The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-05-13

Winona, May 1.-THE annual con-
vcntion of the Minnesota Knights of
Columbus is being held in Winona
with some seventy delegates in at
tendance, representing the twenty
councils in the state. As most of the
delegates did not arrive here until the
latter part of the morning and the
first half of the afternoon was given
over to an automobile drive around
the city it was rather late when the
convention got down to business, close
to three o'clock. State Deputy j. II.
Nightingale presided and the business
to come up was handled with eXpcdi-
ton.
Advancement of the Order
The advancement of the order i'll
the state was we'll shown i'll the an
nual reports of State Deputy J. H.
Nightingale of Minneapolis and State
Secretary +. +. Kelly of Faribault
Their figures were to Il large extent
similar. Mr.. Nightingale reported that
the present membership of the order
in Minnesota was 1900, a gain of
1000 in the past year. This is good
showing, especially in view of the fact
that all members. come in voluntarily,
that there is no solicitation to bring
new members i'll and no organizers at
work Three new councils have been
instituted during the year. these being
located at Spring Valley, Brainerd and
Bemidji.
In the Country at Large.
I'm the country at large Mr.. Night
ingale stated that the membership OF
the order was upwards of 100000.
The knights of Columbus as a body
voted to give an endowment of $780,,
600 to the Catholic university at
Washington. OF this amount $500
has been contributed by the Knights
from Minnesota.
All over the state the councils are
establishing homes for their order,
these being fitted up III a most con
venient and comfortable manner Min
neapolis and st. Paul are both get
ting fine buildings. Rochester is hav-
ing a building fitted up and in Winona
the new quarters in the Hirsrh block
have Just been fitted up.
Amount of Death Claims.
The death claims paid i'll this coun
try in 1909 amounted to $5l5, l9l.67.
Since organization twenty eight years
ago the Knights of Columbus have
paid death benefits of $1,290,297 .G2.
The per capita cost of management in
1909 was GI1. cents, which is very
low. The death rate was also low,
being GA per thousand. The total in
surance in force on December 81, 1909.
was, 81, $4,000. The total assets then
were $302j ,G93, and the total labili
ties $69,3OI.
Makeup of the Committees.
Committees were named early i'm
the afternoons session rs follows:
Resolutions: Hon. L. ID. O'Brien, st.
Paul; Paul Ahlcs, st. Cloud; A. V.
Holahan, Duluth; James J. Fitzpat-
rick. Winona.
hHcdSc. w illdtn lecdu, 4iihncdpo-
lis: John Lynch, Owatonna; James c.
Driscoll, Caledonia; Z. F. Kelly, Fari
bault.
Audit: J. A. Rutherford, Austin,
Martin Walser, Mankato; A. j. Nc
Kinnon, Crookston.
Bylaws: Theo. 7. Kcnney. Red
wing; James +. Fahey, Green Isle; d.
Carey, Spring Valley.
Credentials: L. +. Kennedy, Roches-
ter; Francis Cleary, Minneapolis; w.
Il. Stuetzel, Wabasha; w. +. O'Niel,
GracevilIe; J. j. Moriarity, New Ulm.
Newly Elected Officers.
The election of officers resulted:
John L. Barry. st. Paul, deputy; Will
lam Reau, Minneapolis, secretary; p.
J. Barth, Wnona, treasurer; DIR. f..
w. Fahey, Duluth, advocate; Ii. j.
Kennedy, Faribault, warden. Delegates
to national council at Quebec in Au-
gust: John L. Barry, J. H. Nightin-
gale. Minneapolis; Leo Ball, Duluth;
c. +. Ladner ST. Cloud.
The next convention will be held in
st. Paul
The grand council is in an excellent
condition financially. The gathering
came to a close last night with an
elaborate banquet at Union hall.
Funeral of Pow Tponhardt