The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-19
ODD FELLOWS OF TEXAS.
The Grand Lodge Will Convene in
Houston February 8.
LONE STAR LODGE AND IT'S HISTORY
Nhiiroad Rates Secured - Committee.
selected and a Partial Programme
Outlined.

Local members or the Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows who compose the
lodges OF the order located In this city,
are very busy at present arranging for
the fifty-sixth annual session OF the
grand lodge OF Texas. which will assemble
IN this city Monday, February 3. for the
first time in fifty years.
Houston was once the home OF the grand
Iodse OF Texas of the order In this city
is located Lone Star Lodge No. /, winch
is the first lodge Of the order ever grant
ed dispensauon and charter outside the
confines OF tho United States. The lodge
was organized in 1885. at which time Texas
was Ii republic. Up TO 1S4l or 1ni2 Houston
was the permanent home of the grand
lodge, but transfer was made about
that time to Galveston, which resulted in
the lodge here disbanding for time.
Lone Star reorganized, however and in
lSS celebrated their golden anniversary
nifty years of existence. On that occasion
the grand lodge was invited to meet'with
them in this city but tie orphans home
agitation was very warm about that time
and Corsicana was candidate, and an
interesting one, for the location of the
home, and the lodge met in the Navarro
county capital.
The session of the State organization
which will meet here next month is an
terror to the session Of the sovereign grand
lodge of tho world, which viii assemble
in Dallas in October. a IS the supreme
body is coming 10 Texas. all members
of the order in the State who are eligible
TO admission desire to attend. This is not
possible without they first take the grand
lodge degree which will be conferred In
this city next month This fact Will as
sure II larger attendance than has been
known for a great many years, and tina
local members of the order anticipate the
presence of more than n thousand visit
ors Elaborate arrangements are being
made for the occasion ana every necessity
will be provided for. The committees in
charge have the following chairmen: Gen
eral committee of arrangements, Seth Il.
Strong: reception. A. T. Goodrich hall,
C. A. Edling; decoration Il. r. Parker
public comfort, j.. X. Munger railway
rates. Seth Il. Strong.
AS chairman of the committee on rates
Mr. Strong is enabled to make partial
report He has received inc follo"ihs
figures:
Houston and Texas Central-One fare for
distances of more than 100 niles from
Houston 4 cents per m.le for distances
seventy-five miles or less from Houston,
and .3 for distance Of Nevcnty-fve TO lW
miles from Houston. The tickets Viii he
on sale February ., good to return Feb
uary S.
Southern Pacific Tx rate will be one
fare for the round trip. except points west
of San Antonio, from which places the
fare will be one and one-thiri TO- San
Antonio, to which will he added the fare
of 500 from San Antonio to Houston.
Tickets will be limited to February for
return.
International and Great Northern--One
and one-third fare from points within
seventy-fve miles of Houston; S FOR
points between sen euty-six and 100 miles
of Houston. and one fare for points over
100 miles from Houston. Tickets are lin
tied the same as the others.
Houston East and West Texas--The same
rate as granted by the international and
Great Northern
The programme has not been arranged
but part of 1T is announced Monday
February s. there will be a grand parade
at o'clock In the afternoon, with every
member of the order present I'm line. Grand
Master Ben S. Rogers being the grand
marshal This parade viii be participa ed
in by the members of tho Patriarchs Mill
tant, under command Of the Grand pa
triarch. s. Marx of Waco AT 3 o'clock
there will be a reception and musical FRO
grammo. Tuesday morning, February 4.
at o'clock. there will be degree work in
the enoampment, dramatzed by the Dallas
team. Al p. m. the same team viii
dramatizc the degrees of the subordinate
lodge.
The Grand Lodge Will not he the ONLY
attraction. The Grand Encampmcnt Of the
Patriarchs Militant ard the state Assem-
MY of tho Daughters Of Rebekah will he
held at the same time, both of which are,
orders auxiliary to ara part of the indie
pendent Order of Odd Fellows
The members Of Houston lodge No. 4Oi
Independent Order of Odd Fellows will
meet In their hall at 8 o'clock today TO
organize a team. The aim will be to ill
the team with those brothers who can
attend the exemplifcation Of the work nv
the Dsllas team during the Grand 10,
meeting, and each member will be IN
structed to take particular note of the
part he is to take while the Dallas team Is
comforting the work that they may be able
to do the work properly
Webb encampment No. n. Independen,
order of Odd Fellows, met in specIal seq
sion last Friday night and installed tho
following as affloers for the present tern,
a. T. Goodrich. chief patriarch; C. A.
Edling, high priest; r. Il. Estes, senior
warden; n. c. Strong scribe; Charles
Roberts, treasurer; w. II. PaschaI, Junior
warden. The chief patriarch appointed the
following officers. who assumed their sta
lions Immediately; Patriarch II. stuart
outside sentnel j. NJ Mather. drst
watch; d. 6. Shelby, seconi watch; ].
T.. Franks, third watch: w. A. McAfIllen
fourth watch, Patriarch T.. r.. Parker,
acting grand patriarch, conducted tho
ceremony.
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