Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-27
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With Ksnbsn and Thsir Fsmilia-lhs
Programme Rendered Address
cftrand Secretary Rosa
Arion Hall has seldom bean more
crowded than it was last night with msnl-
bers Of tho /. o. o. F. Lodges Of this city
and BelIaire, who had assembled toeethsr
to flttinsly commemorate the sixty-ninth
anniversary At the Embellishments Of the
Order in the United States. The matter
was in charge OF committee Of three
from each of the six Lodges in this city.
and under their direction IL was . succsss
in every particular. 1t was the original
intention to have tho entertainment m
augurated at eight o'clock, but the nom
arrival Of the boat which hsd been char
tered to transport The large delegation
from Bellairs canssd delay Of three
quarters of an hour. so that II was we'll
on towards nine o'clock when Kramer's
orchestra began The Eureka overture.
There were quite snumber ofgentlemen
prominent in the Order upon the slsge,
among them being Mr. Theodore Roes. Of
Columbus, O., the Secretary Of the 6ov-
ereign Grand Lodge. After prayer had
been offered by Rev. DIR. Blaisdell, Mr..
Ross was introduced to the audience, and
speke for half an hour, taking tho origin,
growth aud progress of the Order for his
theme. Mr.. Ross began by saying that
this was the first opportunity he had ever
had Of addressing . West Virginia audi
ence. Referring to the ]. o. o. F. organi-
cation, he said he had been identified With
it for forty years, and intended TO maintain
his connection with il as long - life lasted.
The Order was q grand one. To be sure.
il did not date back from the time Of Fa-
Their Adan, nor did it originate In the tent
of Julius Caesar, or in the Temple Of King
Solomap, but it had been traced ~ far
back as 1745. Beyond that date al con-
corning it was dark. In 1893 the poet
Montgomery dedicated poem to the Or
der, in honor of Lodge existing In Lon
don ct that time
In America the Order dated from 1919.
On April 20 of thatyear Washington Lodge
No. was instituted in the city of Balti-
more, by five gentlemen. True, there had
been attempts prior 10 that time 10 plant
the Order in America, but they had failed,
and the above date had been fixed by the
Grand Lodge as the Natal day of the or
Ranizltion In this country. The five men
who thus founded the Order ON this side Of
the Atlantic were humble, illiterate and
unknown, but they evinced degree OF
courage which would be commendahls
even at this time. They proceeded amid
great difficulty to institute Washington
Lodge, meeting at "The ign of the Ssv u
Stars,n an humble Inn on Second street,
in Baltimore, and after struggling along
for nearly agar, received, in 1920, char
ter from the Duke of York.
dependent charter from the Manchester
Union, and il ia under that charter the Or
der was working to day. The early strug-
gles of the Oder were severe, but in spite
OF all obstacles il succeeded. It carly en-
listed the attention Of men Of ability, tai
emit aud influence, who found that conceal
ed in the rough diamond oil the Order was
q gem of the purest water. The result Of
the influence thus lent was the glorious
Order we have to-day.
Mr.. Ross went into statistics, and stated
that from the humble beginning in Balti-
more, the Order had grown until now
there were 6,505 Lodges, in which /, 400,
ssl limitations had taken place. Hundreds
Of thousands of cases of distress had been
the 170,321 brothers had been
consigned by fraternal hands TO the tomb,
while 100, 296 widows had received bene-
fits. Daring the existence of the Order In
$121 OLE, 303 SO had been paid
into the treasury of the Order, of which
amount $i5, 1888 BOG 10 had gone out 10 the
form of benefits. There Is now one Sover-
sign Grand Lodge, two Independent Grand
Lodges, GO Subordinate Grand Lodges. 46
Grand Encampments, 6,505 Subordinate
Lodges, 2,070 Encampmeuts, with 103, $50
and 562, 145 Lodge members
Besides these, there were nesrly 500 Cam
IONS of Patriarchs Militant. with 10000
Chevaliers, and 1,400 Rsbecka Degree
Lodges, with total of G9,000 members
In all not less than 150,0 900 women had
been received into Subordinate and Rebecka
Degree Lodges. He said that was record
10 be prond of.
''And," he said, "the work ia still going
Onward. The banner of Odd Fellowship
,as been planted in almost every foreign
lime. II waves from almost every hill
;op all over the world, wherever. civiliza-
ion exists, but not content with this, We
iesire TO 20 forward, and We will continue
% grow and prosper until Lodges have
been instituted in every community
the civilized world.
Mr.. Ross then de6ned the. objects and
inns Of the Order. He said Il had nothing
o do with religious sects or political be-
iefs. II dealt with man only - MEM
Der of the human family, teaching him 10
70 honest, upright and moral The Ofdsr
loated upon the broad sea Of universal
brotherhood, teaching the precepts Of dig
lity and truth and cnltivating the purest
principles. Nothing but good could ever
,ome out OF il.
He then sketched the Rebecca Degrees,
md after tribute 70 the women Of the
Order. brought his remarks 10 close.
The following programme was then car
led cut
PARr FIRST.
luarlette- serenade-S Cecilia Quar- ette..
Messrs. Day, Carson, Mcclure and Geyer. !.
~ Nr. II. Mgenkemiller.
ss fiors W;iis
aecitation-Doom OF Claudius and Cynthia.
Thompson
Mr.. Chss- Bfilles
Selection cS6rley' s InHaiion...
Kramer's Orchestra
PART SECOND.
orchestral Selection Black Hussar waltz.
Kfamer's Orchestra
IL rman Address
Rev. VIM. Uifert
luaftette- The Mill Wheel .,..,.................
81 cHeiiia Quarfette.
fcture-The Relation OF the Mosquito, (Cuti-
jdG, 70 the Human Family .............-..-.......
Mr.. Henry xnshsimes. q Z
ong Bacio THE Kiss) rdffi
Miss Flora Williams.
eciiAfIon-Selected.
Miss Jennie Riech.
orchestral 8electi0u-M etrorOlitan Galop..
kramer's Orchestra