Show etc 1 I 1 I 1 3 ta va F Z t 1 i C id 7 griper OF THE RED CROSS of C n i supreme lb of tai alio order georce the tile sup Hupie renic nic scribe if 1 11 under r choc ilant alie of 31 oran I 1 lifts tin beell doiy on olt for the last 1 l year and 0 amt aati I 1 u tonly filled filed many very ey prominent po 1 0 lions has N en ie re ft elected supreme up reme L I 1 U scribe for eight consecutive ve years and enjoys the fullest confidence sad aad eathem of all coin ni andenes and I 1 I 1 members jil embers in the order during the I 1 list 1 st yes year ir lie lias has a also also made hosts bost of friends in to chicago alio who gave I 1 substantial evi e I 1 I 1 their esteem by present GEORGE williamson WILL TAMSON ing him with a ix beautiful gold watch chain and charm emblematic of the order the order is of a beneficiary character admitting both sexes paying death benefits of WO 1000 or half of which is paid if a member becomes totally disabled and the other half at t death or iwo two 1 of the sums in lit twenty years if the receiving members agrenot are not over fifty one years oldee old he borshe or she instill is still entitled to the full leath ileath benefit without extra charge the I 1 local command ertes also give on all average fa 3 per lier week sick benefit aud and 75 funeral expenses A 0 U W arila death hale late fellow shows a Ie decrease crease from int I nt year chip croni from the death rate of the whole older order shows a decrease of 00 per cent from that of laet last year and the assessment rate also shows a mr corresponding responding decrease e this decre decrease ase is is no rw doubt accounted for in great measure by the lessened fatality of la grippe as with the previous year this Is evidenced bythe fact that with an average membership tor for the year 1890 of there were 2496 death losses while it in 1891 with nn an average membership of SM there were on only I 1 y 2570 death lo losses loe e th the e average ex exposure for the year being in excess of the previous year ear while the increase in t the lie number of death losses wa wn i only oil ay T 74 4 from the tile de detailed tilled reports a net increase Is A shown of lodges and 1 01 members this is an increase compared with last year of SO lodges and an all increase in net ad rd dadon of membership of the total number of new members admitted to the order was which is an increase se of from front the tile record of last year thia this surpasses pur passes the record of any previous year in the tile history of the tile order the tile total number of deaths last year was 60 an increase of 74 over year before last settlement tion tent of death losses was made in the average time of two months and twelve lays an increase of length of time corn coni par pared edwith with last year of three days the total disbursement of beneficiary fund for the year was an increase 0 over er last year of io the total number of death losses in ili the order from its organ fration to the end of the fiscal year 1891 wag was and the total amount paid upon the same was e briand recorder kennedy of kentucky cued b z certificates during july massachusetts maw now lacks lack s less than i 2000 members bers to make it equal to new york I 1 MASONIC IC wonderful growth of masonry masonry Iason ry in the west uit chips one hundred year years ago therewa was no ma aortic femc lodge sn in the territory now occupied by the grand j jurisdictions u ris dictions I 1 indiana michi can an illinois wisconsin missouri iowa I kansas and Nc nebraska braka now indiana has bas lodges with more than members michigan lodges with w ith more than in members embers illinois lodges with members Mis miscount court lodges with membris mem inel beis libers iowa lodges with fully OW members ann kansas As lodges with more than members I 1 nebraska lodges with members and wisconsin lodges with members think orthis of this vast change A total of nearly paw hodg lodges A against none and a total of nearly hearly members against a few non lion also a fine masonic home in michigan illinois and in lit missouri against no irio masonic MiLson ma sonic le charity the propped new inia masonic onic temple in sin francisco is to cost and is to lie used almost exclusively by the fraternity tern teri ity lity the tile site cost bro james ten eyck grand master of new york lias has set apart oct 5 for the purpose of dedicating the masonic homert utica ben hur is the tile name of a lodge under dispensation in chicago the lodges in 1 kentucky have voted for the increase of the assessment forthe for the maronic fa home me from W cents to tol 1 per kiei member aber the revision of the bylaws of the grand lodge 0 of f masons in missouri lias has b been een completed and submitted to the lodges lodge for or consideration A masonic temple in brooklyn Is being agitated no reason why the city of churches should not have havea a ball creditable to that city and the craft RED MEN degree degrie of in lit short talks five tribes and 1 2 2 1 councils of the decree degree of pocahontas have been instituted in pennsylvania since the mh of flower moon we indorse the boast that the young members propose to take charge of affairs and run things provided they put good material to the front the following is the inscription upon the handsome watchcase of past great sachem conley to great sachem william C conley in recognition of meritorious services from the great council of pennsylvania improved order of red men nineteenth sun flower moon G S I 1 D 11 petitions have been received by the gi eat chiefs of indiana for three new now councils of the degree of Poca liontas A council of the tile degree of pocahontas Is being organized at williamsport William sport I 1 pa forty names have been secured to the petition the coming i cession of the preat council tit of the united states will v without doubt lie be the largest attended session ever held ly by that body I 1 0 0 F of five years work in montana abe 1 lightern year car Ou fuestion fuet estion lon montana Alon tana now nowa has a grand lodge a crand grand encampment 44 subordinate lodges 14 encampments encamp ments 6 canton 11 rebekah degree lodges and a it membership of 2 2331 1 I during the twenty five rive years that have elapsed since the tile organization of montana Montan 1 lodge no 1 the subordinate lodges of tile territory and state of montana have ro re eel boived ved as its re ve n u ou M I 1 88 and have paid out in r relief ellef of ats members rs and for charity 12 they have paid what are nr known as sick benefits for ewt weeks ats the jno ln lucri cri t e la LU odd Pbs alU I 1 4 I 1 I 1 afir 1 I 1 I 1 l tat I 1 afa I 1 l the year eai e g rc ie ti 1 l ri RT 1 lii en az 4 COO WD with north etli Ili kota Gerri germany lany dm mark france Frai ici and ind juba to hear bear from adding the tile increase ill erle 11 in thene these illde fictions tho number will be over 50 the 10 in was and all the total membership ma add to thi I the tile increase for 1891 mul and tile independent 0 older I 1 der of odd fellows numbers over T members add to thi this the sisters only of the Ile Rebe kali lodges and we have a grand total of to I 1 this fits add the several bran branches clies of kindred odd Fellow sand and the tile number swells the grand army of frie friendship rl d love all and truth to over the tile odd fellows of crinfield md pro 1 pose ose to build it new hall in that town the new building is estinia estimated ted to cost from MOW to by an act of the Misso missouri url legislature approved march 1 1851 odd fellows halls halk are exempt from bbate and county taxation several lodges of the manchester unity can boast of 1000 members each british columbia has 15 subordinate lodges and 1130 1430 members the tile eighteen year old controversy is again coming to the front as usual fit immediately I 1 in e before tho the injecting of the sovereign grand lodge ohio has over I 1 1000 paerl patriarchs abells fourteen of tile 18 policemen of the city of findlay 0 are members of the tile order every member of the degree of truth should step into the encampment and can cat ton KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS the grand at halifax kansas city avasa av i great success eess stord S tord thrusts the indications that the encampment of the uniformed rank of u kansas city fly this year would outstrip any tiny ine meeting eting held in n the past and as to a civic body in uniform would eclipse anything ever held in this country were gloriously fulfilled general carnahan Car on oil the occasion of hl lit visit to kansas gity stated that there would bo be from front to uniformed knights at the encampment that statement was made a it year and a half ago and while the tile generals army of sir knights are scattered into every state and territory and the tile provinces of canada it seems he lie knew his men inen and their willingness T and desire to assemble on occasions of till this 3 kind there is no doubt that general J john hn C loper brigade commander of the c iowa tin uniformed fornies rank K X of P is one of tile most popular brig brigadier ader generals of the tile uni lint formed rank at the supreme encampment the reg I 1 ments of the uniformed rank were made to conform to alie united states army regu lations lation sas as to battalions divisions offices cerf etc general J 11 II lyon commander of the kansas brigade uniformed rank IC of 11 Is a hustler and deservedly popular as a brigadier general there were two mounted or cavalry divisions at the grand encampment one otle from chicago and the other from front sioux city la lit theae divisions own their own horses an and equipments and their uniform differs from the foot sir knights in that instead of a drees dress coat they wear the tile short jacket of and a saber instead of a dress sword the division at sioux city Is mounted on pure white hortes the one at chicago on dark baya bays KNIGHTS OF HONOR new nevis of the order from froin various jirl jurls dictions to consider it appears from official ci circular reu far no I 1 issued by grand dictator godfrey of west virginia that an active caknip campaign a ign I 1 is about abott to be inaugurated in ili that juristic juris jurisdiction dic ill in the interest of the order A brother in millington midi mich writes if it tho tile supreme lodge would take some action tending to relieve members in their old oge age it would build up the order faster than reducing assessments will he suggests paying halt of the death benefit at sixty five or seventy years of ago age A member unlawfully attempting to take the life of it brother must bo be tried and if found guilty expelled from the order A member unlawfully threat threatening eril a to take the I 1 life ife of a brother must be tri tried ed and it if found guilty may be expelled from u the order can a man who cannot state ills his age al though it is evident that he lie Is much under the age of forty alv live be admitted into the order answer no our laws require that he be shall state his age giving day and year of his birth A member having served two or more consecutive terms as its dictator of 11 his I 1 s 10 lodge dge Is ennit entitled led to all the tile honors of a past dictator and is eligible to any elective office in the lodge trustees give bonds to the tile lodge for the faithful performance of their duties one of their duties Is to see ee that the treasurer gives good and sufficient bond for the performance forni for mance ance of his duty it if they negligently or knowingly accept a worthless bond they are liable under their bond order of lie world thirty nine new lodges have been instituted during the present year two thousand certificates have been issued since jan 1 the supreme officers and about members wen wem present at the fraternal or ders festival at manhattan beach july 21 in the month of june was paid out for hick nick benefits bese and aw for death benefits oriler order of franklin brooklyn lodge bids fair to excel the other lodges ID in new york state in increasing the membership of the order this order was the first to lisue paid up certificates utter after three years membership the certificates are incontestable after two years membership and arc are similar to the tile policies issued by the regular insurance compa companies ies wat nen of the world the sovereign office paid fo for r benefits in ono one day lust last w week eek st pauls third lodge has just been instituted it Is consisted of fr frenchmen and the ritual has been translated into t that b at langu language aLze by them then 0 the romans were very much addicted to sausages made at Iti lucanda canta la the meat used was pork and a good quantity of bacon pounded in ili a mortar with pepper curlit cummin in winter savory mid alid moistened nei fd with to which were added a few pine nuts it has been pointed out that the th e klomans when they used took care thattie that the bread should be of 0 the very finest kind and that before it was mingled with the haulage age meat it should be soaked in wine this was a most sensible precaution against the cri cy ot of the bread passing through a sour stage of 0 fermentation in ill which case it would be undeniably unwholesome uni london telegraph the dukes the duko duke of out of feel feelings of grall agrati tude we may assume le gave it test testimonial ilOni al to the proprietors of a patent cure f for or snoring and they naturally enough circulated a lithographed lithographer litho graphed copy of the tile letter by way of advertisement the result is that everybody is asking where the duke went to and the duke wo we are told fact that the tile word e ff it giai is a it strange look in print lias has vo vowed ed never to pau another ats t without ft a dictionary at hla his elbow youth fild companion t I 1 I 1 10 1 1 |