The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-19
ODD FELLOW JUBILEE
HARD, PERSISTENT RAIN FAILED
TO KEEP DELEGATES AWAY
FROM MEETINGS
REPORTS OF OFFICERS READ

Figures Given Show That the Order
Is In II FIOurishingi Condition
Important Questions to Be Dis
posed of at the Present Gather
Prominent Problem.
| DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 1S.-Hard, per-
| sistent rain has been thet predominant
outward feature of the opening day Of
| the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
! diamond jubilee. Adverse weather condi-
| lions, however, failed to dampen the spir-
it's of the Odd Fellows enough to keep
| them away from the public welcomes ex-
| tended at the Detroit Opera house by
| Mayor Maybury and Michigan Odd Eel
low officials Every representative en-
| titled to place on the floor Of the sove-
reign grand lodge was in his place when
the reception opened, nineteen men from
every state and territory and the Cana
dian provinces
| 1t was necessary to postpone a trolley
ride about the city. planned for this even
ing, until Saturday, which had been left
open for individual sightseeing.
Tonight the visiting ladies were enter
tanned in light infantry armory, by the
Union Rebekah degree staff of this city
Fifty-six ladies, the largest degree team
in the history of Odd Fellowship, exemp-
lifted the Rebekah degree.
| Gov Pingree was unable to appear
owing to illness, and Mayor Maybury well
coined the visitors on behalf of the city
and state Of Odd Fellowship, the mayor
said:
1T was one of the first if not the first
society to make men brothers and to
make my neighbor the man who needs me
and is deserving of my help
Hon. Alfred S. Pinkerton, grand sire,
responded to the welcome, after which
the sovereign grand lodge representatives
proceeded to Harmonic hall, where the
first business session was held.
Grand Sire Pinkerton made his annual
report to the sovereign grand lodge.
GRAND SIRE'S ADDRESS.
Mr. Pinkerton, grand sire and comman-
der-in-chief, said: 1.-The evidence Of the
work of the aggressive, progressive force
of Odd Fellowship is a refutation of the
false assertion that present citizens of
the world are not as good as were their
fathers. Welcome every agency that lends
a helping hand to those who need it. De-
cember 31st last, oura subordinate lodge
membership was 500, 961, and the number
of sisters enrolled in the Rebekah lodges
numbered 190007. These figures enable
US for the first ime TO honestly claim fra
ternal Affiliations with over 100000 per-
sons"
The secretary reported encouraging in
creases for the year In both the subordi-
nate and Rebekah branches, that of the
former having been greater than in any
year since 1892 A small decrease was re-
ported in the encampment branch, much
smaller, however, than in any other Of
several years past.
The secretary gave the following sum-
mary on the condition of the order Dec.
81 1858: Sovereign grand lodges, /; indie
pendent grand lodges australasia, Den
mark, Germany, Sweden and Switzer-
land; subordinate grand lodges, 65 SUBJ
ordinate grand eneampments, So, subor-
dinate lodges Il, 1856; subordinate encamp-
ments, 2641; lodge members, 859, 929; en-
campment members, 12S,261; Rebekah
lodges, SOL; members Of Rebekah lodges,
313.163 t1s
L
the order for the year was 30,225 The re-
port showed the relief expenditures by
lodges to be So, 1851 $50; relief by encamp-
ments 1885, and by Rebekah lodges,
$47.149 making a total of s., 422, 1885,, The
! total expenses of subordinate lodges fig
ure $4,159726. The revenue of subordi-
nate lodges amounted to $7,752,782; subor-
dinate encampments, 570,762; Rebekah
lodges, s443, 34S; total $S7G6, 3O3 The total
To
TREAsURER'S SHOWING.
Treasurer NJ Richards Muckle, Of
Philadelphia, submitted his report, and
the reading of 1t and the other officers
reports were dispensed with.
After committees had been appointed
many resolutions were offered. The
most important one was introduced by
Representative Young, of Maryland,
ard is aimed at the mileage paid repre-
sentatives to the sovereign grand lodge
| At present 1G cents per mile is allowed
for delegates living east of the Rocky
mountains and IL cents west. 1t orders
the figures reduced to and 10 cents
respectively.
A resolution is pending from last years
meeting reducing the mileage to Z and
cents. Both these were, after an hours
discussion, referred to special COM
mittee of five with a request to report
as soon as possible. That the mileage
allowance will be reduced is believed
certain, as a cut must be made in the
i expenses, and the delegates are almost
a unit in favoring this as the proper
place
A resolution ordering the abo'ishing Of
visiting cards was referred to the res
olution committee The visiting card is
now necessary to enable member of a
lodge to visit another. 1t is proposed,
instead. TO make the receipt for dues
sufficient
There will be no election of officers by
this committee since the terms of the
present incumbents of the sovereign
grand chairs do not expire for another
year
The matter of admitting NEGROES to the
O. O. F. is expected tn come up at
this session. as it had done for number
of years. Resolutions providing for adj
mission of negroes have always hereto
fore been voted down, and the sentf-
mont among the present dele ates causes
predictions of similar fate for any IN
troauced at this session.
The Rebelzah branch is working to OBJ
+.in representation on the floor of the
sovereign grand lodge, but there is
deal of opposition to such innovation.
Killed by Fall.
HASTINGS. Mimi. Sent. 1S.-(SpeciaD