Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-20
ODD FELLOWS And REBEKAHS
Officers for Coming Year Are Chosen and
the Annual Meeting Adjourns,
OVER SIX HUNDRED DELEGATES PRESENT
Various Standing Committees Are
Named and Closing business of
the Three-Days Session
is Transacted.

is Transacted.
HASTINGS, Neb., Oct. 19-(Special Tel |
egram. 1.-The annual meeting OF the Grand |
lodge of the Independent Order OF Odd Eel
lows and the Rebekah Assembly, which has
been in session in Hastings since Tuesday, |
closed at o'clock tonight. The meeting
was one of the largest and most harmonious
the organization ever participated in. The
attendance in the two organizations was
over 500 delegates. besides many visitors.
The Rebekah Assembly had an interest
| ing business session today and elected the
! following officers: President, Mrs. Anna
| Johnson of Lincoln; vice president, Mrs.
Emma Talbot OF Omaha; warden, Mrs. Mary
Caldwell OF Aurora; secretary, Mrs. Barger
| of Hebron; home trustees, Mrs. Heaton OF
| Lincoln, Mrs. Haller of Blair.
| A slight change was made in the consti-
tuition. The Home board held a meeting and
reported progress toward the home endow-
ment fund, which is to be made $4,000. The
secretary's salary was raised from $50 to
500.
This morning the Grand lodge elected
officers for the ensuing year as follows;
Grand master o. o. Snyder Of O'Neill; dep
uty grand master, p. C. Johnson of Holmes
Vile; grand warden, G. A. Randall, Newman
Grove; secretary, 1. p. Gage, Fremont;
treasurer, f. b. Bryant OF Omaha; repre-
sentative, G.. w. Norris Of Beaver City;
home trustees, Arthur Gibson Of Fremont,
J. s. johnson of Superior, ID. G. Gifert OF
West Point.
The Grand lodge put in most of the after
noon in discussing the proposed change in
the constitution of the Grand lodge and sub
ordinate lodges. 1t was finally decided to
refer the matter to the next session and the
:, oh chould he Drnted and dis
tributed among lodges.
I, The elective and appointive officers were
, duly installed. The appontive officers In
stalled were: Grand chaplain, 7. ii. Day,
Kenesaw; grand marshal B. F. Griffin, Te-
, cumseh; grand conductor, ]. Wolfe, Fair
bury; grand guardian, e. s. Davis, North
, Platte; grand herald, l.. Jorgenson, Benson
Resolutions were adopted expressing vote
OF thanks to the Odd Fellows Of Hastings
and also to the mayor and citizens of this
. city.
1t was decided to hold the next annual
meeting at York.
Standing Committees are Named.
The following standing committees were
appointed by the Grand lodge:
Committee on Distribution-J. c. Pentzer,
: ]. l.. Alvinson, E. B. Wilker, r. S. Denney,
Committee on Mieage-C. X. Norris, John
Levine, F. Rossermer, Bird Critchtield, O.
A. Shaw.
; Committee on Appeals and Grievances-J.
S. Grosney, G. W. Rosa, c. G. Coglizer,
, William Bishop, G; w Morris. vo,eo IT
E. Clifford, SiaS Fonts, j. E. Holt, j. "A.
Committee on Legislation-G. stineler,
Louis Werner, j. r. Hide S. b. RUSSELL w.
Committee on Judiciary S. Hoagland,
n. J. Harlin. w. A. Luse, Fred S. Swanson
committe on Finance-J. C. Cleland J. G.
Harmish, tI,,I i L McWilliams, j. F. Morris
dore Hallen. ". B. Crawford, j. P. Carrick
4 Committee on Raet NaanuR on Returns"L. % G. Larson
James H. Yeast. George Baster, A H
Hesn5 e.smm1tts H J. H4dsgp; dn Rebekab Degree-c G.
q Smith. at'ef j. D. Woods. logan Swanson. j
a B. Foot, Charles \: Patterson; cono D +,
t. Grippen W. s. Hughes. S. P, Carlson
n George Williams.
o Overland FreiGhting.
If At the next annual meeting of the Ne
n braska State Historical society, which viii
y be held in Lincoln on the evenings of Jan
j. uary and 10, one whole evening will be de-
l. voted to the subject Of the old overland
Is freghting business 1S45-1S6S. When th
y program is printed it will be sent to all oil
= freghters and settlers who meanwhile SEM
lie their addresses to the office of the society
lie The opportunity to preserve information OF
n the subject of freghting is fast passing
away Those who know best what freight
,e ing was and can tell most about it have lon
been gray, and their number is getting
,- fewer every day. All freighters urged t
l. lose no time in writing what they can recall
of the days and sending it to the society
NJ Information need not be in any specia
4 form. Diaries, notes, circulars, newspaper
anything relating to freighting-will b
| IND lodi %
9. cepted by the society. Information is wante
on such subjects as freight rates, kinds Q
Ic goods handled, wages of teamsters, profit
of business, unusually large trains or hauls
OF time made by the trains, routes Travelled
Nv stations condition Of roads, amount of fee
~ and water, obsolete names and expression
oh used by freighters, numbers of frefghter!
ed wagons, oxen, etc., and special adventures
he The names of all the old freghters ar
nv wanted, as well as when and where the
NJ were employed and when they died or wher
RS they now live. The society wants to plaC
n in it's fireproof rooms any paintings an
D. pictures of freighting scenes and will b
Iy under obligation to anyone sending such.
The subject of the old roads Is of grea
- Importance. All who can are asked to hel
,e locate just where each of the roads used |
th freighting and other traffic crossed eac
pe county. II few men in each county wi
,is send the society tracing of such road
an across their own county it will be very eas
A to record the entire system of this countr
"a as it existed before the time of railroads an
-. section lines.
'e- Congregational Conference Closes
ar HOLDREGE. Neb., Oct. 19.-(Special TIE
an egram,)-The last day Of the General ASST
S. citation Of the Congregational Churches VIZ
On, marked by a very good attendance.
,sh At o'clock this morning business SCI
gn sion was held at 9:45 the report of Il
committee on Sunday school work was MAJ
by Rev. w, H, Hopkins OF Aurora; TO- d.
votional, That May Know Him." Rev.
ell w. Turner of Indanola; II, address, "Stut
to- of Child Development" Mrs. Roxal
ce Beecher Preuszener OF Lawrence, Kan. MI
ide Preuszener Is a niece of Henry Wa
me Beecher. By request, at 4 p. m, she a
DDS dressed the teachers of the public schoc
inc in the parlors OF the church.
,es At 2 d. m, devotional exercises L