Telegram-herald., 1890-08-06

Of the Illinois Grand Lodge The CON
GLIDING address OF the short opening
programme was a response by Mrs
Mary a. Rea, of 81 Louis, president of
the Rebekah Degree National conven-
ton. She said that their reception in
Chicago had been very kind, and the
reports on every hand showed that the
ladies' were proving a valuable adjunct
20 the great order. She pleaded for a
more general recognition and encour-
agement Of the Rebekah work by the
odd-Fellows. The rest of the evening
was spent in dancing.
Eleven Robekah degree lodges are en-
tered in the confession prizes. Those from
outside of Chicago are: Virginia Lodge,
No. 90, ViroGua, Wis. Naomi Lodge.
No. lss, Columbus, o.; Eden Lodge, No.
so, Richmond, Ind; North Star
Lodge, No. 6. Minneapolis, Mimi;
White Water Lodge, No. II, Rich
mond. Ind; Bloomington Lodge, No.
400, bloomington, H., and Ruth Lodge,
No /, Omaha, Neb The prizes for
which degree stats of Rcbekah degree
lodges are competing are, to the best
staff in exemplification of the degree
work, $500; second, $500; third, 5000:
fourth, the "Roundy Regalia Company
prize, set of official Rebekah degree
collars, elegantly embroidered. with
appropriate jewels of fine quality and
workmanship, valued at SIPS; fifth. to
the best Noble Grand in exemplifca-
ton of the degree work, the "B. L. Fos-
ter Uniform and Costume Company's
premium Past Noble Grand's elegant
purple silk plush robe. to be awarded
TO the Noble Grand as personal prop
erty. valued at 500.
Wednesday evening there is to be the
award of the decoration Of chivalry. and
in this the Daughters of Rebekah have
prominent part, as there are twenty
OF them who are to receive the decora-
ton. The award is to be ACCOMPANIED
by all the pomp and circumstance of the
Patriarch Militant display, and is
to take place in the open air
on the Lake Front. The badge
of the decoration of chivalry is hand
some jeweled pin and pendent, and is to
be bestowed on the following ladies:
Mrs. Nettie Stahl, Mrs. Agnes Tabor,
Mrs. Mary Young, Miss Barnum, daugh-
ter of the Grand Master of the State of
Illinois. Mrs Celia L. Edwards.
Mrs. Gertrude Neff. Mrs. Lillian
Brown. Mrs. Mahala Churchill, Mrs. c.
z. Raymond, Mrs. Eva Cain, Mrs. Irene
Fletcher, Mrs. Mary Hitchcock, Mrs.
f. u. Pearson Mrs. Ada Parker, Miss
Sara Hayman, Mrs. Eva r. WitheE. of
Springfield, secretary of the Rebekah
degree convention of Illinois; Mrs. ].
Whowell, Mrs. l.. g. Carpenter, Mrs. f..
II. j. Fry and Mrs. E. j. Gully There
are but three gentlemen who are to re-
ceiye the decoration.
At o. m. the crack cantons, classed
as A in the com petition schedule, be-
gan their prize work in the Enclosure on
the Lake Front. Class A is composed
of prize winners in former contests.
and the judges predict some excellent
work. Tho manual is very similar to |
that Of the United States army as de. /
signed by General Upton and revised /
by Northumberland Hugh T. Reed !
(retired), who has been given charge 4
OF the entire contest and who will be I
chairman OF the committee OF Judges. |
All the Judges are officers in the United /
States army. and it just happens that
they are all graduates of West Point. /
The following named cantons will /
drill during the afternoon: Class A /
Canton Occidental No. /, Of Chicago I
Ill; Grand Canton Ohio No l. OF CO. 4
lumbus. O. Glass B-Canton London |
No. 1, Of London. Ont; Canton Buffalo
No. 3. OF Buffalo. y. Y.