Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-13

The public installation of the officers Of Elk.
horn Valley lodge |. q. O. T., occurred at
O'Nelll in their hall and was IA very pleasant
affair. Grand Master George n. i5ccls,
Norfolk, was master of ceremonies. Quite
a number of brothers from the Atkinson
lodge participated.
The exercises began at 8 o'clock and con
sisted of the Introduction Of the members of
the grand lodge of the state amt the installa-
ton forms and obligations. 1t the close OF
| these exercises the grand master addressed
the assemblage. His remarks were of a
very interesting and instructive character.
Hon. A. Ii. Chardc followed with an ex-
haustive and eloquent resume upon the orr
gin, objects and teachings of the order. The
choir of the Presbyterian church furnished
music of IA very high order.
The officers elected for The ensuing term
| and installed were rs follows: j. l.. Mack,
\. c.; j. II. Meredith, V.G.; G. G. Hazictt,
Sec. u. L.. Darr, Per. Sec; G. j. Schram,
Treas. The minor appointivc Offices were
designated by the higher officers. The
O'Neill lodge IL in q prosperous condition,
has Il membership OF about eighty, an en-
campmcnt of about thirtN-iivc members,
and Il lodge of the degree OF Rrbcliah mum
bering about fifty. They were all repre-
sented mt tine installation.
Goodrich lodge will give the third OF its
series of parties at its rooms next Wednes-
day night.
South Omaha Election and InstnlIati
Monday night, South Omaha lodge, No.
AS, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
elected officers to ill vacancies. Edward
Cooper, G, NJ, of Omaha lodge, No ., as.
sisted by Joseph o. Eastman, G.. NJ, made
the installation. The following are the
officers: J. II. Johnson, n. c.; J. ~. Silver,
V. c.; Rudolph HART, u. s.; John II. Wall
Joseph O., Eastman, warden Icba Crawford,
conductor; III, Hyman, Il. s.; John A.. Mel
son, l.. s.; j. +. ityback, |. G.. Il. Guiding
ton, o. G.; Ralph Pearl, II. S. s.; w. G.
Larson, l.. 5. s.. DaYid Anderson. X. S.. V.
c.; Henry Il. Aultman, L. 5. V. G.
A. o. L. w.
The following officers were elected at a
meeting Of Harvard lodge Of the a. O.. L.
W.: Past master workman, !. K. Littler;
master workman, }. i. Hickman foreman.
Il. II. Matters: overseer, S. j. Rice; re
%ceiver, o., j, Riley; hnaucier, G.. s. Babcock;
recorder, j. II. Fleming. guide, n IL. Pom
titus: insidc Waterman, John Bcngston: out
side watchman, c.. j. Scott. The lodge has
IA membership of thirty-threc ana is in a
prosperous condition.
AT the regular meeting, Chadron lodge A.
o. Z. W. elected the following officers to
serve during the first six months term Of
1850: NJ. w, A. G. Fisher; foreman, NJ, ID.
Carleton ovcrscer, l., w. Eddy; receiver,
Il. Mcleod; recorder, }. G.. Bunton; guide,
James Rothweil; 1. W, l.. Il. Blaisdell
trustees, X, Mcleod, +. j. %Iloughton, W. ".
Byington,
The A. o. U. w. supper and dance at Yer
don on New Years eve was quite "A success
both socially and financially. A larger
crowd was reported than had been present
since the first ball five years ago. The ai-
petlZing supper was prepared by fashionable
caterers, viz, the wives of the member of
the lodge The proceeds amounted to SS1.
The recent de cision of the Iowa supreme
court in the famous A. O. u. w. suit is at
tracing considerable mmen throughout
the entire state of Iowa, The outcome of the
trouble cannot now be determined. In an in
torview Il j. Miller, editor OF the Iowa
Workman, the official Journal of the state A.
q. u. w, expressed the belief that there
will he an attempt at reconciliation and Il
compromises of the trouble, and au ultimate
reunion OF the two factions. He seemed to
think further that the loyal branch would
have TO come 10 terms with the so-callcd Sc
ccders, or else quit business in Iowa, since
under the lazy the loyals could be cnjoined
from transacting any business in the state.
The loyal faction has u membership OF about
5000, while the so-called seeding branch has
over 5000. OF the former only about 200
belonged to the order prior TO the split, which
arose over the operations of the relief law of
the supreme league. A mesting of the exec.
utivc committee of the seceders has been
called at Cedar Rapids for the 18th inst.
by invitation of Union Pacific lodge A. O.
U. W., there was a Joint installation of the
newly elected officers of the four Omaha
lodges aud South Omaha No. % during tho
week. Deputy Master Workman
James W. Carr conducted the ceremony.
Ample justice was done To the refreshments
served by Mcdonald and to the cultivation
of the social amenities. This order is rap.
idly growing in this city aud throughout the
state, having u present membership in the
state of 5, AS.
There was a joint installation Monday
night.
The programme Of musical ana literary
exercises prepared by No. IL fer the enter
tainmcnt was carried out much 70 the salts
faction OF al. connected with the affair.
Past Master WorLmsn s.. Il. Patten vas