Show I 0 0 F BarrettGraves Monument Fund UM > Oder Note of Interest Treasurer C E Cummings reports that 443315 has been received for the Barrett graves monument fund Meridan lodge No 152 sending the largest amount 100 The oldest liyimr past wand master is said > 1 to be Samuel York of Washington He held tho position of grand master of Ohio in 1834 It costs on tho average for mileage that is for railroad fare for members of tho Sovereign Grand lodge about 14000 Last year it cost twico this amount The increase is largo each year At the recent session of tho grand lodge of Illinois the constitution for Kcbekah lodges in that jurisdiction was changed so that in ho future four negative ballots rejects an ap ilicant instead a twothirds vote as heretofore here-tofore Over 35000 has been raised towards tho 100000 wanted by tho order in Massachu otts for an Odd Fellows home There aro now about forryfivo Odd Fellows Fel-lows insurance companies Tho income last year approximated S1CC90237 Geneseo lodge of Rochester N Y has paid to a widow of ono of its members about 1600 in tho past twentytwo years Thero was a net gain of 1S49 subordinate lodge members in the jurisdiction of Indiana for tho year ending Juno M 1SS8 and 717 en campmont members Thero are four lodges and 1C3 members in Germany The grand lodge of Denmark was organized organ-ized in 1SS1 Polygamists are not allowed to join our order in Utah or Nevada |