The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-20
ODD FELLOWS JUBILEE.

htchmond Chosen as the Place for
the Next Mc-ting-BIg Events 10.
Day and Tomorrow.
DETROIT, Sept. l9.-The streets are
bright to-day with The uniforms and re-
gala OF the odd Fellows from all partB
Of the country. who are here attending
the Odd Fellows diamond Jubilee. All
the leading hotels are full, and hum
dreds OF visitors nre quarteFed IN pTi-
yate houses, Among the arrivals to-
day were the picturesque Junia Hus-
sars ,Of Columbus Ohio, who will act
Sire Plnkerton in the grand parade to-
morrow. To-day eight cantons OF pa
triarchs, including those from Lebanon,
Muncie and Terre Haute. Ind. have en-
tered the prize drlll at the Detroit Ath.
letic Club grounds Thursday. ESTE
| mates place the entire number OF ODD
Fellow visitors now In the city at 5000.
The local committees predict that The
>attendance win be doubled tomorrow
and Thursday by the two great attrao.
tlons, viz, the parade and prize drills.
At the session OF the sovereign grand
| lodge to-day little business was done.
When the call for new business was an.
nounced so many propositions were pre-.
scnted that all were referred to COM
mittees without reading.
Among the proposals under dlscuH,
sion are resolutions constituting board
to revise and codify all laws enacted by
the sovereign grand lodge. and to grant
to noble grands and chief patrlarchs
authority to communicate the travelling
pass word.
The grand lodge took action on the
mllenge question To-day, reducing thu
fT1i1nnun n1lnuad nnRh TanUFnaankaN NfUA
from 10 cents per mile east Of the Rocky
Mountains to 0, and from IL cents west
Of the Rockies to II. The vote on this
action placed the delegates on record,
but afterward by viva voce vote the
action wns reconsldered, leaving the
mileage Mt the former rates.
The grand lodge OF Ohio presented the
sovereign grand lodge to-day with
cane which has a strong sentimental
interest for Odd Fellows. II belonged
to Thomas Willie, founder OF the order
in this country. Each representative to
the sovereign grand lodge is given ten
copies OF the Daily Journal. Hereto-
fore the grand secretary has mailed
these at the orders expense to wherever
the representative wished. To-day, as
nn economical measure. the lodge or
dered this stopped, and further mailing
win have to be done at the representa-
tve's own expense.
Richmond, Va, was chosen as the
place OF meeting in 1900.
This afternoon the Rebeknh Assembly
rendered Grand Sire Pinkerton and the
various department commanders a re-
ception in light infantry armory. The
armory was crowded with handsomely
gowned ladies and uniformed odd Fell
lows
To-nIght's feature was q reunion OF
past grand representatives,. Many mem-
bers OF the order and ladies' assembled
in the Hotel Cadillac convention hall
and listened to add .sses by men who
have been prominent In the dellbera-
tiOns OF the sovereign grind lodge. The
president of the past representatives
association, Andrew Henshaw, presided.
Hon. Fred Carlton, OF Texas, in n short
address. spoke OF this assoclatlon's OBJ
jccts as an additional link in the chain
OF Odd Fellowship. whose main object
Is to further the spread OF the order.
]. c. Farnham, OF Ohio, read an ad-
dress on progressive Odd Fellowship"
He illustrated the Idea OF progresslVe-
ness through united effort In various
departments OF life. especially Its ac-
compiishments In the great society
progress friendship, love and truth as
its standards Addresses followed by
a. g. Anscl, Of Washington, and oth-
era. There were many arrivals Tonight
from several states. chiefly uniformed
cantons OF the PntriRrchs Militant and
their ladies' a special train arrived
from Boston with Department Com
naadeF Emerson and 175 members from
Massac chusetts Patrinrchs from Maine,
New Hampshire. New York, Pennsyl-
vanla, Indiana, Ohio and other states
came in on evening trains, fourteen
cnntonments arriving this afternoon
and Tonight.
Grand sire Pinkerton was this even
Ing presented by the Richmond lodges
with magnificent bouquet OF Virginia
roses. consisting Of seventy-hve white
roses one for each birthday OF the SOW
ereign grand lodge, md thirteen for the
thirteen original states, OF which Vlr-
ginIn and Massachusetts formed parts.
Wet weather stIll prevails but Will
probably cause no postponement OF to-
morrow's parade.
The I. o. o. r. international press as
ISOLATION this afternoon elected Mrs.
Eunlce Melville, Of Minneapolis, presl-
dent, and John Burlette, Of Concord,
N. H., secretary and treasurer.