Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05

firm for the past fifteen years as bookkeeper
and manager.
The Womans Relief Corps, a mighty
auxiliary to the Grand Army has total
membership of 14692O. 1t reported at its
last meeting $40 961 .O5 in its treasury and
1t had expended s139. go during the year
in relief. The greetings of the w. K. c.
were extended to the Grand Army at San
Francisco by the following ladic as a COM
mittee: Mrs. Kline, Mrs. Fuller Mrs.
Hampton, Mrs. Black and Mrs Vrooman.
Other organizat tons of ladies were also rep
resented at the recent encampment. Mrs.
Ballon Mrs. Ransom, Mrs Prick and Mrs.
Tarbell took to the Golden Gate the greet
ings Of the Association of Army Nurses,
and Mrs. Shade, Mrs Weltern and Mrs.
Winslow extended those of the Ladies Of
the G. A. R.
Mrs Isabel worrell Ball, president of the
District Auxiliary of Spanish War Veter-
ans, was also in attendance upon the
meetings of associate organizations.
Past Grand Chancellor William D. Ken
nedy of Illinois has completed his extern
sive work on the history of the Pythian
order and it will soon be published.
Gen. John Cox Underwood, the founder
and organizer of the Patriarchs Militant. is
a native Washingtonian He was born in
Georgetown, and his father was at the time
a member of Congress from kentucky.
Gen. Underwood has for many years been
q prominent Odd Fellow and from 1883 to
1890 was the grand sire of the order. He
has always taken great interest in chivalric
Odd Fellowship and is very proud of the
high rank attained by the Patriarchs Mill
tant among the uniformed organizations OF
the great secret societies. Canton WASH
ington, No 1, ranks among the best of the
many good cantons of the United States
and will be much in evidence at Baltimore
National Hive No. /, l.. o. T. NJ, gave
largely attended excursion to River view
Tuesday. Many knights and ladies made
the trip aboard the Samuel ]. Pentz. which
went down at 10 am. 2:15 pm. and 6:4'
pm.
Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter con-
ferred the Royal Arch degree last evening.
The attendance was good.
There will be fifty-seven Grand Lodge
and forty-three Grand Encampment repre-
sentatives in the Sovereign Grand Lodge,
l. O. O. F., this year. In addition there are
nine living past grand sires all of whom
have seats in the body. The following
grand officers also participates: Grand Sire
John B. Goodwin of Atlanta. Ga; Deputy
Grand Sire Robert E. Wright Of Philadel-
phia. Pa; Grand Secretary j. Frank Grant
Of Baltimore. Grand Treasurer M. Richards
Muckle of Philadelphia Assistant Grand
Secretary Elvin ]. Curry Of Baltimore;
Grand Chaplain J. w. Venable of Hopkins
Vile. KY; Grand Marshal John B. Cock
OF lnQ1anaDOuS lnQ. ITdnQ SIudTOldH
Edwin L. Pilsbury of Boston. Mass. Grand
Messenger Louis F. Hart of Tacoma, Wash
Work in the Sovereign Grand Lodge is
conducted In much the same way as it Is
in the big building on Capitol Hill.
The actual proceedings begin when the
grand sire reads his report. containing in
condensed form the statement of the sta
tistical and financial condition of the order
decisions made in the past year and sub
mitted for the approval of the body and
other matters of a general and national in
terest.
The report of the grand secretary then
gives a detailed statement of the statisti
cal and financial condition of the Order.
with extracts from letters from all jurisdic-
tons covered by the Sovereign Grand
Lodge showing the condition of the order
in all the territories: also containing
statement showing in a general way all
that has transpred concerning the order
during the past year
The grand secretary is followed by the
grand treasurer. who lays before the as
sembly a statement of the receipts and dis
bursements during the past year. 1t is
urer's report is expected to show this year
the best statement OF finances in the order
which has ever been audited. The grand
secretary will then present the lodge list
of appeal cases. This is followed by the
announcement of the committees appointed
by the grand sire.
When the grand secretary has presented
the lodge the list Of appeal cases. appli-
cants for charters. petitions sent in during
the year amendments to the state constitu-
lions and the list of fraternal press repre-
sentatives the roll call of Jurisdiction ia
made by the reading clerk
In response to the call for his state any
representative who has a resolution to
make rises when his name is called and
head of new business comes the most inn
portant work of the convention. the pro
posed changes in laws and other weighty
matters.
The eleventh biennial convention of the
COMPANIONS of the Foresters of America
was held this week in PHILADELPHIA This
order has 749 circles throughout the United
mans branch of the Foresters of America
and was organized in Detroit in June 1854
Until recently 1t was governed by the pa
rent organization, but Is now entirely in
the hands of its own members Four years
ago there were but two circles but dnrinp
that time the order has grown ra mildly I09
new circles having been instituted during
the past year. There are now abont en- nn6
members in tn, order. 'NO0
William Kettler, the senior past grand
master of the I. O. o. F. of the District of
Columbia, is not, as before stated herein
no longer connected with the order He
has been in continuous good standing IN
the order since 1855. joining the fraternity
in January of that year-and thus for near
ly half a century member. He was grand
NAA-S AZ HoO'-'o' anu very competent
executive, whose administration is recalled
with pleasure and pride by older brethren
of the fraternity.
Grand Sire John B. Goodwin, head of the
one million Odd Fellows In America was
born in Georgia, September % 1870 He
was admitted to the bar in September, 1871.
and entered upon the practice of law but
In 1873 and part Of 1872 was a reporter on
the Atlanta Herald when Henry W. GRADY
was one of Its editors and proprietors In
1874 he resumed the regular practice of law.
in which he is now engaged. He was mar
ried September 20. 1877, to Miss Emma Mo
Afee of Atlanta. and has two sons aged
twenty and twenty-five years. Grand Sire
Goodwin was initiated into Odd Fellowship
In Atlanta in 1879. Joined enca mnnent N