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Show A."0. U. W. Massachusetts Slaking Bapid Strides Toward the Banuer. Massachusetts is making rapid strides iu her advance upon the states with the largest membership. She now occupies sixth place, being only 38 behind California, and at the gait she has set, if it is maintained main-tained for six months, both Illinois and Missouri will be passed. Ohio shows a net gain of 29 for April, which is an excellent report, considering the embarrassing circumstance attending her litigation on account of Hamilton county. Over 100 applications for membership were received by the various lodges in St. Louis during the month of May. There are at present 432 lodges in Missouri, with a total membership exceeding 22,000. At tho session of the grand lodge of Wisconsin a few weeks ago Bro. H. H. Zahn, of The A. O. U. W. Advocate, was elected grand master workman. Missouri has Sow (jot thoroughly ahead of Illinois, having on April 1 21,987 members, mem-bers, to 20,927 in the Prairie state. The Kansas workmen desire the minimum mini-mum age of admission reduced and fixed at 18. |