The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-06

Deputy GyAnd Master William Z. Nash
and the oEicsrs and members Of Olive
Branch lodge will be entertained.
Naomi Rebekah lodge will meet Thurs
day evening. District Deputy Lizzie
Carr aud suite will make the lodge AN
Official visit
There was q fir attendance at the
meeting OF Hope lodge last Monday
evening. An iuvitasioa was received
and accepted from Orient lodge OF At
tleboro to pay the lodge fraternal visit
on the evening OF Thursday, Oct. IL. No.
Bile Grand Chester ID. Newcomb and
Brothers w. C.. Cloudman and Edward
Eigar we're elected committee TO make
the necessary arrangements. The com
mittee will report next Monday evening.
Fiorsncs lodge Of Pawtucket will be
the guest OF Naomi lodge next Thursday
evening.
Naomi Sewing circle met with Sister
Duxbury In Lousdale; about twenty mem :
bcrs were present. Il Q time was spent
In games. music, etc.
Mt Vernon conferred the initiatory
degree on one candidate in "A very
credit able manner. A. resolution WAS
passed expressing the sympathy Of the
lodge With Past Grand l. .wis, who has
r Gently lost hts father.
Among the prominent Odd Fellows who
are members Of congress are Hon. A. j.
Pearson of Ohio, who was conspicuous as
candidate for governor; Hon. John B. Rob
fnson, president OF the State League of
Pennsylvania; Hon. s. p Wolvcrton of
Pennsylvania, and Hon. j. c. Mcguire of
California. Judge Mcguire has for eight
years been grand representative from his
rat IN, ha al iQp md lodi ha
preme head of the order
The per capita tax in Illinois is rs cents.
The grand lodge Of Missouri is composed
OF 100 representatives.
The per capita tax in New York jurisdic-
tion for the coming year has been fixed at
IL cents per member
A new lodge of 200 or more members will
be instituted soon In Norfolk. There are
some 5000 members Of the order In that
city.
The Missouri Odd Fellows Home associ-
alton is succeeding quite we'll with It's sub
scriptions and is ready to consider PROPOSE
tions for the location Of the institution.
Past Grand Sire John ii. White Of New
York is unqualifiedly in favor of some
equitable law for the benefit OF aged Odd
orally known. ought to aid the movement
The grand lodge of New Xsrk has again
decided in favor Of some equitable law for
aged Odd Fellows Of defunct lodges. Will
the sovereign grand lodge again ignore the
demand OF New York;
New Hampshire has 55 lodges. Not q
charter has been surrendered since 1870.
Compared with last summer this has
been q much more favorable season for
work.
The following officers were elected at the
recent session Of New York grand lodge:
Grand master. K. l.. Gaul; deputy grand
master, Sidney L. Rowland; grand warden,
Alfred Guthrie; grand secretary, John @.
Deubert; grand treasurer, Charles Wehr:
grand representative, George Chapman
During an address of welcome delivered by
Grand Master Morgan ne said this juris-
diction now contains 675 subordinate lodges
and 12S Rebekah lodges. with a member
ship in the subordinate lodges OF over 65,-
600 and In the Rebekah branch Of about
10000, and that they are still growing in
numbers and in financial stability.
There are now 3s children in the Orphans
home in Illinois, all healthy and hearty.
This home was organized and is conducted
by the Rebekahs.
The donations to the Massachusetts, Odd
Fellows home, including land, amount to
$S4, ,s56; of this amount 81 ,9A was in cash.
Fifty subordinate lodges, 6S encampments
and " Rebekah lodges have not as yet
contributed anything to the institution.
Mrs. Waddell, secretary Of the Rebekah
provincial convention, wrote and sent out
during the year 425 cards and letters.
The average attendance on Rebekah
lodge meetings is far greater than on lodge
and encampment meetings.
The first Rebekah degree lodge has been
Instituted In the province of Quebec at
Huntingdon. 1t has been appropriately
named Pioneer lodge, No. 1.
A grand masters deputy is the term en-
pioyed In Pennsylvania for district dep
uty grand master over Rebekah lodges.
The cornerstone Of the Rebekah build.
ing, Home For Orphans of Odd Fellows OF
Pennsylvania, was laid In Philadelphia re
Gently. ts-
Columbia Rebekah lodge was instituted
in Los Angeles recently.