Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-18
OFFICERS
SELECTED
GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF ODD
FELLOWS IN SESSION TODAY.
WORK OF GRAND LODGE
WILL BE COMPLETED TODAY,
The Session of the Grand Lodge Of the
5rf State Concluded Last
r Evening.

The annual meeting of the Gran En-
campment of the Odd Fellows of the state
was opened In Fidelity hall, on West
broadway, this morning with an attend
ance of half a hundred delegates. The
session was raped to order by
Thomas Wilmington of Great Falls, grand
patriot, following which reports of the
various officers were read. This part
of the proceedings consumed the entire
morning.
This afternoon. the body convened
again and elected the following officers
for the ensuing term:
j. E. Fox of Deer Lodge, chief patriot.
Frank Mathies of Helena, high priest.
den.
D. J. Waite of Helena, Junior warden.
A.. j. White of Butte, grand secretary.
Jocab Loeb of Helena, grand treas
urer.
At a late hour the appointive officers
had not been named.
The annual session of the grand lodge
of Odd Fellows of Montana was con-
cluded last night. After the election of
officers yesterday a collection of over
500 was taken up for the children of a
deceased d Fellow at Billings. A law
was passed giving subordinate lodges
power to set aside five percent of the
receipts from dues to be used for social
purposes.
One hundred dollars was subscribed to
the Galveston relief fund and the ques-
ton of territorial jurisdiction was abol-
ished thus enabling any resident of the
state to join a state lodge wherever he
may be-. hi state fund. it was stated,
amounted to about $1,000.
After the adjournment of the grand
lodge last evening the Degree of Chiv-
airy was conferred upon fourteen Re-
bekahs by Major Henry A. Meyers. de-
partment commander of the canton. and
Captain James Christie. The ladies who
were honored were:
Mrs. Charlotte Kemp, Mrs. A.. Bergman
and Mrs. Phillips. of Centerville: Mrs.
Tallack and Mrs. Rachel Will
Jams. of Walkerville: Mrs. Mary Ellis
worth and Mrs Bessie Wedlake. of
Meaderville: Mrs. Anna Fitchell. of
South Butte: Mrs. Sarah Henworth. of
Butte; Mrs. Sophia Mahan. Mrs. Dennis
and Mrs. Neill. Of Anaconda: Mrs. Lot
tie E.. league and Mrs. Johanna Jobb. OF
White Sulphur Springs.
The following standing committees for
the ensuing year were appointed: Com
IA LAWS " FluA
J. Shanlaker and J. M. Reyn-
ODDS, OF Butte: Committee on Appeals
and Grievances-R. A. Fraser. Henry A.
Meyer and E. ". Fiske. of Helena.
The following additional officers We're
elected: Grand. chaplain. W. P. Burcher,
Sun River; grand marshal. e. X. Davis,
Miles City; grand conductor. D. ].
Charles, Butte; grand. guardian. William
Bowen, Philipsburg; grand herald. G. A.
Birkey, Billings; grand instructor, An
drew Logan. Missoula.
The degree staff contest at st. Georges
hall, Centerville last night was we'll at
tended.
The Daughters of Rebekah elected the
following officers yesterday evening":
President. Ellen Burton. Billings: vice.
president. Myrtle Stephens. Missoula;
warden. Annie Me%iklejohn. Butte; Sec
rotary. Alice Butler. Helena: treasurer.
Sarah Johnson. South Butte: marshal.
Louisa Cooley, Miles City; conductress.
May Pennington, Anaconda; inside guard.
Eva Garvin. Billings; outside guard.
Minnie Adair. Hamilton; chaplain. Edith
Phillips. Castle; past president. Nellie
Neill, Mary L. White of Helena; Violet
Matteson, Walkerville.
The delegates to the Rebekah assem-
bly, were:
Helena-May Warner. Eda James.
Adela Fisher: Butte-Maggie Waldrip.
Mary Bergman. Sarah Henworth: a
tle-Mattie Mckee. Edith Phillips; Ana
conda-Mary Saaile. Roddah Mordan.
May Pennington, Frances Mclean: Mis-
soula-Silvia Grantire, Minnie Court.
enay; White Sulphur Springs-Lottie E..
league, Johanna Jobb: South Butte
Hattie Bowman, Minnie Bostwick: Phil
ipsburg-Dora Bowen, Lizzie Bowen; Red
Lodge-Annie Burton; Kalispell-Myrtle
Whaley, Lizzie Johnson; Stevensville-
Addie Collins: Meaderville-Annie Perry:
Forsythe-Jennie Lane. Mabel Kennedy:
Choteau-Ida Waterman; Centerville-
Charlotte Kemp, Amelia Tallack; Miles
City-Eliza Davis; Belt-Elizabeth Lam
dels, Ann Pierson: Sand Coulee-Chris-
tine Barr; NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Bac-
chiery, Victoria A. Martin; Bozeman-
Nettie Fowler, Ruth Mcpherson; Bill
ings-Eva Garvin; Whitehall-Mrs. ]. A.
Anderson; Livingston-Lenora Pierce,
Elizabeth Chambers; Great Falls-Nellie
Marks; Basin-Winnie Ledgate; Hamil-
ton-Minnie Adair, fannie Cummings.