The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-02-23
Two Days Session Of the
Grand Lodge at Masonic
Temple, Trenton
REPORT or TRE OFFICIALS
GRAND CHANCELLOR COWGILL
SHOWS HOW THE ORDER HAS
GRoWN-oFFICERs ELECTED.
Especial to ..The Jersey city News.")

TRENTON, Feb. %, 1906.-At the
meeting of the Grand Lodge of the
Knights of Pythias. which was held in
Masonic Temple, Wednesday and Thurs
day, Grand Chancellor w. G. Cowgirl
presided. He reported well attended dis
trict meetings. the institution of new
lodge, Linden No. 2, at Linden May 24,
1905; the Union lodge dispute settled; a
successful field day in spite Of the rain
that prevailed at the time. and the con
solidation of Woodland lodge and Sher-
man lodge, at Woodland.
He recommends the endowment rank
for life insurance and says: THE mem
bership is larger, the surplus is greater
and all the funds are invested, in trst
class securities. The first day of Janu-
ary, 1906, there were 1874 members in
good standing, carrying protection to the
amount of s., 1873 900. The number of
death claims paid in New Jersey last
year was twenty. and the amount Of in
surance was $35,5OO. Since the estab-
lishment of the endowment rank, in 1877,
there has been paid in this State 337
claims, aggregating $537. .S79.29.
'sThe percentage of members in the or
der in the endowment rank in this State
is greater than the general average
throughout the supreme domain. In the
supreme domain there are 74,S57 mem
bers, carrying protection to the amount of
$117l05, 800; 799 claims We're paid last
year amounting to s1,499, 500 .and there
has been paid since organization $23, ,032,-
229.64. The claims are paid as soon as
the proof Of death is received"
He reports that new companies of the
uniformed rank are beng organized in
all parts of the State. He reports the
deaths of Past Grand Chancellor D. S.
Rockefeller and Grand Inner Guard John
i. Main.
Suspensions to the number of 679 are
reported, the heaviest for several years.
The average for FIVE years past is 533.
The number of iniations is above the ay-
erage for the past FIVE years, but the sus-
pensions have so reduced it that there is
only gain of 81 members, the smallest
in that period.
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal En-
mer E. Margerum, of this city, furnished
a lengthy and detailed report. His re-
port. in part. is:-
New Jersey Pythians will congratu-
late themselves upon the showing made
by the subordinate lodges when I say
that the assets of the lodges January /,
1906, totaled $377, ,5S2.53 And besides
this splendid financial showing these
same lodges expended during the year for
relief of brothers. the burial of our dead
and care of the widow and the orphan.
the sum of $7o,375.92, and paid current
expenses aggregating $60,954.98. The
sum invested in good paying securities
during the year was $2T, ,320.62
in 1867, less than forty years ago, the
order started in New Jersey with 1os
members. and to-day we have 14,271
members.
Receipts during the year, s15e,66o
GO.
paid for relief of brothers, s44,eo1.-
SO.
"Paid for relief Of other lodges. 81
641.5 .59.''
Grand Master of Exchequer John Pat
trick reported detailed account of the
finances, showing a balance of So, $50. .94
on hand.
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal
Elmer E. Margerum, of this city, was re-
elected to that position for the sixth time
Since Mr.. Margerum was first chosen
for the position he has never been op-
posed for reelection.
The remainder of the officers chosen
were as follows: Grand Chancellor, Jos.
eph Wilson Jr., South Amboy; grand vice
chancellor, William 4 Hillard. Salem,
grand prelate, Abram Klenert, Paterson,
grand master Of exchecauer. John Pat
rick, rutherford; grand master Of arms,
Henry a. Heinichs, Paterson; grand in
ner guard, A. Lewis Drucker, Elizabeth,
grand outer guard, Henry G. Keeler,
Newark.
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