The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-05-25
Independent Order of odd Fellows

independent Oruer Oh Ouu FcllOWS.
"No flowersn at the convention.
Ruth Lodge No. will meet on Wednesday
evening next.
Harmony Lodge No. is considering new
code of bylaws.
Harmony Lodge No. 9, Union Lodge No. II,
and Beacon Lodge No. II meet tomorrow
night.
Put in a vote for your favorite school teacher
in THE HERALD's grand free vacation trip to
Europe
Covenant Lodge No. 13, Georgetown, has three
candidates for the initiatory degree next Thurs
day night.
Past President Sarah NJ. Sanderson retired
from her arduous duties during the past year
in halo of glory.
Past Grand Master George E. Emmons ad-
dressed the members of Harmony Lodge No. 9
at the grand visitation of that lodge.
Central Lodge No. l visitation was a grand
success officers, elective and appointed, well
posted, books well kept, and the lodge a No.
in every particular.
An increase in the number of chevaliers anxi-
Gus to drill was perceptble at the Saturday
night meeting of Canton c, commanded by
Capt Shackelford.
The Grand Master, with the officers of the
Grand Lodge, will pay an official visit to E1-
celsior Lodge No. Il on Monday and to Oriental
Lodge No. 10 on Thursday.
The District of Columbia will not be repre-
sented at the called meeting of the National
Convention of the Daughters of Rebekah to be
held at Topeka, Kan, in September next
The estimable wife of Past Grand James H.
Jones, of Harmony Lodge No. 9, who died on
Wednesday after long and severe illness, was
laid at rest in Congressional Cemetery yesterday
afternoon.
The letter of Sister Mary E. Rea, president of
the National Convention, to the District Rebe-
kah Convention was full of kind expressions
and encouragement to go ON in the good work
in which they are engaged.
The month of June in the several lodges will
be one of interest to those seeking advancement
in their respective lodges, the nomination and
election of officers and representatives to the
Grand Lodge being in order.
The numerical strength of the Rebekah branch
of the Order in the District on May 20, $780,
was reported by President S. NJ. Sanderson to
be 153 sisters, 1T brothers: total, 27O-a gain
of fifty since January l, 1889.
Grand Representative Fred. A. Stier wears
the decoration of the Past Grand Representa-
tives' Union, which organization is composed
of Grand Representatives and ex-Grand Repre-
sentatives of the Sovereign Grand Lodge.
The last of the series of grand visitations in
the Encampment branch of the order took place
at Mount Nebo Encampment The Junior War
den, j. Frank Whitemore, was highly compli-
mented by the Grand Patriarch and Grand Rep
! resentative and urgently recommended by them
for promotion to the Office of Senior Warden
/ At Martha Washington Lodge No. 8, Daugh-
ters of Rebekah, another of those pleasing Incl
! dents which have characterized the meetings of
this lodge since its organization took place on
! Tuesday evening last On this occasion the
! lodge, through Sister NJ l.. Buckley, Vice
Grand, presented a beautifully chased silver
! spoon to the little daughter of Sister Smith The
spoon was engraved with the name of the lodge
and of the recipient.
The visitation to Naomi Lodge No. l by the
/ Grand Master and the examination of the off
GERS by Grand Representatives Brainard and
| Stier on Monday last was pronounced to be one
of the best that has yet taken place. Vice GranG
| Hattie Williams Warden Julana Allan, and In
side Guardian Louisa Peiffer were subjected to
severe examination and stood the ordeal splen
ddly. The books and accounts were also exam
ined and reported correct.
The officers chosen at the convention of th,
Daughters of Rebekah held on Wednesda,
We're: President, Rebekah Giles, P. n. g., o
Naomi Lodge No. l; Vice President, Nellie G
Royce, P. n. e., Ruth Lodge No. 2; Secretary
Kate NJ. Laporte: Treasurer, Margaret L
Buckley, Vice Grand, Martha Washington
Lodge No. 3; Warden, Annie NJ. Lomax, P. n
e., Martha Washington Lodge No. 3; Guardian
Mildred n. Bsbee, n. e., of Ruth Lodge No. 2