The sun., 1898-10-28
The Closing Sessions Of the
Great Council We're Fraught
With Much Interest.
THE GREAT CHIEFS ELECTEp
Committees Appointed to Take care
ofthe Aged and lndigent Mem
l,ers Of the Order-.Brtef
Sketches Of the Lives
ofthe Officers.

At Georgetown this State tn =" clos
inv sessions of the Great Council OF the
Imoroyed Order OF Red Men, OF Della
ware. we're lively and interesting yester-
day. ,.s
fraught With great interest to the men,
hers of the Great Council, for the reason
of the election of Great Chiefs.
Appeal cases from tribes and members
occnpied the time of the Council ana
failing ran high at one time, rs the
points involved were OF dellcate anu
personal nature in greater part ana the
matters had to be handled with dlplo-
macy. :.
Major Cochran against the action OF wa
wassett Tribe; protest against certain
nets of Pocohontas Council was made
by Wawassett Tribe. and an appeal from
the members OF the Pucohontas Council
against the action OF certain OF their
members. -,
The officers elected for the ensuing
year are: Emory b. Riggan, ot Laurel
Prophet; l. B. Brasure, OF SelDyville'
Sachem: James Hargis, OF Wilmington,
senior Sycamore; James II. McGlothen,
of Georgetown, Junior Sycamore; George
G. Guthrie, OF Wilmington, Chief OF
Records: Il. V. Easom, of Wilmington,
Keeper of Wampnm; Fred W. Heiss, OF
Wilmington, and W. C. c. Knowles,
Great Representatives to the Great Couh-
Gil Of the United States.
The newly.elected Great Sachem. l. B.
Brasure, is well known and prominent
citizen of Sussex county, and his record
ar Red Man and citizen Is beyond re-
Prophet Emory B. Riggan is speaker
of the House of Representatives and
representative citizen Of lower Delaware.
no., Great Senior Sagamefe James Hatg.s
/ of Wilmington has been an interchangeable
worker for the good and welfare OF Red
manship and its progressive moves for
the last 10 or l2 years, and has been
interested in the organization OF the ma.
iorities of tribes and councils termed
during his atfiliation with the Great
Council.
One of Mr.. Hargis' master strokes was
the conception and furtherance of the
relief of the aged and INDECENT members
of the order, which, with the nucleus al
ready well established, promises to be
lone of the grandest features OF the or
der!
Junior Sycamore James Fl. McGlothen,
of Georgetown, is clelk of the Orphans
Court OF Sussex county, a respected resi-
dent of Georgetown, and an earnest
worker for the cause Of the order. Mr..
McGlothen was placed in nomination
for the responsible position by Great
Chief Associate Judge of the Superior
Court of Sussex county w. Fl. Boyce. :
Great Representative to the Great
Council of the United States Fred W.
Hess, of Wilmington, is q prominent
member of Delaware Tribe, of Whining.
ton.
Great Representative to the Great
Council of the United States W. G. 9.
Knowles, of LAUREL was reelected for
the third time to represent the Delaware
Red Men in the higher body OF the order
and is progressive worker.
The Deputy Great Sachems appointed
officers and Standing committees named
by the newly elected Great Sachem
are as follows:
Great Sanop, Z. F. Whitney;Mishiner-
ra V. M. Murray; Great Guard OF the
Wigwam, John Olinger; Great Guard OF
the Forest, Great Chief Kesler.
Deputy Sachems, James Hargis, James
Fl. McGnthen. Elmer Outten, f. H. Van
Gesel q d 0. g. X ,ht.
Committee on State Of the Order:
Leonard Heiss, j. II. Wright and j B..
Phillips.
Reports on credentials W. 7. Brasure,
Jr., r, W. Smith, and S. W. j. Evans.
Constitution and bylaw: Aaron Shaw,
James F. Steptoe and X. M. Wiley.
Appeals and Grievances: r. II. Hanna,
George X. Powell and W. L. Clayton.
Finance. mileage aud per diem: Ed
ward Mcintyre, J. Z. White and }. M.
Barnes.
Aged and Indigent: 4. f. Hirst, James
Hargis and John L. Thompson.