Evening journal., 1899-02-23
ONE CENT.
WORKMEN IN SESSION.
Grand Lodge A. O. u. w. Met
This Morning.
GRAND MASTER CARROLL SICK
REPORT5 FRoM THE VARIOUS
COMMITTEES iIHHAlRlD- -FFuAnOK p.
DACKEY PREsIDEs-GRA1ND RE
CODER WOODS VERY IIG


LACKEY PRESnDEs- GRAND RE
CODER WOODS VERY IIL.
The Grand Lodge OF Delaware, "A. o.
u. W., met at n O'clock this morning
In Workman's Hall, at Ninth and Mar
ket streets. Representatives from
thirty lodges were present.
When the session was called to order
it was learned that Grand Master Car
roll is III at Dover and that Grand RE
lcorder Woods is III at his home. No.
$40 Adams street. Accordingly Grand
Foreman Frank p. Lackey. Of Will
mlngton lodge, No. /. was called to
the chair
The various reports made show
tctal membership Of 4,4S9 in the state.
The report Of the grand secretary
shows that s53,941 was received from
the beneficiary fund, and that So, $50
was expended in payment OF twenty
six death claims
The Grand Lodge in 1898 was made
a separate jurisdiction, and since that
time has received S233, ,941 and has dis
tr.buted s232. 200. The net increase In
membership during the year was
724.
The Supreme Lodge recorder. who
lives at McadEille. Pa. is one of the
biggest men in the order. He win
probably preside tonight at a meet
ing Of the cOmmihkce Of the whole TO
consider a change in the constitution
for Delaware. The election OF officers
wiii take place tomorrow afternoon.
The officers OF the Grand Lodge are:
Master workman, James e. Carroll.
Dover; past master workman, Curtis
e. Davis, laurel foreman. Frank p.
IncIey, Wilmington; overseer, George
NJ. Stevenson, Smyrna; recorder,
Char.cs r. Woods Wilmington; re-
coiver, II. A. Finley. Wilmington;
guide, j. L. E.lis, De,mar inside
Waterman, b. A. Groves, Marshallton
outside watchman. Robert Adair, Will
mlngfon; medical examiner, Lewis W
Flinn. Wilmington; trustees. c. S.
Watson, Wilmington; j. r. Hoffecker
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ccmmittee .on finance, G. b. Pretty
man, Dover; G. NJ. Murch Whining
tom S. II. Baynard, Wilmington; COM
mlttee on laws. n. H. Miller Newark;
Paris r. Carlisle, JT., Frederca N. II
Brown, Seaford; representatives TO
Supreme Lodge, A. b. Jones, Whining
ton. Charles Heinel Wilmingtou,C Cur
u lis g. Davis, laurel All were present
except Grand Master Carroll ard
Grand Recorder Woods.
The representatives in atsendan,e
are;
Joseph X. Adams, NJ. T. Dannen-
berg, Jacob Butt. Lewis Sasse, w. II
Saunders. I. NJ. Cook, William G Field.
N. L. Henderson, John II. speakman,
Thomas s. Taylor, Edward +. Kane, j.
f. MaManus. Charles Whann, James
F. saville. John H. Keatly. w. f. Cas-
person, Dr. s. H. Johns. George l..
Ferguson. Augustus II. Groves, II. S.
Lawton. John A. Porter, W. II Morris,
CTian a CarIick Charles II. Cannon.
Charles p. Maroney, ID. w. Colpitts,
l w. j. Stewart. John Drake, John S.
D Collins. Fred. W. Heiss. Gotthoid Yea
ger. John T. McElwee. w. H. Hayman,
william H. Mounce. Harley o. Riggin,
A. b. Barlow, j. Edward Hoffecker,
William A. Truitt. Charles l.. Moore,
AL. Burton. Albert N. sutton b. f.
p Johnson, Cornelius J. Horrigan, Or.
f, W. f. Hoey Joseph A. Hatfield, S. A..
/, Creadick. John p Kelley, Dr. II. W.
Howorl, Charles II. simmons. Horace
sudler, Jchn r. Black.