Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-20
The THREE LINKS.
The Grand Bodies of Illinois Odd
Fellowship.
The Important Sessions at the State
CapitaI---some statistics of the Or
der--Heads ofthe Different Branc hes

| HEADQUARTERS GRAND ENcAAPMENrI o, o. +.
Springfield, Nov. 10. (
The grand encampment of the Ode
| Fellows and the Daughters Of Rebekat
of Illinois convened in the capitol build.
Ing today. II. G.. Feltman, of Salem. i.
grand patriarch; j. F. Van Horn, Of
Rock Island, is grand senior warden
The latter Will probably be elected grand
high priest at the present session. The
statistics for the year ending Dec. 81,
1883. of the encampment show 1T work.
ing encampments, and 8 98s contrubut-
ing members, against 8. 7s4 the year pre-.
vious. During the year 774 members
were initiated, eighty-one admitted by
card, and seventy~sevenreinstst ted, q to
tai gain of 932. while 1913 withdrew by
card, seven resigned, sac were suspend,
ed, eleven expelled, and sixty-five died, q
total loss of 746, making a net gain of
lo4. During the year 1888 the receipts
were S1S.O32. and the amount paid out
for relief was $5,137. relief being given
$50 patriarchs and twenty -one widows,
while thirty-four patriarchs we're buried.
The Daughters of Rebekah will con
we've tomorrow morning. Mrs. Lizzie
NJ. Morrison. of Chicago, Is president.
The Daughters of Rebekah numbered on
Jan. l, 1889. 142 lodges, gain OF one
over the previous year; 1914 members
against 4,639 the previous wear: a rev.
enue of SlS sos. against SO, 7O5 the pre .
vious year; 81, 8S2 expended In relief
against 1901 the previous year, aud a to,
tai expenditure of So. los, against SO. 8O5
the previous year.
The grand lodge convenes tonight
The grand master is ]. Gus Humphrey,
of Springfield. who. in his annual ad-
dress, congratulates the brotherhood on
the substantial growth OF the order In
Illinois during the year ending Oct l,
1889, the increase of membership being
1,SOO. the largest gain since 1889. He
also states his qualification that there has
been no serious trouble in the lodges
during the year. The Galva lodge case
which has been before the grand lodge
for four sessions, has been settled to the
satisfaction of all parties.
The grand secretary reports "a. 1853
members on March 81. 1889, against 3d.
900 on March 81, 1888 During the year
there were admitted 3641 by initiation,
7S9 by card and $50 by reinstating, while
ed, 2, 1873 were dropped for non payment
OF dues. SO were expelled and 356 died
During the year ending March 81, 1889,
there were relieved S.621 brothers, and
PSI widowed families, while $50 brothers
were buried. The total amount paid for
relief during the year was 1874, 1856. and
the total revenue of the lodges for the
year was 1896 100
The grand treasurer in his annual re,
port up 10 date reports a balance on hand
on Nov. 8, 1888. of SlS,751.2S, and the
receipts during the past year as $2S,-
1876 IS. The total disbursements for the
year were S2l, 279 90, leaving a cash bal>
snce in the treasury of $50, 66S 81, and
including the funds of the special relief
fund of 1873 q balance of $24.5lS19.
Perhaps The most important question
that may come before the grand lodge is
the right OF member TO sue for benefits
in the civil courts. Several suits are now
pending and the judiciary committee
will be called upon to consider this cues
ton in all its bearings.
Patrisrchs' Militant the new military
order of which Gen. A Orendorf, Of
Springfield, is brigadier. meets simply as
an escort to the grand lodge.
The first session of the Veteran Odd
Fellows association of Illinois, composed
Of members of twenty. five years stand
ing in one lodge. will be held on Thurs.
day evening. ODD FELLOW.
A dispatch from Springfield today COM
veys the intelligence that Mr.. Van Horn
has been elected high priest of the order
10 the state.