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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25
NEWS In BRIEF.
A Cyclorama Showing The Movements
Of Our People And Their Friends.
INTERESTING PERSONALS.
Pithy News Items Cleaned All Over
The Town by Our Reporter.

Misses Mary and Sue Davidson have
returned from Richmond,
Stuart Culin, of Richmond, is visit
ing lis father, George Culin.
, Cashier 3. E. Vaughan of the First
National Bank, was i'll Baltimore on
business on Friday last.
! Prof. D. c. Humphreys OF W. & L..
IL. was registered at the EakletOn
Hotel, Staunton, on Thursday.
Miss Mary Tucker McGill who has
been the guest of Mrs. H. ST. G. Tuck
Ter has gone to Rich.nond.
Miss Sarah White, daughter of Rev.
lH. NJ. White, D. D., of Winchester,
died on Jan. 18th.
Capt {, E. Dudrow, the General
Travelling Agent of the B. & 0. i. r..
WAS in Lexington on Friday.
John Sheridan, John Il. Henderson
and Gilbert A. Rhodes were in Staun-
ton Monday.
| Miss Evelyn Nelson is visiting her
!sister, Mrs. Gaines, in Chattanooga,
iTenn.,
Misses Agness Il Eliza seth Ross, are
the guests CT their aunt, Mrs. Buford,
En Richmond.
/ Miss sallie Beeton Las returned
from a visit to her sister, Mrs. C. H.
Burrows, in Charleston, S. G.
Rev. DR.. Henry Alexander White
preached Sunday in Fourth Avenue
Presbyterian church, New York.
We had pleasant cal this week
from our friend and valued subscriber,
lJ. p. Zimmerman, Of jump.
Samuel X. Nair, a native OF this
county, and who went West several
years ago, is visiting relatives near
town.
]. w. Bell, of Goshen, and J. Van
Lear, have leased the Allegheny Hote'
{ at Goshen I will be opened June
1st with a receipts, and ball.
The Christian Endeavorers of TIC
Methodist church en- ertaintd then
friends at social Thursday night al
1.-THE residence of Mrs. G. r. Beaver.
Rhv. T. J. Prettyman Of Staupton,i i.
the quasi of s. o. Campbell. He il
always a welcome visitor in Lexington
where he has hosts of friends.
Rev. G. W. Trawick, Of Buena Vista
occupied the pulpit of the Presbyterian
church here Sunday morning andnight
in the absence of Rev. DR.. 1hornto,
Whaling. Mr.. Trawick addressed tn
Christian Endeavorers of the MatEo
dist church Sunday afternoon.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25

The Spectator brings staunton out
as the Convention City Of next year.
We advocate the claims of Stanton
She IL a needy city and we want our
prosperous people to have a chance to
do some "blowing in" some of their
many dollars. Just let the conventions
allygo to Staunton and let Staunton
have all the nominees too. She will
take all the nominees any how, "with-
out the consent of--even Lexington
Clifton Forge Review.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25
GRAHAM-LEE SOCIETY CELE-
BRATION.

The Graham-Lee Literary Society Of
the University held their annual cello
patton in the Lee Memorial chapel.
Jan1o. The celebration of the ioeety
was the Goth held in the history of the
University. The officers were Presi-
dent, E. Randolph Preston, Virginia;
vice-pr, sident, Johu Caffery, Louisiana;
secretary, r. o. Huff, Texas; marshal,
e. B. Pancake, Virginia. The audience
was welcomed by a brief speech by
President Preston, add he introduced
as orator OF the evening, MIR. w. J.
Bryan, Of Florida, whose subject was
1.-The Common People," and Mr.. T. E.
West, of Florida, whose subject was
"The Re-United States The secre
tsry then read the question for debate
which was, "R solved, That the
United Sta,e s Was Justifable in De-
claring War Against .sSpain." The
ques ton was very ably handled by J.
H. Shi,ely, Indiana, and c. c. Mcneil,
Virginia. IN the affirmative, and r.
". Wither', Virginia, ard J. A. Nc
Chung virginia,in the Iegative.
The judges were Hon. William a.
Anderson, Colonel Robert Catlett, and
Mr.. Paul NJ. Penick, WHO awarded the
orators medal 10 Mr.. W. j. Bryan and
the debatols medal to Mr.. r. ".
Withers.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25
A NARROW ESCAPE.

Lite Laura Tucker, the six-year-old
daughter of Hon. Harry st. G. Tucker,
came near meeting with serious acct
dent Thurs day afternoon, Her father
had horse saddled for her to try be-
fore purchasing it. When she was
placed in the saddle the animal sud
denly bolted, ran out Of the yard, and
dashed down the street towards town.
Fortunately the horse was STOPPED by
some men who were passing. The
lite girl he'd on to the saddle with
both hands, and thus saved herself
from serious injury.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25
A CHILL BADLY BURNED.

Willie Taylor. a young child of Mr.
and Mrs. David ". Taylor, Of Aqua,
in this county, was badly burned Tues
day morning, Jan. II. Both Of the
parents were absent from the room in
which he was playing with an elder
brother; who is 6 years of age, Mr.
TAYLOR, who was in his storeroom ad
joining, was attracted by the SC cams
of the children. Willie's clothes were
found to be on fire, and he was badly
burned before the flames could be ex-
tinguished. The children had been
playing With box Of matches.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25
ANOTHER CALL.

One of the leading dailics of New
York wired their representative here
late Saturday night TO see Hon. VIM.
L. Wilson and verify the report Of his
election as president Of Brown Uni
vorsity. On inquiry Mr.. Wilson said
there was no truth in the report. An
other "fake."
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25
ROCKBRIDGE LIME COMPANY

The Rockbridge Lime Company,
whose works are located on the out
skirts OF Lexington, and which sre
owned by Messrs. Eg'f, Embree. and
others. OF Buena Visit, who constitute
The Buena Vista Paper-Mill Company,
have sold part interest III the works
10 Adams Brothers & Payne,of Lynch
burO
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25
MARRIED..

George W. Huffman and Miss Flor
ense V. Hogan, both of the We-ley
Chapel neighbour Cd, were marie d
Wednesday, January 18.b, 1899, at the
Me hodist parsonage of this pla c, Rev.
DR.. J. II. WIShtman officiating.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25

by local applications ms they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is by
constitutional remedies. Deafnessis caused
by an inllamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the custodian Tub. When this tube
Is inflamed you have a rumblng sound or i'm
perfect hearing, and when it is entisely clos
ed, deafness is the result, and unless the in
hamation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored TO its normal condition hearing viI,
be destroyed forever; nine eases out Of tom
are caused by catarrh, which is nothing bnt
an inAamed condition Of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for anv
ease Of deafness Caused by catarrb) tb,t
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cu,a
Send for circulars; free.
F. j. CHENEY q CO., Toledo O.
Sold by dpugisas. 75s.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
BOARD OF VISITORS.

The Board of Visitors met at the V. NJ. |.
this morning and reinstated Cadet Lamoyne,
and refused to reinstate Cadets Drake and
Cassoll. Up to the hour OF going to press
no action had been takoR in regard to the
First Class
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25
ThOs. 8. White
& Son.

P.S Don't forget our contract for the
entire production OF Xmas goodies from the
Hawaiian, Porto Rico and Philippine Islands.
provided Mac does the clean thing as to the
annexation Of the latter. Wehsve also made
a deal with Holland and Switzerland for
Edam and other mot profsne) cheeses:
T. y, w. L Son.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25
THE CAMERON PROPERTY SOLD

The properly on 'he corner Of White
and Jefferson sire cts belong ng to The
estate Of the late Mrs. i. II. Cameron,
was sold Tuesday to Mr., ". r. Shie'dr
for the sum of $2,025.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25
Receipts and Expenditures
ROckbridge County, Virginia.


expenditures the ending June 3O $685.
namely;
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25
COUNTY BONDS.

That II ning'on and Rockbridge
county LIQUIDS are each gilt-edge securi-
ties is shown by the fact that 1O7
was ef sed for Lexington 8 Ter cent
b nd aed II lckbrldgo county 6'r
chan. ed hands al 1r6.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25
BANK DIRECTORS.

The stockholders of the Bank Of
Rockbridge aAd the First National
Bank of Lexington at their recent meet
ings elected the following directors for
the ensuing veal:
BANK OF RocKBRIDGE.
Mes rs. w. S. Hopkins, W. A. Glas-
Cow, NJ. b. Corse, j. Ct. Cress, ?. NJ.
Penick, w. T, Shields, E. M. Pendle-
ton, w. G. Stuart, A. L. Koones. Mr.:
Penick was elected TO succeed the late
Colonel J. X. Edmondson, and Mr..
Corse to succeed Judge S. H. Letcher,
resigned.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
John T. Dunlop, of hockbridge
county; b. E. Vaughan and j. z. Moore,
of Lexington; w. L. Norman and W.
B. Hatcher, of Lyncnburg. Mr.. Moore
succeeds O. d. Bltchelor, of Buena
Vista, who recently located at NewpnIt
News,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25

Al the classes at the V. M. l. have
pct toned General Ship requesting
The reinstatement o! the dismissed first
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25

Iniernlsdiate exam ina i'ns ATE no"
10 progress at tue public sclo }.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25

Rev A. p. Boude hes been confined
to his room by sickness for week
part, and will not be abe to fl | his
amendment to preach at Midway
church next sun 'ay.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-25

burg.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-09
Mot ~ Honest Dollar.

ibid You ever earn an honest doll
lar in your slife?"
Never answered Meandering
Mike. comet I worked two hours
fur dollar, but when I got it I
found 1t had a plug In 1t, right over
de head OF de American eagle.
OATS what embittered me life
Washington Star.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-09

"After. dinner at the Tyre. L
went out and saw my shadow COM.
ing in. l looked at my watch-the
shadow was exactly one hour and
ten. seconds behind mep'
, [Then the assembled company ST.
lently mounted their machines and
wabbled ome.l-Ally Sloper.
Artist or Artisang
X 81 hear Jennie is about to marry
a painter?"
"Ah! BY trade or professional
Indianapolis Journal.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-09
very wen Known.

- 9Ts1TW very WeII hM0WMs
Yeast-You say that man who just
went by is one of the best known
men in town?
Characteristics; he couldn't
borrow a dollar to save his life
Yonkers Statesman.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-09

"And p'r'aps little boiling water
will make him move on az quiet az i
anything!", Splosh, gurgle! t'Wow- q
yow-wowl!" And the tramp moved,
on. y
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-09

"Gracious snakes!" squealed Mrs.
Backstairs. There's another tramp
washing himself in my garden from
the water pipe! won't stand it,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-09
know the devil is going in there with you?
on guvnor; I've only got cents"
Entirely wiling.

Entirely Willing.
Loquacious Visitor (who has been
describing at some length her bridal
trousseau You ought to see me in
my going away gown.
Hostess-I wish could.-Chicago
Tribune.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-09
He Kept HIS word.

snooks-What mean practical
joker Smiles is! He told me il I
came out to Daisybloom he would
have a horseless carriage at the sta.
ton for me. ~. IN
Tooks-Well. did he?
Snooks-Yes; a perambulator!-
New York World.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-09
Dimcult to Understand.
You flatter me-" she said.

- TF%SS..%'F.. = 1900
"Impossible!" he exclaimed.
And she Is still uncertain as to
whether she was insulted or fatter-
ed. 1t is sometimes hard to decide.
Chicago Post.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-02
DUNPHY- ESTATE TRUST
MAY BE DECLARED VOID
MRS. MARY FLOOD SCORES "A
STRONG POINT.

Another trust Of realproperty by which
testator sought to.@tie up his estate
has met the fate#of the trusts. Of Walk
erley: Fair and Sutro. This time 1t is the
trust contained in the Will of William
Dunphy. the wealthy. cattleman. Dun
ply died years ago. leaving. 8 large es-
tate. consisting of. 100 900 acres of valuable
ranch land in the State of Nevada. This
property, the steStatcT:. declared : in his
Will. should not: sell for less than SO
acre, but which he directed his executors
t0%sell at anything above that figure and
ato. invest the proceeds: In real estate in
this city. Besides. he.left valuable prop
eTtN in Monterey-Comty; some property
in the Potrero and the residence property
on: Vallejo street. The total value lies
between S1500.00 and. g 900 600.
By his will Dunphyleft all his property
in trust for the benefit of his heirs-at-law,
the widow and her three children-James
NJ. Dunphy.- Mrs Mary Flood and Miss
Jennie Dunphy--and Miss Viola Percy,
We're the widow; Carmen Dunphy. and
her son. James, and the income from the
property was to. be divided among the
heirs. provided the widow did not insist
upon her claiu*of ote-half of the estate
as being community property. In the lat
ter event the income from the remaining
half was to be divided between the three
children and. the granddaughter.
2. = Mrs. .Dunphy insisted on her share of
.one-halt and the. trust has. continued in
force and was to continue until the death
of all the children. Mrs. Flood brought
suit to determine the rights of the heirs.
She claimed her share of the estate at
once on. the ground that the trust was
void. In support Of. this she cited de-
cisions in the Fair, Sutro and Walkerity
cases. ~. -
The matter: came before Judge Trout
on a :. demurrer to Mrs. Floods
petition. Judge Trout ordered the de-
murrer oVerruled and gave the respou-
dents ten days in which to file answer.
This is regarded as a victory for Mrs
Fleod: -: o..
II is said that James .Dunphy Is in SYM
pathy with hfsl sisters request for fhe
distribution of the property The real
opponent. IS. Miss Jennie Dunphy, who in
sists. thatcher fathers wishes should be
faithfully executed. -. ~.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-02
B0oKMAKER. COLEMAN
j. ."..= LOSES a. BANKRoLL'
LEO. SCHWARTZ DISCOVERS A
NJ. NOVEL SYSTEM.

To Leo Schwartz son OF the well known
bookmaker and pool room man, Henry
Schwartz, belongs the credit of inventing
a new system to beat the races.
Young Schwartz and an intimate friend
paid a visit to Oakland track yesterday
and tried with Ill success to get some of
the bookmakers,: coin by dabbling in
pasteboards on the first five races. As a
result Schwartz's friend, who gave HIS
name as George Wood, and a newsboy
known as Whitley are reposing in cell
in the Oakland City Prison. while
Schwartz, through the kindness of Book
maker Humphrey. crossed on the boat
with the regular race-going crowd
While the horses were at the post In
the last race Schwartz decided to take a
view Of them from the ring. Placing one
foot on Johnny Coleman'S stand with
the other on the stand of Hoffman & Co.
he awaited the start George Suytlann
cashier for Coleman. had a "swelIer'
down on Maud Ferguson to win the dash
and gazed intently through a pair of
glasses at the bunch OF horses. Suddenly
he heard the cover of his tin. box con-
tanning the drafts and currency fall with
a click and noticed young Schwartz dis
appear about the same time 1t took
Suydam just three seconds to get out of
the stand in pursuit Of the young man,
the sheet and ticket writer not knowing
what had come of, thinking him de-
mented..
Suydam proved good sprinter. and
quarters getting close Schwartz passed
the currency 10 his pal. Mike Conroy of
Pinkerton's force here took a hand and
made for the drop man" Finding the
game too hot this youngsfero threw the
money on the lawn Intervening between
the stables Of Burns & Waterhouse and
the long board walk leading from the
train. "Whitey,"" the newsboy. ever on
the alert, secured the money and plant
ed'' It. Schwartz was released on his own
recognizance. Bookmaker Humphrey stat
ing that he would guarantee his appear
ance when wanted, while the nal and
Whitley were placed under arrest,
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-02
DID. NOT SELL OUT TO
!. THE BEET SUGAR TRUST
ROBERT F. oxNARD DENIES
/. Z TELEGRAPHIC STATEMENTS.
Says the Four Factories at Chino,
:: Hueneme,. Grand Island and Nor
.-.: ...... folk Were Only Consoli-
. -: ~ =: :: :. H.. r dated.

.7
Herbert F: Qxnardi secretary. of the
Western Sugar Refinery, when seen last
evening In regard TO the telegraphic dis.
patches that the beet sugar factories of
which his brother, Henry Oxnard, is pres
ident, had been sold out to the beet sugar
trust, made: an. :ernp phatic denial of the
truth o.. the statement
=. THE facts: in the case said he, ARE
these::: al bout a month ago four factories,
situated at Chino, Hueneme, Grand Island
were consolidated into one organization.
There was no sale of the properties, but
the capital stock was placed at IS ,000 900
preferred and $15, ,000, 900 common, of which
not all was issued, The only feature
about the deal. is that two large banking
firms of New York have just been taken
into the concern. They are Kuhn, Loeb
& $50. and Spencer, Trask & Co. The.
name Of the new corporation is the Amer
lean Beet Sugar Company and not the
Beet: Sugar Trust. The idea of a trust is
absurd from the fact that there are TWEEN.
:ty-four. beet sugar factories in the United
States. and twenty more are. in. project.
eight of which will be started in Michi-
beet sugar are Very generous.
1.-THE object of; the consolidation is to
have the factories under one central or
ganiZation in order TO obtain better re-
suits. The statement that the price paid
for the properties was SO 600 900 is errone-
Gus. as no moneys passed in the trans
action whatever. The same interests con-
trolled the factories separately as they
do now collectively. Henry Oxnard was
the president of the four factories and is
now. president of the combined plants"
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-02

sutter county-Live Oak Council Of.
Live Oak, H. Luther; Pioneer Of Yuba
Trinity County~LaureI Council Of Wea-
Tuiare IaT County@visaHa Council of Vi
saia Julius Levy.
Gil. of Sonora, J. w. Purdy and j.. S. Cady:
Yolo County-Woodland Council of
Woodland F. Mrs Alice Adams; Surprise
of Woodland, Emanuel Berg Madison or
Madison, J. S. Tut
Yuba County -Marysville Council Of
Marys VILE. Mrs. H. NJ. Earnshields; Pac-
to[us Of. Smartsville, a. G. wheaton;
Rainbow of Marysville, Mrs. Pauline
.Schwab. ."i.:
:; OrTnsby County. Nevada-Ormsby- Coun-
Gil of Carson City, Charles L. Deadly.
Storey =" County, NeYada-Comstock
Council Of Virginia. City, Mary ]: Smith
and: John F.. Mcdonnell.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-02
Reports That He Left
Quite a Fortune.
THE COURTS APPLIED TO
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
TO BE TAKEN OUT.
The Dead Mans Trunks Were .Brok-
en- Open and His Property Scat
tered to the Four
Winds

when Isaac W. Jones the aged lottery
ticket peddler, met his death recently
beneath the wheels of a buggy driven
by Jules Carnage the public knew but
little Of him Now that he is dead II
seems that his life was Veiled in mystery,
and this he has left as a heritage TO con-
Germ the interested, II, indeed, he did not
leave a comfortable fortune TO cheer his
heirs. saddened by his passing if such
heirs exist 1t is a tangled case, but
Public Administrator Drinkhouse. and his
counsel A. Ruef. are spending time and
patience unravelng the mystery not OF
the death but of the life of the aged
peddler
YESTERDAY. Mr.. Ruef. ION behalf of the
Public Administrator. filed an Application
IN the Superior Court for letters OF ad-
ministration upon the estate or the ae-
ceased setting forth that the nature,
value and location OF suen eSl4.e az az ~ az
present unknown The attention ol tLg
Public Administrator was directed toWaru
the decedents estate by various coHliLI0
ufcatioflS: made by telephone ana otheI-
wise To- the.faCt thatthe dead peddier. was
a miser. and that although hVlhg IA
sdualor he possessed. a. fortune OF no
mean proportions. =. = Il: -
+i,7sil,' Mr. R1ief was. informed that judah
Roas could tell something OF TINS o4d
mans. .;estate. Mr.. Boas could not, now
ever but he gaVe%the oAlCldlS Soti4V IA
formation upon which#theY laDored' ana
although no estate was found other m
formation was brought TO light, which
corrobQrated: the stories OF the dead man 5
wealth. ..5-. ~ -:
Finally. the room occupied by the, old
man. in life. which is located IN the Mel
bourne House, 5S. Fifth street, was VISITED
but il had been visited " before MIS-.
DuaEnes: landlady OF the house, sald tnat
some men who purported 10 be Coroner $
deputies visited the apartment the day
the dead man $ trunks. and spread his be-
longings to the four. winds. Nothing OF
value was found when the Public Ad-
nTnistrator's men visited the place, and
as. the Coroner's deputies deny that they
disturbed the possessions. of. the deceased
the mystery was only deepened by the
visit. t ....
The investigation viii be kept up, how
. eyer. by the Public Administrator and
Mr.. Ruef until the missing estate. is
found or the dead mans wealth proves: to
be but a phantom fortune.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-02
CHOSEN FRIENDS
WILL MEET IN
GRAND COUNCIL
Session in Odd Fell
lows Buildin 6.
THE NEXT GRAND COUNCILLOR
REPRESENTATIVES, FROM THE
ENTIRE STATE.
There Will Be a Contest to Secure
Representation to the Supreme
Body That Meets in
Baltimore.
THE NEXT GRAND COUNCILLOR
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
ENTIRE STATE.

The Grand Council of the Order of
Chosen Friends will assemble in this city
in the Memorial Hall of the Odd Fell
lows building at 10 o'clock on Tuesday
the 11th inst, in biennial session for the
purpose of electing grand officers and leg
islating for the order for the next term
This order was founded in 1879, on the
29th of May, in Indianapolis, and it has
since its organization distributed to the
beneficiaries of its members more than
&3 900, the disbursements during the
past fiscal year being 1891 1896. H. II.
Morse of New York is the supreme coun-
ciior and II. w. Hutton of this citv is
the supreme vice councillor The order
was started in California with Pioneer
Council in Yuba City, June %, 1880. and
during the eleven months following the
order grew so fast that on the 18th of
May, 1881 the Grand Council was organ.
lied with number of councils having in
the aggregate 1000 members
There are at this time in this State and
Nevada 120 councils. During the term
there was instituted new council, and
considerable work was done by the Of
fcers interested in maintaining the mem
bership, which for a time seemed to be
dlsafiected on account of a change in tho
manner of levying assessments 10 meet
beneficiary obligations; but no more so
than in other orders that adopted a SINH
lar plan. The order is recovering: from
the effects of the first shock of The change
ard is doing we'll.
During the session there will be con-
siderable legislation and some excitement
oVC~ the election of five represent tatlves
to the Supreme Council that is TO meet in
baltimore next September. Grand C0lln+-
cilor NJ. Boehm who has held shat posi-
tjon for three years, will retire with hon
ors, and will not be candidate for re-