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Show account of family historr -rZ. est number on'S o nmoteen apphcants. This includes thtex other narcotic. "nUor any The grand lodge 0f Indiana, followina in tho wake of Kansas, Iowa and MUsouri has mode The Indiana Recorder fhe S lTent,rticB in Indiaa. and evfry member will receive the paper at the expense ex-pense of tho grand lodge. The Kentucky grand lodge has fixed the per capita foriax, at .20, payable The Kentucky grand lodge will hereafter hold annual sessions, and will convene on the second Tuesday of February. ,,ee!lme?t?f Mionsaa affecting ted ft U DOt ttlways "PPecia-:t "PPecia-:t Jhe iurisll'ction of Michigan of the 20,000 members initiated only 15 000 remain re-main and of the lossof 5,000 only 650 have been by death. In New York 44,000 men have joined the order, and 30,500 remain-of remain-of the losses 11,500 have been by suspension suspen-sion and only 3,000 by death. The same is doubtless true of other lurisil These lapses, while on many accounts to be regretted, have much to do in lessening tho amount on the death of members. The grand medical examiner of Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania publishes every month the name, number of lodge, data and cause of all rejections. re-jections. The degree of honor, is Interesting the members in California. The grand lodge of Missouri wants the supreme lodge to abolish the present ritual and substitute therefor its predecessor. Grand Recorder M. D. Carder, of the jurisdiction of Canada, gives a very flattering flat-tering report from that section in A. O. U. W. matters for the year 1839. His report re-port shows a death rate of only 5 per cont. on the 1,000 in the order for the year and the sum of W.KB.OOO paid out to ben-eii ben-eii ciaries. The grand master workman A. O. U. W. of Michigan in his report to the grand lodge recommended the abolishment of individual notices entirely, and the publication publi-cation of assessment notices in the official paper. It has been decided by the supreme court of Indiana that a granddaughter, as such, has not an insurable interest in the life of a grandfather. Michigan urges the supreme lodge to reduce re-duce the maximum age to 45. A. O. U. VV. tor Rejeetln,; Catndidatee-Othet '"mi of Interest. aeyearlS39 Grand Medical Ex-f Ex-f -million examined S,l applica-,.ag applica-,.ag reinstatements; 1,956 have ived and 188 rejected. Thelarg-trtisctcijpr Thelarg-trtisctcijpr any one cauaeJa QO |