Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-02
RED MEN END
CONVENTION +.
Chief Stevens Salary Raised and
Retiring Great SaChem
Thompson HOnOred.

TRENTON, Mar. 2:-The closing
days session of the great council OF
\ New Jersey, Improved Order OF Red
l Men, yesterday, was devoted to rou-
tine business, the installation of Off
| GERS and addresses by prominent
members of the order and the naming
OF committees.
A resolution introduced by the At
lantic City delegates, which provides
for the increasing of Keeper of Rec
ords Daniel Stevens salary from
$1,000 to $1,500, was adopted unan-
imously.
Pequod Tribe, No. Al, of Atlantic
City. presented the retiring sachem,
Charles T. Thompson, with hand
some past sachem's regalia.
BY unanimous vote the great
council agreed. TO invite the great
council of the United States to meet
at Atlantic City next year. This prac-
tically means that New Jersey will
offer a candidate for the position of
national presiding officer. Former
Mayor Joseph Nowrey, of Camden, a
past sachem, is regarded as the logic
al candidate.
David IT. Peterson, of Camden, was
given gold badge and Frank p.
Jackson, Camden, was presented with
Il handsome bouquet.
Past Great Incohee Robert t. DAN
iel, of Georgia, installed the newly
elected officers and delivered brief
address. Commenting on the num-
erical and financial strength of the
order, he said: "The last official
statements show AGO tribes June 80
last, an increase of 254 for the year
ending that date. During the year
in question the membership gains
were: Adopted, 1884; admitted by
card, 4,035; reinstated, 4,637. The
losses we're: Suspended, So, ,193; ex-
PEELED, 613; withdrawn by card,
1923; died, 1924; leaving 406,774
members, a net increase of 29,34O.
OF this increase 1892 were in the
mems branch and 8,04S were con-
\ tributed by the degree of Pocahontas.
"The financial side of our order
shows these figures for the year end
ing June 80 last: Total receipts,
$4,000, ,3S942; paid for relief OF
members, 1927, 1868; paid for re-
lief of widows and orphans, $13, 3,705.-
04; paid for death benefits, $219,-
234.7S; paid other expenses, 81, ,4S9,-
! Otis; amount invested by tribes,
$3,04S,633.27; cash in treasures,
$1,2S5, ,146.S4; total worth of tribes,
$4,333,7S0.11.
These committees were named
Law, Harold T. Blinn, of Burlington,
John w. Clevenger, of Bloomsbury,
and Peter T. Brady, of Camden; fin
ance, Charles nj. Curry, of Camden,
Andrew T. Young, of Paterson, ana
l. j. Hutton, of Bayonne.
The great board of appeals com
prises Arthur H. Stiles, of Atlantic
City, John Y. Dater, of Ramsay, Will
liam F. Forsythe, of Jersey City.
officers appointed by the newly
elected chief are: Great sannap, John
Thomson, of Avon; great mishinewa,
John B. Wright, of Camden; great
guardian of wigwam, John Hackett,
of Millville; great guardian of forest,
Linwood H. Smith, of Norristown.
At the annual convention of the
Improved Order of Red Men of New
Jersey, held in Association Hall, Tren-
ton, during, Thursday and Friday,
Philip Schwartz, of Po Ambo Tribe,
No. 65, Red Men, of this city, was
elected district deputy for this dis
trict. j. ]. Flynn, the representative
from the local tribe, August Farland-
er, alternate, and George Steinmetz,
who were at the convention two days,
arrived home last night. They report
having had a fine time. Mr.. Flynn
will make his report at the meeting
next Thursday night