The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-12
MADE SPECIAL ORDER
Odd Fellows viii Elect Grand
Warden Today 10 a. m.
TAKEN TO CAMPBELL PLACE
Delegate Taken for a View of
the City,

More than 500 delegates to the grand
lodge 1. Q. o. F. were taken in carriage.
to see the Masonic Home, the Campbell
property and the park yesterday al
though it was voted not to establish
home this year.
AT last nights session of the grand
lodge committee of three was ordered Il
revise and bring the subordinate consti
tuition up to date, and the grand secre
tary authorized to have 900 copies print
ed, including the digest.
The election of a grand warden wa:
made a special order for Thursday at i
a. M
1t appearing that some lodges have
been loaning money on personal security
which is contrary to law, the grand mas
ter is instructed to take up their charters
If they do not Immediately discontinue
| the practice.
Bremen Lodge No. 442, on payment Of
its arrearages, was authorized to con-
solidate with Troy City Lodge No. PAS.
All the new subordinate and Rebekah
lodges instituted during the year were
granted charters.
One thousand new grand lodge constitu-
tons were ordered printed.
Candidates for grand lodge officers must
hereafter qualify by December l or they
shall be considered declining such nomi-
| nation. The law heretofore has been De
cemher Is.
! nj oh 80
can now be changed by resolution at a
regular meeting. Heretofore they had to
amend their bylaws. They must imme-
diately notify the grand secretary of their
| action. however.
resolution was introduced to estab-
| lish what is known as the scent insur-
ance, which proposed to assess those who
went into the organization cents on the
death Of brother, the same to go to his
heirs; but after a great deal of discus
sion the proposition was defeated on a
roll call of the lodges by a vote of 81 to
236.
The grand lodge then adjourned until
Thursday at a. m.
The forty-second annual session of the
Grand Lodge l. o. o. F. of Kansas met in
regular session in Garfield hall at 10
o'clock, with the following grand officers
present: ]. A. Colaw, grand master;
John A. Bright, deputy grand master; G.
T. Davies, grand warden; D. w. Kent,
grand secretary; L. G. BeaI, grand treas
urer; J. A. Campbell and w NJ Glenn
grand representatives: Rev. B. NJ. Pow
ell. grand chaplain; B. A. Treadway,
grand marshal; r. A. McGregor grand
conductor; W. o. Johnson, grand mes
senger; o. Orlopp, grand guardian; C. c.
Neighbors, grand herald.
J. NJ. Miller and W. NJ. Glenn were ap-
pointed assistants to the grand secretary
and H. C. Stevens press reporter.
Grand Master VIM Clardy of the In
dian Territory was introduced as a Wis
itor, and on invitation made a neat and
appropriate talk.
The mileage for the present session was
fixed at actual fare and the per diem
$3.50 for two days.
The question of an Odd Fellows home
came up IN the shape of a resolution to
postpone the purchase of a home until
such time as the Grand Lodge had money
in its treasury for that purpose. 1t also
provided for a per. capita tax to be levied
for that purpose. After considerable dis
cussion the resolution was adopted.
The committee appointed three years
ago to visit the different sites offered for
a home and report its recommendations
to the Grand Lodge, was then discharged
from further service. the Grand Lodge
by its action thus indefinitely postponing
the purchase of home.
The grand secretary's action of a year
ago in having a portion of the journals
bound in cloth was approved, and he was
instructed to continue the practice.
The grand master announced the fol-
| lowing committees:
! Elections and Returns-L. NJ Carter,
John Caldwell. Lee Stanford, ]. S. Jud-
son. G. w Combs. G. W. Peterson, F.
| Rockefeller.
Credentals-F. O. Picker, W. B. Craw-
ford, E. B. Brown, ]. F. Folger, j H
| Cecil, F. L. Styles, F. L. Abbey.
Judiciary. NJ. Johnson. w. B. Wash
! ington, T Hutto, A. E Helm, S. T. Her
man, DR. Bendiere. H. L. Wells.
Grievances and ApDeals-S. B. S. VIII
! SON. E. Hadley. j. P Chumle D. Hahn
| Chas Shukers. Geo. Thorn. A H. Block
Legislation-H. f. Pyle, W. T. Pugh, G
! w Brown, C. VI. Titus, Z. L. Shelton, J.
! B. Finley, H. Nesbit
Finance-H. j. Aten. W. T Dutton, F
w Stackpole. A Prewitt, z. W. Tate, H
NJ. Steele. c. NJ B. Platts.
State of the Orders. c. Baker, E. s
/ Bertram, ". Mckee, F. H. Keifer. John
Andrew. H. G. Johnson. c. D. Oster-
house
! Charters and Semi-Annual Returns-C
A Gibbs, c r. Mitchell E. E Fisher
Henry Flynn ]. A Kirk VIM. George
J. H Gardner.
Statistics and Correspondence-S. S
Lee. J. Brakeman. R. H Stewart, D. G.
Kennedy. Y NJ. Stevens. VIM. Cleveland
B. 2. Martin.
Rebekah Lodges-W. J. Russell. G. W
! Finlay H Markson. 7 II Berdenstine. J
| b Opperman, John Talbert, A L. Water
man
! Mileage and Per Diem-Wm. Mold. VIM
Ray. G. W Thackie, J. r Moreland. G
R O'Brien. T. I. Stewart. Robt Slater
Necrology-D. 3. Long. John Campbell
/ Levi Ferguson
/ Virgil and Louisville subordinate lodges
/ and Louisville Rebekah lodge were grant
/ ed new charters. the old ones having been
/ destroyed by fire.
Past Grand Master D. B. Long of tha
| committee on neurology, read fitting
memorials to the five past grand masters
! who died last year. namely. c. a Logan,
| J NJ Price. w a. shannon. J. S. Cod
| ding and John Charlton Fitting and ap-
| propriate remarks were also made re-
/ garding their characters by Past Grand