Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-13
THE FORESTERSs CONVENTION.

warner kNAll-SOhAc kAhoA CSsAns Sse-- tlstics Concerning the Foresters-
 Committees Appointed in the After
 noon-Speech by Supreme Chief
 Ranger Kits.
 The annual convention of the Ancient Order of Foresters of America met in War ner hall yesterday morning, Supreme Chief Ranger William A. Kitts of Brooklyn pre- siding over the convention. An address in opening was given by Mayor Sargent, who gave the delegates most hearty welcome. The delegates then saluted the mayor with the s'long fre," which is peculiar kind of clapping of the hands. A vote of thanks was then given and hearty cheers. The number of courts is as follows: Cal ifornia 1O5, Colorado IS, Connecticut 7S, Illinois 35, Kansas 10, Maryland 16, Massa- ohusetts 1O2, Michigan 52, Minnesota 2S, Missouri 12, New Hampshire 21, New Jer- sey 79, New York 274, Ohio 56, Oregon IS, Pennsylvania 91, Rhode Island 3S, Wash- ington 16; total 1,O24, gain of 2S courts. The total receipts for the past year amounted to $17O,O most of which was | paid for benefits. The membership is about 112, ,OOO.
 The order pays sick benefit of $5 per week and a death benefit to the families of deceased members in classes of $500, $1, GOO, $1, ,5OO and 5000.
 In the convention the largest delegation is from New York state, twenty nine mem bers.
 This city has the following courts, with 1e aL itr, Columbia, Robert Emmet, Court Pride, New Haven, Metropolitan, Andrew Jack son, Herman, Guiding Star, Quinnipiac, l Goethe, Farnam. There are also Sanctu- l ary Elm City, Ancient Order of Shepherds aud Rising Sun circle, Companions of the l Forest.
 Among the delegates were James T. Landers, J. J. Hogan and J. J. Ward of ! this city, and their alternates were A. H Mccarthy, Thomas J. Greedy and J. J. Mo.
 Mahon of this city.
 | At 11:3O o'clock the convention ad tourned to p. m. to give the committed on credentials time to prepare their list and report.
 At the afternoon session the committees
 were appointed.
 Fifteen prominent members have dieC during the past year, and their names are l enrolled on the memorial leaf of thu
 "American Forester" Among the namel
 are P. Crowley and Frank McHugh of thil
 city, Dr. J. H. Moore of Brooklyn and P
 Gettings of Massachusetts. The deput,
 supreme chief ranger from Connecticut Ii
 Dr. Frapk H. Wheeler of New Haven.
 The report of the special committee oI
 endowment fund laws took up considerable
 time, and the report of the supreme secre
 tsry shows disbursements amounting t. | paar1u half million or1 haIo int h
 various tressuries of the order amountin,
 upwards of $600.000,
 The address of Supreme Chief Range
 Kitts was also most excellent. He gave
 great many very interesting facts concern
 ing the order; also some figures showip
 she order's growth recently. There ar
 now 1l2, ,248 members of the order in goo,
 standing-a gain of 34 ,45S since July 1
 1893. There are now 1,061 subordinat
 courts, against S21 on July 3l, 1891. Thi
 is gain of 240. He also reviewed on tn
 principal topics of interest among the Fol
 esters. Among them. "The Endowmen
 Fund.-" "Regalia," "Sound and Cohesiv
 Organiza ion and Uniformity"
 The meeting adjourned at 6 o'clock ut
 til this morning.
 PRESENTATION AT THE ToNTINE.
 A large Morocco bound album, contair ing an eDgrossed set of resolutions an containing the photographs of all the sr preme executive council officers, was pr, sented to Supreme Chief Ranger Willisl
 A. Kttts of Brooklyn, N. Y., about nir o'clock in the parlors of the Tontine hot J last evening, a large number of his friend ) being present. presentation was mad by P. E. 0. R. Brother .. Bsehman with few excellent words in which he said: t We are assembled for function that 7 | all respects is 8 very pleasing one; an < l worthy supreme chief ranger while ever ] | member of this S. G. O. has faithfully an D promptly attended to the very many duti r that from time to time have been given | each to perform, not one of us has been l I tireless, none has bsen 50 energetic in tl @ performance of the very many duties tn . I have devolved upon us as yourself. IT
 council deem 1t itly and proper throue |. me to present to you an expression of u , hearty good will and high esteem in whie T they hold you, and they have embodied Q bookform the following preamble and res f iutions which express our high esteem $ much better language than I can COT
 mand.