The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-22
ODD FELLOWS
FL0URlSHING
Sovereign Grand lodge in Sss.
sion al Baltimore.
REPORT OF The GRAND SIRE
RELIEF WORK OF THE ORDER
DURING PAST YEAR.

Baltimore Nd, sept 2t-The open
ing exercises Of the annual convention
of the sovereign grand lodge Of odd
Fellows began here at O'Clock this
morning in Ford's opera house. The
sovereign grand lodge previously as
sembied and marched to the opera
mouse under command of Grand Mar
shal John b. COckbuTn of Indiana, es-
corted by the Patriarchs Militant.
Grand Master Edward Rossman Of
the grand lodge of Maryland delivered
an address of welcome, which was re-
sDonded to by Governor John Walter
smith on the part of Maryland and
mayor Robert NJ. McLane for Balti-
more.
Grand Sire John B. Goodwin of
Georgia then made an address, after
which the sovereign grand lodge pro-
ceeded TO Odd Fellows hall and began
It's executive session.
The annual report Of Grand Sire and
Communicated John B. Goodwin.
which WAS read. shows the order TO be
In f1Ourishing condition A large part
Of the report is taken UP with a re-
capitulatiOn of the decisions of lodge
questions made during the past year.
amendments to the constitutions of
grand lodges and encampments char
tered in the Philippines, order in Cuba,
Australia, Asia and other foreign cOun-
tries. The condition of the order at
the close Of 1902 is shown by returns
as follows.
Subordinate lodge membership Dec.
81, 1902, lO69,9O encampment member
ship, 145,l90; Rebekahs lodge member
ship, (brOthers 151.195. sisters 25S. $500 /:
patriarchts militant membership H.
t94' The total membership of the or
der. which includes the subordinate
lodge membership and the sisters only
OF the Rebekahs lodge membership. is
L8Z9,g5b- The encampment membership
and the brothers of the Rebelkah lodges
are not included in the above total. as
they are subordinate lodge members.
Revenue, relief and invested funds
are indicated as follows Revenues or
receipts in 1902: Subordinate lodges.
$lO,2l4O0O; encampments, $712, 522; Re
bekah lodges, $626, 743; total revenue.
$ll,553SO5; an increase of $771, 343 over
the preceding year.
Relief expended in 1902: Relief by
lodges, 1859. 1874; relief by encamp-
campments, S265,617: relief by Rebekah
lodges, S6I8O8; total relief, So. s93. 220.
Iotal relief as shown by records since
1880 TO 1902, inclusive 500. ass. 425.
The reports Of the grand secretary.
adjutant general and grand treasurer
contain "A review of work of the order.
during 1902, charters issued during the
year, fraternal publications, grand
lodge journals at homes and asvIums
owned by the order. and the annual re-
ports of the grand lodges to the SOW
ereign grand lodge. receipts and ex-
pendttures. The balances in banks to
the credit Of the sovereign grand lodge
on July 81, 1903, was S95. 237.
Large Attendance
It is roughly estimated that there are
now IN Baltimore 5000 visiting odd Eel
lows. and officials of the order saw that
many more will be here tomorrow and
Wednesday. This evening a recentfon
was rendered TO Grand Sire Charles NJ
GOODWIN or Atlanta, Ga, and General n
A. Raney, commanding the Patriarch
Militant Grand Master Edward Ross
man Of Maryland was master of cere-
monies At the same time a concert at
the Patriarch Militant headquarters in
ress.
At the meeting today Of the Patriarchs
Militant resolution was adopted to per-
nit the militant branC>l of the order TO
recruit its forces from subordinate
lodges. The resolution will be presented
to the sovereign grand lodge, the ac-
ceptanCe of the latter being required be-
fore IL becomes a law.
Another important matter acted upon
Dy the delegates was "a resolution re-
questng the sovereign grand lodge to
cause revision Of the standard Patri-
archs Militant volume The volume was
formulated and printed i'm 1883 and has
been the ritual of this branch Of the or
der since its formation II is thought
that the sovereign grand lodge will grant
both requests of the "arm of the order -
Twenty-Five states were represented at
tOdays meeting Of She PatriarCils