The morning call., 1891-08-27
FRATERNAL NOTES,
Membership and Claims Paid i'm
the Knights of Honor.

Pacific Lodge, No. 136. F. and A. NJ, at
its called meeting on Tuesday evening had
a raising"
Unity Encampment, No. %, |. 0. o. F.,
held well-attended and interesting session
on Tuesday evening.
California Chapter, No. 8, Royal Arch
Maso1s, mad work in the Royal Arch degree
on Tuesday evening.
Templar Lodge, No. II, l. o. o. F.. had a
good attendance at its regular meeting last
evening, when important business was trans
acted.
Mount Moriah Lodge, No. "A, F. and A.
NJ, at its called meeting last evening had
work in the Master Mas0n's degree.
Oriental Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. 90,
last evening.
Mission Lodge, No. 169, F. and A. NJ, at
It's called meeting last evening had work in
the third degree.
Yerba Buena Lodge, No. Is, I. o. o. F..
Will confer the initiatOry and elect an n. G.
at It's regular meeting this evening.
Excelsior Lodge, No. 1876, L. and A. NJ,
at its called meeting last evening had a
raising"
Franco-Ameriean Lodge, No. 2O7, L o. o.
r., VIII confer the inltiatory at its regular
meeting this evening
Lodge La Parfaite Union, No II, F. and
a. M, Will have work in the Entered Ap-
prentice degree on the evening of Friday
October 10th. This meeting will occur dur
ing the Grand Lodge annual communication
tendance.
The membership of the Knights of Honor
at date OF April 1st last was 13S, ,029 The
total amount of claims paid to beneficaries
10 date OF August II, 1891, has been $35,-
OIL 1854 %.
Tie Pythan Sisters are increasing rap
idly. New temples are being formed in
One, Alabama and Pennsylvania.
Two new lodges of the L. o. o. f. in the
Ghlckasaw Nation, Ind. T., at Purcell and
Erin Springs, will be chartered by the
Grand Sire as soon as the arrangements for
Their institution can be completed
-. +. Nelson, Supreme Reporter of the
knights OF Honor, announces the following
gain OF membership in the jurisdictions
named Tor the week ending 22d inst: Ala
oaina =, Arkansas 2, California 4, Connecti-
cut 2, Colorado l. Florida 3, Georgia 49, IL
linols 10. Indiana Is. Kentucky 4, Louisiana
7. Massachusetts 8, Michigan 3. Minnesota
2, Mississippi q, New Jersey 4. New FORK
~, North Carolina /, Ohio 3, Pennsylvania
? South Carolina 3 Tennessee "a, Texas 2S,
Total 203.
ihe minimum fee of the Knights of Py-
thias In Ohio is S15. An effort is being made
to Increase it to S25.
=. The famous Odd Fellow Building in Bal
tlmore, which is soon to be torn down to
more magnificent structure will be built. is
truly one OF the old landmarks of the order
III was built IN 1880, eleven years after the
order was instituted in America, and at
Ihat time there were only about 1000 mem-
bers OF the order in this country. That
building gave great impetus to the order,
SO tAat IN 1910 there were H. 166 m EN- bers
1850, 139.242 1862 149, 239; 1870, 29T, ,637; 1885,
440, 1888; at present writing, $50 900.
The Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, oc-
cnples rectangular plat of ground l50x245
feef, and surrounded on all four sides by
streets. 1t is in truth Masonic temp pie
being exclusively occupied by the craft and
having no stores connected with it. 1t cost
Sl,567,55S 32-the lot of ground costing
Sl5o, ,06l GA. the building S1,29S, 76S SO and
the furniture $1lo.737 SO. It's cerner-sto
was laid In 1869 by Grand Master Vaux and
II was completed in 1873 by Grand Master
Perklns. vi the total cost S247, ,068 80 was
paid in cash, and to provide for the re-
mander Masonic Temple loan was issued
to the amount of Sl,320, 500. In the past
eleven years S507, 100 of this loan has been
paid OFF and the present amount of the loan
Is SSl3,400 at 4 per cent. The rate has
ranged from 7.G5 to 4 per cent, the present
rate. The finances of the Grand Lodge
have been conducted by the Finance Com
mittee and the Grand Lodge with the larg-
est wisdom and skill. Its loans have always
commanded premium, as high at times as
u per cent, and the present per cent loan
IS at premium and was sold at premium
when first issued in September last.
Tomorrow evening Twin Peaks Circle,
NO. l02, Companions Of the Forest, will give
a domino parry in its hall, corner Of Seven
teenth and Noe streets.