Evening journal., 1890-11-15
THIRTY-eIeHTH ANNIVERSARY.
Celebration in lEden sail Bv Keokui
Tribe No. ,, L. o X. NJ.


Tribe No. ,, 1. o X. M.
The thirty eighth anniversary of the
Keokuk Tribe No. g. Improved Order OF
Red Men, was appropriately celebrated
st Eden Hall last evening. Past Great
Incohonee Joseph Pyle, presided.
The exercises consisted of speeches by
Brother Joseph Pyle, Rev. R. R. Steven
son. Rev. L. e. Barrett, g. @. of r. 4.
ID. II. Messenger, interspersed with
music rendered by the choir of St. Paul's
M. e. Church and banjo solo by Brother
H. w. Zebley. The exercises were fol
lowed by banquet, the table being laid
for over 800 guests.
The exercises of the evening began at
o'clock by a selection from the choir,
after which Mr. Pyle addressed those
present. for thirty five minutes He briefly
outlined the history of the order since
its inception in 1925 to the present time
For the aIneliorat on Of mankind the
o. o. f. and l. o. r. NJ, were both
established and they were co-eval with
some Of the first great discoveries and
inventions of the century. In proper
| tion as they grew so did institutions
grow, scientific inventions and
discoveries increase, slavery disappear,
and mankind become elevated In
1914 women were sold as slaves in the
market place in London, at the present
day woman is the companion aud equal
OF man. The steamboat, railway, steel
plough share. telegraph, telephone,
electric light, and all thu other great in
ventions and appliances of the century
were unheard OF before 1925, the year Of
| theinception of this organization.
The council of Delaware was or.
ganized the same year as the great conn.
Gil of the United States, and this was
practically the only tribe In Delaware
| until the Keokuk No. 3 was organized in
| 1852 True, the 0ssoea Tribe No. was
organized in Delaware City short time
before, but was too short lived to be
| productive Of any benefits
On November l5 that year the Keokuk
tribe was organized with the following
members: Joseph Pyle HJohn s. Hazell,
Aaron s. Hutton, Samuel f. Rogers,
William Mclaughlin, George Wright,
William W. Wallace, Richard Bicking,
Isaac Evans. Samuel Barkley and Isaac
Steven. OF these, but two are now
mem bers, Joseph Pyle and William Nc
Laughlin; two live but have withdrawn
from the order. an d seven have gone to
join the majority. In 1864, when
the rumble Of war rolled over the
nation the tribe was in great danger of
extinction when the following nineteen
men bal ded themselves together and
swore to preserve it at any cost Edwin
Hlrst, Joshua Maris, James E. Speak
man, George w. Mccoy, William Nc
Laughlin, A. B. Starr, William w Beck
ley, Alexander Chairs, James e Pierson,
E. Conway, George H. Yates, John
Bowers, David litus, David H. Payne,
10. ]. Farley, Joseph Pyle, Samuel
BarkIey, John j. Barrett, H. NJ Lewis
The names of these men are emblazeneo
like stars on the records of the tribe, and
should be preserved in letters of gold
for to them belongs the honor of baving
preserved it from death. The tribe now
has a membership of 200, with a inan-
cial standing of $4,400
The following is the report as presented
by the secretary: Number of members
at inception, IL; number of these now
extant. 2; adopted SINCE 665; suspended
4l6: expelled, 2; buried, "a; granted
withdrawal cards, 81; number remaining
200 Paid in as weekly dues, $33. 167 so
yearly average. $8T2 84 benefits paid t
members, $40, 1856 66; to sister tribes
$643 80; financial benefits, 50, 230 50
donations. $79l 9l total benefits
SIS, S52 SO; yearly average SAT-.
assets in stock and cash, $4, 400