Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
10. @. F. GRANDL0DGE
Details of the Annual Meeting in the
Twin Cities, Next Week.
OVER 1890 DELEGATES EXPECTED.
Held West Of the Mountains the First Time
in Twenty-One Years.
A VERY INTERESTING PROGRAMME

For the first time in 81 years the Grand
Lodge, I. o. o. F., will meet west of the
mountains, the sessions being equally di
vided between the two cities. and occupying
nearly all of next week. The meeting of q
years ago was held in Lafayette Hall. The
forthcoming meeting will be the most i'm
portant in the history of the order within
the State.
Mr.. John A. Myler, e1-postmaster, OF
Allegheny, is chairman of the local Com
mittee of Arrangements, and he expects
1900 delegates, representing the 1000
lodges in the State. AS many of the dele
gates will be accompanied by their wives,
the visitors to the city next week will be
largely increased.
The programme as prepared by the local
Committee of Arrangements is very elabor-
ate, and covers five days of next week. On
Monday morning at 9 O'Clock the Grand
Encampment will be held at the hall, No. 67
Fourth avenue, and at O'Clock P. M. the
officers of the Grand Lodge will proceed to
Homestead, where the new Odd Fellows
Hall will be dedicated. On Tuesday morn
ing at 8 o'clock the Daughters of Rebekah
will begin their annual session at No. 81
Fourth avenue with representatives present
from all lodges of the State.
THE FIRST DAYS WORK.
On Tuesday morning at o'clock the
Grand Lodge will meet in annual session at
Carnegie Hall, Allegheny, commencing a
four or five days deliberation of the i'm
portant changes proposed in the workings of
the order. On Tuesday evening the ladies of
Pittsburg Lodge, "Alice Carey, Daughters
of Rebekah, will give the beautifed work of
their order at Turner Hall, on Forbes street,
to be followed by a banquet, at which the
visiting delegates and ladies will be enter
tanned. Covers will be laid for over !, 900
persons.
On Wednesday evening, at Carnegie Hall,
the secret work of the order will be exem-
plifed and instructions given by Past Grand
Sire Nicholson, of Philadelphia. The i'm
portance of the meeting can hardly be esti-
mated. The entire law of the order is to be
revised and changed. Several very radical
amendments are proposed. Among the i'm
portant questions to come up is the cele-
no one can become an Odd Fellow unless 81
years of age, and it is hoped to bring the
age limit down to IS.
SOME HUsTLING NEEDED.
Superintendent Waddington and EngI-
neer Fisher, of the Carnegie Library, will
have some lively hustling to place the hall
in readiness for the Grand Lodge meeting.
Every window in the building will have to
be rendered impervious to the eye of mortal
and the lighting will be entirely artificial.
The election for Grand Lodge officers for the
ensuing year has been completed in che
subordinate lodges. The results will be
tabulated and announced in the Grand
Lodge and the installation will take place
on Friday evening.
Mr.. Myler secured the convention for
Pittsburg by promising the delegates peep
at the greatest industrial wonders of the |
world. Some time will therefore be devoted |
to sightseeing, covering the whole city and |
its surroundings.
Rev. David Craft, Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, I. o. o. F.,
will preach in the First Methodist Protest
ant Church, Fifth avenue, tomorrow even
ing. Subject: Opportunity and Service"