The Portland daily press., 1898-05-19

Cash paid for current
expenses for the year
1857, 50,553.4O
Total expenses, $1,000. II
Net gain, 5,977.ss
Cash assets, Dec. 81,
1897, 136, 829. 81
1897, 130s5l.4e
Net gain, as above, 5,977.ss
GRAND SUMMARY.
Assets of Subordinate Lodges.
Cash on hand Dec. 81, 1897
mot including investments), S IS, SOL. "a
Investments (stocks, bonds,
notes, mortgages, etc, 1872, 1888. AZ
Real Estate, 30,6S8 48
etc., 81, 9K4. As
Total assets, a59, 1928. 90
New Lodges.
The following new Lodges have been
instituted during the official term Of the
Grand Chancellor:
Lubec, No. liz, located at Lubec, in
stituted June ~, with 81 charter msm-
bers.
Atlantic, No. 1lS located at North
East Harbor, instituted Sept. 8, with 81
charter members.
Silver Lake, No ia, located at Hen
derson, instituted Sept. %, with A chart
or members.
Sandy River, No. lis, located at Phil
lips, instituted Sept. 80, with IS charter
mem berS.
Natanis, No. 116, located at Stratton,
instituted Oct. Z, with IS charter men,
bers.
Cabot, No. III, located at Andover, in.
stituted Oot %, with A charter r, embers.
Fraternal, No. liz, located at Bryant's
Pond, instituted Nov. 30, with 81 charter
members.
Dalton, No. 119, located at Ashland
instituted Dec. IS, with 80 charter mem
bers.
Lyndon, No. 46, located at Caribou, in
stituted Dec. IA, with 10 charter mem
bers.
Eastman. No. $780, located at Limestone,
instituted Dec. 16, with 90 charter mem.
bers.
Oxford, No. 1871, located at Oxford, in
stltuted January 8, with "a charter mem
bers.
Each of the above named Lodges have
hled petition for charter.
In accordance with legislation and by
direction of the Grand Lodge at the
convention of 1897, the charters granted
to the following Lodges were properly I'LL
ed out and forwarded to each, VIZ: Key
stone No. 100, of Madison; M. L. Ste
VEINS, No. ITO, of Sullivan; Oquossoc, No.
Ill, of Rangley.
The summary of Grand Lodge supplies
gives total receipts from all sources of
~, 564.34 expenditures So, OPS. 80, leaving
cash balance of 1884. SO.
There is only one new recommendation
That ne desires to make, which is that the
committee on finance for the corning
year shall define what articles of supplies
shall constitute the outfit and shall be
furnished new lodges by g. K. of r.
and S., at the institution and make such
arrangement for its purchase as they may
deem best for the good of the order.
In the upper story of the building the
past chancellors association had an ele-
CANT lunch served to members of the order
and it was we'll patronized throughout
the day and evening.
These grand officers were in attendance
yesterday morning:
Grand Observation-Disclosures c. Rey-
nolds, South Portland.
Grand Vice Chancellor-Harold V.
Noyes, Berwick
Grand Prelate-.Charles j. Mari, Booth
Uny I1drpNr.
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal
Wesley q. Smith, Old Orchard.
Grand Master of Exchequer-Edwin G.
Milliken, Portland
Grand Master at Arms-Edward e.
Barker. South Norridgewock.
Grand Inner Guard--John G. MetcaIf
Harrington.
Grand Outer Guard-Frank Atkins.
Hallowell.
In the afternoon these officers were
elected:
Grand Chaucellor-Waldo Petteng,ll
Rumford Falls
Grand Vice Chancellor-George NavJor
Lewiston.
Grand Prelate-Augustus B. Brown
Portland.
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal
Wesley g. Smith. Old Orchard.
Grand Master of Observation-Disclosures, n
Millikep. Portland. ~
Grand Master at Arms-Henrv
Libby, Pittsfield T.
Grand Inner Guard-Fred G. Dnn,an
Slzowhegan. uiiiap,
Grand Outside Guara-Fu,ton
Greene, Madison. i0on ..
In the evening the grand lodge devoted
itself to matters of legislation pertaining
to the order.