The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1886-11-21


membership of upwards of $4,000 King
Kalakaua, the dusky Sandwich Islands
monarch, is a member of one of the lodges
in his domain. To be a member, one
must be Christian bslever; of good moral
character; able to provide for himself; a
white man, and twenty-one years of age.
Universal assistance is its motto. as il is
that of the Mason's Order, after which it
seems to have been largely patterned, as
we'll. 1t has its system Of sick benefits
with limited help to the dead belonging
members; and connected with it is an en-
dowment insurance system, established
five or six years ago. that members ma 60
into or not as they please.
There are FIVE ranks in the Order--1st,
Pages I'd, Esquire; Sd, Knights; 4th, Entlow-
ment; 9th, Uniformed or Sir Knights ranks.
One may go to any rank he pleases. The
Sir knights are regular military organiza-
ton. with lieutenants in the subordinate
lodges. Each of the Sir Knights COM
pany is called a division. Palestine, No. l,
is the only division in this county. Ten
divisions makes regiment, with a colonel
and field officers and staff. In this State
there are eleven divisions. Major Way, of
New Brunswick, was the colonel till at the
recent election of Sir Knight DeGrand made
him colonel. At that election, too,
George III. Kidder, of this city, was made
Grand Chaplain Two regiments make a
brigade with a brigadier and staff. The
whole body of uniformed knights is under
command of a major general, the major
general now being Brigadier General Car
nahan. But the Supreme Chancellor, the
head of all the world, is the commander-in-
chief. The present Supreme chancellor is
Howard Douglas, of Cincinnati. He is the
seventh the Order has had. Tie first was
Samuel Reed, of Mount Holly, and his sue
cessors down to Douglas have been Henry
G. Barry, of Illinois; S. S. Davis, of New
Hampshire w. III. Woodruff, of Georgia;
Judge Linsley, of Baltimore, and Judge
Van Bockenberg, of Iowa. The subor-
dinate lodges i'll each State are answerable
to and governed by grand lodge. Alto
gether there are thirty sight grand lodges.
The Order was introduced into New Jer-
sey in 1868 There are now 107 lodges
here with otal membership of 10000.
The present grand chancellor-head of the
Order of New JERSEYS Senator James E.
Moon, of Warren county. The first lodge
was founded at Mt. Holly, and the first
grand chancellor was j. W. Cochran; the
second, George w. Kidder; the third,
Charles P. Vanneman; Mr.. Moon is the
fourth.
Hudson county boasts twelve lodges,
with a membership of about 1 ,500. One of
these was named after Woodland, the
Knight who persisted heriocally with
twenty others in the swamped air-lock of
the Hudson River tunnel some years aso.
This lodge, founded by Mr.. Kidder, meets
in Paramount Hall, on Fairmouni and
Bergen avenues Lincoln Lodge, No. SO,
which meets in Roches has the largest
membership. Jersey City Lodge, No. Is,
was the first founded in this county, and
Grant Lodge, No. 80, which meets in |
Becker Hall was the last instituted. The |
other lodges are Lafayette, No. 70, which |
meets in Lafayette; Hudson, No. 81, which |
meets in the hall corner Grove and Fourth |
streets; Centenary, No. 100, which meets |
at the Belvidere House in GreenviIle; Bay |
View Lodge, No. 81, which meets at Cen |
treville, Bayonne; Hoboksn Lodge, No. |
106, which meets in Cranes Hall, Hoko-
ken; Cineinnatus, No 80, which meets in |
Roche's Hall, and two German lodges, |
Garfield, No. 81. which is a. Hoboken lodge, |
Pythagozas. No. 81, which meets at the |
junction Of Second street and Newark |
avenue,
Il is said that within the Fast year the
Order has spent So, 10000 In assisting its
members.