The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-17
ORDER OF RED MEN.
Twenty-Fifth Great Sun Council Will
Assemble Here To-Day.

The twenty-tifth great sun council of the
Great Council of Indiana. Improved Order
of Red Men, will assemble in this city on
Tuesday, Oct. IL. to continue in session two
days. The meetings will be held in the wig
wan OF the order. in the Griffith Block.
A very large attendance is expected, the
order having grown marvelously in this
State during the past year. Over $50 great
chiefs and representatives will be present,
representing eleven thousand Red Men.
this being the present membership of the
order In Indiana In the past five years the
order has grown from LOO TO its present
creditable membership. Much interesting
legislation is expected from the coming ses-
sion OF the Great Council. A change will
dates for admission, and the present laws
VIII be amended in several particulars. The
present chiefs of the Great Council are:
Great sachem, Charles L. Feltus, of Terre
Haute; great senior sycamore. w. B. King,
%bomas great nni1r sagam0re
prophet. Alfred Ellison, of Anderson; great
chief of records, Thomas G. Harrison. of In
dianapolis; great keeper of wampum, John
A. McGaw, of Indianapolis.
The report of the great chief of records
will be submitted to-day. 1t shows the
total membership to be Hiss; number of
working tribes, 1S1. There has been paid
for the use of brothers SIS, SS6.22; for burial
of the dead, s2,9f6.33; for the relief Of wild
ows and orphans, $319.9S. The resources
are as follows:
wampum on hand close of great
sun. l,55I.3l
Widows and orphans fund. 2,75L91
Tribal investments. ................... 66,S49.SS
Total resources. .sg1, 165. IL
The report speaks favorably of the res
ervation of Indiana in the report on the
condition of the order. There was phe-
nomenal growth during the year in the
reservation of New York, where the MEM
bership was increased nearly four thou
sand. Indiana stands next only to the En-
pire State in the matter OF increase.
The report shows receipts for the past
year of $6.641.20, and expenditures to the
amount of s5,334.Ss. The report shows the
great council of this State to be in excel
lent financial condition. but recommends
some changes in the matter of representa-
ton and per capita tax The expenses this
is estimated hat if all the great chiefs and
representatives attend, the mileage per
diem will amount to $1,70O or nearly $500
more than last year The increase hof
tribes in remote parts of the State he's
caused this state of facts. A change is
recommended in the matter OF representa-
ton so as to prevent the great council from
becoming unwieldy. 1t is proposed to make
the representation one for the first 80
members, and one for each additional one
hundred members or fractional part there
o. 1t is estimated that by REDUCTION of
the per capita tax saving OF $1,000 could
be made for the tribes.
The report of the great keeper of wam-
pun Greasurer) shows the following:
Balance on hand at last report. So, 165. Al
Received by cash from great council 5,25l56
Total. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 80, 4io.Si
Expenditures. S5,33i. 88
Balance on hand. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3,OS2.O9
The condition of the sinking fund is
shown as follows:
To balance last report. 81, 9f2. 90
To order on general fund. 10000
Oct. 10, 1893; interest to date.......... 200
,rota, .s2.s14OO