Evening star., 1895-10-11
ADJOUR ED Sine DIE
Supreme Castle, Golden Eagle, Will Meet
Next Year in Reading.
Various Matters Of Business Transact.
ed at the Closing Session, Which
Was Held Today.

The sixteenth annual session Of the Su-
preme Castle. Knights Of the Golden Eagle
came to an end at 80 o'clock this after
noon. The castle will convene next the
second Tuesday in October, 1885, at Read
ing, Pa, that city being unanimously chosen
as the scene of the meet.
The final day of the session was opened
this morning with the appointment by the
supreme chief of the following committees:
Law. D. Barnes of Pennsylvania, Ed
ward s. Rowand of Pennsylvania and Geo.
R. Cross of Maryland.
Finance-John Dickinson of Pennsylvania
Louis E. Stilz of Pennsylvania, John B.
Tribler, jr., of Delaware and John Aspril
of Delaware
Appeals-Jacob Aull of Maryland, F. L.
Trowbridge of Connecticut, J. c. Gooding
of the District of Columbia and E.V. Moore
of Ohio.
Printing-Ernest Koch of Connecticut,
Lyman P Lewis of Massachusetts and Ed
win P. Dow of Massachusetts,.
1t was decided not to exact any per cap
ita tax from Grand Temples, Ladies of the
Golden Eagle, and a motion was passed
that when there are a sufficient number of
lated into the Swedish language. Favor
able action was taken on a proposition to
confer the title past" on district grand
chiefs and grand instructors serving three
years. Inc SUBJECT OIL uatlOudl organizers
was referred to the supreme chief, with
power to act, and the subject of the insti-
tuition OF a Juvenile order for boys under
eighteen was disapproved.
Degrees Conferred.
BY rising vote set of resolutions to the
memory of the following were adopted:
Past Grand Chief David Nolan of Georgia,
Jacob N. Gardner of Ohio, A. NJ Arm
brewster Of the District of Columbia and
William NJ. Suddards of Pennsylvania.
The degree of past supreme chief was
conferred for meritorious service on Daniel
Ziegler Of Maryland, Lyman P. Lewis of
Massachusetts and John Dickinson of Penn
Sylvanfa. For the same reason the degree
of past grand chief was conferred on Chas.
H. Hudson of Delaware, James H. Living
ston Of MARYLAND, Robert r. Hodge Of Penn
sylvania, Edward B. Senseman Of New Jer-
sey, F. D. Woodbury. of Massachusetts,,
Col James Patched Of Indiana, ]. D. Cad
walader of Ohio, Steven Nichols of Colo
RADIO and F. w. Wildman of Connecticut.
The committee on badges and degrees was
instructed to select a sign of recognition
and a cap and badge for the ladies of the
Golden Eagle, and a committee was ap-
pointed, with power to act, to choose a
design for an emblematic chart of the Or
der.
The laws of the death benefit fund were
changed so as to provide forty-five as the
maximum age instead of fifty years. The
fund were fixed as follows: Supreme mas
ter Of records. $500; supreme keeper of ex-
chequer, $50: clerk of death benefit fund,
$500. The amounts named for the supreme
master of records and the supreme keeper
of exchequer are a voluntary donation Of
so per cent from lasl year.
An Official Badge.
1t was decided to confer the rank of past
grand templar on grand priestesses and
grand guardians of music who serve five
yesrs. An official badge was adopted to be
worn by ladies' of the Golden Eagle and a
decision reached to confer the degree of
grand templar in states where grand tenn
Piles do not exist.
The law regarding the formation of grand
temples was amended so as to require the
existence of five instead Of ten minor cas-
ties.
The thanks of the order were expressed
to the retiring lieutenant general Louis A.
Stilz His annual report was adopted, and
1t was voted to present to him suitable
testimonial in recognition of his services.
Resolutions of sympathy were adopted on
the death of Jacob A .Hobage and ]. Mil
ton Lobach.
The prize for the commandery travelling
the longest distance to reach the 10th an
nual session was awarded to Auburn Com
mandery, No. 2. of Maine. Harris Com
mandery, No. 20, of Pennsylvania received
the prize for parading the largest number
of men Tuesday last,
The proposition that the Supreme Castle
meet biennially instead Of annually was
tie had been voted to the local committee
the citizens of the District and the Wash
ington newspapers, the session was ad-
journed sine die.