The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-28
ROYAL ARCANUM'S BUSY DAY.
POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN MADE
EXTRA HAZARDOUS RISKS.

Next Place of Meeting of the Su-
preme Council The supreme
Council Refuses to Establish an
Emergency Fund-The Members
Trying 10 Get Through Their
Work and Adjourn To-night-sOme
OF the WeII-KnOwn Members of
the Supreme Council.
! The supreme council Of the Royal Ar
| canum held quite a busy session yester-
/ day The day was largely occupied, now
| ever. with matters Of legislation in va-i-
/ Gus stages of completion. many of which
! viii wait TO be acted on by supreme cOun-
/ ellis yet 10 come. The council has much
/ business OF this character, which goes
! through the hands Of various committees,
| and often is not finally acted on for two,
/ and sometimes for three, years. 1t IS
! strictly a business body, and as so large
| number Of members. about 1865 is
| concerned, every detail is carefully con-
/ sidered. Then, too, the council has a
| good deal Of detailed business to transact
which is of little interest to the general
! public, but Of Importance to special coun-
| ellis or 10 individual members.
Two reports came up yesterday from
! the committee on medical examination,
| one, the majority report, recommending
no change in the present arrangement
[ for one state medical examiner in states
! OF over 1000 members; and the other a
! minority report. recommending change
/ so that in states of more than 10000 mem
bers there shall be two state medical
/ examiners The reports were discussed
at length and referred to the committee
| on laws. Such change if made. would
l "a lr41Vr farrfr
| that is the only state whose membership
has gone above that limit
A resolution was adopted. making no.
| hcemen and fremen extra hazardous
risks, and it is required hereafter that ap-
/ phcations from persons in those Occur
/ pations must be referred to the medical
! examiner-in-chief before they are admit.
| ted.
The, committee on new business report
! Fu t. az Ferse-y on the proposition to es-
/ Japlisn an emergency fund this question
/ coming up on The request of The renre-
| 9enJatives from Virginia. The report of
/ the committee was adopted. and for the
! present there viii be no emergencv fund o
| ne supreme council decided to enlarge
| Its printing office in connection with the
/ supreme secIetarys Office in Boston and
/ Tue order VIII make ARRANGEMENTS here
aISet 10 do practically all of its own
/ proposition has been discussed 10 re-
| qulre secretaries of subordinate councils
/ 70 Hou!y applicants for admission within
! torty-eight hours as to what action was
/ taken with regard to their applications.
! Under the present ARRANGEMENT the sec
! reJarles nave five days IN which TO give
! ferred to the appropriate committees for
/ investigation and report
/ by a unanimous vote it was decided
/ Iidl the next annual NEE ting of the SUI
/ preme council should be in Boston. Mass.
! lnere mas been no dOubl all along thar
/ Boston would be chosen as the next place
! is un mn rr.ff L..
/ the order that the sessions of the supreme
/ council shall be held there every ten
Years years mat Will be the twentieth anni-
! NeisdIy o. the order, and a committee
! was appointed at this session by Supreme
! Regent Pound, whose duty il is to devise
! pans Tor an appropriate celebration OF
/ tnat event. This committee viii likely
1 make report before the session adj
! Journs. The subordinate councils in Bos-
! ton have already raised several thou
! sand dollars for the entertainment of the
! members of the supreme council next
ye51ar, ana ~ Is expected as much more
/ VIII be subscribed by individual members
! Altogether next years session promises
10 be a most interesting and enjoyable
one.
The following resolutions, relating to
] the death of Past Grand Regent B. II
/ richardson, who was formerly connected
win Ihe Morning News were unani-
Savannah, Ga, May %. 1S96.-To the
/ Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum:
your committee appointed on the death
Of Fast Grand Regent Brother b. H.
! Richardson, beg leave TO report that dur
] ing the lapse of time since the last meet
| ing of the supreme council an all-wise
| Providence has seen best that our beloved
| member should be removed from his
| sphere of usefulness on earth to serve
out a fuller dispensation in the world be-
/ yond.
AS a charter member of Pulaski Council
! No. 1873, Savannah. Ga, in August 1873
he entered into the work of The order
with the fullest sense of what constituted
me duties OF a member of the Royal
Arcanum, and, by his love and devotion
to the order. so endeared himself to the
members, that at the first session of the
grand council of Georgia he was elected
council i'm 1880.
In his business he saw an opportunity
to increase his chances of success and re-
moved TO Columbus, Ga, where he affili-
ated with Columbus Council No. IA, and
continued the good work Of the Royal
| Arcanum in that city.
Being a proprietor of the daiiV DaDer
in that city, he used this channel of reach
ing the general public to the best adVan-
tage for the advancement of the order.
Sixteen years have passed since he was
with us as a member of the supreme
council. but there may be some here who
remember him as a lovable and devoted
! Arcanumite.
To his family this supreme council ex-
tends its heartfelt sympathy, and feel
assured that one who dOeth all things
well has transferred our beloved brotber
from his labor of love to the reward of all
those who die, as he had lived, faithful
/
The supreme council of the Royal Ar
canum places this record of this love
and appreciation to his memory, which
will remain as long as the order is with
us
The report was signed by J. N. Pace.
A. O. Blalock and c. 5. Connerat, COM
mittee.
The following resolutions relating to the
death of Mr.. Bascom Myrick of Americas,
a former member and officer of the su-
preme council were unanimously adopted:
Supreme Council Royal Arcanum. IN an
nual session, Savannah, Ca, May o. 1896.
To the officers and members of the SUI
preme council: Your committee appoint
ed to prepare and present a memorial no
tice of the death of Bascom Myrck OF
Georgia, a former member and officer of
this council, submit the following:
| Born in 1850. Bascom Myrick came to his
death in the summer of 1895, in the prime
| of useful and honOred manhood He was
the son Of a distinguished Methodist min
ster ana born to the mental purple At
the early age of sixteen he entered Emory
college al oxford, the Methodist seat Of
! learning in Georgia, and graduated at 20
| in the front rank of his class hOuored
and respected by the faculty and beloved