The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-09-21
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The Meeting Of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge.
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Boston, September f0.-The annual
session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge l.
D. o. F., opened in odd Fellows Hall
this morning. The proceedings are
secret. 1t is, understood that to-day
the acton of the grand lodge will com
prise routine work, such as the appoint
ments of committees and arranging the
general order of the business OF the con
vention.
The odd Fellows celebration, to be
held during this week, will be und0ubt-
edly the most elaborate affair OF the
KIND ever held in this country. The
principal feature of the week Will De Il
great parade on Wednesday, though the
entire programme IS OF great interest 10
ODD Fellows. This evening banquet
will be rendered the Sovereign Grand
Lodge and grand encampment OF MasSa
chusetts. The Sovereign Grand Lodge
will meet at Odd Fellows hall and
elect officers and transact their business
In the evening a meeting of the Post OF
Grand Representative will be held Ill
Trement Temple. There will be music
and speeches from distinguished mem
bers Of the Sovereign Grand Lodge. On
Wednesday the grand parade Will oc-
cur. Thursday the Sovereign Grand
Lodge will probably attend the perform
ance at hollis Sire ct Theatre Oy special
invitation of Manager Rich. Friday will
be ladies day." and an excur-
sion will Re made to Wellesley
College by invitation. Saturday the
Sovereign Grand Lodge will ho.d
Ito closing session in ODD Fellows Hall
and adjourn. Up to IL O'Clock to-day
there had arrived nine sections OF the
Uud Fellows excursion train from
Chicago and the far west. There are
thirteen sections each bearing from six
to ten cars. Those arriving this forenoon
brougl at about 2 800 delegates to the an
nual ConclaVe which opened this morn
ing in Odd Fellows Hal. The latest
arrivals were from Colorado, Nebraska,
Kansas aud Dakota.
Boston, September 20 Reports OF
the grand officers were presented, begin
nIng with that of Henry ID. Carey,
grand sire, who in opening, traced the
order Size its last meeting IN Boston
twenty-five years ago, i'll 1864. Nlth less |
than 10000 New England me,nbers. The |
same territory now numbers $1,000 |
brethren.
The whole number of members was |
l37, 622. To-day there are SIT 80 mem |
Ders with an increase in the total |
revenue of over 81 O0O 200. The orders |
in foreign countries. Mr.. |
carey advocated the retention of the |
permanent location of the grand lodge |
n Baltimore. The figures of various |
Odd Fellows beneficial associations, |
snow recei ITS for the pastyea to be 81
J50, 905. Paid 10 FAMILIES of deCeas
members, $683, 1868. deaths. 1852; mem
Oerc in good standing, 46, Ia; money on
hand, $57S. $40. Forty one bodies are
all that reports have been received
rom. The grand secreiary's report
contains statements showing the con
iition of the order in the United States
and Canada and the foreign jurisdiction.
The prospects of both lodges and en-
for the present year are
very hattering. Their part OF the grand
showed a balance on hand:
August Goth, 1885, of $l5.672; receipts
or the year of, $40 043; expenditures OF,
~, APO and available assets Of the for
ign grand lodge of, $78,096.