Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-11-08


ceived from other sources, 6,11s. 30;
amount expended for benefits, IS, l46 10
amount expended for funerals, 50, O72. "a ;
amount expended for charitable pur-
poses, S254. 80; amount of wampum In
belt, $40, 298. 81; amount of wampum
invested, $50, sos. 70; per capita paid
great council, 81, 5000.
DHGREE OF PocAHoNTAs.
Number of members beginning OF
term. 300; present membership, 245
loss during tenn, 81.
Great Keeper OF Wampum Robert II.
Hanna reported as follows:
Amount in bank per last report. ...s s03O2
Error rs per report of finance conf
mlttee.. ...................... 30
Net amount in bank. ....... ....s sos So
Amount received from great chief of
records. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1T717
. S252o6
Disbursements as per check book. 1858 80
Net amount in bank s 662 80
Outstanding checks. ................ 40S5
Amount IN bank as per bank books 7O3.l5
AGED AND INDECENT FUND.
Amount in savings fund last reports 325s3
Received from q. Q. of Records. 10S.83
Interest. S.Sl
Iota'.. .......... announcements 4152f
Interesting reports were also received
from Fred W. Heiss, W. @. @. Knowles
and l. ]. BIasure, the great representa-
tives.
Dover, Nov. 1.-The Great Council
of Delaware, linp'd. o. r. M, elected
the following chiefs this morning /:
Great Prophet, Emery b. Riggin,
Laurel; Great Sachem, James Nc
Glothen, Georgetown; Great Senior
Sycamore George r. Powell. Newark ;
Great Junior Sycamore, o. G. Knight,
Frederick; Great Chief OF Records,
Edward Mcintyre, Wilmington; Great
Keeper of Wampum, Robert II. llama,
Wilmington; Representatives to the
Great Council of the United States,
William Ii. Boyce, Georgetown, and
James Hargis, Wilmington. The chiefs
elect will be raised to their respective
stumps at 3 O'Clock this afternoon by
Great Tocakon A. p. Calder Of New
Dorchester, Mass.
Action on resolutions to Increase the
salaries OF the great chief OF records
and great keeper OF wampum was post.
poned for one year.
The Great Council Of Delaware,
Imp'd o. r. M, closed its session at
Dover Thursday afternoon.
A resolution was adopted instructipg
the great representatives to the great
council of the United States to use
their best efforts to have repealed the
resolution recently passed which pro-
vides for paying the mileage and per
diem Of past great inoohonees. Ii ia
said that the operation Ct this law Is
not in accord with the law providing
for biennial sessions and there is a
pretty general feeling that 1t would be
repealed.
The report of the committee on aged,
INDECENT and infirm fund was crafty
ing and demonstrated the fact that in
terest in that work is growing. Last
year the fund amounted to 1886 aud
this year it exceeds $500.
The raising of chiefs by A. 4. Calder
OF Massachusetts,, great tokacon of the
United States, was so well done, with
out thu use CT books, that he was given
a rising vote of thanks.
After the raising of chiefs a Iesolu-
tion offered by Past Great Sachem
George Q. Maris, highly commencing
Past Great Sachem James Hargis for
his splendid work in the order during
his administration, was unanimously
adopted by standing vote, after
which Past Great Sachem Aubrey
Vaudever made speech in which he
paid glowing tribute to the past
great sachem for his splendid work.
He concluded his remarks by calling
Mr.. Hargis to the fiopr and surprised
him by investing him with a fire past
sachem's sash, past great sachem 8
badge of. solid gold. Mr., Hargis was
so muo1 taken by surprise and over
come that after long rause all he
could say was 1.-THE last straw broke
the cancels back. | could have replied
to the papers just read, but now I am
not able to speak and will have to
simply express thanks"
The next session of the great council
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