The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-20
ODD FELLOWS in TOWN
MEETING OF DEPARTMENT COUNCIL
PATRIARCHs MILITANT.
Arrangements for the Meeting of the
Sovereign Grand LodEe-Grand
Lodge of the state.

Many Odd Fellows are in the city to at
tend the different meetings that are to
take place within the next two or three
days Department Council. Z. NJ, l. o.
o. F., the uniformed rank of the Odd Fell
lows order. met yesterday afternoon at the
Denison Hotel. ]. E. Bodine of this city.
department commander. presided over the
elaboration of the body. The officers
made their annual reports. and good deal
was said about the approaching session of
the Sovereign Grand Lodge. This meet
ing is to be held in this city next Septem-
Der.
At the session yesterday it was decided
to lend all assistance possible to any dem
onstration the Sovereign Grand Lodge de-
sires to make in Indianapolis. There are
about 800 members of the uniformed rank,
and they will all turn out in the event of
a parade during the Sovereign Grand Lodge
session. The department council elect
ed officers before adjourning yester
day evening j. E. Bodine was re-elect-
ed department president, and w. H. Tabor.
of Terre Haute, was elected vice president.
The department president re-appointed j.
o. Clark, of Noblesville, department clerk
and treasurer. G.. CT. Hudson of Decatur,
was appointed department chaplain, and
j. G.. Stober, of Wabash, was appointed
aid-de-camp.
Last night, Encampment degrees were
conferred on candidates at Grand Lodge
Hall. Metropolitan Encampment No. 5.
of this city, gave the Patriarch degree and
Oaklandon Encampment conferred the
Golden Rule degree. The Grand Encamp-
ment, /. O. o. F., will meet in Grand
Lodge Hall at o'clock this morning. /.
n. Nuzem, of Elwood. grand patriarch,
will preside. 1t is announced that the ses-
sion will be largely devoted to routine
matters, including the election of officers
N no fc nod hot hA
reports will show gain of 800 members
in the last year, and also prosperous
condition of this branch Of the order The
grand patriarch, in his report, will recon-
mend an offer of $500 to be applied toward
the entertainment of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge on condition that the Grand Lodge
of the State, at its meeting tomorrow,
will appropriate 5000 for the same purpose,
and on condition that the citizens of In
dianapolis will also contribute toward the
entertainment OF the Sovereign Grand
Lodge.
Tomorrow the Grand Lodge of the State
will meet. On Thursday officers will be
elected. The report of Grand Secretary
I,eedy VIII show a gain of 2.6s7 members
In the last Sax months, and a gain of 1881
in the last year. the largest gain for
like period in the history of the order. Two
new lodges have been instituted in the
last six months, and every lodge in the
State has made full and complete reports
to the secretary. None of these lodges
is delinquent. There are 645 active lodges
In the State. The financial condition of
the lodges is excellent. and the number
of members relieved and the amount paid
out for relief in the last six months has
been unusually large. The relief from the
birth of the order in 1887 to date amounts
to $3,S16. 1856. The secretary's report will
show that twelve Rebekah lodges have been
instituted in the last six months, and three
resuscitated. Reports will indicate that
the finances of the Grand Lodge are also
in good shape, the receipts for the six
months term amounting to s23. bliss. The
expenditures, considerable part of which
was for permanent investment, reached
So, 306.S Sc. The balance in the hands of the
treasurer is $9,905, which includes an
amount held by the treasurer prior to the
beginning of the six months period. The
lodges contributed during the period more
than $500 for the relief of Galveston
storm sufferers.