Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-06-22
NORTHUMBERLAND
ORDER in PROSPEROUS CONDITION.
InAuPaNse ia Force Amounts 10 a.
13O.6Ss, 5OO-LaFge Percentage Of
Deaths from TuberculOsis-
Changes Proposed.

Milwaukee, June 21.-The head CAM
of Modern Woodmen Of Americi
opened its fourteenth biennial conyen
ton at the Davidson theater Tuesday
with between 900 and 700 delegates
representing over II 900 camps ant
nearly 100000 members, present
Mayor David 8. Rose welcomed the
delegates to the city In a hearty
speech and presented the keys Of the
city of the head consul Responses were
made by Head Consul A. R. Talbot for
the Modern Woodmen and Head Clerk
Charles W. Halves of Rock Island, ILL.,,
for the head Office.
During the biennial the new mem
beys numbered 121 $3.50, and 1882 new
camps were chartered. The society,
he said, now includes 1883 per cent
Of all those eligible for membership
in the states in which 1t is organized.
The report Of Head Clerk G. W.
Halves contained the following: The
insurance in force at the close Of tho
biennial term aggregated $1,136,67S, 500.
The society paid 7,0b1 death claims,
amounting to $12,e63,60S. as against
$500 claims amounting to $1O,736, 435
during the term preceding.
The receipts Of the benefit fund to-
tailed $12,567,7OS as against $7,570.sSs
during the preceding biennial. The
balance at the close of the term was
ys07, 5S7. The receipts Of the general
fund were 81 1899 as against $685.
OIL during the preceding term, the
balance being $2S9,SS4. The lapsed
(benenciaD membership during the
two years was $117,4l6 and the larsed
insurance $176, $4,000.
The average per capita payment to
the benefit fund was $1.261e as against
81 cents during the term preceding
The increase was due to the new rates
becoming effective January 1, 1904,
when the rates of the members were in
creased from rs per cent to Ii per cent |
at tn various ages. There were 2.99i
deaths from accident and 8O4 deaths |
from suicide. OF the latter 24S were
farmers-30.S5 per cent of the total
number. The farmers also led in ac-
cidental deaths-SS5.
DR.. Warner of Kansas, addressed the
woodemen's convention Tuesday after
noon discussing the merits of the ma
.ional iraternal sanitarium for tuber-
,ulosis sufferers.
In the course of his remarks the doc
or said that of the more than 100000
of the Modern Woodmen Of
American more than 100000 were
doomed to die of consumption. The1
voodmen paid last May $4,000 in death
laims due to consumption in April.
The doctor told how the Santa Fe rail-
Dad company had given 100000
Iotel and site In the city Of Las Vegas,
7. NJ, for sanitarium purposes and
sked each member of the woodmen to
ontribute one penny month to
lnd for the maintenance of the insti-
ltion.
The committee on order of business
eported making the election of head
Ulcers the first thing on the program
Or Wednesday.
The expected fight over the liquor
uestion grew bitter and promises to
bsorb large portion Of the conven-
ons time with the result that the
ile against the admission of liquor
len is likely to be sustained. A res
luton removing zinc and lead miners I
ON the list of extra hazardous risks
Is referred to the law ,com~.Itee.
Inc repols OF the law committee was
len taken up. The announcement
hanging the method Of collection as {
from newly elected members
as rejected as was one eliminating
Ie $4,000 insurance policy. The law \
to policies was changed to compre-
md policy for 1880.