The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-20
Doings Of Fraterna| Orders.
Knights of Pyfhias.

Sterling lodge had an attendance of
about fifty last. Friday evening when the
rank of page was conferred upon one
candidate. Brother 4. K. Dix, the chair
man OF the social committee. announced
that Friday evening. Nov 81. had been
decided upon a. the evening to entertain
the lady friends OF the lodge.
Next Monday evening Rhode Island d.
vision of the uniform rank will celebrate
the twelfth anniversary. The members
OF the division together with the gre sts
will meet at the armory at $50 o'clock.
There was large attendance at the
meeting of Lafayette lodge last Nednes-
day. The rank OF page was conferred
upon one candidate. Next Wednesday
evening the lodge will have been one year
old. aud the members propose to have q
jolly good time.
Vice Grand Chancellor Walter Scott
has broken all previous records OF any
Grand officer In the way OF making visits;
last Wednesday evening made the 125th
visit which equals Past Grand Chancellor
Fred ~ Goff's record. Brother Scott has
made 127 SO far and will endeayor to
make it 200 before the last OF December.
Union division OF the ulif1rm rank
received an official visit from the staff
officers last Monday evening. There were
present Colonel N. W. Pierce. Lieutenant
Colonel j. ID. CARPENTER, M jor 4. III.
Perry and Sergeant III. o True. The
division was found to be In most
nourishing coudition.
Rhode Island lodge Is to hold Ncial
Tuesday evening October. 81, at rs West
minister street.
Next Wednesday evening the degree
team from Eureka lodge will visit st.
Elmo ! dge when one or lDore OF the
ranks will he exemplifled.
The officers OF the grand lodge made an
official visit to Abraham Liucoln lodge
last Wednesday evening.
Rathbone lodge will be visited by the
officers OF the grand lodge Wednesday
evening.
Enterprise lodge held a very entert lin
ing session last evening Quite a number
OF the older members were present.. A
committee was appointed to arrange for
visit to Riverside lodge in the near
future. The committee has decided to
make the visit on the evening OF Wednes-
day, Nov. /.
Howard lodge had a large Attendance
at the meeting last Wednesday evening.
Past Chauc llor q. 4. Pierce gave the
members very interesting account OF
the meetings OF the natip'al convention
Of the Grand Army. the Odd Fellows
and OF the Worlds Fair.
A council of the G .and Orient will be
instituted la Elmv ood lodge. h. Of p.
hall, Oct. 81. Grap4 Orient II. o. Martin
has decid "a to preside at the first meet
ing. There will be at least forty candi-
dates for this j.gree.
Elmwood l-dge had an attendance of
about fifty .sst Wednesday evening. The
rank OF k5ight was conferred upon one
cindidate. Brother Latham was reported
to 10 improving. Chancellor
Comm: .nder John X. Munroe
app cd the several committees for tie
IA, and wiuter season, who are as fol-
lows: Joshua Eichels, c. ID. Colby. Il.
A. Chadwick. 4. II. Robinson and A. II.
Coggeshall. There were visitors present
from lodges in Massachusetts,. Conpect'-
cut and Pennsylvania. The rank OF page
will be conferred next Wednesday evea-
ing.
What Cheer lodge conferred the ranks
OF esquire upon one candidate last Mon
day evening. Next Monday the rank OF
knight will be conferred.
Sterling, Providence aud Pythias lodge
will meet this evening.
pennsylvania has 4sG subordinate lodges,
with a total membership of 4s,4S0. OF
these, l is past supreme chancellor, 81
past grand chancellors, 10, 800 past chancel-
lors, 81 ,905 knights, 80 esquires and 94 pages
The net increase in the past year was IL
lodges and 1000 members There were
4,406 limitations and 3l40 suspensions. $50
Withdrawals and 562 deaths. There were
paid for relief of brothers, sl50, soc; burying
the dead, s5l ,29S.94; relief of widowed fam
lilies, 81, 1850.
In 1899 the grand lodge Of Ohio institu.
ted 50 new lodges and gained q, 800 in men,
bership.
The twenty-ffth annual session of the
Kentucky grand ledge was held In Ash
land. The following officers were elected
Supreme representative, j. w. Pryor;
grand chancellor, A. ID. Rogers; grand
vice chancellor, T. b. Mathews; grand prel.
ate, DIR. ID. l.. Agnew; grand keeper Of
seals. Wade Shellman; grand master of
exchequer, George Glendon; grand master
at arms, Stanley Adams; grand inner guard,
j. II. Settle; grand outer guard, Daniel b.
Crout; grand trustee, three year term, A.
j. Lovely.
There are 81 sections Of the endowment
rank, with membership of 1,l01, holding
an insurance of $2,517000, in Arkansas.