The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-21

ENTRIES COMING FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE UNITED STATES.
Grand Secretary Leedy's Estimate of
the Indiana endance-Ho-
tel Accomrs odations.

Twenty-eight hundred dollars IN prizes is
the offer made for the prize drills of cam
tons al the state fair grounds the week Of
the Sovereign Grand Lodge OF Odd Fellows
Sept. Is to p. In addition to this the Odd
Fellows are Offering s2.5s5 for the contests
OF degree stats. and additional prizes in the
way OF jeweled- handled swords and dia-
mOnd-set badges. The generous offers are
bringing entries from all parts OF the
United States, and the demonstration Incl
dental TO the contests for prizes is ex
pected TO be the greatest ever seen at any
fraternity gathering. The contests will be
the greatest the order has given. and will
be competed for by the best cantons in the
world. The drills will be held at the fair
grounds from to IL a. m, Sept. IS 10 and
~. ana, IL necessary, on Sept. q.
Il am confident this will be the grandest
demonstration of Odd Fellowship in the his
tory OF the order" said w. II. Leedy, grand
secretary. last night. THE parade alone,
In which 5000 Odd Fellows are to appear,
will be the larges; and greatest fraternal
demonstration of our time. Every Odd Eel
lows lodge in seven surrounding States has
been appealed 10. and will send large dele
cations. IL the people Of Indianapolis are
counting on any moderately large crowd.
q
meeting is going TO surpass any similar
fraternity gathering held in this city The
Odd Fellows fraternity is the largest fra
ternity in the world, and the Odd Fellows
can always be depended on TO turn out in
good numbers. From all over the country
i have the assurance that good delegatisns
are preparing 10 come. and Indiana is going
TO SURPRISE even herself
INDIANAS QUOTA BY COUNTIES.
Mr.. Leedy. yesterday evening. finished
what he regards as a conservative estimate
OF the number of Odd Fellows each county
in the State will send to this city the week
OF the big meeting. He has set the stake
for the counties as follows
Adams. 10; Allen. 400 Bartholomew, 90:
Benton. 40; Blackboard. 120 Boone. COO;
Brown. So Carroll, $50. Cass. 400: Clarke.
81. Clay, 40; Clinton. 450 Crawford. So;
Da,less. l5O. Dearborn, 30: Decatur, 400;
De kalb. 49, Delaware, So; Dubois 40. Elk
hart. 10; Fayette. 2iO. Floyd. 32o; Fountain.
10, frarklln. LOO. Fulton. 100. Gibson, 20:
Grant 40. Greene. 100; Hamilton. 800: Han
cock. 90, Harrison. 10. Hendricks COO. Hem
~. 40; Howard. 400. Huntington. 90. Jack
son. 90 Jasper, 20: Jay. -0o, Jefferson, 200
Jennings. 10. johnson, 400: Knox, IS: Kos
ciusko -; Lagrange 20: Lake. 800. La
P9rsss, 40 Lss~rence lso; Madison. 900:
ami. NO Monroe $50. Moatgomerv SO.
Morean. 40: Newton. 90 Noble 40; Ohio
-. orange, loUi owen. Z25: Parke 2fb. Per
~. 80. Pike ~. Porter al. Posey 1oa, p,,t
nam. 20: Randolph. 10 Ripley. so. Rush
400; Scott. 100: Shelby. 90: Spencer IS;
Stark, 40; Steuben. 200: ST Jose0b goo
su- 'iysn. 200: Switzerland, s. nppeeanoe
40. Upton, 800. Union. 10. Nanderbura
100: Vermillion, 20. Nigo. 200. Wabash. +sJ.
Warren. TO-; Warrick. IS; Washington Ia
Wayne. 200. Wells. 80; White, 10. Whit
ley H.
lie expects the greater part OF the coun-
ties 10 exceed the fixed quota and none -
fall below IL as he says the stake SCI a.
IN each instance, a very conservative ulf-1-
GER.
GRATIFYING CONDITIONS.
The work CT last week with regard To
Iotcl accommodation and quarters Tor the
vi 9rs has been highly gratifying 20 Mr..
Leeae and the local committees. The com
nlittr,rnen say there viii be no lack OF
quarters and that every visitor 10 the
meeting will be cared FOR In comfortable
manner. They have taken into considera-