St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-17
SIGN OF THREE LINKS
Americas Greatest Event in
Odd Fellowship in Prog
.ress at Ohio's Capital.
The Sixty-Fifth Annual Meet
ing Of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge.
Every State and Territory and
Several Foreign Jurisdie-
tons Represented.
The Order Was Never in a
More Prosperous Condi-
ton Than Now.

COLUMBUS. o., Sept. 16.-The hall of
the house of representatives presents a
brilliant scene with its decorations of
all colors of the rainbow, prepared for
Americas great event in Odd Fellow
ship. Pendant from the large chan
delier at the center of the ceiling are
huge bars of red, white and blue, which
stretch to the four corners of the hall,
fastening to the ratings of the galleries.
On every wall are huge flags, disks,
stars and emblemS of the order, all in
the national eolors. The galleries
which span the north and south sides of
the hall are scenes of splendor. Against
the walls and forming the background
of these parts of the auditorium are
decorations of most artistic design,
while pendant from the gallery rail-
ings are dropping folds of red, white
and blue bunting bedecked with flags of
every state in the Union. Additions
have been built to the speakers rost-
rum, and above is placed a huge red.
white and blue star, on which stand out
in bold relief from dark background,
the letters II. 0. o. F." in gold foil.
Yesterday and to-day no less than 5000
of this order have arrived, and tonight
the trains are coming in on every road
LOADED WITH ODD FELLOWS,
and by tomorrow night 10000 visitors
will be here. The city is one vast sea
of decorations, and the scene in beauty
resembles tho q. A. r. grand encamp-
ment of a year ago. The sovereign
grand lodge of l. o. 0. F. met here to-day
in the house of representatives in
Ohio's capitol, with the following
grand officers present: John c.
Underwood, G.. s., Columbus. o.;
Charles NJ. Busbee, deputy grand sire,
Raleigh, N. c.; Theodore A. Ross, grand
secretary, Columbus. o.; Isaac A. Shep-
pard, grand treasurer, Philadelphia;
Allen Jencks, assistant grand secretary,
Columbus, O.; Rev. j. W. Venable,
grand chaplain, Hopkinsville, KY; John
ii. Allbin, grand marshal, Concord, n.
H.; John n. Perkins, grand guardian,
Chelsea. Mass: w. H. Frazier, grand
messenger, Washington. In the morn
ing the grand body was received at the
board of trade rooms, where the vel
come addresses were delivered by Gov.
Foraker and Mayor Bruck, to which re-
Sponses were mode by Grand Master j.
l.. Mckinney. of the Ohio Grand lodge,
and Grand Sire Underwood. The SOW
ereign grand lodge then went into ses-
sion, and the grand sire made his re-
port. This shows that the annual
INCREASE OF MEMBERSHIP
is larger by several thousand than that
reported for a similar period during the
last fifteen years. The report from the
adjutant generals files up to Sept. l
shows that there are AZ Patrlarchs Mil
liant departments, SIG component can
fhnf hnN
alters have been made, that there are
1928 canton members, and that the
value of military outfit and other assets
of cantons is S7S2, 52S.S3. The report of
Grand Secretary Ross, for the United
States, shows that the aggregate totals
of the expenses of subordinate bodies
separate from benefits and charities, for
the year 1883. and the amount OF in
vested funds Dec. 81, 1888, were as fol-
lows: Grand LOdges-Total currenteX-
penses, 81, ,6S9.73; invested funds,
S14. SOC, 2S5. SO. Grand EncampmentS-
Total current expenses, Sll9.055.11; IN
vested funds, 81, on, 0S9.7 Number of
grand lodges, 81; grand encampments,
40: subordinate lodges, 1854. an increase
of 203 over 1887; subordinate eneamp-
mentS, 2,091; increase, 43; ,Rebekah de-
gree lodges, 1,763: increase, 265; lodge
limitations, So, 112; increase, 27,7S1; en-
campment limitations, 11,515; increase,
5S3: lodge members, 5S3. 552; increase,
1880; encampment members, 1869
increase, $3.50; Rebekah degree lodge
members, 50. 436; increase, 1851. Dur
ing the year the lodges paid out
FOR RELIEF OF MEMBERSs
g, 253, 020.56; increase over 1887, $685.
562. 81: relief extended by encampments,
S226, 444 81; increase, So, S09. As; by Re
bekah lodges. s2l,S15.76; increase,
S4,141S5. Total paid out for relief,
S2.50I, S2O.23, an increase of S147.514.21.
Every state has delegates. and the fol-
lowing are from abroad: Switzerland,
C. Imfeld, Zurich; Ontario-Hen-
ry Robertson. CollingwOOd; Col.
T. Campbell, London: Francis Rae
Oshawa; Frank Riddle, London. Lower
Provinces-Robert Hockin, PictOu,
n. S.; Benjamin Bremner, Charlotte
town. P. E. l.; British Columbia, Will
lam McCOll, New estminster; Mani
toba, c. ID. Anderson, James D. COnk-
lin, Winnipeg; Denmark, John Rath,
of New York Late tonight scores of
bands are .serenading distinguished
members of the order at the various no
tells.