The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-22
Odd Fellowship.

$'Vhth8 W. VIII
What Cheer lodge bad short session
last Tuesday evening. The fair commit
tee met at the close OF the session AMI
made further arrangements In their work.
The committee will meet again next
Tuesday evening, when IL is expected that
the date OF the fair will be given.
Am'nR the members OF the order in
this state who have gone TO the Worlds
fair during the week are Past Grand
George 4. Kilner aud Brother Ache
Martin OF Kug. Williams lodge. brother
4. Hamilton McC rmick OF What Cheer
lodge will 60 tomorrow mo- ming. 'eso
members will rem dn away b 'ut four
veeks.
Noble Grand Hamilton K NJ X 'pzle OF
Swarts lodge IL spending his vacation La
Palmer. Mass.
Ma, flower lodge had n we'll attended
meeting last Wednesday ening. The
time was very pleas anily passed. Last
Saturday evening tweuty-dye members OF
tn lodge boarded "a party wagon and
drove TO Ashland, where they spent the
evening with Covenant lodge. Next
Welnes lay evening h initiaiory gree
will be conferred upon one cindidatc.
Sister Picnic Logan of MIzpan lodge.
left this city yesterday for st. Louis, Mo-,
where she will be the guest Of Ler sister.
Mrs. Logan will return by the way VI
Chi. ago and visit the fair.
Brother Bertsch of Reliance lodg, was
reported we'll last Tuesday evening".
Word has been received from the man.
bers Of the order who let this city week
ago that they are enjoying themselves
and are in the best of health and spirits.
Mizpah Rebekah lodge had q very
pleasant session last Monday evening.
District Deputy Ila Thurber was the
special guest of the evening. The degree
OF che order was conferred upon one can
didate. An invitation was received and
acce pied from Reba Rsbekah lodge o.
Bristol to pay them - visit Thursday
evening. October g. Brothers B. +.
Pierce, f. b. Lincoln and G. Lowell were
appoiated COMMITTEES u make arrange
M nts for the visit.
Over 400 members and representatives
were present at the session of the grand
lodge Of Massachusetts, at Boston. Tho
following officers were elected: Grand mas
ter, Louis A. Cook; deputy grand master.
Henry Z. Ruggles; grand warden, Austin
y. Esty; grand secretary. Charles ID. Cole;
grand treasurer, julius l.. Clarke; grand
representative, Alfred s. Pinkerton; trus-
tee Of funds, Thomas c. Porter; trustee u
Odd Fellows home. Hon. John j. Whipple.
No lodge in California is allowed to pay
less than 81 per week sick benefits Most
of them pay from sS to $40, but the dues
are not less than GIG in most of them.
Many United States soldiers are proving
their appreciation of principle as well as
duty by joining Pierre lodge. No. 81, !. ..
q. F., South Dakota.
In Illinois 4ol applicants were refused
admission to the order during the past year.
Arkansas shows net gain of 40s during
its past grand lodge year.
The grand encampment of Ohio favors
biennial sessions Of the sovereign grand
lodge.
The magnificent I. o. o. f. temple at
Philadelphia is to be completed by Sept. /,
1894, and will yield yearly revenue of over
$60, 900.
There are 80, 706 members and Il, ,429 Re
bckah degree members in Indiana
The grand lodge of Indiana, also the Odd
Fellows Mutual Aid association, had their
funds in the indianapolis National bank.
which recently closed its doors.
Mt. Pleasant lodge will make frsternal
visit to Olive Branch lodge next Thursday
evening. They are to he very pleasantly
the work being placed in the
hands of the social COMMITTEES.
Past Grand j. v. Schroeder of Friendly
Union lodge returned from his trip to the
World fair last Wednesday, and he, like
all others, says that the fair is tco large
to talk about, a d the only way to get
any idea OF it is to 20 aud see 1t.
The annual Rebekah conve ntion will be
he'd Thursday evening October 20, in.
stead of the 10Th. TIE change is due TO
the fact that o ID Fellows ha could not
be secured for The last nameI date.
Past Grand Master Lindsay Anderson
OF Roger Williams lodge. Is acting as
grand secretary during the absence of
& aud Secretary w. II. L. M isley.
Olive Branch lodge did not have quite
as large An attendance as usual last even
ing, but those who were present enjoyed
every moment Of the time under the
head of the go d OF the order. Interesting
remarks we're made by Past Grand w. f..
Watson of M ,toloia lodge of Rochester,
N. H., Past Granis Petty, Mas Lindoff.
BrOtner 1Olluen anu otncTS Oh OllNe
Branch lodge. 1t was the same o!d sub
jec: "How shall we get tue members to
attei. d the meesings." Several methods
we're SPOKEN Of one or two are to be put
into exet usion "ext month. aud the MEM
bers OF o i've Branch lodge will have the
most enjoyable meetings of any lodge
in the STATE.
Dorc r. bekah lodge met last evening
and two candidates were initited.
Mszeppa sncampment net last Friday
evening when three applications for
were rete we'd aud the patri-
archal degr,e o was con erred upon one can
did,te. 4 he goldei rule degree will be
CO ,ferred upon one candidate ut the next
M st OF the delegates who went west
are expected hoJe the latter Fart OF next
week.
Crescent lodge hcl a short session last
Tuesdiy evening. Toe sick remain about
tue same with the exception Of Brother
Charles Freeman who was reported TO be