Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-09-22
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Meeting of the sovereign Grand Lodge In
Boston, Mass.

Grand Lodge, i. o. o. f., in Boston,
Mass. Grand Secretary Grant presented
the following statistics for the year
ending December 3lst, 1897:
Grand lodges, 5p; subordinate lodges,
Ii, 800; Rebekah lodges, 4, 1896; grand
encampments, 81 subordinate epoamp-
ments, 2,633; subordinate lodge initia-
tions, 50, 536; subordinate lodge mem
bers, S14, 1886; encampment members,
127, 7T6; Rebekah members, 207, 691
relief by lodges, S3,047, 2S5. Is; relief
by encampments, S265, 965. so; relief by
Rebekah lodges, 51,37S. "a; total relief,
50, 36i, 500. IL; revenue of subordinate
lodges, 81, $40, 175 50; revenue Of subor-
dinate encampments, $603, 176. IA ;
revenue Of RebeIah lodges, 1882, 907. 81 ;
| total revenue, So, $40, 259 90; total in
vested funds, s26, 1888, 695.74
| Statistics of the order from 1880 to
December 31st, 1897, including Aus
tralasia, Germany, Denmark, Switzer-
land and Sweden: limitations in sub
ordinate lodges, 2,197, 1876; members re-
lieved, 2, 1866, l04; widowed families re-
lieved, 234, 1903; members deceased,
.2l1, 800; total relief, SIT, 4S3, 656. IL /;
total receipts, s201, 067, les. 81.
| Condition of the order December
| tl3ts 1000 kooNtitiSn SidiNt lOtSNf L =
! independent grand lodges German en-
pire, Australasia, Denmark, Switzer-
land and Sweden, 5; subordinate grand
encampments, 81: subordinate grand
lodges, IS; subordinate encampments,
| 1856; subordinate lodges, 11,579; en-
campment members, l28, $50; lodge
members, S39, 609 Rebekah lodges,
4,S0S. members of Rebelxah lodges,
l209, 1853.
Grand Treasurer Muckle reported /:
Cash balance, S6S, 059. 96; received,
S57, 401.31; total, 1925, 460.27; pay
ments, s6i,616. Sc; balance, $50, S43 Al.
The reports were all accepted.
The following was adopted and sent
to President Mckinley:
Boston, Mass, Sept. 10, 1898. The
Hon. William Mckinley, President Of
the United States, Washington, D. C..
The sovereign grand lodge of the indie
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, in an!
nual session in the city of Boston,
Mass, sends greetings to You and TO
the soldiers and sailors of our army
and navy, with congratulations upon
the glorious victory which their yalor
has achieved in the war with Spain,
and to the sick and wounded heartfelt
sympathy, with hope for their speedy
recovery and restoration to home and
family.
/ Fred Carleton, Grand Sire.
j. Frank Grant, Grand Sec'y."
After calling the jurisdictions for
resolutions and petitions, the Sovereign
Grand Lodge on Tuesday proceeded tc
act upon the reports submitted by the
committee on appeals, covering Is cases
decided by them, all Of which were
approved. Among them were two cases
from Pennsylvania, one of which was
affirmed and the other reversed. The
case reversed was that of Moyamensine
Lodge versus the Grand Lodge, and the
one affirmed was the case of Thomas
, p. Plumer, former member Of Totem
Lodge, No. 1860, versus the GRAND
Lodge of Pennsylvania.
The election of officers resulted in
the unanimous election of Alfred s.
Pinkerton of Worcester, Mass. las Crane
Sire; j. Frank Grant of Maryland,
Grand Secretary, and NJ. Richards
Muckle of Pennsylvania, as Grand
Treasurer. The, election of Deputy
Grand Sire was the only office in which
there was any opposition, and this was
decided upon the first ballot, the ballot
showing that AZ. o. Cable, p. G. M.
of Ohio, received 90 votes; ]. Otis
Humphreys, z. @. M, of Illinois, 81
votes; W. G. Nye, P. G. NJ, of Mime
sofa, 80 votes, and John l.. Nolen, p.
G. NJ, Of Tennessee, 10 votes. The
former having received n majority o.
all tho votes cast was declared duly
elected. Detroit was unanimously
selected as the place at which the mex
, annual session will be held.
Amendments to the constitution cam,
For nns.i1aru finn and tba fret pDa
requiring four ffthsvote of the mem
, bers TO change the secret work and ;
! three-fourths vote of the member
present to change the written work
was almost unanimously adopted
! Several amendments, intended to chang
the time for holding the session from
annual to biennial, gave rise to con
siderable debate. A number of Stat
Grand Lodges and Grand Encampment
had instructed their representatives Il
vote in favor of the proposed change
! In order to prevent q yea and nay vot
: being recorded, motion was made l.
: indefinitely postpone; this compele,
! the friends of the measure, in orde
! that record might be made Of tn
I vote of the various representatives, t
I Edemand Il calling of the roll, whic
resulted in adopting the motion by
considerable majority. The other pro
posed amendments were indetinitel
postponed without division. As tn
7 committees, except that on appeals, No
having had sufficient time to formulat
5 and submit any reports, the Gran
Q Lodge, in the absence of business. I'D
! journed at 2 p. m, until tomorr2l
Z morning. y,.t
An interesting incident occurred dun
y ing Tuesdays session, occasioned b
+ the appearance of an elderly brother o
\ the floor, who said that he had been
h representative in 1886, and expresse
!, himself MS being DESTROYS of fndin
some Of his colleagues at that time
= He succeeded in finding only one VIII
had a seat in the Grand Lodge at tina
. time, James T. Sanders of Yonkers, n
", who was first admitted rs repre-
Q sentative in 1854, and served as Gran
= Sire from September, 1864, to Septen
!. her, 1866, and has been absent frol
Q the annual sessions only twice durin
q all that time. The meeting betwee
J. those two veterans was so cordial a
= to attract the attention of all who wer
J, close by when they recognized and cor
d graduated each other.
10 The reception given by the Sisters
% the Rebeakh branch of the order |
Boston to the Grand Sire, officers an
members of the Sovereign Grand Lod2
and the ladies accompanying then
: at Pierce Hall, Copley Square, in Il
y afternoon, was largely attended, s
~ much so that there was scarcely stane
~ ing room in the large saloon for tw
- hours during the exercises The Gran
Z Sire delivered an eloquent addre