The San Francisco call., 1895-10-07
Ancient Order United Workms an.

Judge F. Adams, P. G. NJ. W., will deliver 8
lecture before Burns Lodge No. 6S on Wednes.
day evening, October 16.
Stockton Lodge No. % has chan ged its place
of meeting from Union to Fraternal Hall.
Harmony Lodge No. 9 has amended its by
laws and abolished the sick benefit feature.
Thicty-two thousand dollars was paid to
beneficiaries in September.
Printed proceedings of the Supreme Lodge
session recently held in Chicago have arrived
and are to be distributed to lodges
The new rituals will arrive about October l5,
and each lodge will be supplied with five
copies upon surrendering to the grand recorder
The amended constitution of the Grand
Lodge, Degree OF Honor, has been promulgated
by Mrs. Esther Loyejoy, grand chief of honor.
The necessity OF exercising care in designat-
ing benehciaries has been again demonstrated
in the case of a deceased member of one OF the
City lodges. He designated as his beneficiary
some years ago his sister, whoresided in Texas
The sister died before the member and he
made no other designation. Under the laws of
the order, the, money due is payable to his
heirs-at-laW. 1t the intention of the
brother that his beneficiary should be either
his sister in Texas or her children, but because
OF his failure to make a new designation after
her death only one-half of the amount will be
paid to said children, as the child of another
deceased sister, located in Pennsylvania, will
be entitled to one-half of the amount, while
the six children of the sister in Texas will re-
ceive the other half.
Oak Leaf Lodge No. 35 will pay fraternal
visit tonight to Ivy Lodge No. 4, Degree OF
Honor. at its hall in Oakland.
The drill team from Pacific Lodge No went
from Oakland to Alameda and paid visit to
West End Lodge No. IT'S, and there conferred
the Workman Degree on two candidates and
then gave exhibition of fancy drilling.
The committee from the Oakland lodges
having in charge the matter of arranging for
the celebration of the order is hard at work,
and promises a very fine entertainment on the
evening of the 2Sth inst. The order, which
will then be twenty-five years old, has MEM
bership OF $4,000, represented by lodges in
the United States, Canada and British
Columbia.
jurisdiction of the State of Washington writes
to friend in the order here:
We are prospering beyond fondest hopes.
For the month ending September 20 our net gain
was, to the best OF my recollection, 211 mem bers.
On Monday evening, the 23d of September, Colum-
members and had twenty-seven more applications
on lilo. We have had TO contend with q score Of
so called cheap orders, but "blood will tell" and
we are growing while they are decaying.
This cheerful news from the north is en-
couraging to the surrounding jurisdictions.
This evening San Mateo Lodge will hold
public house-warming in its new hall, Odd
Fellows Temple. D. ]. Toohy. grand master
workman. w. II. Barnes, z. G. NJ, Grand Re-
celver Booth and several other prominent
members of the order here will go down to
participate in the festivities.
Golden West Lodge, Potrero, has again re-
cruited q batch of fourteen to be initiated in
the order on the evening of the 18th inst.
This Is the champion lodge OF the California
jurisdiction in the increase of members.
1t has been officially decided that an attempt
to commit suicide by member of the A. o. Z.
W. is an offense against the constitution and
renders the offender liable to the penal laws of
the order.