The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-14
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10. o.. f.
Metropolitan Encampment will meet to-mor
row night
There will be two limitations in Capital Lodge
on Friday night.
Centennial Lodge will have an initiation on
Wednesday night
There will be work at indianapolis and CORN
THAN lodges on Friday night.
The hall of the lodges at Lafayette will soon
be refurnished at a cost of some 81, 600.
South Bend Encampment have organized a
team, and will confer degrees in dramatic form.
LaPorte Lodge will procure costumes and or
ganize team for rendering the subordinate de-
grees.
Grand Patriarch Jeter writes that there is un-
usual activity in the Patriarchal branch Of the
order.
Metropolitan Encampment viii confer the pa
triarchal and royal purple degrees tomorrow
night.
From Duxbury. Mass, comes contribution
amount of $50.
Fidelity Lodge, D. Of r. at their last meeting
initiated three members and had four petitions
for membership.
Corinthian Lodge will confer the three degrees
for Carmel Lodge next Friday night. The latter
will visit in a body.
A petition for Rebekah Lodge has been re-
ceived by the grand master, to be located at
Auburn, DeKalb county.
Captain Ben Franklin, of Canton Indianapolis,
has been absent at Anderson, attending the sick
be6 and funeral of his another.
General Underwood, on his recent trip to New
England. mustered in ever two thousand mem
bers of the new military degree.
General Pfaflin and J. w. McQuiddy went to
Lafayette. on Thursday, and mustered in can
ton Of Patriarchs Militant of twenty six mem
bers.
A lodge of the Degree of Rebekah viii be in
stituted at Arcadia next week. Some OF the
members of Olive Branch Lodge will assist the
nstituting officer.
Fort Wayne Lodge recently purchased proper
ty on the corner of Calhoun and Wayne streets,
paying $21, 900 for it. 1t is very desirably To-
Gated in the heart Of the business of the city.
Senator John F. Miller, of California, recently
deceased at Washington City, was an Odd-fel-
low, and represented California in the Sovereign
Grand Lodge in 1875, at the session held in this
city.
Harmony Lodge No. 10, of Fort Wayne, is out
of debt They have paid the last dollar on their
building and are now refitting their lodge-room.
When completed it will equal any room in the
State.
The Grand Secretary is busy furnishing Re
pekah Degree rituals to new lodges and lodges
being revived. The degree was conferred on
four candidates last night by Olive Branch
Lodge, D. of r.
A new encampment will be instituted at Har-
mony, Clay county. on the 18th inst. by J. w.
McQuiddy special deputy, and on the 18th one
at Portland, Jay county, by u. A. Thomas, ID.
d. G. P, of Winchester
The new lodge room of New Haven Lodge was
publicly dedicated on the 9th instant Grand
Master Kenner officiating Speeches were made
by the Grand Master, Enoch Cox, P. g. NJ, and
Thos. Underwood, P. G. NJ.
A little over month and the sixty seventh an
Id IS %1s
city should arrange to observe it. By. united
action this could be done at nominal expense.
The Grand Hall could be used, and at night an
address, and musical and literary entertain
ment given, the public being invited to attend.
The revival in Star in the West Lodge. at La
grange, is something wonderful Within the
last three weeks no less than fifty seven mem
bers have been initiated and taken the degrees,
and the report comes that they are not through
yet. The encampment, also, is booming, some
nineteen petitions being received at its last
meeting
An effort will be made at the coming session of
the Grand Lodge to commit Indiana to return to
the old system of doing the business of the lodge in
the initiatary degree. This would be backward
step. Now, no one thinks of stopping at the
inisiatory degree, but all are eager to reach the
third degree, when they can participate in the
meetings of the lodge and eligible to the
highest Offices in the State There are more
limitations under the new system than the old,
of the order object to the present rule it is very
questionable policy for those who are already
members to object.
j. w. McQuiddy. mastering officer, returned
from tour among the cantons, extending
through two weeks, on Saturday, having mus
tered cantons at Marion, Eft. Wayne, Warsaw,
Logansport, Kendallville, Goshen North Man
chester, South Bend, Mishawaka. E,khart and
LaPorte General Pfaffin mastering Indianapo-
| lis and Anderson. The new degree was well
svo1n yhopn oro1o he oIovx
be increased by cantons at Terre Haute, Shelby
vile, Knightstown, Huntington Bluffton, Sulli-
van, Princeton and Wabash There are now
over three hundred cantons in the United
States, with over twelve thousand members.
The following are the officers of the several
cantous of Patriarchs Militant of this depart
ment:
Goshen, No. captain, P. Conrad; lieutenant w.
G. Weaver; ensign, b. H. Holmes.
Indianapolis No. 2-Captain Ben Franklin; lien ten
ant. j. w. Buchanan; ensign. A. III. Loves.
Andersen, No. 3--Captan. Fl. E. Jones; lieutenant,
M; A. Chapman; ensign F. E; Keltnor.
Muncie No. 4-Captain, II. r. Wysor; lieutenant,
j. w. Kurtz ensign. c. A Budd.
Warsaw. No. 5.-Captain. A. S. MiIce; lieutenant
F. II. Foster; ensign, L. Ripple
Marion No. 6-Captain, D. Gunder; lieutenant, D.
B. Davis; ensign, Philip Diels.
! North Manchester No. 7-Captain, d. W. Krisher
Eikhart, No. s-Csptain j. W. Titus; lieutenant
John Rinehart; ensign. J. S. Hoover.
South Bend No. 9-Captain d. B. j. Schaffer; lieu
| tenant II. q. Miller; ensign, II. Best.
La Porte, No. 1O-Captain. D. Q. McCullum lieu
| tenant w. III. Parker; ensign, j. ii. w. Meyer.
Richmond Nc. 11-Captan, j. F. Davenport.
Mishawaka No. 12-Captain, J. j. Mutt; lieutenant
G. L. Cross ensign. E. Fl. Warren.
Kendallville, No. 13-Captain G. X. Green; lieuten
ant, l.. Zurn; ensign, S. p: Bradford.
Winchester. No. 14-Captain, E. A. Thomas; heu
tenant. NJ. Miller ensign R. p Porter.
Logansport, No. I5-Captain. j. Hawkins; heuten-
ant. A. Wiler; ensign, J. Gouldy.
Kokomo, No. 16-Captain, j. W. Cooper lieuten-
ant. NJ A. Chestnut; ensign. L. 81. Hills.
r Fort Wayne. No. 17-Captain. G. Fl. Brttenbender;
lieutenant S. Hedford; ensign, r. Cohen.
Lafayette No. 1S-Captain. w. G. Mitchell; lien
tenant, NJ f. Smythe ensign. 8. FL. P. Boyer.
X. OFF.
Olive Branch Lodge. No. 2, had work in the
first second and third ranks last night.
Star Lodge. No. Z, conferred the first rank
unor ,Tudge Rurus on Tuesday night