Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17
B'NAI BIRTH MEETS TODAY
Grand Lodge of District No. 6 Holds It's
First Session.
ITS THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION
Popular and Prosperous Organization
Devoted 60 Patriotic and Charit-
ble Purposes Has Much
work Before IL.

The thirty-hfth annual convention OF dis
trict grand lodge No. 6. Independent order
Of B'Nai BIRTH. meets in this city this
morning for a three days session.
The members Of the local lodges, Ne
braska No. S54. and william Mckinley No.
b21. have made elaborate preparations for
the convention and the entertainment Of
their guests and the event promises TO be
a most interesting and profitable one.
The headquarters OF the delegations are
at the Her Grand hotel. Most Of the dele
cations arrived on the early afternoon
trains yesterday and the remainder during
the evening. The delegations now here are:
Ramah Lodge No. 90, Chicago-Henry
Friedman, A. b. Suelenfreund and Joseph
Herzog.
Freund and Herman Weiss.
Gilead Lodge No. Il, Milwaukee-Benja-
min Braun, William b.. Rubin and A. Kre-
ielsheimer.
Emss Lodge No; g. Springfield m.-Ai-
Hillel Lodge No. ~, Chica goa. j. New
berger, s. Newberger and Arnold Wolff
Isaac Lodge No. 81. Milwaukee, II.
Zuleika Lodge No. 90, Quincy, Hillary
Swimmer and Moses Kingsbaker.
Hon. Philip Stein and M. Michaelis.
Progress Lodge No. nS, Peoria, ul.-Isaac
Jonathan Lodge No. 100. C-hicago-David
Cremieux Lodge No. 13S. Chicago-A.
Hirschheimer and b. l.. Strauss.
Milwaukee Lodge No. IA, Milwaukee,
BRAKEMAN and l.. Heller.
Sovereign Lodge No. l4s. Chicago-Dr. A.
Quincy Lodge No. 151, Chicago-E. G.
Hamburgher and David Stern.
Minnesota Lodge No. lb7, st PAULINE re-
Davenport Lodge No. ia. Davenport, Ia
Bay city Lodge No. 17s, Bay City. Mich
William Sempliner and Karl Greenberg.
Keokuk Lodge No. 17s, Keokuk, la.
Humboldt Lodge No. 1sO. Humboldt, Ia
w. d.. Lesser and Isaac Well.
Oriental Lodge No. 1879, Chicago-Adolf
Abraham Lincoln Lodge No. 100, Bloom
ington, Il.-Sig. Livingston and Oscar Man
Fox River Lodge No. 200, Appleton, Wis
Leo Hammel and Nose Bender.
Julius Houseman Lodge No. 2S, Grand
Rapids, Mich.-J. L. strelitsky and j. Ely.
Mishau Lodge No; 27, Mich.
Samuel Folz and Isaac Goldberg
Burlington Lodge No. PSI, Burlington, Ia.
Aaron Hene and Albert Schroeder.
jackson City Lodge No. 256, Jackson City,
Mich.-Julius Hanan and Jacob Loeb. d.
Chicago Lodge No. 265, ChioagO-Reuben
Northwestern Lodge No. 2G5, Chicago-M.
Minneapolis Lodge No. 271, Minneapolis
r. s. Kolliner and A. Stromberg..
Grand Prairie Lodge No, 2Sl, Urbana, o.
M. Lowenstein and Joseph Kuhn.
Herder Lodge No. S21, Chicago-Dr. Abra-
nI liberty Lodge No. 2sl, chicagO-charies
Des Moines Lodge No. $50. Des Moines-
A. Scheuerman and II. Riegelman.
Chippewa Valley Lodge No. 1874, Eau
Claire, Wis.-Charles Kossing and Mr.. s.
Nebraska Lodge No. s54, omaha--simon
Bloom and !. Ziegler.
lincoln City Lodge, No. So Lincoln
Council Bluffs Lodge No. 4S6, Council
Bluffs-O. HICKMAN.
William Mckinley Lodge No. b21, Omaha
M. l.. Sugarman and M. Glickman.
President streIitsky on the order
The incumbent president of the district
grand lodge No. 8, is Mr.. ]. l.. Strelitsky,
past president of julius Houseman lodge
No. 2Ss, Grand Rapids. Mich. He will pre-
side at the opening session at Continental
haIhthis morning. which opens at 10 o'clock.
He said last evening at the Tier Grand:
'The purposes and objects of the B'Nai
Birth order, which translated means Sons
of the Covenant is to make better citizens
OF all who become members; to teach them
to obey and respect the laws of the land.
honor and glory its flag; to care for its
aged and INDECENT members, care for their
widows and orphans. and to instil into all
its Members the highest attributes of citi-
zenship. We have already established
homes for the aged of our order, as we'll
as OrpnanaBeS TOT the Cnlldren OF our de-
ceased members. The order is not in any
sense orthodox. We will meet at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning for the purpose of or
ganization and to listen to the reports OF
the various officers and committees of the
grand lodge. The grand lodge consists of
the incumbent and past presidents of the
various local lodges of the district. and
several new members will be initiated at
this meeting. II is also possible that we
may nominate and elect officers tomorrow.
We have much to do, and as the members
of the grand lodge are all business men 1t
is our desire to get through the work as
soon as possible that we may return to our
homes. We are delighted with our recep-
ton In Omaha, and anticipate a very pleas
ant and profitable meeting"
for the Session.
At 1880 this evening a special musical pro-
gram will be given in honor of the Wis
itors by a choir of the best singers of the
city. assisted by Mr.. Robert Cuscaden and
others at the Temple Israel. The concert
Will be followed by an address by Hon.