The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-16
SO DIR. OR0NYATEKHA PRONOUNeES
THE INDEPENDENT ORDER
OF FOREsTERS.
ITS TROUBLES ARE PASSED
NRttH LAO .'A4&-,
AND NOW THE . Sky Is BRIGHT
AND THE ,IPRosPECT MOST
HOPEFUL.
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LOCAL LODGES CELEBRATE
- $500 -1A o. 1A9Ja
Ihe visit tea This City of the
Supreme Ranger Of Their
Order.

The reception rendered DR. Orenhy4
atekha, supreme chief ranger of the In
dependent Order of sForesters, at Con-
| over hall last evening was success in
| every way The members of the seven
local courts together with their friends
nlled the hall, and number were
Obliged 20 stand during the entertain
ment. The programme arranged by the
entertainment committee consisted of
instrumental selections by the Elite or
! chestra, violin solo by Frank Seibert,
cello solo by Louis Mich, and vocal
numbers by Mrs. S.. " Harris and the
| Mfnneopa quartette
Henry Johns introduced in a short
| speech the guest of the evening, DIR.
| Oronhyatekha, the supreme ranger CT
the order, who spoke of the aims, bene-
hts and growth of the orders 1t origf-,
mated, he said. in Newark, N. j., in
1874. and until 1881 remained under the
government of an American supreme
] court. From 1874 to 1879 the order did
not Increase as was expected, and in
| 1879. the year after he became com
nected with the order, it was a question
of whether it would continue or be only
remembered by04 the widows and
orphans whom it had assisted. In No
vember. 1879. the eminent American
who held the position of supreme treas,
/ urer went to Canada with SIT, 600 in his
possession which, belonged to the ORDER
| This came neaM disrupting the order,
and in Canadasthere were only, 1856
members who retained membership. In
1881 the order WaSlin such a condition
that those in Canada reorganized and
| placed 1t on its prasent basis. The first
call for funds under the reorganization
received only 1863 responses Today the
order has a membership of over 100000
over half of that number being in the
United States. One of the great bene7
! fits of the order was, the free medical
| attendance. frl &c ~
F There were 1900 subordinate. courts,
and each had one or more physicians
who were the ablest that could be
secured. The deat h rate in the order
had decreased from 10 per thousand, in
| 1880, to $50 in 1896. The sick benefits
which were allowed members for
I tWenty-four weeks, was also one of
| the features Of the order The question
had frequently been asked as to why
there was any limit to the sick benefits.
| The explanation he always made was
/ that with the able physicians connect
/ ed with the Order,~tt was either kill or
! cure in that length of time. The princi-
| pal benefit to members of the order was
| the insurance Policies were issued
| from $500 to So, 000 and each policy ma
tured at the age of. seventy years after
| which period the insured paid no more
/ assessments or fees The order also
had total and permanent, disability
benefit which was not in force in other
| societies, If a member became totally
ieS9h al hh
was paid to him, and the balance when
he died to his heirs The rates were
lower than in any other insurance, and
I all male persons between eighteen and
fifty-fOur years We're eligible. The. or
der had paid in benefits insurance and
other expenses over $4,000,000 and. on
Jan. 1, 1897, had on hand balance of
over 81, DOC, 600. Policies, of the order
were as good as Bank of England notes
or UnitedaStates government bonds. The
| one defect in the order was that ladies
were not eligible to membership, but
this, he thought, would soon be recti-,
fed. When the proposition was first
made, only seven of the supreme court
were in favor of it. The last time there
was aaEOte on the question the number
in favor had incSeased to sixty-seven.
+ Previous to the Entertainment, DR..
Oronhyatekha assisted In the initiation.
ceremonies of class of 100 who Joined
the order.lH He wasLescorted~ to ST. Paul
yesterday afternOonrby committee on.
reception, who went to Minneapolis to
meet him.. The,Qcommittees having in
charge the arrange ments, reception and
entertainment Werec s-~; .34y: -+,l4J.tEfl--
Arrangements james Fenstermaker, w, P.
Hayes John Carruthers, Max Schwabe, d. P.
Seaman, William D}onahue Charles Moline, G.
J. Helfrich, R. " PRICE, Q. H. ONeil, F. B.
whittier, John Docherty,' J. A. Welch, C. B:
Mohaupt, H. S. Reed Il ----'--A - .s'A, -.
Reception-E. W. Buckley, NJ. D., T. I.
McDermott,. o. Hseo'N eih, John VIZ ;Dtcksey9a
Hon. George R. I5qybourne. F. A. Whittier,
fS{a Walter Rlf5s]fa5mGas, n: b, John
I Whftcomb. M. Do, Milton -Garges w p
Hayes, Hon. Henry Jeitns, s. r.; Fullerton,
r. V. Price, Max Schwabe, J. w. Riley,
Hon. John Twohy, Daniel Pool, M.4D.,oI A,
I 'Devinney J. M. Young.
Donald iI Charles MOLINE" +. y Price, James
WEIGH ]. w. Riley, John Docherty. -..-5
r Dr. Ofonhyatekhas will remain in st.
Paul today and this evening will leave,
for Chicago. '5
AT THE STATE FARM.