Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-19
ODD FELLOWS DISPLAY RANK
Patriarchs Militant Hold Their Annual
Oonclave for Business.
ROUTINE WORK OCCUPIES THE DAY
Degree Conferred Eighty-FOur
Candidates, Committees Named and
Grand Patrinrcb's Address
Heard by Delegates to BODY.
ROUTINE WORK OCCUPIES THE DA

The annual concave of the grand encamp-
ment of Patriarchs Militant OF the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows was held yes
terday in the public hall at the temple, be-
ing called to order at o'clock a. m. by
Grand Patriarch James Schroeder of Gutten-
berg. There was large attendance the
hall being we'll filled and all the grand Of
ficers being present. Beyond the appoint
ment of the several committees, through
which most of the business of the grand
encampment is transacted little other rort-
inc work was undertaken, the time being
chiefly taken up with the comforting of the
grand encampment degree on a class of
eighty-four candidates. The following were
the committees appointed:
Credentials-Z. A. Church. S. B. Smith, D.
Bois. G. Wolverton, w. G.. Adsit, c. e. Coons
ID. II. Mckim.
Raney. A. ID. Van Horn e. G. Grenelle, W :
T.. Haviland. Thomas Bell ]. German
State of the Order--W e. Hartman ]. J..
McIntire. C. o. Greever. S. B. Decker.
Finance-A. j. Morrison, Charles wertz,
A. Goelde j. G. Helzel, L. w. White. H. B.
Grffke. W. G. Hummer
Appeals--W. T. Holmes, ]. C. Koonz, e. w.
Hartman, II. d. Walker. A. Block N. Jas
per Jones. Gus Johnson.
Returns-Charlos Schultz. NJ. Newman. G.
r. Ahrens, J. j. Courtney, ]. F. Spare, NJ. r.
| Gleason G. S. Dunn.
Correspondence-J T. Genevay Theodore
Ivory, C. L. Tucker.
Charters and By -Laws-George Whippe
John Moreland William Putzier, w. w
| More, w. X. English, ]. C. Mines.
| MileaRe-O. l.. Roseman, e. A. Howland
| W. C. Davis. C. n. Bird. George Adair w
| II. Simmons George F. Smith.
| Redistricting-J X. Powers, L. II. Hbben
c. Ceilings. D. r. Hlndman, j. p. Lambert
| son, c. Brown. w. Il. Irwin.
Nominations for Officers.
At the afternoon session the following
candidates were placed in nomination, whC
| will be voted upon by the subordinate en-
| campments at their regular meeting in Jun,
next Grand patriarch, NJ. p. Sharts, Bur
| lington; grand high priest, ~ S. Johnson
! Burlington grand senior warden, ]. c. Mil
liman, Logan grand scribe. William Mus
| son, Des Moines, and ]. X. Powers, Atlanta
| grand treasurer. j. Norwood Clark, lows
| City; grand junior warden, Major Raney
! Marengo; w. C. drummer Keokuk; w. X
English, Des Moines; S. B. Decker, Water
loo; grand representatives to sovereign en-
campment, J. S. Belamy. Knoxville. AM
james Schroeder Gutenberg.
resolution was adopted permitting tn
patriarchs of Burlington to make an appea
for funds TO build monument TO the lat
William Garrett of that town. who die
in February, 1895, after having been an Off
Ger of the grand encampment for fort
years. This action was in opposition 4
the recommendation of Grand Patriarcl
Schroeder in his annual address, who CAV
as his reasons that it was his principle tha
. Odd Fellows should erect living monument
and none from stone or marble. He said
Let lis take care of the sick, protect tn
widows and educate the orphans and we will
erect monument which neither weathe
nor time destroys"
The recommendations OF the gran
patriarch embodied in his address were con
Cured in. They were two in number an
/, were as follows Tha. section 35 of tn
constitution be changed SO that it will
agree with the ritual making the senio
warden rank above the high priest; that a
least three schools OF instruction be hel
during the coming year and that they b
, held at the same time as the subordinat
schools, one such school at least being hel
, in every congressional district in the stat,
An amendment to the grand constitution
was submitted which would permit subordi
nate encampments to pay weekly sick bene
fits or not they might elect. Afte
. animated discussion this amendment wa
tabled and lies over until next year.
The following officers, elected last June
were installed: Grand patriarch, John I
Temple, Davenport; grand high priest, NJ
p. Sharts. Burlington; grand senior warden
n. S. Johnson Bloomfield; grand scribe
William Musson. Des Moines; grand treas
urer. j. Norwood Clark, Iowa City; gran
Junior warden, J. C. Milliman, Logan; gran
sentinel. j. G. Hetzel. Avoca; grand outsid
sentinel S. P. Smith, Iowa Falls; gran
marshal A. d. Steele, Knoxville; gran
representative. J. F. Spare Councif Bluffs
> An amendment to the constitution of sub
ordinate encampments was offered. provdin
that instead of section a section simila
To that in the subordinate lodge constitutio
be adopted which provides for the elect'o
. of representatives from encampment district
to the grand encampment at the June cleo
! tion of subordinate encampments, the nomi
nation having been made in the May previ
GUS This amendment was laid over unit
, ! next year.
. The afternoon session brought the con
: clave of the grand encampment to clos'
, Grand Lodge.
The grand lodge convenes this mornir
. and will be in session over Friday.
> 1880 o'clock there will be a grand parad
, | followed by exercises in the big hall,
- which addresses of welcome will be delivers
: ! by Mayor Jennings on behalf of the ci
> and by Colonel C. G. Saunders for the loc
lodges. In the evening the visitors will
II entertained by the local lodges at a big ba
This morning a school Of instruction in Il
secret work will be held in the Mason
temple for the subordinate lodges, cor
), menclng at o'clock. The morning sessit
of the grand lodge will be mainly talk
up in the comforting Of the grand lod
degree upon all past grands who desire
M receive il.
W Last evening the degree team OF the
tumwa lodge exemplifed the work in the sc
ond degree before a lsrge number of I
members of the local subordinate lodges.
The association of past grand masters a
10 past grand patrlarchs, which was organic
IS in 1894, met last night at the Grand hot