Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-11-21
A BUSY DAY.
WHAT WAS DONBAT YESTERDAYS SESSION
OPTHBLO.O.P. GRAND LODGE.
Full Text Of the Report Of the Special Committee OIL
Odd Fellows Homs-Grand Officers Nom
inated-0ihsr Matters Discussed.


Odd Fellows Homs-Grand Officers Nom
inatsd-0ihsr Matters Discussed.
Yesterday was an exceedingly busy day
with the officers and representatives in at
tendance at the session of the l. o. o. +.
Grand Lodge Of the State. The business
will be continued to-day, and will be con-
cluded by this evening.
Soon after the morning session was
opened, at which all the officers and rep
resentatives were present, the Official De-
gree was conferred on Brothers Carl Meder,
OF No. 6, @. W. Drum, of No. SO, and j.
O. Bruhu, of No. SO.
A committee of three, consisting of Past
Grand Masters A. f. Lang, G. NJ. Fought
aud J. W. Matheney, was appointed to
take into consideration the appointment
of District Deputy Grand Masters
Past Grand Masters j. I. Hoke, y. D
Kinney and P G. Rentch were appointed
a committee 10 prepare suitable obituary
Of Past GrAVd Master Phineas Gano, de-
ceased.
In the matter of printing the Journal Of
the Grand Lodge il was ordered that IN
future the Grand Secretary shall solicit
bids for the work, before the session Of the
Grand Lodge. which bids shall be submit
ted to a committee of three, on the first
day of the session, for report, and that the
contract be awarded by the Grand Secre-
tary in accordance with such report.
Grand Officers were nominated as fol-
lows:
Grand Master-samuel A. Steele, of
Weston.
Deputy Grand Master-GOdfrey Schulz,
of Wheeling.
Grand Warden-S p. Hall, of New Mar
tinsville; John Beckley, of Raleigh Court
House; X B. Lucas, Of Oharlestown, and
A. G. Dayton, of Philippi.
Grand Secretary-E. A. Billingslea, of
Fsirmont
Grand Treasurer-Henry SsamOn, Of
Wheeling
representative to Sovereign Grand
Lodge-R Alexander, of Volcano.
The election will take place to-day.
IN8L AnIhuu nlddtEA W AAAAlLA AAtAAAk
offered q resolution that committee OF
three be appointed to prepare blank bonds,
in conformity with the State law relating
to bonded officers. The resolution was
adopted, and the Grand Master appointed
as such committee Brothers o, L. Smith,
o. S. Mckinney and Secretary E. A. Bill
lingslea, all Of FairmOnt.
The report of the Committee on the Ju-
dietary was received and acted upon.
E G.. Hedding, representing M. 70,
asked for and obtained permission for his
Lodge to remove into new hall, and to
appear on that occasion in regalia.
TIE special committee TO which was re-
ferred the proposition TO found IA l. o. o.
f. Home and Asylum in this State, report
Ell as follows
'76 The Grand Lodge Of West Virginia, l.
d D F.
"Ycur committee TO whom was referred
the matter of purchasing and providing a
Home for Old Fellows, have duly cOnsid-
cred the seine, and think the time has
come when this Grand Lodge should take
steps 10 provide a Home for aged and
needy Odd Fellows, their wives and
and orphan children.
Brother George A. Flooding made
proposition to your committee to sell to
the Grand Lodge his property known as
the Blue Sulphur Springs, in Oabell
county, containing seventy acres of lard,
including ali buildings and furniture in
said buildings, for the sum OF 5000.
''Your committee considered the prOpo-
sition made by Brother Flooding 10 be lib
eral and worthy of attention, yet they
deem it inexpedient at this time to recon-
mend OF accept said proposition. We
recommend that the following action be
taken by this Grand Lodge:
THAT q special committee Of five mem
bers be appointed to formulate and present
to the Grand Lodge at its next session some
plan looking to the establishment Of said
Home, and we further recommend that for
the purpose Of taking the sense Of the sub
ordinate Lodges and individual members
within this jurisdiction, the Grand Secre-
tary is hereby instructed to send circu-
lar letter to each subordinate Lodge, ask
ing for voluntary contributions for the
establishment Of Home, IS heretofore
mentioned.
1--WE further recommend that voluntary
contributions be solicited from individual
members snd frieads of the Order by duly
accredited committee appointed by each
subordinate Lodge, and that report Of
such contributions made by the Lodges
and Others he made ID the Grand Lodge
at its next session.
&c. NJ. FOUGHT,
&c. B. THOMAS,
"GUsTAV STOLE,
&C SLAvIN,
I'D. S. RENTCH,
COMMITTEE.
The report of the committee was adopted
and the committee continued.
A portion Of the afternoon was spent in
secret work, and it was hslf-past five
O'Clock when the Grand Lodge adjourned
until this morning,