The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-09-27
I. o. o. r.
Some Figures Showing tho Magnitude Of
Odd FelloWship.

Some Figures Showing tho Magnitude OF
Odd Fellowship.
COLUMBUS. O., Sept 1s.-In the Sow.
ereign Grand Lodge, 1 O. o. F.. First
Grand Guardian John N. Perkins. of Mas.
sachusetts, qualified and Past Grand E.
H Archer, of this city, was appointed as.
sistant grand messenger OF this session,
after which the report Of Grand Sire Un.
derwood was read. 1t said that the order
has never been in q more prosperous con-
dition than now. the increase in member
ship during the past year being greater
than the annual increase has been within
the past fifteen years. The following fig
ures show the strength of the order:
Number Of white Odd Fellows on the
652, 1877; Manchester Unity, 6SS 49,; total,
ported by the next largest civilized secret
society; number Of patriarchs militant
department, Alan increase OF 1; COM
ponent cantons, 546-an increase OF 30.
and band cantons, 3-an increase Of 2;
chevaliers, 3,165-an increase Of u, and
canton members, 19,293-an increase Of
1, IA; value Of military outfits and other
assets Of cantons, $7S2, 5S2-an increase OF
$113,96a
Grand Secretary Theodore A Ross re-
ported that returns from the grand lodge
Of Australia for the year ended Decem.
Der q, 1885, showed 210 lodges, 1880
members and $35S, 17S in lodge funds and
SEQ. 035 paid out to the sick during the
year. Reports from thirty.six jurisdic-
tons in the United States showed an ag.
gregate total of expenses Of subordinate
bodies, separate from benefits and chari-
ties. for the year 1888 and the amount Of
invested funds December 81, 1885, as fol.
lows: Grand lodges, total current ex-
peuses 81, rs, ESQ invested funds. $14 $685.
2S5; grand encampments, total current
expenses, $1l9 Cos, invested funds $l,U79,-
8S9. Sixteen jurisdictions failed to report
but a careful estimate indicated that the
total current expenses in lodges amounted
to g, 463 093, and in encampments $e26, $50
a total Of s., 699, 75s. The invested funds
in lodges were S31, 40S, 2S5 and in sncamp-
ments 81, 4S1. $50, a total of $50, SS7, sI5. The
strength of the order on December 81, 1SSS
was as follows: One sovereign grand
lodge, two independent (Germen EN-
pire and Australia). forty EIGHT subordi-
nate grand encampments. sixty. our SUBJ
ordinate grand lodges, 2. 101 subordinate
encampments. 8 1874 subordinate lodges,
107 344 eucampment members. 6o3 537 lodge
members, 1. T63 Rebekah lodges with 40 $50
female and 47,1s6 male members. 8 466
cantons OF patriarchies militant with %, :
600 chevaliers, rank and file. The Rebekah
branch has prospered finely, since their
available assets at the close Of the year
amounted to $500, $50, against $179,247 for
1891 Their total expenses were 800 24o,
while the receipts were $3.50. 400. Grand
subordinate lodge reports show that dur
ing the year there were &c. persons in
itiated and 8. 152 reinstated-a total of 81, :
S64. The suspensions, Withdrawals and
deaths were AZ, 523
The financial statement Of the sovereign
lodge shows S47 7S5 ordinary revenue and
$62, 661 total cash paid to grand treasurer.
The total expenditures of the year just
closed wers $67, $50, of which $44, 652 was
mileage paid the grand representatives
last year. The assets of the lodge amount
to SOL. 800, of which $24 499 is cash, $50 300
in Government bonds, Sill 146 steel and
electro plates and the balance in other
property. The cost of the session at Los
Angeles was SIG, al more than the one
held at Denver iii 1887 and 81, SS4 more
than the Boston session in 1886