The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-14
GRAND LODGE OF N. E. o. P.
Tenth Annual Meeting Held in This
 City Yesterday

Tenth Annual Meeting Held in This
 City Yesterday.
 The grand lodge of Connecticut Of the New England Order of Protection held it's tenth annual session in A. O. U. w. hall on Orange street yesterday. There was a very large attendance, every lodge in the state being repre- sented About two hundred delegates were present.
 Several visitors were present, among whom were Supreme Warden Luclus P. Deming of New Haven, Supreme Vice Warden l.. w. Shaw of Boston, Supreme Guide Miss Clark of Cam bridge, Grand Warden Wiggins of Massachusetts Grand Treasurer Fra zier of Massachusetts and Grand Sec- retary Madison of Rhode Island.
 The morning session began at 10 o'clock and lasted until 1 o'clock, when a recess was taken until 2;3o, when work was resumed.
 Adjournment was taken at o'clock. Grand Warden J. B. Weiant of New Britain presided. The most important business transacted was the election of the grand officers for the ensuing year and the appointment of delegates and alternates to the coming session of the supreme lodge.
 The grand officers chosen were: Grand warden, J. W. Chapin of New Haven; grand vice warden, c. s. Chaf fee of New Britain; grand secretary F. D. Grinnell of New Haven: grand treasurer F. M Drew of New Britain; grand chaplain, Ina A. Jones of New Haven; grand guide Robert H. Small of New London; grand guardian, Alice M. Green of Winsted; grand sentinel c. E. Brinton of Meriden.
 The delegates to the grand lodge are J. B. Weiant of New Britain, P. E Whalen of New Haven, J. T. Rock of Bridgeport, Mrs. Cady of Torrington and w. F. Quigley of Waterbury. The alternates are Mrs. J. B. Weiant ot New Britain, Joseph Gallagher of New Haven, F. M. Drew of Ansonia. H. J. | Loomis of Waterbury and Alice G. Ell | dridge of Torrington.
 The supreme lodge will meet in Bos- | ton on May 10 and II.
 The reports of the grand warden l grand secretary and grand treasurer were submitted yesterday and showed l the order to be in a very fiourishins l condition in every particular. l F. D. Grinnell of this city, the grand secretary, reported a membership o1 | 6,SS9, gain 1,256, loss 8, net gain 1,24S 1 The gain has been larger than that o1 | the other five states of the jurisdiction | together and is 2S per cent. of the tota membership of the order in the state Orders paid, $6,S67.37; paid per capits tax to supreme lodge, $2,996.75; salary of grand warden, $619.S2; grand secre tary, $619S2; grand treasurer, $152.13 representative to supreme lodge, $l50 fl; travelling expenses of grand war den, $21357; of secretary, $19606; treas 1 urer, $59.05; expenses of annual cele | ration, $15S.75; total disbursements | S5, 5,S6737; deposited in New Britain Say ings bank, $1000.
 1 The New Haven lodges are as fol l lows: Elm Tree, 522 members, gail 10S; Beacon, 303, gain 62; Centennial 1S2, gain 32; Mozart, 4S0, gain 27: Win chester, 14S, gain 36; Gladstone, 112 gain 24 Fort Hale, S52, gain 192; Queer of Films, GA members.
 Eight lodges that have been institut ed are Queen of Films in New Haven New Milford. General Putnam in Put nam, Chuse in Seymour, H. s. Dean il
 South Coventry, Capitol in Hartford
 c. A. Bailey in Danielson and one il
 Saybrook.
 The total number of lodges in tn
 state now is 67, as against 59 of las
 year. The number of deaths was B
 as against 45 of the year preceding.
 From April 1, 1897, to the same dat
 in 1898, 5000 was paid out in deat
 benefits, while in the correspondin
 year $92, 900 was paid out.