Daily Republican., 1888-02-18

Ths Grand Lodge Of tho Ancient
Order Of Usited Workman for the jaris.
diotioa Of Maryland, New Jsrses and
Delaware viii meet In annual session
In this city OF tbs A o. q. W. hall, 81
Ninth nod Market streets, on Tuesday
next &C 3 p. m. Reports will be pre-.
sentea, officers elected and other bust
ness pertaining to the order Will be
transacted.
Ths Grand Lodge Ia an elective body,
and its membership 10 restricted to psst
master WorkmeD Of the various lodgee.
The basis OF representation iH one mem
Der OF the Grand Lodge for each 400
members OF tho subordinate lodge. The
Grand Lodge Of this jurisdiction con-
Biets of 10l memb bars, divided ~ foliOws
MARYLAND 81, New Jersey So, Delaware
IL, Virginia 5. There are also iS other
members who are Oh GERS of tho grand
body.
lows; z. q. NJ. W, John j. Gallagher,
DELAWARE; G M. W, William IL. vSr
milye, New Jersey; q. foreman, j. A.
VAnsant, New JerOsy; @. oveEsoeA j
W. Dieiendorf, DslAware; @, recorder
A. II. Colbert, Maryland; @. reoeiver
Myer Hirsch, Maryland; G.Ruide, W
A. Burrows, New Jersey; g. watch
man, W. n. Foulk. Delaware; grand
TRUSTEES, John G. KeArslng, New Jer
sey; ID. Meredith ReeHo. Mary ylAn5, A
B. Jones. Delaware; grand medioal ex
AmIner, G l.. wilkins, M. d., Mary
and; committee on fnAnce and mile
age, Samuel Elkels, Jr., MArylA land
Joseph X. Adams, Delaware; JOSEPH
, Grape, MAryland; committee ON law
! and supervision, Harris Graffsn. New
JeYsey; William Il. Plersop, Delaware
George Norris, Now jersey.
This jurisdiction embraces seventy
, eight lodges, divided as follows: Mary
= land. 80; New Jersey, SO; Delaware
'' 10; Virginia, o. The membership mum
bers 1900, an increase Of 500 daring tn
past year. The medical examinsr
have passed upon 800 applications 70
membership and have rejected 8S
. The Grand Lodge was organized Oh
Z September 1, 1881. The mem bershsp o
the order WAS then only 08S.
Twenty four assessments were mad
= duTinR the year; nine death losses wer
, incurred aud the sum OF Sl8 900 wa
a a paid in benefits. Tho membership raI
' idly increased. Last year was the mos
2 prosperous in the history Of the order
The membership has ruu we'll into 8 GOC
|. and the amount OF money disbuTHd ap
! proxlURteB to the enormous sum d
: = 800, GOO, ut q o0st OF tl6 per mem Der
!, . and atill deoreaRing number of asseSs
ments. In the seven yeaTs Of Its ex
. istence tho Grand Lodge has disburset
to the widows and Orphans of member
:, Of the order sum sppro1lmAtinZ I
Z t4O0, eco.
Out OF the 8S lodges organized onl.
nine have surrendered their charters
and In that ease the members OF th
! aisbanded lodges have all Joined othel
: lodgtB OF the order. There are tel
lodR Res In this State, four In this cit.
: : aud one each In New Castle, Newport
y Newark, Dover, seafori end Wyoming
), These lodseF, which have boen institutes
= since 1881, represent q memborHhip Q
! 800, over 900 OF whom belong to lodge
p In this city.
u Oae hundred and sixty nina mem
= bers Of the order have died In this juTii
- diotion since 1882. and eighty Ell gut al
, seHsments hAvo been levied. Thss
U death lossss cauIed tho disbursemen
"a OF $3SS, goo 10 the lodReB OF this cit
fourteen deaths have occurred and S25
d 600 have been paid TO the benoaciA:ie
~ OF the order 10 eeven years.
j. The order itself began In Mead
a vile, Pa, In 1858, with thirteen men
u bers, and with 20 yesrs OF work tn
membership has reached f2C0. 600, an
", COO, 900 has been disbursed.