The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-29
THE GRAND COMMANDERY.
Thirty first Annual Conciave OF the
Knights Templar Of IndlaEa.i
Reports OF oficers and Committees
The Memorisls-Work OF the
Order.

The thirty-6rst annual conclave of the
Grand Commandery Of the Knights Templar
OF Indiana met yesterday afternoon at Ma
sonic Hall. The following are the officers:
Sir Walter Vail, Michigan City. Grand Command
er. Sir Henry &. Adams. Indianapolis. Deputy
Grand Commander; Sir Ephrsim ". Patrick, Ey-
snsville, Grand Generalissimo; Sir George w. r.
Kirk, sheibyville, Grand Captain General; Sir
William webb Fort Wayne. Grand Prelate Sir
william A. FoOte, South Bend, Grand Senior
Warden: Sir Madison NJ. Hurley New Albany,
Grand Junior Warden; Sir Frank ?. Woolien, In
dianspolis. Grand Treasurer: Sir John n. Bran
well. indianapolis. Grand Recorder; Sir Edgar d
Andres, Lafayette, Grand Standard Bearer; SIR
Thomas 5. Mckinley, CraWfordsvllle 6rand
W"2ae- % ar Mils ssr sIsck indisoapois
Grand Captain OF the Guard Dir NICHOLAS 4
Ruckle. Indianspolis. Chairman Com mlstee on
CorTespondence; Sir William Hacker she!byyllle.
Custodian OF the Work
z. B. Bishop, OF Dayton, o.. p. G. NJ, is
guest of the Convention.
After the announcement of the Standing
Committees, Grand Commander Vail, of
Michigan City, presented his annual report,
in which feeling allusion was made to the
death of the venerable Grand Treasurer of
the Order. Sir knight Charles Fisher, OF this
city, and also TO the demise OF Past Grand
Commander Elbridge Gerry Hamilton, of
Laporte.
The report also included the following ref
eTence to the finances of ths Order:
THE reports OF the Grand Treasurer and
Grand Recorder will show the financial
standing Of the Grand Commandery. Owing
20 the failure of the bank in which our late
Grand Treasurer deposited the funds of this
grand body. al of the balance in the treas
ury, after the payment OF the expenses OF
the lsst annual conclsve. has been rendered
unavailable, and all drafts upon the treasury
for the expense of this conclave must be met
by the dues of the subordinates for the past
year. This fact viii necessitate the strictest
economy in the expenditures at this time.
In this connection / deem it but proper to
call the attention of the Grand Com mandeTy
to subject which has formsrly been undsr
consideration, namely, the propriety OF re-
duclng the number OF paid represe natives
10 this grand body"
The Grand Master recommended as a
measure of economy that the rules should
De changed IN regard TO the compensation OF
representatives of subordinate command
eries. and said that in the surrounding juris
dictions of Ohio, Pennsylvania. Michigan
and Illinois no mileage or per diem was
allowed. he also recommended that as
probably nothing would be received from
the assets of the bank, tbs estate OF the late
Treasurer should be relieved Of all further
responsibility for the loss.
The reports Of the Secretary and Treas
urer showed the membership had increa SD
from 2 $50. in 1888, to 2 400 ut the present
tine, the largest commandments being Rapel
116, Anderson. 1872 Fort Wayne, 13S, and
South Bend l27. The finances of the ordsl
we're shown TO be as follows: Receipts
balance from previous year S3.OO6 10; rs
csjpts for year. S2,650; total So coo 40. Elk
pensss-loss of bank. S743.50; expenses, 81,
26S so; total, So oil 90; balance on hand
50, GA 90
The election OF officers viii occur to-day
According to the order in which these have
hsen occurring for years past, Harry Adam
will be the next Grand Commander.