Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
ECHOES FROM THE ANTE ROOM
General Gossip Among the Secret
and Benevolent Orders.
FoResTERs WONDERFUL GROWTH
Patriarchs Militant-Golden Rule Scs-
sion at Tolcdo-The eco of an
Order--Some Noted Organ
izcrs-Society News.
Patriarchs Militant.


The grand cantonment of the Patriarchs
Militant was held in Cincinnati recently, and
was pronounced II grand success by every
one. The following officers and cantons
were represented: Grand Sire John II.
White of Albion, N. v, and Grand Secre-
tary Theo. A. Ross were present, Deputy
Grand Sire Lieutenant General John c. I'm
dorwood being personally in command. The
following cantons were represented IN the
parade: Cantons Lucas of Toledo; Worm
bus Of Lewiston, Me. Boyd of Catlettsburg;
Fidelity of Huntington, w. Va; Ohio of
Columbus; Cuyahoga, Colfax of Indiana;
Arkon Of Ohio; Cleveland of Ohio; Amster-
dam of New York; Mystic of Lexington,
KY; Alpine of Bowling Green, o.; Acct
dental of Chicago; Excelsior of Chicago;
Washington of Sommerville, Mass; Earl of
Dayton, o.; Grcenville, o.: No. So of Ger
mantown, Pa. Crosby of Miamsburg, o.;
Bcthane of Springfield. o.; Ridgely of Rep
ley, o.; Tifin, o.: Clinton, o.; Garfield,
Lebanon, o.; Mansfield of Mansfield, O.;
Ashland of Ohio; Francis, o.; Sydney, o.;
Moran of GAINESVILLE, o.; Marion of Indiana;
Harryman of Indiana; Warsaw, Ind. /;
Logansport, Maysville, KY; Lexington,
Atkins, KY; Covington, Ashland, Ky; De-
troit.
Golden Rule Session.
at tnc SUPREME SeSSlOn Oh tuc hniSHJS VI
the Golden Rule order, recently held Mt To
iedo, o., twenty states were represented in
the body. The session was one of harmony
and good feeling, and many good things were
done for the order. The election of supreme
officers resulted in q change Of almost every
department of the order, and the greatest
of enthusiasm was manifest in the election
and the result. The supreme officers were as
follou,e. Cnprnna commander Hon Il ~
Irving, Toledo, o. supreme vice commander,
Il S. Morgan, South Carolina; supreme sec
rotary, L. j. Smith ,Covington, KY, supreme
treasurer, o. +. Adams, Macon, Ga SUI
preme medical examiner, DIR. j. X. Clawsen,
Philadelphia, Pa; supreme prelate, Q. K.
Curtis, Boston, Mass; supreme herald, T..
futile, Spartanburg, 5. c.; supreme warder,
j. w. Macay, Fort Worth, Tex supreme
sentry, r. G. Craft, Chicago. NJ; board of
solicitors, Hon. G.. c. Chandler, Corjnth,
Miss. Hon. X. w. Hoyner, jackson, Tenn. ;
Hon. S.. M. Bernard, Louisville, Ky.
An Orders Record.
The eleventh anniversary Of the order of
knights and Ladies of Honor was celebrated
at the Central Park, Louisville, KY, Septem,
ber6. The largest gathering ever assembled
in the park listened to the supreme protect
or's Grafton, in which he stated that he was
able to say that fully IS, 200 men and women
were so welded together that the interest OF
one was the interest of all, 7" that 81, 1915, OW
has been paid to beneficiaries OF deceased
members, and that the benefit holdings OF
the membership, August /, 1888, amounted Il
more than $4,000 600.
Annual Officers.
The grand grove of the w. A. o. d. Of the
United States will hereafter be konwn as the
supreme grove. The following are the off
GERS elected for the ensuing term: Supreme
arch, Adam Weber of Ohio; deputy suprem,
arch, Il. A. Stevens of Minnesota; supreme
herald, l.. G. Schord of California; supreme
secretary, Henry Prudential of New York
supreme treasurer, Philip ReiChwein of Iudi
ana; supreme sentinel, j.. Is. Rltznan o
Iowa; supreme trustees, II. ZeIgenbein Of
Missouri, j, c. Dick of Wisconsin and n
Bcrg OF Missouri.
Forestcrs Growt
The annual book of the Ancient Order OF
Forcsters has been recently issued. Tht
statistical history of the order covers ovcl
five hundred pages, and gives tht following
among its figures: At the end of 1887 the
order comprised 29i districts, 5,12S courts
CSC, l27 benefit and ID, 42o honorary members
the increase in the twelve months being IL
courts, 1857 benefit and 10 honorary mem
bers, During the .yearS6,S45 benefit mem
bcrs were admitted, and &c, 1850 left tn,
order; $3.50 members aud 1924 members
wives and widows died during the year
The financial condition and progress of tn
adult society fer 1887 will be published late
on; but at December. 1886, the united funds
amounted to f3 $500 u. The juvenile socie
ties are very progressive, the number at tn
3lst Of December, 1887, being 1,24S, havins
2,317 members, with ZIG. 542 of funds, tn,
increase in the year being ASA members
and "a. 932 of funds. During the year there
were Ii, l6i members admitted, and 4,61
members were transferred to the paren
courts of the order. The receipts in the yea
were so, 800, and the payments amounted Il
ElS.SSS. The executive council of the ordei
has bcen located at Reading, but the seat o
government has been transferred 10 Bourne
mouth for the ensuing year.
Noted Organizers.
The success Of all beneficiary orders az
ponds largely upon the energy Of the deput
having IL in charge. He must be a gentle
man of peculiar traits and special qualities
a man of business, energy and ability,
Among the names Of noted organizers ar
found those of Upchurch, the founder OF tn
Ancient Order Of United Workmen, whicl
now has more than 200, 600 members, will g
down to posterity reverenced by thousand
OF families that have received substantia
aid when the husband and father has beer
removed from them by death. ID. Wilson
of Boston, has acquired an almost nationt
reputation rs an order organizer. He nS