Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10

its name signifies, Il is intended eSpcClllN
for business men. although the latters'
friends are also invited to join. The heid
the society Is intended to occupy is SHOWN in
tho following prospectus:
There is no class Of people so much In
need of organization as the business men.
Their interests suffer from lack Of concerted,
comprehensive and intelligent action. Other
classes. other professions, have formed their
organizations and assemblies. and have
succeeded in securing certain reforms and
accomplishing certain desired results, but the
business men of this state and nation have
not been working together in a harmonious
combined body, and their interests nave
suffered because Of IT,. They have talked
often and long in regard to the necessity
of organization, but no one has taken the
lead.
'The Business Mems fraternity, organized
at Omaha. Neb., April 6. 1896, has been
formed with a view to meet this need. Its
founders believe it will furnish to the bust
ness men of this country the means to ac-
complish great results for their benefit ana
tho advancement Of their business interests.
This society is fraternal, secret and be
nevolent in its character. 1t confines lis
membership to business men and their
friends. No one 10 admitted to membership
except he is recommended by two business
men, and passes a secret ballot. They con
troll the doors of admission and thus dictate
the policy of the fraternity. Its primary
object It to materially advance the interests
Of business men in every legitimate way,
and secondarily to provide them with lie ana
accident indemnity.
"The objects of the fraternity are 10
mite business men, and their friends, into
a fraternity to enable them to work In
concert for the purpose of promoting, by
all legitimate means, the social, moral ana
business interests Of its members.
ITO endeavor to render the title Business
Man a synonym OF honor, proDl'S' Just'ce
and high morals
Insurance is alao a feature OF the new
order. 1t issues certificates for the payment
of 1000, s 1000 or 5000 on death and also
disability and accident benefits. The mem
bership is composed OF TWO classes-pehe-
fetal and social.
White male persons, between the ages OF
IS and So years, of good moral character
and sound bodily health, who are recon-
mended by two business men, members OF
the fraternity. may become beneficial mem
beers and participate in all of the benefits
of the fraternity.
years, recommended by two business men,
members of the fraternity, may become
social members of the fraternity, but they
cannot participate in the benefit fund.
Hazardous and extra hazardous risks are
not eligible.
The order provides for the usual state
grand lodges when the membership is sutti-
cient to warrant.
The officers are: Supreme president, r. F.
Hodgin, Omaha; vice president, William II.
Brown, Arapahoe; supreme secretary, IL. M
Warning, Omaha; supreme treasurer, M. w.
Rayley, Omaha; supreme physician, l.. A.
Merriam, Omaha.
H~enevoIcn Protective Order of EIks.
1t Is seldom that Omaha takes second place
in anything Of a business or social charac-
ter. There is a general revival all over
the country in the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, Des Molnes, Kansas City,
st. Paul, Minneapolis, Sioux City and Sioux
Falls have recently added some hundreds or
the very best Of people to their member
ship, ond now comes Omaha, No. 80, with
an increase of membership nearly II
quite equal to that of any other lodge IN
the country and of a character second to
none.
On Friday night last Omaha Lodge of
EIks, in it's new and elegant quarters, oc-
cupying the entire third floor of the Ware
block, added ffty-fve new members to
the already large membership. The occa-
sion was one of the most interesting in
every respect that the Omaha lodge Of Els
has ever had. After the ceremony refresh
ments were served, and the general good
fellowship, for which the Elks are famous
was given full sway. 1t is no eXaggeration
to incidentally remark that the $50 who were
present and participated in the 'red letter
night of the lodge of Elks not one went
away with any regrets. The following gen
tiemen travelled the "rocky road that leads
to Elkdom, all of whom Will no doubt from
now on become active and enthusiastic Elks:
Charles A. Abercrombie, +. A. R!nehart,
Nathan N. Crazy, Joseph p. Frenzer, j. H,
Mcdonald, William f. Gurley, William A.
Paxton. william c.. Orr, Marc G. Perkins,
Ed E. Howell, Gould C. Dietz, John b. sum
mers, jr., Ed l.. Robertson, w. 7. Misener'
William H. Nelson, w. H. Reidt, James F.
Vickers, H. V. Clark, John Ridell, James b.
Sheehan, d. l.. Young. w. j. Shrader, vii
liam c.. Goss, William C.. Bodman, w. W.
Turner, Nick l.. Guckert, John 5. scott
Arthur Remington. Alfred Donaghue, Seth
C. Drake, Michael Collins. E. A.. Benson,
John X. Patterson, f. M. Powers, John p.
Telard, H. B. Coryell, A. Elliott Miller,
Il. r. Balfe, A. l. Root. T. Cahill, Ned p.
Chamberlin, Sherman Van Ness, Louis r
Metz. Henry Hardy, William j. Bradbury,
John NJ. Daugherty, Howard Watson, Curtis,
l.. Day, M. f. Funkhouser, William b.
Whitehorn, II. II. Martin, Charles ID. Fan
ming. A. C. Dunn, Lew w. Hill, viii L.
Scism.
In addition to the above Mr.. w. N. Bah
cock and j. r. Lemist reafiliated, and VIII
hereafter become active members.
Ancient Order of United WOrkmen.
Foremost among the topics of interest to
of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen at present is the minstrel show
to be given the last OF May by the
of conclave No. 17h of this city.
Beginning at an early day to select those
best qualified for a performance Of this char
acter those in charge Of the preliminaries
have been yery fortunate with the local
talent. Besides well known members of the
Workmen lodges of Omaha the management
has secured the services of Messrs. Henri
makoi, Alsmall, f. Wydefeldt, Thomas
Greenvllle, together with the celebra' ed
Chinese song and dance artist, Hen Wing
Ling, who, during the course of the enter
tainment, will sing in his inimitable manner
the celebrated Chinese war song, Oh,
Mother, May | Go Out to SWIM" This
one feature alone will be worth more than
the reduced price of admission.
No pains nor money have been spared In
the selection and securing of the best and
latest wit and local jokes which have been
carefully stored in the various incubators
and safety vaults around the city.
Almost all of the local. lodges of the order
celebrated Memorial day last Sunday by
decorating the graves Of deceased members
with flowers. There vas no public demon
STATION Of any kind. In the evening a
very big delegation was in attendance at
the services in the Church of the Good
Shepherd, when Rev, Llwyd preached an APP
sermon. In his remarks he placed
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