Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-14
CUTS DOWN MEDICAL FEES
WOrkmsn Decide Twenty-Five Gents Per
Head Enough for Grand Examiner.
PER ERCAPHATAxRAlstD FIFTY CENTS EACH
Omcers Elected at Afternoon Session
and Much other Miscellaneous
Business f. Trans
acted.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb, May 13-(spe-
cial.)-The grand lodge, Ancient order OF
United Workmen, resumed its sessions
shortly after o'clock this morning. The
first order of business taken up was the
appointment of the election board, consist
ing Of j. C. Morehead. chairman; Mccoy,
Ennis, stump, Stitts, Lonsburg, Golden,
Ofe, Keliher and Gallagher.
w. II. Miller, supreme grand master
workman of Missouri, was called to the
chair and presided for a brief time.
The lodge proc eeded to a further dis
cussion OF the question of reducing the
fees of the grand medical examiner from
50 to 25 cents, the question being brought
up on resolution introduced yesterday
afternoon and under discussion when the
grand lodge adjourned for the day last
evening. Upon vote the resolution was
adopted and the emoluments OF the ONCE
will hereafter be only one-half of what
they formerly were.
Greetings by wire from the grand lodge
sessions of Iowa and Colorado were re-
ceived as follows:
SIOUX CITY, Ia. May l3-Jacob Jaska-
lex, SlH, Grand Master Workman Grand Island,
Neo.: traternal crossings from iowa
grand lodge. Best wishes for future pros
! COLORADO SPRINGS, May 1s-To the
Grand Lodge, Ancient Order of United
Workmen, Grand Island, Neb.: Fraternal
greetings and best wishes for your future
prosperity.
II was decided to increase the per capita
tax from 81 to $780,
After spirited discussion the PROPOSE
| tion to change the representation by divid-
| ing the state into districts and reducing
! the representation from one delegate for
| each seventy five votes to one delegate for
each 200 votes, was defeated.
The resolution looking to the appoint
ment of a general attorney for the organ
| ization was defeated.
The resolution to continue the deputy
system was carried.
1t was decided that all moneys received
on petitions for aid shall pass through
the hands Of the grand recorder.
The grand lodge then proceeded to the
question Of locating the next grand lodge
session and selected South Omaha as the
place. There were as contestants the
cities OF Columbus and Beatrice
The following were appointed as memo
rial committee James Farrell, r. d.
Sutherland and Smith Western.
The afternoon session was opened by
short address by Supreme Foreman NIL
Ter explaining the proposition of the es-
| tablishment Of the fraternity temple at the
st. Louis exposition and but little discus
sion was required to lead the lodge to adopt
a resolution appropriating $500 toward its
erection.
The report Of the memorial committee
nlenorialiHiRg the departed ofsthe order
during the past year was read and adopted.
Election of omcers.
The election of grand lodge officers now
proceeded. The ballot was after the Aus
tralian form, with the exception that II
s..slv-<
the considerable number of candidates for
the offices of grand receiver and grand
examiner made subsequent ballots neces-
sary. While each successive ballot was
counted other business was taken up
The report of the auditing committee on
the accounts of the grand receiver. Frank
j. Morgan, and the grand recorder, S. r.
Barton, finding the same to be correct and
In most satisfactory condition was read and
adopted. The matter of the publication of
the Nebraska Workman. the organ Of the
organization, was discussed at considerable
length but the entire matter was finally
left to the finance committee to arrange
for as heretofore as may to them seem best.
The election OF officers resulted as fol-
lows four ballots being taken. Grand mas
ter workman, Jacob Jaskalek, South
Omaha grand foreman, George NJ. Nor
dock, Nebraska City; grand overseer. ]. D.
Brayton, Bassett; recorder, Silas r. Bar
ton, Aurora; receiver, Frank ]. Morgan.
Plattsmouth; guide. j. C. McElhinney,
Lyons; watchman, c. r. Gray, Herman;
, medical examiner, F. Z. Way, Wahoo
trustee, l. w. Alter. Wayne; supreme lodge
representatives, George II. Barber, Edgar;
Jacob Jaskalek. South Omaha, and o. ].
Van Dyke, Grand Island; committee on
law, C. II. Denny, Fairbury; ]. C. Dort
Pawnee City; II. NJ Waring, Lincoln.
The bonds of the incoming officers were
fixed the same as for the previous two
years and the newly elected officers were
installed and the grand lodge adjourned to
attend a concert given at the opera house
this evening complimentary to the visitors