Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-02-14

The Grand Lodge Of Delaware, A.
/ o. u. W., did not complete ITS woIk
] last night and 10 was necessary TO holo
] another session today.
A. B. Jones, q. n. Davis and b. A.
| Groves, the supreme representatives
for the raBt term, submitted the fol-
klouinR interesting report, which was
kgiven due consideration:
The Supreme Lodge, at ita session Of
Hume 1dth 20 Odd 1904, made the change OF
Iannual sessions 20 bi-nnnual sessions,
ttherefore your representatives were not
lcalled away from homo, but ever alert TO
tthe best interest of our order. We have kert
la strict tab on all work being done by our
fSupreme Lodge directors, ana the healthtul
trrowIh of our order. All work for the
advancement Of our beloved order has been
done with an eye 10 the improvement OF
leach individual member, and we can surely
report an upper tendency all along the line.
lone Of the greatest losses of the year was
lfhe death of Bro. u. S. NJ. w. w. S. Rob |
inon, chairman Of the committee on law,
land a member of the board of directors OF
lfhe Supreme Lodge, nt his home. la
lGrnnro, Texas on Saturday, October I'm,
t19Oh, after an illness of only few days.
The death Of Bro. Robson will be felt in
the whole supreme jurisdiction for time 20
come November 9Th, 1905, supreme Mas
ter VIII NJ. Narvia appointed i. s.. Nj.
Webb McNall of Kansas TO an the position
of chairman of the law committee and
tmemher OF the board Of directors, made
fvacant by the death Of l.. s. Nj. w. w. y.
lRohaon and all of ua who know Bro. Webb
McNall Of Kansas feel full well no will
bring his best energies TO the work assigned
Thin. Bro. l.. q. Nj. w. A. n. Colbert Of
Baltimore, Md, member Of the Supreme
Lodge. passed away 20 hia reward beyond
the river Octobar 18Th, 1906 This we be.
klieve Il a great loss TO uH OF Delaware, as
Bro. Colbert was grand recorder over the
flodpoa Of this State from August LIST, 1881,
Ito our separation from the mother lodge
fof Maryland, February 23d, 1898, and was
Ia true Workman, and always ready with his
kbest counsel In the Supreme Lodge or In
THE smallest subordinate lodge In our own
diamond State jurisdiction. Your repre-
hentativea have ever held themselves, as
Grand Lodge officers, ready TO do their
duty, and at all times 20 assist Grand Mas
ter Workman E +. Kane In the work of
building up the order in this jurisdiction
lwhereyer or Whenever called ON 40 to do.
The next Supreme Lodge session will bo held
at Montreal, Canada, Tuesday, June 18th,
1906. IL bohoovoa this Grand Lodge to
select Representatives who arc fully con-
veraant With all works Of tho order and
fully enthuned in-aaid work.
Joseph Schunder, John II. Keatly
aud q. A. YenQer, comprising the
finance committee, supplemented the
report of Grand Recsivor j. Wilkins
Coocn with the folloWlngl 1.-THE heavy
mortality Of the past year, 40 deaths
having occurred, a greater number
propoTtionately than In any one other
year of our history, necesaitated the
levyinR of IL beneficiary assessments
which raid all the claims and In addi-
tion resulted In a reserve fund accumu-
lation of Sl2, 42a9l, and total Of
SIC, 4ll.Oa 10 the guaranty fund. But
s. Of the s2. 90 per capita tax allowed
was collected, our expenses keeping
within the limits Of a g per capita
tax. The financiers ana receivers OF
the subordinate lodges have been
bonded in the Fidelity ana Guaranty
Go. Of Baltimore, Md. The grand re-
corder 10 bonded In the same company
and the grand receiver IN the Fidelity
and Deposit Co. of Maryland. "
According to the report Of the COM
mittee. one claim was held up during
she year, because there was a punt
which the committee did not feel war
ranted 10 deciding, reporting thereon
As folloWsi Among the death claims
conaidered at a meeting Of November
10th, 1905, was one of the beneiioiary
of Bro. Robert II. Futon, a former
member of Industry Lodge, No ., who
joined the order September 9th, 1906
and died November lst, 1905, as
result Of .laudanum poisoning, undel
circumstances suggestive of suicide,
which fact, however, was not definitel,
established by the coroner's Nerdio
that accompanied the death proof. Ii
order that the case be disposed OF il
full ACCORD with our law, and also IL
justice TO the beneficiary, the commit
tee decided 20 lay the evidence con
cerning Bro. Eutonis death hefor
counsel Of the Grand Lodge, with tn
request that he render an opinion a
80 the validity of ;he claim.
Following Is a list OF the lodges
ranged in numerical order, toRethe
with the membership OF each:
Wilmington, $50; Industry, 548; Friend
ship, l09i Anchor, be Delaware. iOi
Union, so; Seaford. 90; Kent, So; Dis
mond, 172; Liberty, 12O; Active, 81 De
mar, ca Valley, % Laurel, &c Harrinf
ton, IS; Mizpah, - Milford, SO; Geora,
town, %; Marine, 40; Protection, 2S; &,
iumbia, 81 Vulcan, 30 Loyal S5 Hope. IA
FELTON,, 70; Washington, 10; America, 81
Fidelity, 5ii Bridgeyile, II; Milton, IL
Centre, II Century, IL oxford, 8 Coate
vile, 30i kennett, "a total, 3, i22