The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-26
OHIO ODD FELLOWS.
Meeting Of the Grand Lodge in the
New Temple. Cincinnati
Contest Over tho Selection OF Trustees
Closed Charters to New Lodges tiiv-
en-The Grand Lodge Degree He
slowed Upon u Large Number
of Candidates.


tive session, and an organization was
made for the week. The grand lodge
degree was conferred on over one hum
dred past grands of the state.
The session adjourned at noon to 10
o'clock Wednesday, morning. A small
amount of rou tine work was accom-
plished in the way of reports of COM
mittees. and the following officers were
appointed by Grand Master Clapp to
serve during the present session: Grand
chaplain, Rev. George S. j. Browne, of
Bowling Green; grand marshal, A. j.
Spencer, Cleveland, o.; grand conduc-
tor, Il. r. Ryan, Delaware, o.; grand
guardian, 4. r. Thrall, Columbus,
grand herald, Thomas Dunn, New Lis
bon, O.; grand messenger, James A.
Armstrong, Cincinnati
The.grand encampment of Ohio held
a meeting in one of the lodge halls of
the temple with sixty delegates in at
tendance. The business consisted in
closing up matters that were before
the recent session Mt Chillicothe. The
degree of patriarch wus conferred upon
several candidates
CINCINNATI, May 1T.-At the session
of the Grand Lodge /. o. o. +. Wednes-
day the following trustees of the
Grand Lodge were elected: Henry Z.
Frost, of New Lisbon; John w. Paul,
of Cincinnati; Walter Roebuck, Belle
fontaine; Louis Is. Loesoher, Columbus;
w. O. Lupton, Delaware.
For trustees of home, Ivor Lewis, of
Columbus, was reelected for five years
The bonds of Grand Secretary c. H.
Lyman, for $40, 900, and that of Grand
Treasurer l.. w. Sherwood, for ss5, 900,
were received and approved.
Representative Cyrus Huling, of
Columbus, presented the grand lodge
with a handsome set of the revised
statutes, which fills long felt want in
the grand lodge.
A special committee composed of
Grand Chaplain Browne, j. M. Beaver
and w. d. Moore, was appointed on the
dead of the year.
A special committee was appointed
to take action on the recent death of
P. G. M. Chas. Babcock, one of the
most prominent Odd Fellows of the
state. 1t is composed of the following:
Past Grand Master II. c. Hedges, James
Turner and Supreme Judge of Ohio
Jacob Burlet.
The present arrangement of the col
lection of dues and dropping of mem
bers for non-payment of same after one
year does not give general satisfaction
and general revolution of the method
will be inaugurated. To this end 8
committee, composed of George Glib
bons, Cyrus Huling and Ivor Hughes
was appointed to draft an amendment
to the constitution on the question.
The home trustees presented an ella b
crate report on their work of the year
which went into the minutest detail.
Charters were granted for the fol
lowing lodges:
Rebekah lodges-Ravenna, Portag,
county; Woodstock, Champaign county
Caledonia, Marion county; Niles, Trum
bull county: Chagrin Falls, Cuyahog;
county; Columbus, Franklin county
Oxford, Butler county; Sweden
Andover, Ashtabula county; An
sonia, Darlse county; Tontogany
county; Bealsville, Monroe county
Da' ton, Montgomery county; Derby
ri away county; Auburn, Geaug;
.nty; Stryker, Williams county
10Y, Miami county: Shelby, Rich
land county; Gloucester, Athens coun
ty.
Subordinate Lodges--Rock Camp
Lawrence county; Wiltshire Van Wer
county. A charter was refused for
Rebekah lodge on account of inform
ality.
The number of applicants for the de
gree of the grand lodge were not SO larg
as the day before, but Grand Warden II
c. Glenn was kept busy comforting TIN
impressive work upon them.
The afternoon session was devoted t,
the memorial exercises of the order il
honor of about two hundred who hav,
died in the past year. The exercise
were attended by all members of tn
,rder.
A number of special addresses wer
made by members of the order iron
this city and elsewhere.
Mt. Hope Lodge, 127, of Wilmington
O., was reported to the Grand Lodg
Wednesday for especially meritoriou
work, having at a recent meeting in
itiated forty three candidates, rein
stated two and admitted one on card
Eleven of the candidates received tn
three degrees at once, and the worl
vas conferred by the celebrated Wen
IA Degree Staff.
CINCINNATI, May 1s.-After spirite'
discussion, which lasted all mornin,
and greater part of the afternoon
the Grand Lodge of Ohio l. o. o. F.
Thursday, resolved by a vote of AZ t
lo not to build the odd fellows hom
at Springfield, o., this year. TIL
ground for the home has been donate,
by the city of Springfield, and tn
home trustees recommended that tn
grand lodge impose a per capita tax O
one dollar on the various lodges @
Ohio, according to their membershi
IS given in the last report of the gran
secretary, making q revenue of 500
BOO The special committee TO whor
the matter was referred recommcnde
that the trustees be authorized to cor
tinue the operation OF the present hom
At Rossmoyne until they can sell it a
figure satisfactory to the gran
lodge, and that on account of the har
times no tax be imposed on the lodge.
but that all the subordinate and RI
belah lodges and the individual men
hers be solicited to donate money for
fund to be used later in the erectio
Of buildings for the home at Spring
field. This Recommendation wa