Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-10
AFTER ORDER
Seeks Removal of Headquarters
of Fraternal Tribunes From
Rock island.
SUPREME TRIBUNAL REJECTS BID
Biennial Meeting Comes to an
End With Election of
Officers.

Peoria would like to become the
home of the Fraternal Tribuues, which
is looked upon as a Rock Island in
stitution from the fact that it had it's
birth here. However. the society has
large and growing mem 6ership in
the city of distilleries, and the people
there felt there was no harm in at least
asking the order to leave its happy
home for them. The proposition was
made yesterday at the biennial meet
ing here of the supreme tribunal.
Peoria put up good case, but it
would not go with the delegates.
Rock Island has given liberal support
to the society from the start and is
daily showing increased appreciation
of its officers and methods. The Off
GERS chosen for the term are:
Past Supreme Tribune-T- j. Me-
dill, Rock Island.
Supreme Tribune-K. NJ. Whitman,
Aledo.
Vice Supreme Tribune-W. C. Gal
loway, Aledo
Supreme Secretsry--Robert Rex
dale, Rock Island.
Supreme Treasurer-H. A. Weld,
Rock Island.
Supreme Couusellor-G. A. Mozart
ney, Springfield.
Supreme Medical Exa miner-Dr. A.
l. Craig. Aledo.
Supreme Orator-M. III. Sexton.
Rock Island.
Supreme Sergeant-at-Arms- NJ.
Campbell, Peoria.
Supreme Guard-Dr. l. j. Andrew,
Rockford.
Supreme Sentinel-L q. Wolff.
Chicago.
Trustees-J NJ Brock, l. G. Det-
wiler, j. f. Henderson, George NJ.
Games, 5. j. Collins, William Nc.
Manus, j. f. Mcbride, j. G. burning.
The officers were installed by Past
Supreme Tribune Medill.
Supreme Tribune Whitman APP
pointed the following com mittees:
Finance-T. j. Medill. l.. c. Det-
wiler, j. F. Mcbride.
Laws-J. NJ Brock, NJ. IL. Sexton,
j. f. Henderson.
The visitors were entertained in the
evening by the local members with &
ride to the Watch Tower and at the
Rock Island Club.
On Sound Foundation.
The membership of the society is
5, 500. According to the reports,
SS5 900 has been paid in death claims,
and of this amount $2l 600 was dis
tributed among Rock Island benifi-
Charles. The report returned to State
Insurance Commissioner ii nry Yates
by the examiners, K E. Mabry and
John &. Cook, who recently made
thorough inquiry into its affairs, is in
deed nigh compliment to those who
shaped tie business policy of the 60
ciety. The report says in part:
The society has entered into a con-
tract with tue Tile Guarantee &
Trust company of Chicago. whereby
the said company receives and
handles all the emergency fund of
the society, which makes said trust
company practically Il repository of
the society's emergency fUnd, which
we believe a safe and commendatory
contract.
The supreme tribunal met on
March 10. 1901, and prepared some
radical changes end amendments of
the by avs which will prove benefi l.
cial TO the society, especially in build
ing up and maintaining an emergency
fund, and reducing the average age
of its mem bers.
The officers are bounded in n sur
ETY. company in ample sums. and they
carry no excessive sums on hand, as
the Title Guarantee & Trust company
of Chicago handles the emergency
funds.
AS is shown by tho table of rates
the society has a much higher scale
than any other society of fcaternal
insurance within our knowledge,
which we think is commendable, as
experience has shown that most all
fraternal insurance is offered at a
rate that cannot bs maintained as the
mem bers grow older; then, when an
effort is made to raise the rates, the
members become suspicious and the
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