The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-15
PENSACOLA CHOSEN.
B'Nai B'Rith Will Meet There Next Year.

Little Rock. Ark. April H-At today session of District Lodge, No. q, ,Inrts pendent Order of Bnai Britn, rePUi ss were read from the Orphans and Wld- ows' homes at New Orleans, Jewish or phan Asylum, Cleveland, O., and Iouro fnfrmary, New Orleans. The reports ail- 'dicated that each institution IS m a fiourishing condition. At the morning session President Eldridge announced the committees. A resolution oHered py Past President Loeb that no more meni- bers be admitted to the endowment Dehe- fit was referred to the Endowment Com mittee. ,. u,o !, The delegates from Pensacola, Fla, invited the Grand Lodge to meet there next year, which was accepted r. MT. l.. Goldstucker or Pensacold tnanh ed the lodge for the acceptance. reso- lution by H. Marks and A. Jacobs that no fee be charged in future for confer ring the Grand Lodge degree was iapieu.
 A resolution by Dr. l. LeWenthai 10 to March was tabled. A resolution pro- yiding that the Grand Lodge take the m itiative in establishing manual train- ing school in connection with the Cr- phans' Home at New orleans snciteI ode,e @ voted to defer final action until It's next annual session, at the same time pleoslhs dts cooperation in the movement res. olutfon was adopted constituting all Fas. Presidents of the district a permanent Committee which shall have power 10 enact rules and regulations for ats own government, subject to the supervIsiola, and authority of the District Granu Lodge. Miss Jeanette M. Goldberg. rep resenting the Jewish Women's Council addressed the council this afternoon. Ihe visitors tonight were guests at recsP- tion and ball given by the Concordla As- sociation and the nSd local deSeSstss doHge; were present yesterday when the twenty ninth annual convention. District Grand Lodge, No. '. Independent order 70, or B'nai B'rith, was called co oroer; T nc States of Arkansas. Louisiana, Missis- sippi, Tennessee. Texas, Alabama ana Fior.da were represented. Representa- lives hall at the State Capitol was q scene of floral beauty in honor or the delegates After the usual addresses or welcome and responses and the reaoihg of reports. the election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows;
 President-S c. Eldridge of San Anto- nio. Tex. ,.kh, c.oorro co,- omon of Vicksburg, Miss.
 Second Vice President-Joseph Beitman of Birmingham, Ala. .,,,.
 TreasureT-Lewis Mayer Of Demopohs' Ala. - -s >,. 1.. Ser: Sergeantrat-Arms-H. J. Dannebaum of Houston, Tex. Jacques Loeb of Montgomery, Ala, rec ommends that the endowment be closed and that no more endowment members be admitted hereafter At the same time the firm belief is expressed that the pres ent reserve is absolutely solvent. The matter will be one of the main questions before the convention.
 The report of Secretary Strauss gives the following summary of membership since 1891. prior to the adoption of op- tional endowment:
 Endowment members in 1891. 2,242. Losses by death, 4S2.
 Losses from other causes, 4S4-a total of 916.
 Present membership-1.326.
 Non-parIicipants in 1891, II.
 Accessions ,deducting losses, I764.
 On the roll today, 1.715.
 Endowm 9nt benefits paid during thls decade. $537. 900.
 Charities, $169, 900. The following summary Of the nnanclal condition of the endowment Is gwen; Amount of reserve as per December 31, 1901. $302 2.O1I.6S.
 Net increase. Sl5,602S0.
 One of the questions to claim attention during the grand lodge sessions will be that of establishing a Jewish hospital at Hot Springs. Ark, and a sanitarium at San Antonio. Tex.