Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
N. B. FALCONER.

time on June Is and 16. At n meeting Of the
central committee Of the A. O. U. w. ii was
decided to offer large cash prizes for the best
drilled legions of select knights present, the
size and number to be hereafter decided.
Bayard Lodge No. 5, knights of Pythias,
of San Francisco, works in the French Ian
guage; Harmony No. Is, in German; and
Roma No. 147, in Italian. They are The only
X. of p. lodges IN the city working in foreign
languages.
The total amount of benefits paid by the
Knightg of Honor order from August, 1874,
to May 20, 1888, is 1913, $50, $40. 04. The mum
Der of the last death was 12,077. Only sew
enteen lodges out of 1900 were suspended
for the non-payment OF the last assessment.
The grand lodge knights of Pythias of Ari-
IONA met May "A at Winslow. Some thirty
represer tatives and past chancellors were
present. Winslow lodge gave a grand ball
and banquet in the evening in honor of the
grand lodge members.
In the recent New York grand lodge A. o.
U. w. an attempt was made to so change the
law as TO give the insured a portion of the
$1,000 in case of total disability during his
lifetime, but better judgment of the A. o.
U. w. prevailed and the proposition was de-
feated.
Judge Field, of Louisville, who is a
Knight of Honor, has handed down an i'm
portant decision to all secret societies.. His
decision is that the Knight of Honor Ten
pie in Louisville is exempt from taxation, on
the ground that 1t ranks among the CHART
able organizations of the state of Kentucky.
The national camp, Sons of America, will
meet at Reading Pa, June 1921. Grand
preparations are being made at that city,
and the demonstration will be the largest in
the history of the order. The membership
in the Keystone state is rapidly approaching
the 5000 mark.
In the Masonic cathedral in Cincinnati FRI.
day night, the ritual of the Order of Malta,
Il nv VrnC NEyorlFnH with tbn lyDiTbtc in fn11
armor and appropriate tableauX. Governor
Foraker and General Charles Roome, of New
York, and eighteen past commanders were
present.
Great preparations are being made over
the country for the national meeting of the
Patriarchs Militant, |. O. o.. F.. which will
be held in Cincinnati July %. 26, 81 and 2S.
The indications are that there will be an i'm
mense attendance, and that eight thousand
or ten thousand men will participate in the
parade. There will be prize drills and band
contests in Music hall, and So 900 in prizes
will be awarded.
The Massachusetts grand lodge Of Masons
is making arrangements for the dedication of
a monument to the memory of Henry Price,
| the first provincial grand master of Massa-
| chusetts, and the founder of duly constituted
| Masonry in America. June 81 the monument
Will be dedicated in ample form at Town
send by the grand officers, assisted by sew
eral lodges from Baston and elsewhere. June
26 a memorial meeting and banquet will be
held.
In 1919 the Masonic order had five mem
beers TO start with in America. Now the re-
port of the grand secretary of the sovereign
grand lodge for the year 1887 shows 3,556
subordinate lodges, besides the e~ncampments
and Rebekah degree lodges, with a mem
bershlp Of $50, 30, an increase over the pre-
cedinR year of ESQ members. During the
year 1886 these $50, $40 members pad for re-
lief alone &, 297, 324. 80, an increase over the
breeding pear of SAC, 1857. The total rev.
enue from these $3.50 lodges was IS, 1853, T12.37,
an increase over the last year OF S35, OS3.GO
John Coglin, of Hartford City, Ind, is in
possession of four young foxes that have
been adopted by a cat on the premises that
seems TO manifest as much maternal solicit
tude and maternal fondness for them as
accepted the situation in a spirit Of meekness
and are seemingly. satisfied.