Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-10
ROYAL ARCANUM ELECTION
Charles A. Beno Declines Honor Of Another
Term as Grand Regent
ONE OEYsUFHCES TO TRANSACT BUSINESS
Reports of Officers Indicate Troubles
of the order Are at an End and
Brighter Day t. in store for IL
in Immediate Future.

One day suficed for the Iowa grand
council, Royal Arcanum, which was con-
vened yesterday morning at the Grand ho-
tel, to complete the work of its sixteenth
annual session. The attendance was not
quite as big as had been anticipated, about
forty members being in attendance.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
Grand Regent-Charles NJ Dickson, Sioux
Grand Vice Regent. K. Dysart, OF
Grand Orator. N. La Barre, Waterloo.
Past Grand Regent-Charles A. Beno,
Grand Secretary-H A. Snyder. Waterloo.
Grand Treasurer-A. e. Brock, Council
Grand Chaplain-C. b Boss, Sioux city
Grand Guide-E. r. Hazen, Fort Madi-
son
Grand Warden-E +. Drake Des Moines
Grand Sentry--G. J. Pickett, Ottumwa.
Grand Truslees-G. Il. NiCOll, Council
Bluns a. Hartung, Des Moines; Cal w
Finance Committee-H. B. somers, OF
tumwa, three-year term c. Il Eighmey
Waterloo, twO-year term
Committee on LawS-E w. Woodruff,
Des Moines, three-year term.
The members of all the other standing
committees are appointed by the grand
| regent.
Boone was selected as the place for hold
ing the meeting in 1908. Cedar Rapids was
after the meeting and extended an invita-
ton, but Boone was the preference Of the
meeting.
| Skies Are Clearing.
Grand Regent Charles A. Beno of this
| city, who declined reelection owing to
pressure Of other business, IN his annual
address said in part:
When 1 assumed this office the clouds
which had been so long expressing us,
were beginning to roll away; occasionally
bright sky could be seen, and 1t is a
source OF great qualification to me to note
| the clouds are still moving and there is
more sunshine on our path. The loss Of
! membership has been stopped and we now
| begin to show an increase. Our member
on January l, 1907, was l,A4, showing
loss of 1876 This, while much larger
! than l could wish, Is very cheering as
taking the place Of a loss of $50 the pre-
| vious year, and is, | hope and believe,
| only an indication Of better things to come.
| On March 81 the membership was Lag,
| being an increase since the first of the year.
| a number Of councils report applications
pending, thus showing that activity has
| taken the place of apathy,
| Surely the tide has turned and We are
| again moving forward. | believe the de-
OF history.
The supreme regent, in official circular
| No. 1O9, states that during February six
| teen grand jurisdictions and four states
in the supreme council jurisdiction made a
net gain. Brothers, our own state is one
, Of the number which has helped to make
! / earnestly hope that this evidence of
! renewed activity in obtaining new members
| may continue until every member is slim
| ulated to greater efforts in the upbuilding
| Of our noble order
After reviewing the WORK of the last
year Grand Regent Beno spoke on the
| benefit derived from the annual sessions
| of the grand council, and also on the social
features of the order.
Membership statement.
The report Of Grand Secretary H. A.
Snyder showed that the membership on
December 81 1906, was 1.54O, and on De-
cember 81 1906 Liza a net loss of 126, as
shown by the following summary:
Membership, January l, 19O6.............. i, 54C
limitations .....,,,...,..'...,,''..', IA
Admissions by card. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IS
HeinStated OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Withdrawals by card. 81
/ Withdrawals, hnal. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Il
Suspensions ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 10
Deaths OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. y
TOTAL gains OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~
Total loss. 1T
Per cent loss SlS
| Largest membership of any Council.... 24l
Smallest membership. Observation-Disclosures.
Average membership. ...................... g
Number of councils. Observation-Disclosures, z
Councils making gains.
Councils reporting Observation-Disclosures. i
Councils reporting neither gain nor loss
Councils suspended ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Councils reins tated. ........,..,......'.....
Councils dissolved by consolidation.
Death rate per Loo. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. "a
Membership December 81, 1906. Al
The portion Of the report as to death
! losses was as follows:
There were eleven deaths in this grand
jurisdiction during the year 1906 as follows
, Fidelity and Sioux, three each, and oni
each from Omikron, Golden, George Greene