The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-22
Indianapolis Man Whose State IL Now
Fifth in Rank In Membership.
Pennsylvania Leading All.
BAND CONTEST FOR PRIZES
NEXT MEETING PLACE TO BE DE.
CIDED THIS AFTERNOON.
Baltimore Crowded with Visitors
and the City GaiIy Decorated
in Their Honor.

BALTIMORE, July T.-This was a great
day for the thousands who are here at
tending the national reunion of their order,
the consensus of opinion being that this
meeting is the most enthusiastic and sue
cessful in the history of the organization.
From early hour in the morning numer-
Gus bands marched through the principal
streets, stopping at newspaper offices and
public buildings to play stirring airs. be-
ing followed by mwltitudes of eager ap-
plauding people.
At Elks' Hall, which is the general head
quarters of visitors. there was q surging
mass Of people and coming continuously,
while all the hotels and cafes were filled
with crowds seemingly bent on the one
purpose of merriment and good-fellowship.
Elk badges and other devices of the order
were visible everywhere and there was
scarcely a business house, large or small,
in the center of the city which was not
gaily decorated in honor of the visitors.
In the afternoon after the opening ses-
sion of the Grand Lodge many Elks pro-
ceeded in carriages and tallyhos to various
parts of Baltimore and suburban resorts
to take in the sights, while others went
for sail on the river and bay.
1t is estimated that there are 10000 visit
ors in the city. The police department has
taken extra precautions to guard the multi
tude against pickpockets, but so far no ar
rests have been made.
At the session of the Grand Lodge which
continued until after p. m, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year:
| Grand exalted ruler. Joseph T. Tanning
Indianapolis; grand esteemed leading
knight, Charles A. Kelly. Boston: loyal
| knight, Richard j. Wood, Sioux Falls, s.
D.; lecturing knight. C. F. Tomlinson.
Winston, n. c.; secretary, George A.
Reynolds, Saginaw, Mich. tenth term i;
| treasurer, Samuel Ii. Needs, Cleveland. O.;
tyler. Charles w. Kaufman, Hoboken, N.
j. (re-elected.) Robert w. Brown. Louis
vile, KY, was elected a grand trustee, to
| serve three years. The selection of next
years meeting place will be decided at a
special meeting of the Grand Lodge, to
be held tomorrow afternoon.
The annual reports of Grand Secretary
| George A. Reynolds and Grand Treasurer
| Samuel A. Needs were read at the business
meeting of the Grand Lodge. They con-
| tain comprehensive review of the work of
| the order during the past year and of its
| present condition. These show that eighty
| one new lodges were organized during the
year, with membership of 1884 making
| the total membership of the order 153, 722
| at the present time. This is the largest in
| crease in the history of the order. Penn
T.! sylvania leads with 1880 members, Ohio
is second with 12.447, Michigan third with
1 1892, New York fourth with 9,443, and In
| diana fifth with S,47S.
During the past year $47, 900 was expended
| in the purchase of a home for aged Elks.
and over $4,000 was expended for flood suf-
! ferers in Kansas Missouri and Oregon.
| The general treasury has on hand
! $4,000 cash. Appended to the report are
exhaustive financial and statistical tables.
| BY these it is shown that during the year
| 1,294 members of the order in good standing
| died, 3,445 were stricken from the rolls for
| nonpayment of dues, and 100 suspended or
| expelled. The amount of money expended
during the year for charity was slS9. SIG. Is.
| The amount of money on hand March 81,
| 1902. was S1.009,S79, and from March 81, 1902,
| to March 81, 1908, the total amount received
| was s, 1926, 553.1S. The total amount expend-
| ed during the year was s.. 75S, 1865
At to-nights meeting of the Grand Lodge
| resolutions Of sorrow upon the death of
| Pope Leo were adopted.
The grand band contest took place at
| Electric Park at 2:30 and 1880 p. m, a large
| number of bands competing. The contest
| was under the direction of Charles A Zim-
| norman, director of the Naval Academy
| Band. The conditions Of the contest were
that each competing band must participate
| in the street parade. Each was required
| to play one piece of its own choice at the
| fifteen minutes. At the 1880 p. m. contest
| the final selection for all bands having re-
ceived two points more of merit in their
| own selections during the afternoon were
| contested. The awards will be announced
| tomorrow afternoon. The prizes are as
| follows: For first, $1,000; second $500; third,
| $500; fourth, $500. The judges were Charles
Band; w. H. Santleman, of the Marine
| Band, and John ItZele, of Baltimore