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Show KNIGHTS OF HONOR. Decrease la tho Death Ital Additional Insurance. Tho death rate iu the Knights of Honor decreased during 1S80, it being 13.6 per thousand, against 13.5 in 1S88. A plan for theestablishment of additional insurance, exclusively for members of the uniformed rnnk, has been prepared by Commander-in-Chief Ilailo, and will be submitted submit-ted to the supremo lodgo. The membership of the Knights nnd Ladies of Honor is between 02,000 and 03,-000, 03,-000, the sexes being about equally divided. . From tho time of the institution of tho first lodge in 18T7 to April 1, 1H1X), there has been paid out of tho relief fund to beneficiaries bene-ficiaries of deceased members just H,M5,-04T.U5. H,M5,-04T.U5. Ono assessment realizes nearly $o(),000. As an evidence of the growth of the order it may be stated that during tha month of February 1,008 applications were approved by tho supreme medical examiner. exam-iner. During January new Insurance to the amount of $7711,500 was written, and in February the amount was $Ulj5,0(K). At a meeting of the city council of New Orleans, La., held May 6, it wna voted to authorize the mayor to invite the supremo lodge Knights of Honor to meet in that city in 181)1, aud to extend the hospitality of the city. The Knights of Honor had 1210 deaths from Jau. 15 to Feb. 15, of which f-7 were from pneumonia or acute lung disease, largely caused by la grippe. Probably many deaths from other diseases wero caused by or hastened from the same cause. |