The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-03
TntermVAntain News.
MIssoULA, MONT.
State Biennial Session Ancient Or
der of Hibernians.

der of Hibernians.
The eleventh biennial session of the
Ancient order of Hibernians convened
I'm the Union theatre, in Missoula, Aug
a6. The members of the order, joined
Inv those of the ladies' auxiliary,
marched TO St. Navier's CatholIc
church. where they attended mass at J
o'clock. a splendid sermon beng
preached by Rev. Father DeTour. The
service was a beautiful and impressive
one. The mass being over, the dele
gates returned to the Union theatre,
where the convention was called to or
der by Mr. y. j. Hennessy of Butte
state president. The organization found
nearly 100 delegates present in the hall.
President Hennessy's report dweit
largely upon the work and progress or
the order during the past two years.
He spoke of the membership, which at
present numbers 9.153 or nearly double
that when it met two years previous IN
Great Falls. The sum of 1854 was eN-
pcnded during the past two years TO-
charitable purposes in the two preced-
ing wears. s.. 900 of the amount having
been donated TO the Orphans home III
Helena. Our new Scounty, Choute9u,
was organized in that time. and one
new division created at HaNre. The
increase in membership is greatest in
Silver Bow county. where the member
ship was increased 200 alone last year.
Division No. ], Silver Bow county, is
The largest in membership in the Unit
ed States, numbering 595.
In the absence of Rev. Father Nc
Cormick of Great Falls, the state chap
lain. Rev. Father Callahan Of Butte is
presiding as such officer.
Aug. q the convention came to a
close. afte a two days session largely
devoted to hearing reports of the Va
rious committees. which were adopted.
Among these was the bylaws and the
report Oh the insurance plan. The lat
ter was a matter Of great importance
TO the membership all over the state.
The convention voted unanimously to
take UP the insuranc eproposition, It
being deemed advisable for the good
Of the order, both from a standpoint Of
membership and protection to the mem
bers. 1t was said that at least LOCO
persons in Montana who were members
or the Hibernians in other states would
become members of the Montana or
der when the insurance plan was adopt
ed. as they at present carried insurance
in the other states and did not want
TO lose their protection. The conven-
ton voted to have committee ap-
pointed 10 draft plans for the insur-
ance idea the following persons being
named: Jerry D. Murphy, Mike Don
Ian. T. J. Nolan. Butte; T. J. Kelly and
Colonel T. O'Leary, Anaconda.
The committee viii meet in Butte in
the near future and perfect plans for
CARRYING out the order Of the conven-
ton.
The afternoon meeting was held III
the old Catholic church, il being neces-
sary to vacate the old theatre building
owing to the presence Of q show in the
city. During the afternoon splendid
speeches were made for the good of the
order by the following persons: Jerry
!. Lynch. Edward c. Mulrooney, w. L.
Murphy, P. j. Regain, NJ. II. Cannon,
u. J. Hennessy and Rev. Father Palla-
dino
The election of officers was held at
this time. Jerry J. Lynch. the well
known attorney OF Butte, was unani-
mously chosen state president to sue
coed .. J. Hennessy, who absolutely
refused to be considered a candidate
for another term, having filled the
position for two terms.
John J. Clark of Helena was unani-
1nously reelected state secretary, after
having satisfactorily filled that position
for several years. The other officers
were: Edward c. Mulrooney. a promi-
uent young man Of Missoula, as vice
president; 2. J. Regan, Great Falls,
treasurer.
Anaconda VIII entertain the thir-
ieenth biennial convention in 1904 some
time during the month of August, the
exact date being left TO the selection of
the state president. The press commit
tee asked the newspapers to make a
correction relative to the amount do
mated TO the Sisters Orphans home
last year. The information first given
the press placed it at $1,000, but this
was a mistake. 1t should have been
Sl0O
The ladies' auxiliary Of Hibernians
held a most interesting session III Elks
hall. In the morning the convention
favorably voted upon the disposition OF
adoption Of the Illinois plan Of insur-
ance for it's members. Following tins
regular routine work in the afternoon
4 pleasing feature of the initiation OF
some twenty-five ladies of Missoula
the ceremony being conducted by The
county drill team Of Silver Bow county
which acquitted itself with honors. The
convention listened to .. report Of the
national convention held in st. Louis
last July.
The election of officers of the auxil
larry was held during the afternoon
Mrs. ]. d. Murphy of Butte was re
elected state president by reclamation
The other officers chosen were: Mis-
Mae Mccormick, AIissoula, vice presi
dent; Miss Mary Brennan, Anaconda
reelected secretary Mrs. Rowan
Butte, treasurer.