serve for three
years In our neighboring counties. Supt.
shelly, of Adams Keck, of Berks
Woodruff, of Bucks Harvey, of Chester
Shearer, OF Cumberland McNeal, OF
DAuPhin Stewart, OF Delaware Boden-
horn, OF Lebanon Hoffecker, OF Mont.
gOmery Knauss, of Lshigh, and Williams,
OF York, were reelected. Prof. Wolf was
reel C,ed in Centre.
The uDited Pres0ytsriAns.
The United PreSby terry of Philadelphia
is now in session in Oxford. The follow.
ing PhilAdelph'I ministers ar present
Rev. DR.. DaIes, Rev. DR. Barr, Rev.
James Crow, Rev. John Teas, Rev.
James Price, Rev. |, I. Wright
Rev. DR.. Blankie. Rev. James Price,
moderator, preached the sermon. At the
conference on Sunday school work Rev.
David Anderson of Bart, Lancaster county
stated that there are 275 teachers and
officers in the schools of presbytery aud
2, 900 scholars. During last year these
schools contributed 300 to the boards of
the church and S2 coo TO the quarter cen
tennal fuGd.