The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30


cers-Other Business.
The seventy-third annual session of the
grand lodge of Indiana, +. & A. ma
sons, was held Tuesday at the grand
lodge hall in the Masonic temple. There
were in all 500 delegates present, includ-
ing some of the most prominent men in
masonry in the state.
The meeting was called to order at
10 80 o'clock, Grand Master Daniel Noyes
of Laporte presiding. His opening ad-
dress was beautiful effort and was re-
ceived with close attention by the large
body of delegates. He thanked Provi-
dence for the peace, harmony and pros
perity that has prevailed in the order.
He spoke of the friendship and broth
erly love that had characterized its rela-
tons with sister organizations. AS to
the work of the year. he stated that there
had been no events Of unusual impor-
lance. but that the work had gone on
smoothly and the increases in member
ship showed prosperity in the ranks.
Among some of the official acts Of the
grand master he mentioned the follow
decisions:
That a lodge has no right to with
hold a dimit from a brother upon the
sole ground that he has made use of
harsh utterances against a brother in the
same lodge.
Permission to confer the degrees upon
an importer and wholesale dealer in
wines and liquors" was refused.
An invitation to lay a cornerstone
on the Sabbath was respectfully de-
clined
Dispensations for new lodges have been
East Chicago lodge, Lake county;
Pleasant Lake lodge. Steuben county;
Farmersburg lodge. Sullivan county.
Relative to begging circulars sent from
the jurisdiction of Florida, Grand Master
Moves stated that information had been
sent to Florida to the effect that the let
ers could not be sent out in Indiana be-
cause of the resolutions passed by the
local grand lodge. Reference was made
to the deplorable action of a subordinate
lodge in the Indiana jurisdiction in send
ing broadcast a begging letter, and he
stated that he had ordered the recall Of
the letter. This was done and apologies
made for the action.
The following report was made by
Grand Treasurer Rice of the financial
condition of the grand lodge:
Old balance in treasury. .s1S,966 o.
Receipts 22O4l 90
Total ......................... s21 ,OO7 90
The disbursements were 29,19175. leav-
ing a balance of S11.S15.S4. of this bal
ance $11, 033.62 is on deposit in F'letcher's
bank. and for the remaining sum Of
S7s1-72 ! hold the certificate of the re-
ceiver Of the Indianapolis national bank
AS custodian Of the securities of the
grand lodge, have deposited in safety
box in Pitchers bank:
Vanderburg county bonds,
bearing 5 per cent interest. IS 5000 90
Wayne county bonds, bearing
AZ per cent. interest. 1900 90
Cass county bonds, bearing per
cent. interest. Observation-Disclosures. S,4l4 70
Building and loan stock. bearing
9 per cent. interest........ 5000 90
Total Observation-Disclosures. S25.474 70
Grand Secretary Smythe has held this
position for sixteen years. He presented
his report as follows:
From May %. 1873, to May 16, 1894. I
have received and turned over to the
grand treasurer the sum OF S414,5S9. 40.
For the year ending May Is, 1894 the re-
ceipts and disbursements have been as
follows. to-wit:
Balance in grand treasury. ......S SIS. $50 90
Total receipts for past year. 22,041 90
Total. including balance. ... .S41. OO7 90
All Of which has been paid TO r. w,
Martin II. Rice.
Total disbursements past year $29, 191 rs
Balance in grand treasury 1900. S1S.S66 90
The report further recommends that
the grand lodge dues be reduced from
so cents to 40 cents a member
The trustees presented the following
report and recommendations:
Receipts ...................-.. S6,597 81
Discussed ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1896 II
Net balance. 1921 So
In the opinion of your trustees the
present policy relating to the disposition
Of surplus funds should be continued.
It is also the opinion of the trustees
that a slight reduction in grand lodge
dues may now be made, and we there
fore heartily second the recommended
ton of the grand secretary in that di-
rection.
The reports were referred to appropri-
ate committees for examination and were
all approved without comment.
Standing Committees.
The following standing committees
were appointed previous to the address
Of the grand master:
On Credentials-W. II. Smythe, A. S.
Nichols, George A. Gogg and Jere West.
To Examine Visiting Brethren-L. A
TOOlS ~ NoDNs " ~ -@AiAN'N~t -
Moss, c. w. Thomas.
On Accounts. A. Manning, J. J.
Glendenning and r. A. Woods.
On Ways. and Means-Mortimer Nye.
Isaac 2. Leyden, s. w. Douglass, B. :.
Sutton and a. ]. Hoy.
On UNFINISHED Business-George o.
Iseminger, A C. Beeson, S. r. Artman,
A. NJ Thias and b. T. Ibach.
On Pay Roll-Martin H. Rice, H. w.
Mordhurst, Will Z. English and w. r.
Browder.
On Grievances and Appeals-R. w.
Mcbride. l.. ]. Monks and S. S. John
son.
On Charges and Dispensations-Alex-
ander Thomas, Jacob W. Smith and c. w.
Armstrong.
On respondence-William Commons,
J. N. Study and w. }. Bethel.
On 1dance-Thoma 3 Long j !