Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-02-24
Great Council at Trenton Gets
Down TO Business
Reports Read.
THE NEW OFFICERS.
Most Of the Time Yesterday
Afternoon Taken Up With
the Election.

session of tho great council of New
JERSEY, Improved Order of Red Men,
in Association hall, yesterday, was
taken up with the reports Of the great
snohem. Fred p. Rees, this city !;
Great Keeper OF Records Daniel ii
Stevens. Camden; Grent Keeper OF
Wampum William j. Smythe, Jr +,
Long Branch The comforting OF the
saohem's degree upon sixth.one
candidates, election OF officers and the
introduction OF resolutions occupied
the afternoon.
At the morning session Great
Sachem Fred p. Rees conferred the
degrees. His report filled sixty.
printed pages and was an exhaustive
review Of his official acts. and in
C uded the reports he had received
ftom his deputies He told OF the
institution of three new tribes during
the year, ms follows:
Sitting Ball, No. 231, at Asbury
Park; Nuvapo tribe, No. 2lS, at
Pee zburg, and Lackawanna tribe,
No 249, at Hoboken.
Some Of the 'big chiefs" decisions
are rs follows:
Question" Can a tribe refuse TO
take in pale faces, who are eighteen
years old?" Answer-"Eo."
Question -"Doas dispensation take
effect from time asked for or when
grauted:" Answer-' When granted P"
Question" Does it +, quire major.
ity or twot thirds vote to change loca.
tion OF wigwam?" Answer
Majority" "
Question" the sachem of
tribe quench the council fire (close the
mef ti' q without form" Answer
Eyes"
Question:" Can a member Of the
independent Order of Red Men be.
come a member of the Improved Order
of Red Mem" Answer-"N unless
he gives up his membership in the in.
depen lent order
Question" tribe pay
premium of 81 for each new member"
Answer-"No."
10 ciosing his report the great
sachem thanked his own tribe, Assam.
pink, this city. for making @ net gain
in memb rship of 100 last year.
Great Keeper Of Wampum William
J. SmVthe, Jr.. of Long Branch. re-
ported receints for the year, $ll,6l7
85; expenses, 1888 90. leaving bal.
ance of 81, 233 92 Other balances are:
Orphans fund, s2,33s. .65 funeral
fund, Sl2l.60, and aged mems fund,
81. .958 81.
Great Chief of Records Daniel NJ
Stevens, in making his report, called
at ention TO the fact that Sc tribes had
reported $50 new members between
the ages of is aud 81. This gain is
about one fourth the net gain made
in this state during the last sun
(l904) In the matter of statistical in
formation Chief Stevens gave the fol.
lowing for 1904:
!. Number of members at last report,
23 625; adopted, A. 1888: reinstated, 296;
by card, 1873; total gains,
1869. The loses were: Withdrawn
by card, 43; suspen1ed, 237; eX-
pelled, 8 died, 2Sl; Host by surrender
of charter, 56; total losses, ABS; net
25 Ola; net gain for 1904,
1850. In this membership are in
cluded "a past great saohcms and 3,Sl6
past saohems. The financial opera tions
of the tribes are repcrred as follows
Total receipts. 1926. $40 SO; paid to
relieve membefs, S7S. .S07.S2; paid
funeral benefits, s26 1876 SO; paid to
widow and orphans, $l.219: paid for
all other purposes, sl03,277 42. De-
oember 81 last the tribes were worth
$446, SO, which represents a net
increase for the year of s29, 800. 1S.
In referring to the financial worth
of the tribes Chief Stevens said "The
m oney is securely invested or in the
wampum belts, prepared tn meet end