Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-08
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
The Grand Lodge of Ohio Now Holding
Its Tenth Annual Session in
Springfield,
Every Lodge in the state Represented
Election Of Grand Onicers Reports
of Omcers-W hat Is to he Done
ON Wednesday.

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For weeks the members of the two local
lodges of the Knights Of Honor have been
preparing for this session of the
grand lodge. and by last might
the arrangements had been com
plrtcd. The hall in which the sessions Of
the grand lodge are being Leld is hand
>omely decorated. and everything possible
for the comfort and entertainment of the
visiting knights is being done by the local
members of the order.
The Knights of Honor is
RENFFI,IhI:N oRGNNIZNTIuN
And was instituted in 1878. being nov
thirteen years old. 1t has lodges
in every state of the Union and i
growing with remarkable rapidity. In
ohio alone there are one hundred and
twenty lodges. every county in the state
having one or more. Each lodge j. allowed
I" send one representative Ia the grand
lodgr. and every subordinate lodge in the
state is represented at the meeting now in
progress in this city. Besides the
one hundred and twenty delegates
from tine subordinate lodgPS, there
are seventeen Grand Officers. and large
number Of visiting brothers in attendance
making the total number now here about
one hundred and seventy five. Following
are the names of the Grand Officers:
:. ). Bloom-Grand Dictator.
Robert McCihee-Grand Vice Dictator.
J. !. Fultz Grand Assistant Dictator.
Lewis Wilson Grand Reporter.
y. y. LeOhncr-Grand Treasurer.
Samuel Watt. .Ir.-tirand Guide.
, l.. VI. kPrSmer Grand Chaplain.
John 4. Ci>cO-Grand Guardian.
{. W. MaSterS-Grand Sentinel
Thomas f. Richards Past Grand Dirta-
tor.
Grand Trustees. \. Sawyer. J. c.
Plunrr, John Joseph.
Representatives Ia Supreme LOdge-J.
K. Won SeCgern, Thomas +. Richards, b.
o. Iiildreth.
State Medical Examiner Thomas NJ.
MCC Clarrrn.
Since the institution of the order in 1873
over SID. 900. 900 have been paid to widows
and orphans of deceased knights in benefits.
At ten o'cl"ckS this morning the repre-
SrmtativeS Ia the grand lodge met in the
grand lodge room and organized. About
sixty new members of the grand lodge were
admitted and qualified to sit in the lodge.
Beyond the submission of the
GRAND OFFICERS REPORTS.
Nothing OF special Importance was done
at the morning session. The reports of the
officers indicate that the order is in excel
lent condition, and. although not growing
~ rapidly aS it did the FIRST few years after
ii was instituted. yet its growth has been
more healthy during the past two or three
years than ever before. The weak lodges
have been consolidated and thus
made strong. and all indications
point Ia great future for
the Knights of Honor. At the close of
the year 1885 there werr $50 members in
the state of Ohio. and by the close of the
present year there will be very likely de
ciled increase. The report of the grand
treasurer concluded aS follows:
Total Disbursements for the year end
Total receipts from March l, lSS5, 10
March l. lsS6, including balance on
hand. Sh,3li o.
Total expenditures same timel......-.-- S-l5l =
Balance on hand March !. IS~i. ........ s2.76l ~
The reports of all the grand officers were
referred Ia the proper committees The
lodge then adjourned to meet at two o'clock
this afternn"n.
THIS AFTERNOoN's SESSION
is one of the most important of the meet
ing. aS the grand officers for thu ensuing
Year are tO be- elected.
Ii is not possible To give detailed report
of the proceedings of the grand lodge a.
tide sessions are. of course, secret.
The lodge will be in session tomorrow
and Thursday. but ii is thought the bust
ness of the meeting will be concluded by
Thursday evening.
Tomorrow the representatives of the grand
lodge will visit the great manufactures and
other places of interest in Springfield, the To-
cal members Of the order having made ar
to entertain their distinguished
guests in handsome manner.
will be spread at the Arcade hotel. at which
500 knights and invited guests are expected
to sit down. No effort l, being spared by !
the local knights 10 make the tenth annual |
session of the grand lodge one of the most |
memorable in the history of the order.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
When the Lodge convened this afternoon,
After tranSacting a little preliminary bus
Ness, the representatives proceeded with
he election of the Grand Officers for the
ensuing year
At this writing. 3:l5 o'clock. only two of
ices have been filled. Robert McCihee, of
Kent, was elected grand dictator.
J. j. Fultz, Of Mt Vernon. was elected
,rand vice dictator.