Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-19
RED MEN Or MAINE
Will kindle 18th Great Sun Council
Fire at Calais Fast Day.

On Fast day, representatives, from
all tribes of the Improved Order O
Red Men in the State, will meet il
Calais in annual session, to llIndle thj
18th Great Sun council fire of the
Great Council Of Maine. The lont
talks or reports Of the great chiefs will
show another year of substantial in
crease in membership and continued
prosperity. Twenty-One years ago this
month the seed Of Redmanship was
planted in Maine by the institution O.
Squando Tribe, No. l. in BiGdeford
with a membership of 40. Three year:
later the Great Council of Maine was
formed in the city of Bath, with II
tribes and a member ship of GI2; now
at its coming of age, 1t has 100 tribes
and membership OF nearly 1000, ais
an auxiliary member ship in the degree
of Pocahontas, or ladies' branch, oi
over 1000. The increase in member
ship in the tribes the past year has
been 106.
The order shows the same rapid in
crease throughout the county. The
great incohonee, John w. Cherry OF
Norfolk. Va, has just completed
20,000-mile itinerary of visitations
through the Western states and reports
the order in a most prosperous condi-
ton. In fact the order has made rapid
strides in popular favor during the
past few years, and should the enthu-
siasm among the members continue. as
It seems bound to do, its 100000 MEM
bership of today will, within the next
ten years, be doubled ana reacn the
0000 mark.
The Improved Order of Red Men ls
the distinctive American fraternity, its
membership being confined TO white
American citizens, including those VINO
have declared their intention Of be-
coming such. and is now represented
IT. every state and territory. including
Alaska, Hawaii, the Philippines and
Panama. Great Chief of Records
Brooks Of the Great Council Of the
United States is at the pr sent time
in Panama instituting the second tribe
of the order Oh the iSthmus.
Etchimin Tribe, No. q, Of Calais,
will cndeavor to entertain the great
cEiefS and visiting brothers in a way
quite unprecedented in the history OF
the order i'll this state. ON the ar
rival Of the train at noon of April %,
the visitors will be met by Il commit
tee of Itchinin Tribe and Csc oortod to
the hotels. The afternoon Will J." taken
up with committee work Of the Great
Council anG sightseeing. In TIE even
Ing at 7.30, a public meeting will be
held at St. CroiX Opera house, III which
an address of welcome to tn" visiting
Red Men will be delivered b. Hon. NJ
y. MckuSick, mayor of TIL city. Dr
+. II. Jordan Of Portland, great s,achrm
of Maine, will respond ln, The Red
Men.
The orator of the evening will he
Judge Robert r. Daniel Of Griffin, Ga.
Judge Daniel comes as the "rircsenta
tive of the great incohun"e, John ".
Cherry, who WAS Obliged to :Urt go his
contemplate visit t. til" t;re;tI Council
of Maine by important business OF the
order which required his Drr"cnce i'll
another part of the country, at this
time, as acting great incohOmee. Judge
Daniel Will raise the great chiefs elect
Of the Great Council Of Maine at the
session to be held on April 26. Judge
Daniel is past great inc0aonce of the
order and judge of the supreme court
Of Georgia. He is conceded To be the
most eloquent orator among the Rcd
Men. 1t was his eloquence in present.
ing the engross"d resolutions of the
Great Council Of the United States of
the Improved Order of Red Men,
PASSED at the annual meeting, last Sep
tCmber. in Nashville. Tenn, COngratu-
lating the President upon the part
which he took in bringing about peace
between Russia and Japan. that made
n Red Man of President Roosevelt.
Judge Daniel is actively interested
in the commercial and industrial inter
eSts of the South. He is cotton
grower; is vice president of the saw
ingS bank of Griffin, his native city
and a director in many of the financial
institutions of his community. He is
prominent in the politics If his state
and at St. Louis, in 1904, was one of
the vice chairmen of the National
Democratic convention. Short ad
dresses will also be made by other
visiting great chiefs. O. ". Bailey OF
this city, past sachem of Maine. will
preside. Concert selections will b."
rendered by Fullen's orchestra of Ban
cor. Following the meeting dancing
will be enjoyed by the Red Men AMI
a. gil
AT 1920 p. NJ. in the vigwam of
Etchimin Tribe. the degree staff of
Passamaquoddy Tribe No. -3. # East
Iort, Will eXcmpiifv the warriors de-
gree for the benefit of the visiting Red
Men. Passamaluoddy Tribe has a rep
utatIon for good degree work and par
ucularly cXccls in the rendition f the
warriors degree. At midnight q ban
quet will be given at the 81. Croix ho-
Vel. complimentary to the great chiefs
ana representatives of the great coun-
cA of Maine Past Great Sacnam Albro
T. Chase of Portland will preside as
toastmastor. In addition to the above
entertainment provided for their
&"'s's. Etchimin Tribe viii keen onno
i'uSe ON the night of the 25th.
The great sun council Gre will no
fhuied in the wigwam Of Etchimin
tribe on the Ninth Run. Rising Of t,.s
."h sun Of Plant Moon. Thursday
Arm 26. at A. NJ The forenoon scs'
son VIII be taken up by ti,e parlia :
inentary business of the great counr,,
ana ule report Of tho prca: ,h;.e. ,,i