The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21
GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS.
SUPREME REGENT POUND APPOINTS
HIS SPECIAL COMMITTEES.

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Question Of Suicides Brought Up.
Informal Reception in the Morn
ing, and n Formal Reception Last
Night, rendered by Pulaski COun-
ella Carriage Drive on the Pro-
gramme for This AffernOOn-AH
But Three Members of the Council
at the Meeting.
/ The supreme council Of the Royal Ar
/ canum held its first business meeting yes
! terday afternoon. All but one or two
I Of the members Of the council have ar
/ rived and were present at the session.
The session was an interesting and
] pleasant one. quite a number of petit
! tons. suggestions and memorials were
/ presented by various members and re-
/ ferred TO the different committees for re-
| port Many Of them were the same petit
/ tiOns and memorials that have been COM
ing up from year TO year.
Among the new petitions was one ask
| ing the admission into the order of youns
men down to IS years old. instead Of MAX
ing the age At which admission can he
] had z years. This petition Will be con-
/ sidered in the due course Of the proceed
| ings
Another matter which has been pre-
| scented and which has been referred 70
! special committee for consideration, Is
/ that of suicides. The order has a great
| many suicides, as is the case in nearly
all insurance and beneficial orders, and it
/ appears that many join the order for the
! purpose of defrauding it, having the inten-
ton Of committing suicide at the time
they join. The supreme council desires
to consider whether it can devise some
| plan by which fraud in this particular can
| be avoided
There will no doubt be quite a number
OF petitions Of various kinds for the con-
slderation of the order The members
| OF the supreme council have two more
days IN which TO get In new business, and
they are now engaged in preparing the
! papers relative thereto. Supreme Regent
| John z. Pound made the following an
! pointments Of committees:
| Credentlals-F'rank w. REYNOLDS Mas
SIqchTq ls9; Walter F. Irvine, Virginia; l.
/ Distribution of Reports-E. A. Dow
| C Wisconsin J. F. Price, New York; c. s.
Grand Councils. A. Langftt. Penn
| SylEanla; 1. X. Weber, Massachusetts:
| SSedCes,sai.s Seri Michigan; c. S. Connerat
| New councils and Extension of the Or
4eI-A. II. fitzpatrick, New York; A S.
hTfSH;Dlhison' Jr;' Missouri; J: NJ. johnson,
| A. o. Blalock Georgia.
| Subordinate Councils-H. A. Bovnton
Massachusetts; John 5. Wardwen, New
YORK; A ;. Robinson, Jr., Missouri; Will
man. Missouri
:, C Claims H. c. Miller Illinois; George
| Ontario; J. b. Rucker Indiana: vi. Holt
| Apgar, New Jersey
| state and Society Relations-I w Caul-
| n
| gina; William T. Holland, New York; S.
Rosenthal, Tennessee; Lyman Lee, Onta-
! New Business-Robert Van Sands. ILL
nols; James b. Rucker, Indiana; J. A
ddaanightt' Rennsylvania; William c. Lyon,
ONO; A. H. Fitzpatrick, New York
Official Supervision and Visitations-
Foster L: Backus, New York. j. Devils
! ser Michigan; DR.. J. A. Hutchinson, Con-
| necticut; William H. Shoemaker, Penn
/ sylvania; William H. Beebe, Ohio
| Delinquent and Defunct Councils-Will-
lam 2. Lyon, Ohio; 1: r. Weber, Massa-
chusetts; 2. +. Woodcock, Michigan; w.
| H: Tigar, Indiana; Lyman Lee, Ontario.
| publications and Printed Matter-Will-
lam II. Shoemaker Pennsylvania; ]. B.
| Blanks, Virginia; J. VIII Page, New York;
| J.; NJ johnson, Illinois; George Thane,
Secret Work.. NJ. Swain. Massachu-
sets; w. H. Shoemaker, Pennsylvania;
| J. +. Price, New York; Jere Haldeman,
| Missouri; David Douglass, Tennessee.
Salaries and Compensation-G. F. Back
! US, Minnesota; l. NJ. Treynor, Iowa; H.
| II. Dodd, Wisconsin; w. A. Bird, New
York; William II. Beebe, Ohio.
| Medical EXaminations-Legh r. Watts,
| Virginia; Foster L. Backus, New York;
| Charles. Styer, NJ. D., Pennsylvania; e.
D. Doolittle, NJ. D., Pennsylvania; J. A.
! Hutchinson, NJ. D., Connecticut; Darius
Wilson, NJ. D., MASSACHUSETTS,; j. Fl.
Wright, N. D., Pennsylvania; ]. Howell
Way, NJ. D, North Carolina; NJ. W. Dona-
| win, NJ. D., Maryland
Sick Benefts-J. Howell Way, NJ D.,
| North Carolina; DR.. f. D. Doolittle, Penn
| sylvania; E. A. Dow, Wisconsin; NJ. w.
| Donavin, Maryland; George Lawton, Ohio.
Place of Next Meeting-James B. Ruck-
| er, Indiana; l. w. Caulheld, New York;
William H. Bone, Jr., Maryland; II. II.
| Minnesota.
Mileage and Per Diem-H H. Dodd.
Wisconsin,; George II. Cooper, District of
Columbia; William H. Beebe, Ohio.
Suicides-I. NJ. Treynor, Iowa; Robert
Van Sands Illinois; H. A. Boynton, Mas
sachusetts; Jere Haldeman, Missouri;
William T. Holland, New York
Celebration Twentieth Anniversary
James B. Blanks, Virginia; J. S. Ward
| well, New York; W. II. Bone, Jr., Mary
land; F. J. Grifith, New Jersey; A L.
| Anthony, Rhode Island
Jurisdiction of Subordinate. Councils
Frank W, Reynolds, Massachusetts; F.
Price. New York; John Kiley Illinois; E.
f. Woodcock, Michigan.
Auxiliary ASSOc.auons-S. j. kallman,
New Jersey; G. F. Backus, Minnesota;
Walter r. Irvine Virginia; ]. S. Ward
well, New YORK; George Robinson, Mas
sachusetts.
Hazardous upations-James Rey-
nolds, Ontario owen D. Roberts, Penn
sylvania; william A. Bird, New York H.
NJ Harrington, Connecticut; w. H. APP
gar, New Jersey.
Death of Past Representative Charles
Davis, New ork-Representatlves from
New York. viz: ]. WIN Page. A. H. Kill
patrick, Isaac w. Caulfeld, Foster L.
Backus, William A. Bird, J. S. Ward
well, j. f. Price, William T. Holland.
At II O'Clock yesterday morning an in
formal reception was rendered the officers
and delegates of the supreme council in
the banquet hall of the hotel and at the
same hour there was an informal recep-
ton to the ladies in the parlors on the Of
flee floor. At these receptions the mem
bers of Pulaski council of Savannah met
the visitors and extended them a cordial
greeting. The visiting ladies were met and
entertained by the ladies committee of Sa-
Vannah as follows
Mrs. W. r. Leaken. chairman; Mrs A.
c. Harmon, Mrs. c. S. Connerat Mrs c.
w. saussy.. Mrs. o. 2. Cohen, Mrs. F. c.
Newman, Mrs c. W. Tiedeman, Mrs. j.
M. solomon, Mrs. A. b. Palmer, Mrs L