Show ODD FELOT SHir today to day Is the anniversary HOW IT IS celebrated total belief money during the fast year general kows I 1 special to ml april 26 through ih ont the united states with lorms of demonstration the or mora of luya who are licked together m alio j joal bonds of fellowship are lojac the birthday of that oi it waa on april 28 1819 that thomas mihey the english carriage spring maker and who had come to this country but a couple of years before instituted the first lode of odd fellows at the seven stars tavern and which was given the name of washington lodge no 1 oat of tb s feeble beginning fur onla five persons were initiated on the opan ing night of the new lode la brown the immense organization of nur has it yet reached atie acme of its Bucce ea for more persons are joining it today than aver beaury in its ui atory adoue haa members an increase ol 01 mure aban live thousand over a year aeo and many othar show pru grees tle real estate held by tha organization exceeds in value twenty tuil liou dellaia dol laia and etere ie scarcely a own in the country that ban not ital gild fellows building the total of the order for ane past year waa yearly nine million bollara do llara and the total relief extended footed up three and a half millions IN MARYLAND md april 26 the birthday ot fellowship waa cele grated by a big procession and appropriate exerciser at the er honor of rhodaa wilday founder of the 1 be oration was delivered by james maguire of cabitor nia AT CAPITAL washington D J april 26 the odd fellows celebration today waa on an elaborate acao all the lodges in the city aa well alexandria and other dolata combined in a erand which organized at lh i monument and moved up penns eyl yania avenue to the white house the formal exercises followed at ald fellows hill kev dr eafton pronounced the invocation and addresses were delivered by senator manin hon 0 H mansur of indiana second controller of the treasury IN THE CITY CHICAGO april 26 grand sira 0 T campbell of london ontario will be the orator at the demonstration in the second regiment armory tonight in honor of the odd fellows birthday there was no parade in this city cibir calr getce 1 special to new YOK KApril 26 so far as can ba learned the representative labor men of the country are not tumbling over each other in their anxiety to be recorded on the roll of delegated dele gatea to the labor con flronce called for next saturday ab philadelphia by joaeph R bucganan Buc banan a former leader of the knights of labor and one of the most opponents of ex general maa er workman powderly during his ag it is berain cerain that abe knight will not b represented at thia conference and it ie doubtful whether the affair |