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gent, attributed the triuTnphs of the Royal Ar
canum to its faith, charity and fraternity

gent attributed the triumphs of the Royal Ar
canum to its faith, charity and fraternity"
MR.. POUND
considered himself more honored than any
man in the United States and Canada in his
being the head Of the best fraternal organiza-
officers of Minnesota. including Mr.. Footner
who was ''honored by his brothers and loved
by the women" and Maj. w. w. Cooley, 'whc
had won immortal glory on the battlefelds Of
the South during the late unpleasantness.
In December, 1855, there were more applica-
tons for admission to the order than during
any previous month. Minnesota had made
after Tennessee, the best record of the year
He has just witnessed in St. Paul what had
never been seen before in the history of the
Royal Arcanum, namely, the initiating Of IA
brothers in a single class. Assessments had
actually diminished from Is in 1894 to Is in
1885, something unheard of in fraternal socie-
ties. He and his fellow officers had succeeded
year ahead in estimating the very number
l55-of deaths, which actually occurred dur
ing 1895.
The general fund and the widows and Or
phans' fund would always be kept separate.
And the money which pays the expenses of
the supreme council including the travelling
expenditures of the various supreme officers,
was paid from the general fund. Only pay
mentS for actual deaths were ever covered
by assessments The Dakotas and the states
West offered a great field for the Royal Ar
canum. A council of thirty brothers had just
been organized by Brother Bodkin at Bis
marck, and the organizer had very properly
begun his work in North Dakota by securing
the application of the governor of that state.
An excellent baritone solo was then sung
by Brother A. D. S. Johnston.
Toastmaster Footner introduced
GRAND REGENT RICE,
of New York, as ''the head of the greatest
jurisdiction in the world" In Mr.. Prices
state there were 100000 inhabitants, of
whom one in every $50 was an Arcanumite.
In Minnesota the proportion was one in ev-
cry 800, but the increase of expenses last
year in Minnesota was but per cent, IN
New York 13 per cent.
can atmosphere of fraternity and smoke, "
seemed a reminder of his home experience
to Grand Master Price. Although Brooklyn
was decried as possessing little but tine
tanned more Royal Arcanumites than the
whole village of Lockport, 1.-The supreme re-
gents own little town." Nearly 1900 mem
bers had been initiated into the. Royal Ar
canum in New York state during the last
three years. us it any wonder, brothers,
that I am inf1ated?"
Prof. ]. Jay Watson, for many years the
friend and travelling companion of Ole Bull,
ton of the masters work. The professor per-
formed upon violin Of exquisite tone, once
the property of the famous Scandinavian
Mr.. Footner then presented "a member of
the supreme council from that city of aes-
thetic repose"-Dr. Charles Styer, of Phila-
delphia, medical examiner in chief
DR.. Styer repudiated the toastmaster's COM
pliment of being the most loved and the
most feared" of any brother in the order.
The doctor said that, as head of the medical
eXamir ers,
"OLD REJECTION"
as he was sometimes termed, he was engaged
in the work of keeping down the death rate
of the order, because, if the death rate last
year had been 10 per 1000 instead of 9, the
assessments would have numbered 16 or II,
instead
assessments would have been Is or 10. DR..
Styer had even been compelled to reject an
applicant of his own nomination. For the
man had faulty family record in the matter
of health. Applicants for admission to the
Royal Arcanum must be all "frst-claSs
risks" Old line companies had second and
third-ciass risks, and could thus accept, as
they frequently did, men who had been re-
jected by the physicians of the Royal Area
mum. For prudential reasons the physical
standard of admission to the order had been
kept at higher level than that of any other
fraternal association in the world.
The Apollo quartette was then heard in a
gratifying selection, and was cordially en-
cored.
Letters of regret were read explaining the
absence of S. M. Lindsey. of Utica, N. Y,
past supreme regent; Charles D. Cox, of st.
Louis, chairman of the committee on council
work; and of Grand Regent Eckstein of Wis
consin.
Two songs were next interpreted with excel,
lent effect by the Minneopa quartette.
George Thane, past grand regent of Mime
sofa, spoke of 1.-The Future of the Order In
the Northwest" The West was 'the coun-
try of lodges" So it was not surprising that
for the three years previous to 1895 Mime
sofa had led all other states in the number of
new brothers admitted to the Royal Ar
canum. 1t was due to Supreme Regent
Pound that the work had just been inaugu-
rated in North Dakota. In three more Year,
the order. he believed, would possess 500, 00C
members. of whom 100 900 would be between
st. Paul and the Pacific coast. The work OF
last night would increase the membership in
st. Paul by 500 this year.
The banquet closed agreeably at 2 O'Clock
this morning with topical song, rendered
by Brother o. A. w. Wolf, Of Minneopa coun-
Gil.
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