The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-21
I. o. o. Il.


The third degree was conferred by Philoxenian
Lodge on Wednesday night
Thirty three members petitoned Star in this
West Lodge at its last meeting.
Canton Marion will be mustered tomorrow
night. at Marion, by the mastering officer.
Philoxeuian Lodge is Frightening up on degree
work. One new member was elected and one
petition referred.
The Rebekah lodge at Winchester is prepar-
ing to work the improved ceremony and will
soon procure set Of costumes.
Canton Howard was mustered in on Wednes,
day night at Kokomo with twenty-five mem-
bers and Canton Anderson will be mustered ON
Thursday next.
Colfax Lodge. D. of r.. Virginia City, New,
has given $50 to the Celfax monument, and
Minnehaha Lodge. d. of r., Pennington, N. a..
has donated $40.
Cantons of Patriarchs Militant are being
talked up at Knightstown. Seymour and Terrs,
Haute, and Button Uniform degree camp wiz
soon merge into a canton.
indianapolis Lodge OH Thursday buried Chas.
w. Cloud. one of the members. who had been
sick some time. 1t was the largest procession OF
Odd-fellows seen at a funeral for some years.
Canton Indianapolis will be mustered on Nom
day night and the mastering officer will leave
for Fort Wayne on Tuesday and will muster d
canton each night for two weeks except Sunday.
Indianapolis Uniform Degree Camp will meet
tomorrow night at Odd-fellows' Hall. Every
member is requested to be present. as the camp
will be merged into a canton of Patriarchs Mil
liant.
John Van Valkenburg, Grand Representative
of Iowa. and G. II. Lndenberg, p g.. of Column
bus, O., were in the city on Friday, also c. p.
Tuley, p g. r., Of Bloomington. in attendance
on the anniversary OF the K. of z.
The claims of the Colfax monument COMMITTEES
on the lodges of the State, both subordinate and
specially the Rebekah lodges, for contributions
to the fund, should not be lost sight of. Indiana
has not come up to expectations. Other States
are doing we'll. Less than one hundred of the
nearly six hundred lodges in Indiana have yet
contributed. Fifteen, of over one hundred Re-
bekah lodges, only have been heard from. Wiz
not these lodges give attention to the matter,
and send IN their contributions. and thus enable
the committee to make such report to the
Grand Lodge, in May, as will indicate an earn
nestness in the matter and thus encourage other
States to assist in the work.
The degree Of Patriarchs Militant is lust az
this time attracting much attention. not only in
Indiana, but throughout the United States and
Canada. The degree was adopted at the last ses~
sion of the Sovereign Grand Lodge almost unan-
imously. and is intended to meet the demand OF
the age for semi military organizations, and az
their success depends on having large and In.
fuential fraternal order from which to draw its
members, the Militant degree has been adopted
and is now being promulgated by the order Of
Odd-fellows. The degree Is named Patriarchs
Militant because members OF the encampmeut
are called patriarchs and for authority for arm
ing patriarchs who are supposed TO be quiet and
peaceful. Holy writ was appealed to and it was
found therein written (Gen. XIV that on one oc-
casion father fAbram armed his trained SER
wants of his household and sent them forth to re-
capture and return Lot, his brothers son." The
whole work is military. both in the lodge-room and
out OF it, the cantons being uniformed, Offered
and grouped into battaliens. regiments, bri-
gades and the army There ara now
in Indiana nearly two regiments Theo Pfafiiiuv
of this city, is commander Of this department.
with the rank of brigadier-general, and through
him all petitions for cantons must be made.
Uniform degree camps are superseded, and tsm~
Piles of the Patriarchal Circle ignored, until they
embrace their privilege of merging into cantons-4
Cantons were mustered at Winchester, Kokomo
and Muncie last week Next week Fort Wayne.-
Logansport Anderson, Kendallvllle and Goshen
will be mustered, to be followed the succeeding
week with North Manchester, South Bend,
Mishawaka and LaPorte All of these cantons
will be mustered byJ. w. McQuiddy mastering
officer, except Anderson. by General Pfafiin.