"3d43124e-5e78-4d12-ad1e-984a507a452b"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1214080"@en . "British Columbia Historical Books Collection"@en . "Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Annual proceedings"@en . "Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Grand Lodge of British Columbia"@en . "2016-05-05"@en . "1895"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcbooks/items/1.0221779/source.json"@en . "1193-1331 pages : tables ; 28 cm"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " \u00C2\u00A7\nPROCEEDINGS\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094OF THE\nWS'\nTWENTY-FIRST ftNNUftL SESSION\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094OF THE-\nGrand Lodoe ot Britisn Goiumoia\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094OF THE\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\u00C2\u00A3\u00C2\u00A3*\nIII\nnnnpuraDPf order oi odd islujws,\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094HELD AT\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\u00C2\u00BB\nH\nVictoria, B. 11 \"th, .3th, and .4th June\n1\u00C2\u00BB\n\u00C2\u00AE,\nVICTORIA, B.C\n. R. CUSACK, PRINTER, | BROAD STREET,\n:-i# -1895. PROCEEDINGS\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2OF THE\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nTWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL SESSION\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2OF THE-\n1\nfH\nii miu Luup\nr\n1 JJ!\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2OF THE\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nINDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS,\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094HELD AT\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nVICTORIA, B. C,\n12th, 13th, and 14th June,\n1895.\nVICTORIA, B. C.\nT. R. CUSACK, PRINTER, 22 BROAD STREET\n1895. PROCEEDINGS\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094OF THE\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nGrand Lodae oi\nII)\nTWENTY=FIRST ANNUAL SESSION\nOdd Fellows' Hall,\nVictoria, B. C, 12 June, 1895.\nThe Grand Lodge assembled at 1 o'clock P. M. this\nday.\nPresent:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nT. C. Gray Grand Master.\nW. E. Holines Deputy Grand Master.\nP. J. Fonlds Grand Warden.\nF. Davey | Secretary.\n. D. Welsh | Treasurer.\nA. W. Scoullar | Representative.\nR. Roberts, P. G. M \" do\nD. Haggart, | Chaplain.\nT. F. Neelands \" Marshal.\nG. Glover \" Guardian.\nJ. F. Stainton \" Herald.\nThe Grand Master appointed D. Menzies, P. G., No.\n8, as Grand Conductor.\nThe Grand Secretary reported a quorum present.\nThe Grand Marshal examined those present, and reported all duly qualified. ii94\nThe Grand Chaplain offered prayer and the Grand\nLodge was declared open for business.\nThe Grand Secretary presented the Credentials of the\nRepresentatives elected, also, the Certificates of those entitled to the Grand Lodge Degree.\nThe Grand Master appointed the following Committee on Credentials:\u00E2\u0080\u0094J. E. Phillips, P. G. M., No. 3, J. E.\nPhillips, P. G. M., No. 4; and B. W. Shiles, P. G. M.,\nNo. 3.\nThe Committee on Credentials presented the following report, which was adopted :\nTo the Grand Lodge of British Columbia, I. 0. 0. F. :\nYour Committee on Credentials beg to report that they have examined the credentials of the representatives to this session presented\nby the Grand Secretary and find the following: duly accredited:\nLodge.\nRepresentatives.\nAlternates.\nVictoria, No. 1,\nW. H. Huxtable.\nC. W. Ross.\nA. Stewart.\nA. Graham.\nA. G. Day.\nJ. York.\nColumbia, No. 2,\nJ. Pottinger.\nM. McCahill.\nD. Anderson.\nP. W. Dempster.\nA. Henderson.\nF. Taylor.\nNew Westminster, No. 3,\nT. A. Muir.\nW. E. Townsend\nA. J. Holmes.\nF. H. Meyer.\nA. H. Ferguson.\nA. McCorvie.\nDominion, No. 4.\nG. Fowlie.\nW. Walker.\nR. A. Anderson.\nA. R. Gauld.\nBlack Diamond, No. 5,\nRobert Rivers.\nD. G. Dailey.\nW. H. Morton.\nGeo. Ramsay.\nHarmony, No. 6,\nW. Anderson,\nW. Gilchrist.\nT. F. Haggart.\nA. Robertson.\nH. Mitchell.\nM. Macdonald.\nExcelsior, No. 7,\nR. J. Marshall,\nGeo. Ashwell.\nVancouver, No. 8,\nW. A. Gallagher.\nH. H. Davis.\nA. Miller.\nS. Hollander.\nTatnai, No. 9,\nE. C. Davison.\nM. J. Mclver.\nWestern Star, No. 10,\nJ. Mather.\nA. Parker.\nJ. B. Jopson.\nT. Ward.\nH. B. Gilmour.\nP. Campbell. Lodge.\nUnion, No. 11,\nSelkirk, No. 12,\nRoyal City, No. 13,\nAcme, No. 14,\nCloverdale, No. 15,\nKootenay, No. 16,\nDuncan No. 17,\nVernon Valley, No. 18,\nMount Pleasant, No. 19,\nCentennial, No. 20,\nDelta, No. 21,\nGold Range, No. 22,\nAshcroft, No. 23,\nIsland, No. 24,\nRevelstoke, No. 25,\nPacific, No. 26,\nAmity, No. 2'\nChe am, No. 28,\nPerseverance, No. 29,\nFriendship, No. 30,\nBanner, No. 31,\nMission City, No. 32.\nPeerless, No. 33,\nIX95\nRepresentatives.\nR. Cessford.\nJ. H. Stirrett.\nW. B. Townsend.\nS. W. Edwards.\nM. Henderson.\nJ. W. McCallum.\nW. Hodson.\nA. C. Aitken.\nF. B. Jacques.\nC. F. Yates.\nF. S. Whiteside.\nE. G. Pannell.\nW. B. Skinner.\nJ. Z. Choate.\nG, Munroe.\nI. McLaren.\nWm. Lee.\nW. Davis.\nW. Hogg.\nA. Parker.\nG. L. Center.\nA. McKenzie.\nW. H. Gardiner.\nR. Jardine.\nRobert May.\nA. A. Farwell.\nC. H. Rummings.\nJ. Smith.\nJ. J. McDonald.\nR. S. Cunninghan,\nT. E. Waller.\nI. J. Hingley.\nD% Curtis.\nAlternates.\nWm. Anthony.\nA. Woodhouse.\nC. S. Keith.'\nJno. Macmillan.\nH. O'Neil.\nW. Murray.\nJ. H. Matheson.\nJ. Cathcart.\nW. Drury.\nG. A. Miller.\nE. G. Cavalsky.\nA. Wilson.\nJ. Callin.\nW. Fearn.\nG. W. Shay.\nI. Johnston.\nT. Ward.\nA. E. Mauld.\nA. McAllister.\nD. Galbraith.\nF. G. Peto.\nT. H. Rogers.\nAlso, that the following Past Grands are entitled to the Grand\nLodge Degree:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nVictoria Lodge, No. 1,\nColumbia, No. 2,\nNew Westminster, No.\nDominion, No. 4,\nBlack Diamond, No. 5,\nHarmony, No. 6,\nExcelsior, No. 7,\nVancouver, No. 8,\nTatnai, No. 9,\nW. M. Dean, A- Stewart.\nA. B. McNeil, D. Anderson.\nA. J. Holmes, G. H. Grant.\nA. R. Gauld, R. A. Anderson.\nD. Ennis, S. Price.\nW. Anderson, T. F. Haggart.\nA. H. Gillanders.\nA. J. Mould, H. H. Davis.\nV. D. Curry. 1196\nWestern Star, Xo. 10,\nUnion, No. 11,\nSelkirk, No. 12,\nRoyal City, No. 13,\nAcme, No. 14,\nCloverdale, No. 15,\nKootenay, No, 16,\nDuncan, No. 17,\nVernon Valley, No. 18,\nMount Pleasaxt, No. 19,\nCentennial, No. 20,\nDelta, No. 21.\nGold Range, Xo. 22,\nAshcroft, No. 23,\nIsland. No. 24,\nRevelstoke, No. 25,\nPacifc, No. 26,\nAmity, No, 27,\nCheaii, No. 28.\nPerseverance, Xo. 29,\nFriendship, No. 30,\nBanner, No. 31,\nMission City, No. 32,\nPeerless, No. 33,\nT. Ward, J. B. Jopson.\nR. Cessford, W. Anthony.\nA. Woodhouse, J. H. Stirrett.\nH. F. Clinton, H. T. Kirk.\nM. Henderson.\nJ. W. McCallum, W. Murray.\nW. Hodson, J. F. Hume.\nA. C. Aitken, W. Dingwall.\nF. B. Jacques.\nI.W. Mills.\nW. J. Marshall, E. G. Panixell.\nD. B. Grant, W. B. Skinner, J. E. Gilmore\nJ. Z. Choate,. P. Wade.\nI. Lehman, W. Fearn.\nI. McLaren, G. W. Shay.\nW. J. Lee.\nG. L. Center, A. Mackenzie.\nRobt. May.\nD. Galbraith.\nC. H. Rummings.\nF. G. Peto. I\nJ. J. McDonald.\nR. S. Cunningham.\nT. E. Waller.\nJOS.E.PHILLIPS,\nB. W. SHILES,\nJ. EDW. PHILLIPS,\n/ Committee on\nI Credentials.\nThe Grand Marshal retired and introduced the Past\nGrands in waiting, and the Grand Lodge Degree was conferred on the following brothers:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nA. Stewart, W. M. Dean, A. Graham, No. 1 ; R. C.\nFawcett, J. Pottinger, No. 2 ; A. J. Holmes, No. 3 ; D.\nCurtis, R. A. Anderson, No. 4 ; W. Anderson, J. Haggart, No. 7 ; J. B. Jopson, P. Campbell. No. 10 ; J. H.\nStirrett, No. 12 ; S. W. Edwards, W. H. Cullin, No. 14 ;\nT. R. Patterson, No. 15 ; W. Hodson, No. 16 ; A. C. Aitken, No. 17 ; F. B. Jacques, No. 18 ; E. G. Pannell, No.\n20, W. B. Skinner, No. 21 ; G. Munroe, No. 23; I. W.\nMcEaren, No. 24; A. McKenzie, G. L. Center, No. 26 ;\nR. May, No. 27 ; A. A. Farwell, No. 28 ; C. H. Rumm- ings, No. 29 ; F. G. Peto, No. 30 ; J. J. McDonald, No\n31 ; R. S. Cunningham, No. 32 ;\nT. E. Waller, No. 3\n06\nBro.D.Barclay, P.G.of De Novo Eodge, No. 170, Port\nElgin, Ont., was reported in waiting and desirous of visiting the Grand Eodge. The Grand Master appointed J.\nCrossan, P. G. M., to retire and introduce the brother,\nwhich was accordingly done and Bro. Barclay was cor-\ndially welcomed.\nThe Grand Master made the necessary appointments\nto fill the Standing Committees, which, when completed,\nconsisted as follows :\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nFinance.\u00E2\u0080\u0094J. Wriglesworth, P. G. M., No. 4 ; A. H. Ferguson, No.\n3; A. A. Farwell, No. 28.\nAppeals.\u00E2\u0080\u0094B. W. Shiles, P. G. M., No. 3; W. Hogg, No. 10; J. E.\nPhillips, P. G. M., No. 3; W. McColl, P. G. M., No. 3; W. H. Morton,\nNo. 5.\nLaws op Subordinates.\u00E2\u0080\u0094H. Waller, P. G. M., No. 2; J. E. Phillips,\nP. G. M., No. 4; J. Macmillan, No. 14; G. Fowlie, No. 4; C. W. Ross.\nNo. 1.\nPetitions.\u00E2\u0080\u0094J. Crossan, P. G. M., No. 5; F. S. Whiteside, No. 20;\nW. B. Townsend, No. 13; J. J. McDonald, No. 31; A. Henderson, No. 2.\nState of the Order\u00E2\u0080\u0094A. Parker, No. 10: A. W. Scoullar, No. 8;\nJ. F. Stainton, No. 21; E. C. Davison, No. 9; G. A. Miller, No. 19; G.\nAsh well, No. 7.\nLegislation.\u00E2\u0080\u0094W. McColl, P. G.M., No. 3; J. Callin, No. 22; A.Mc-\nKenzie, No. 26; W. Hodson, No. 16; G. Munroe, No. 23.\nJudiciary.\u00E2\u0080\u0094J. H. Meldram, P. G. M., No. 2; A. G. Day, No. 1; A.\nMiller, No. 8.\nMileage and Per Diem.\u00E2\u0080\u0094H. B. Gilmour, No. 10; R. Rivers, No. 5;\nW. H. Gardiner, No. 13; J. H. Stirrett, No. 12; W. E. Townsend, No. 3.\nThe Grand Master read his report.\nVancouver, B. C, June 12, 1895.\nTo the Grand Lodge of British Columbia, I.O.OF.:\nGrand Officers, Representatives and Brethren.\u00E2\u0080\u0094For the Twenty-\nfirst time we are permitted by an All-Wise Father to assemble together\nto review the labors of the past year and to endeavour to legislate for the 1198\nbest interests of our Order. Our first duty is to give thanks to Him\nwho has crowned our efforts with such great success.\nGENERAL CONDITION OF THE ORDER,\nI am pleased to say that the past year has showTn the greatest\nadvancement, both numerically and financially that we have ever experienced in this Jurisdiction.\nNEW LODGES\nSince our last Session, Eleven Subordinate and One Rebekah Lodge\nhave been added to the Roll. I have therefore much pleasure in asking\nthat Charters for same be granted.\nRevelstoke Lodge, No. 25, Revelstoke, instituted on March 2nd, 1894,\nby D.D. G.M. Bro. J.H.Stirrett, of Donald, assisted by Brothers from\nthe surrounding District.\nPacific Lodge, No. 26, Vancouver, instituted on March 5th, 1894, by\nthe Grand Master, assisted by several Past Grands from the City Lodges.\nAmity Lodge, No. 27, New Westminster, instituted on April\n30th, 1894, by the Grand Master, assisted by Bro. B. W. Shiles, P. G. M.,\nand D. Welsh, G. T., and several Past Grands from the City Lodges.\nCheam Lodge, No. 28, Agassiz, instituted on May 11th, 1894, by\nthe Grand Master, assisted by Bro. D.Welsh, G. T., and several Past\nGrands from the surrounding District.\nPerseverance Lodge, No. 29, Northfield, instituted on June 18th, 1894,\nby the Grand Master, assisted by Bro. J. Crossan, P. G. M., Bro. A. H.'\nBlackeby, Grand Patriarch of Ontario, and other Past Grands.\nFriendship Lodge, No. SO, Nanaimo. instituted on June 19th, 1894,\nby the Grand Master, assisted by Bro. J. Crossan, P.G.M., Bro. A.H.\nBlackeby, Grand Patriarch of Ontario, and several Past Grands from\nthe City Lodges.\nBanner Lodge, No. SI, Wellington, instituted on Aug 1st, 1894, by\nBro. D. Welsh, Grand Treasurer, assisted by Bro. J. Crossan, P.G.M.,\nand Past Grands from the surrounding District.\nMission City Lodge, No. S2, Mission, instituted on Aug. 24th, 1894,\nby Bro. D. Welsh, G. T. assisted by Past Grands from New Westminster.\nPeerless Lodge, No. SS, Victoria, instituted Sep. 14th, 1894, by Bro.\nW. E. Holmes, D. G. M. assisted by several Past Grands from City Lodges.\nRocky Mountain Lodge, No. 34, Golden, instituted on March 2nd,\n1895, by Bro. J.H.Stirrett, D. D. G. M., of Donald, assisted by several Past\nGrands from Revelstoke and Donald.\nCedar Lodge, No. 35, Cedar District, instituted March 21st, 1895, by ii99\nthe Grand Master, assisted by Bro. J. Crossan, P. G. M., E. Quennell\nP. G. M., D. Welsh, G.T., and several others from surrounding District.\nREBEKAH LODGES\nBethel Lodge No. 7, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, instituted on\nMarch 12th, 1895, by the Grand Master, assisted by Bros. P. J. Foulds,\nG. W., D. Welsh,G. T., and several others from the City Lodges.\nOFFICIAL VISITS.\nSince last session, I have endeavored to visit as many Lodges as I\npossibly could, and, when I had the pleasure of meeting the Brethren I\nwas always received with the greatest cordiality, and invariably found\nthe Lodges in a healthy condition, especially when the floor work was\nintroduced.\nOn November 8th, 1894, in company with Bro. A.W. Scoullar, Grand\nRepresentative, I visited a joint meeting of New Westminster Lodge,\nNo. 3, Royal City Lodge, No. 13, and Amity Lodge, No. 27, New Westminster. There was a good attendance, and Bro. Scoullar explained the\nseveral changes that were made during the last session of the Sovereign\nGrand Lodge. Oddfellowship in the Royal City is in a flourishing condition.\nOn December 1st, 1894, accompanied by Grand Representative\nScoullar, I visited a joint meeting of Black Diamond Lodge, No. 5., Centennial Lodge, No. 20, and Friendship Lodge, No. 30, Nanaimo. The\nLodges here, are also in good shape, both financially and numerically.\nBro.Scoullar explained the changes in the secret Work made at the last\nsession of the Sovereign Grand Lodge.\nOn February 19th, 1895,1 visited Perseverance Lodge, No. 29, North -\nfield. This Lodge is having rather up-hill work on account of the mines\nclosing down; however, they are determined to stick to the old boat until times improve, when they expect to do good work for Oddfellowship.\nOn February 19th, 1895, I visited Banner Lodge, No. 31, Wellington.\nThis Lodge is composed mostly of young men. I predict for it, a bright\nfuture. ' ,\nOn February 21, 1895, I visited Friendship Lodge, No. 30, Nanaimo.\nThis Lodge is not making the progress I think it should, on account, I\nunderstand, of the Officers not attending and taking an interest in the\nworking of the Lodge, and I would earnestly recommend Lodges when\nchoosing their Officers, to elect their best men and those only who are\nlikely to attend the meetings.\nOn March 18th, 1895, I visited Harmony Lodge, No. 6, Wellington.\nThis Lodge, financially, is one of the strongest in the Province and is\ndoing good work otherwise. 1200\nOn March 19th, 1895, I visited Perseverance Lodge, No. 29, North-\nfield, for the second time, and found everything going along smoothly.\nOn March 20th, 1895,1 visited Banner Lodge, No. 31, Wellington,\nalso, for the second time, and found everything in good shape.\nOn May 2nd, 1895, I visited Excelsior Lodge, No. 7, Chilliwack.\nAlthough this Lodge had the misfortune to loose its hall and paraphernalia by fire, I am pleased to state that they are in good shape both\nfinancially and numerically, and contemplate building again in the\nnear future. I also had the pleasure of meeting the members of Ruth\nRebekah Lodge, after the Subordinate Lodge adjourned. The Orangemen's night of meeting conflicting with theirs, they had to postpone\ntheir regular meeting and I could not ipeet them in session as I intended ; however, I am pleased to state that they are getting along splendidly and are increasing in membership.\nOn May 15th, 1895, I visited Western Star Lodge, No, 10, Vancouver. This being my own Lodge, I was very much pleased to witness\nthe team confer the Second Degree on a member of Pacific Lodge, No.\n26, which they did in good style.\nOn May 21st, 1895, accompanied by Grand Representative Bro. A.\nW. Scoullar, I visited Pacific Lodge, No. 26, Vancouver. This Lodge\nwas instituted on March 5th, 1894, and now has two hundred and sixty\nmembers, being the \"banner\" Lodge of the Province numerically, with\nas substantial sum in the Treasury. We had the pleasure of seeing the\nInitiatory Degree conferred on two candidates in \"number one\" style.\nThey are proud of their team work and encourage it, believing that it\nkeeps up the interest in the work and increases the attendance.\nOn May 22nd, 1895, I visited Mizpah Rebekah Lodge, No. 2, Vancouver. During the evening I witnessed the Degree Team perform the\nbeautified floor work. This Lodge is increasing in membership very\nfast, and I feel satisfied that under the able captaincy of Bro. D. Menzies it will be the \"banner Lodge\" of the Province before another year.\nOn May 29th, 1895, I visited Tatnai Lodge, No. 9, Kamloops. This\nLodge is also in good shape and is doing a good work.\nOn May 31st, 1895, I visited Gold Range Lodge, No. 22, North\nBend. This Lodge is in good shape financially and otherwise.\nOn June 1st, 1895, I visited Cheam Lodge, No. 28, Agassiz. This\nLodge has a Hall of its own and is almost out of debt. They also have\nthe work up very good.\nOn June 8th, 1895, I visited Mission City Lodge, No. 32, Mission.\nThis Lodge has a very comfortable place of meeting, but in common\nwith other agricultural districts, have suffered from the prevailing depression ; however, they are hopeful that during the coming year they\nwill considerably increase their membership. I20I\nThis Lodge has experienced the same trouble that Mount Pleasant\nLodge did at its Institution, viz.: the Lodge which Initiated and conferred the Degrees on the applicants for the Charter neglected to retain\nthe amount collected for Initiation, etc., until the Lodge was Instituted\nbut returned it to the brothers, who, when their Lodge was Instituted,\npaid in $5.00 only instead of $10.00 as laid down by our Grand Lodge\nConstitution. I am pleased to say that after carefully explaining the\nmatter to them they agreed to pay in the balance. I would earnestly\nrecommend Lodges in future, when conferring the Degrees on candidates for the purpose of starting a new Lodge, to retain the money collected for Initiation, etc., until the Lodge has been Instituted, and\nthereby avoid any misunderstanding.\nINSURANCE\nImmediately after assuming the duty of Grand Master I endeavoured\nto introduce our Local Insurance Association to every Brother I came\nacross and succeeded in getting a few to join us, but I found out subsequently when explaining our standing to business men that they\nwould have nothing to do with it.\nSometime in March, 1894, I received a communication from R. Meek,\nSecretary of the Odd Fellows'Relief Association of Canada,for information\nwith reference to a letter he had sent to the Grand Secretary previous to\nour last Session, requesting permission to do business in this Jurisdiction. I wrote him that the Grand Lodge had simply received and filed\nhis application. On April 22nd, I received another letter from Mr. Meek,\ncalling my attention to the Legislation of the Sovereign Grand Lodge at\nthe session of 1892, which states that Executive Officers have no option\nin the matter but must grant licenses to Odd Fellows' Insurance Assoc:-\nations making application therefor, they having complied with the requirements of the law\ Previous to the above I have corresponded with\nthe Grand Secretary, Bro Davey on the subject, who contended that it\nwould be illegal for them to do business without first receiving our Grand\nLodge's permission. However, after looking up the proceedings of the\nSovereign Grand Lodge of 1892, we came to the conclusion that we had to\ngrant them the certificate as requested, so after receiving another application and the requisite fee, we forwarded them the same.\nIn the early part of June, 1894, A. H. Blackeby, Superintendent of\nAgencies of the Odd Fellows' Relief Association of Canada, arrived in\nVancouver, and called on me to see what could be done with a view to the\namalgamation of the two Associations. I informed him that I was not\na member of the local Association except by virtue of my office as Grand\nMaster, and at his request accompanied him to Victoria to meet the\nExecutive Officers and ascertain their views on this matter. We first\nproceeded to the Grand Secretary's residence, and after a long talk with\nBro. Davey he gave us to understand that if an amicable arrangement 1202\ncould be made he would like to see them amalgamated. We then interviewed the President, Bro. Phillips. Although at first he seemed to be\nopposed to the amalgamation, but after hearing Mr. Blackeby'-S statement of the standing of his Association, he, (Bro. Phillips) was also of\nthe opinion that it would be better for all concerned if we could arrange\nmatters. The Vice President, Bro. Day, also after going into the proposition expressed his opinion that it would certainly be better to have\none Association only for the whole Dominion of Canada. A meeting was\nthen called when the proposition was thoroughly discussed and all were\nof the opinion that if matters could be arranged satisfactorily they\nwould like to see an amalgamation take place. Mr. Blackeby then\nwired his Head Office to see on what terms they would take our members in. Their reply, I understand, was not satisfactory and the matter\nwas dropped for the time being. Bro. Blackeby returned East with the\nintention of bringing the proposition before the General Meeting of the\nOdd Fellows' Relief Association, which would take place at the City of\nKingston on August 7th, 1894. On July 10th, I started for Ottawa\nwhere I remained for some time. A few days previous to the meeting\nI received a telegram from Mr. Meek, the Secretary of the Association,\ninviting me to attend the meeting, which I did, and was appointed one\nof a committee of four to report on the advisibility of amalgamating\nwith the British Columbia Association, and also on what terms the same\nshould be consummated. Our report might be summed up as follows:\nWe recommend that the 0. R. A. of Canada accept the members of the\nB. C. Association without a medical examination, and give each member a Policy in the 0. R. A. of Canada for one thousand dollars. The\nB. C. Association to cease doing business and turn over all assets to the\n0. R. A.\nThis report came before the General Meeting, and after a long discussion was laid over for one year, in the meantime, the Executive\nOfficers were instructed to correspond with our Association and ascertain our views and report at the next general meeting. I have received\nseveral communications lately from the Secretary of the 0. R. A. stating\nthat the Secretary of our local Association declines to answer his letters,\nfor reasons, no doubt, he will be able to explain.\nI would earnestly recommend the local Association to endeavour in\nevery possible way to bring about an amalgamation. A great many\nof our members are of the same opinion as myself, that is, that it is\nalmost an impossibility to make a success of any local Insurance Association especially in a district so extensive as ours with Lodges so far\napart and travelling expenses so high.\ndecisions.\n1. Ques.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Can a minister of the gospel be admitted to a Lodge free\nof charge ? 1203\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094No, unless provision is made for the same in your Constitution. (Sec. 371, W. D., 1889.)\n2. Ques.\u00E2\u0080\u0094When are changes made by the Grand Lodge in Subordinate Constitutions in force ?\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Immediately after their adoption by said Grand Lodge.\n3. Ques,\u00E2\u0080\u0094Can you rent an Odd Fellow's Hall to other Societies,\nproviding it has been dedicated ?\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Yes.\n4. Ques.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Is it necessary to dedicate an Odd Fellow's Hall ?\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094No.\no.\nQues.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Is it legal to confer Degrees on more than one candidate\nat the same time ?\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094It depends altogether which Degree you wish to confer.\n6. Ques.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Can a Lodge refund a clergyman money paid for Initiation and Degrees ?\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094No.\n7. Ques.\u00E2\u0080\u0094How do you construe the clause in our By-laws which\nreads as follows: \"Brothers must be sick seven days to receive benefits,\nand no brother shall be entitled to benefits until he has been a member\nfor six months.\" ?\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094If a member is sick six days he receives no benefits, but if\nsick seven days or longer, he is entitled to benefits from the commencement of his sickness, providing always, that he has been a member six\nmonths.\n8. Ques.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Can a Lodge elect a Brother to an office, he not being\npresent at the time ?\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Yes, providing he accepts the nomination.\n9. Ques.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The N.G. being absent and there being Degrees to confer,\nthe V. G. called a Past Grand to preside (who was in arrears for dues).\nAfter conferring Degrees, he still retained the Chair while the election\nof officers was going on. Was the election legal ?\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Yes, providing no objection was made at the time to the Past\nGrand taking the chair.\n10. Ques.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Is it within the jurisdiction of a Lodge to prefer a charge\nagainst a brother for receiving monies from another brother under false\npretences and then leaving the country ?\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Yes.\n11. Ques.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Is frequenting houses of ill-fame \"conduct unbecoming\nan Odd Fellow.\" ? 1204\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Yes.\n12. Ques.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Is it necessary to notify Lodges of Brothers suspended\nfor non-payment of dues ?\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094No. j\n13. Ques.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Is a brother entitled to sick benefits at the expiration of\nsix months from night of joining a Lodge providing sickness commenced some time before said six months had expired ? (the By-laws\nread as follows: \"a Brother must bo a member six months before he is\nentitled to benefits.\")\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Yes, providing he was in good standing.\n14. Ques.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Is it allowable to print Funeral Services in back of Bylaws ?\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094No.\n15. Ques.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Can you prefer charges against two Brothers jointly ?\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094No, you must make separate charges.\n16. Ques.\u00E2\u0080\u0094In case of a confliction between our Constitution and\nWhite's Digest, which are we to be governed by ? particular reference\nbeing made to section 1590, W. D., 1889.\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094In this case you are to be governed by your own Constitution\n17. Ques \u00E2\u0080\u0094Is it a violation of our obligation to use a guide to the\nUnwritten Work ?\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Yes.\n18. Ques.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Providing the whole amount of a Funeral benefit is not\nexpended in burying a Brother, have his relatives any claim on the\nLodge for the balance, he not having any person depending upon him\nneither was he depending upon any person else at the time of his death?\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094No.\n19. Ques.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Can a Noble Grand refuse to admit a Brother to his\nLodge, he being in arrears for dues ?\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094No, unless he has been suspended.\n20. Ques.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Can a Brother hold the office of D. D. G. M. and Noble\nGrand at the same time ?\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Yes.\n21. Ques.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Can a rejected applicant be balloted on for the second\ntime inside of a year ?\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094No, except on a reconsideration within the specified time.\n22. Ques.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Is it legal for a D. D. G. M. of a Rebekah Lodge to be\nobliged to receive the Term Password through the D. D. G. M. of a Sub- ordinate Lodge\nLodge ?\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Yes.\nthe said D. D. G. M. not being a member of a Rebekah\nAPPEALS\nOn April 18th, 1894, I received through the Grand Secretary from\nthe Sovereign Grand Lodge all papers in connection with the Appeal\nof Bro. D.Green, of Dominion Lodge, No, 4., Victoria, all of which I forwarded to. P. G.M. Bro. Shiles, Chairman of the above committee.\nOn January 7th, 1895, I received an appeal from J. H. Matheson a\nPast Grand of Kootenay Lodge, No. 16, Nelson, against the decision of\nthe above Lodge in connection with the election of Officers on December\n7th, 1894; to wit, At the above meeting, the Noble Grand was absent\nand there being degrees to confer the Vice Grand requested a Past Grand\nto take the chair\u00E2\u0080\u0094which he did\u00E2\u0080\u0094and after conferring the Degree he still\nretained the chair while the election of Officers was going on. The said\nPast Grand was in arrears for dues at time. Tlie Lodge decided that the\nelection was legal. Bro. Matheson contended that the fact of the Past\nGrand being in arrears would invalidate the election, and therefore\nappealed to the Grand Master. After receiving a copy of the minutes of\nthe meeting of the above date and finding that no objection was made\nat the time to the Past Grand taking the chair, I decided that the Officers were legally elected and dismissed the Appeal accordingly.\nPFRMISSIONS GRANTED\nFebruary 19th, 1894, to Ashcroft Lodge, No. 23, to hold a ball in the\nthe name of the Order.\nFebruary 22nd 1894, to Western Star Lodge, No. 10, to receive application, ballot for, Initate and confer the Three Degrees the same night\nfor the purpose of instituting a new Lodge.\nFebruary 23rd, 1894, to Delta Lodge, No. 21, to hold a ball in the\nname of the Order and wear regalia.\nMarch 29, 1894, to Western Star Lodge, No. 10, to confer the First\nDegree upon a member the same night that he was initiated.\nApril 4th, 1894, to Excelsior Lodge, No. 7, to receive application for\nmembership, ballot for, Initiate and confer the Three Degrees the same\nnight for the purpose of instituting a new Lodge.\nApril 23rd, 1894, to Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 19, to hold an excursion in the name of the Order and wear regalia.\nApril 23rd, 1894, to Victoria. Lodge, No. 1; Columbia Lodge, No. 2;\nDominion Lodge, No. 4, and Acme Lodge, No. 14, to hold a celebration\nand ball in the name of the Order and wear regalia.\nApril 28th, 1894, to Celebration Committee, Victoria, to take up a I206\ncollection at the Opera House, the said monies collected to form a\nnucleus towards building an Odd Fellow's Home at some future day.\nMay 14th, 1894, to Black Diamond Lodge, No 5, to receive applications for membership, ballot for, Initiate and confer the Three Degrees\nthe same night for the purpose of instituting a new Lodge.\nMay 15th, 1894, to Duncans Lodge, No. 17, to hold a picnic in the\nname of the Order and wear regalia.\nMay 21st, 1894, to Cheam Lodge, No. 28, to Initiate and confer the\nThree Degrees the same night.\nMay 28th, 1894, to Harmony Lodge, No. 6, to appear in regalia for\nthe purpose of having members and hall photographed.\nJune 24th, 1894, to Cloverdale Lodge, No. 15, to hold a ball in the\nname of the Order and wear regalia.\nOctober 22nd, 1894, to Cheam Lodge, No. 28, to hold a ball on\nDecember 7th in the name of the Order and wear regalia.\nNovember 21st, 1894, to Mission City Lodge, No. 32, to j hold a ball\nin the name of the Order and wear regalia on December 12th.\nNovember 25th, 1894, to Island Lodge, No. 24, to elect a scarlet degree\nmember to the chair of Noble Grand, all other qualified Brothers refusing to act.\nNovember 30, 1894, to Duncans Lodge, No. 17, to hold a public dedication of hall on December 14th.\nDecember 7th, 1894, to Excelsior Lodge, No. 7, to hold meetings until\nduplicate Charter arrives, original being destroyed by fire.\nDecember 17th, 1894, to Perseverance Lodge, No. 29, to hold a public\ninstallation of Officers.\nDecember 20th, 1894, to Ruth Rebekah Lodge, No. 4, to hold meetings until they receive a duplicate Charter, original being destroyed by\nfire.\nDecember 27th, 1894, to Peerless Lodge, No. 33, to hold an entertainment in the name of the Order.\nJanuary 4th, 1895, to Cheam Lodge, No 28, to hold a public installation of Officers.\nJanuary 11th, 1895, to Ruth Rebekah Lodge, No. 4, to hold two\nentertainments in the name of the Order during March and April.\nMarch 9th, 1895, to Island Lodge, No. 24, to hold a public dedication\nof their Hall\nApril 10th, 1895, to Island Lodge, No. 24, to hold a ball in the name\nof the Order on May 3rd. 1207\nApril 10th, 1895, to Mizpah Rebekah Lodge, No. 2, to hold a social\ndance in the name of the Order on April 26th.\nMay 7th, 1895, to Bethel Rebekah Lodge, No 7, to hold an entertainment in the name of the Order on May 15th.\nMay 7th, 1895, to Ruth Rebekah Lodge, No.4, to hold an excursion\non May 24th in the name of the Order.\nMay 7th, 1895', to Excelsior Lodge, No.7, to hold an excursion on\nMay 24th in the name of the Order.\nMay I0th,1895, to Kootenay Lodge No. 16, to hold an excursion on\nMay 24th in the name of the Order.\nMay 10th, 1895, to Selkirk Lodge, No.12, to hold a ball in the name\nof the Order and wear regalia.\nMay 16th, 1895, to Harmony Lodge, No. 6, to appear in regalia for\nthe purpose of attending Divine Service.\nMay 16th, 1895, to Perseverance Lodge, No. 29, to appear in regalia\nfor the purpose of attending Divine Service.\nSPECIAL PERMISSIONS.\nApril 23rd, 1894, I received a communication'from the Secretary of\nIsland Lodge, No. 24, Eburne, requesting permission to appeal to the\nLodges in this Jurisdiction for assistance for the purpose of building a\nHall. Knowing the situation of the above Lodge, and realizing the great\nneed they had of a suitable place to meet in, I granted their request, and\nI feel satisfied that the members of those Lodges who so liberally subscribed, could they see the neat and comfortable Hall that has been\nerected they would consider their money well spent.\nThe following Lodges subscribed in answer to the appeal:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nColumbia Lodge, No. 2 $50.00\nAmity Lodge, No, 27 25.00\nExcelsior Lodge, No. 7 25.00\nPacific Lodge, No. 26 15.00\nDuncans Lodge, No. 17 15.50\nNew Westminster Lodge, No. 3 10.00\nCentennial Lodge, No. 20 10.00\nWestern Star Lodge, No. 10 10.00\nVictoria Lodge, No. 1 1 10.00\nHarmony Lodge, No. 6 ' 10.00\nTotal .$180.50\nPERMISSIONS REFUSED.\nOn May 21st, 1894, refused Cheam Lodge, No. 28, permission to hold\nmeetings every alternate week. I2o8\nOn June 1st, 1895, refused the Grand Lodge of Wyoming permission\nto solicit aid from the subordinate Lodges in this jurisdiction for the\npurpose of building a Hall destroyed by fire on March 14th last.\nCOMPLAINTS.\nI received a communication from the Grand Secretary of Manitoba\nin reference to Vernon Valley Lodge, No. 18, in this Province, refusing to\npay one Bro. Geo. Smith, a member of that Lodge, benefits. Said Bro.\nSmith, was under the care of the Relief Board of Winnipeg for some\ntime, they paying him his benefits as requested. Leaving there, he went\nto his home somewhere in Quebec, and North Star Lodge, No. 48, Cam-\nbleton, N. B. being the nearest Lodge (I persume) he made application\nto them for his benefits, which they refused, believing him not to be\nentitled to them, he immediately wrote Bro. Shanks the Grand Secretary of Manitoba, who was also Secretary of the Relief Board in Winnipeg, informing him of the action of above Lodge. Bro. Shanks wrote\nme as above and requested me to look into the case. After receiving\nhis letter, I wrote North Star, also Vernon Valley Lodges for an explanation, some time after, I received their reply. Vernon Valley\nLodge left the whole affair in the hands of North Star Lodge and instructed them to pay the Brother if he was entitled to benefits. The\nmembers of North Star Lodge, after examining into the case, were of\nthe unanimous opinion that the Brother was not entitled, and so informed him. After receiving several communications in connection\nwith the above complaint, I came to the conclusion that North Star\nLodge, No. 48, Cambleton, N. B. was the only party in a position\nto judge whether the Brother was entitled to benefits or not, and so\ninformed the Grand Secretary^of Manitoba.\n' ANNIVERSARY.\nI issued the usual Anniversary Proclamations both for 1894 and\n1895.\nMEMORIAL DAY PROCLAMATION.\nIn accordance with the requirements of the standing resolutions of\nthe Sovereign Grand Lodge, I issued the usual Proclamations for the\nyears 1894 and 1895.\nFIRES.\nSince our last session, Excelsior Lodge, No. 7, Chilliwack, had the\nmisfortune to lose its hall by fire.\nRuth Rebekah Lodge also suffered by losing its charter and regalia.\nI would therefore recommend that duplicate charters be granted the\nabove Lodges free of charge.\nNEW DISTRICT DEPUTIES.\nOn June 20th, 1894,1 appointed Bro. A. A. Farwell, P. G., D. D. G.\nM., for District No. 17, comprising Lodge No. 28. 1209\nBro. W. E. Holmes, Acting Grand Master, appointed D. Welsh, G.\nT., D. D. G. M. for District No. 18 comprising Lodge No. 32,\nCHANGE OF D. D. G. MASTERS.\nSince our last session several District Deputies have resigned and\nothers have been appointed in their places. The following resignations\nhave been accepted:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nLouis Mounce, D. D. G. M., for District No. 4; Bro. H. Mitchell\nappointed, who also resigned when D. Haggart was appointed. G. W.\nAldous, D. D. G. M., for District No. 11; Bro. E. C. Arthur appointed.\nTHE REBEKAHS.\nThis branch of our Order has made very good progress during the\npast year. One new Lodge has been added to our number, and I am\npleased to state that Ruth Rebekah Lodge, No. 4, which had not held a\nmeeting for quite a while previous to our last session is now in a flourishing condition.\nNEW LODGES AND THEIR DISTRICTS.\nI placed the new Lodges in the following districts\nRevelstoke Lodge, No. 25, Revelstoke, District No. 9\ntt\nPacific\nAmity\nCheam \"\nPerseverance \"\nFriendship \"\nBanner\nMission City \"\nPeerless i \"\nRocky Mountain\nCedar 1\ntt\nii\nit\nCt\nti\ntt\ntt\nit\nit\n26, Vancouver,\n27, Westminster\n28, Agassiz,\n29, Northfield,\n30, Nanaimo,\n31, Wellington,\n32, Mission,\n33, Victoria,\n34, Golden,\n35, Cedar District,\"\nINSTALLATIONS,\nMarch 5th, 1894, I installed the Officers of Pacific Lodge, No. 26.\nAmity J No. 27.\nCheam | No. 28.\nPerseverance No. 29.\nFriendship No. 30.\nMt. Pleasant No. 19.\nPacific Lodge, No. 26.\nIsland \" No. 24.\nCloverdale No. 15.\nCedar Lodge, No. 35.\n; March 25th, 1895, assisted by Grand Representative Bro. Scoullar,\nBro. T. F. Neelands, Grand Marshal, and Past Grands Wallace, Davis,\nApril 30th\nii\ni i\na\nMay 11th\nit\nl<\ntt\nJune 18th\ntt\nii\ntt\nJune 19th\ntt\nit\ntc\nJan. 4th,\n1895\nti\na\nJan.7th\nii\ntt\ntt\nJan. 8th\nt-i\nti\na\nJan.11th\nti\nti\n*tt\nMarch 31st\nit\nit\nit\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E\nDEDICATIONS\na\na\n6.\ntt\nti\n2.\nt i\na\n17.\ntt\ntt\n4.\na\na\n3.\na\nl C\n4.\ntt\na\n18.\na\na\n1.\ntt\ntc\n9.\nit\ncc\n3. I2IO\nJopsod, Mackenzie and Rev. Buchanan, I duly dedicated the new hall of\nIsland Lodge, No. 24.\nOn May 30th. 1895, assisted by several Past Grands from surrounding\nDistrict, I duly dedicated the hall of Ashcroft Lodge, No. 23.\nIN MEMORIAM.\nSince our last session several of the Brethren of our Order have\npassed away to join the Grand Lodge above and among them one who\nwas an enthusiastic and honored member of our Organization. I refer\nto Bro. Robert Scott, P. D. G. M., a member of Harmony Lodge, No. 6,\nWellington, B. 0., who died on the 19th day of April, 1894.\nI am sure you will all join with me in extending to the families of\nour deceased Brothers our expressions of sympathy in their great bereavement.\nAttached are the reports of my Deputy Grand Masters.\nCONCLUSION.\nI have endeavoured by the closest possible application to the duties\nof the Office of Grand Master to show my appreciation of the high and\ndistinguished honor you have conferred upon me. If any error has been\ncommitted I assure you it was unintentional. Not a Lodge or member\ndid I knowingly wrong. The responsibilities of the Office are many and\ngreat. I shall always retain a vivid recollection of the many pleasant\nincidents and high ho Dors, that I, through your kiod indulgence, have\nbeen the recipient, and I shall always be zealous and assiduous for the\nadvancement of our noble Order.\nBrethren, before closing my report I desire to thank all those who\nso kindly assisted me at the Institution of New Lodges and also at the\nDedication of new halls. Trusting that my successor may have the kind\nassistance that the Brethren have always shown me, I bid you one and\nall, an Official Adieu.\nFraternally yours,\nTHOMAS COOK GRAY,\nGrand Master.\nVictoria, B. C June 3rd, 1895.\nThos. C. Gray, Esq., Grand Master, Grand Lodge of B. C:\nDear Sir and Brother,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I have much pleasure in presenting my report as D. D. G. M. for District No. 1, from February, 1894, to date.\nFebruary 20th, 1894, received my commission as D. D. G. M. from\nGrand Secretary, Bro. Davey, and acknowledged the same. I2II\nDISPENSATIONS.\nMarch 17th, 1894, received an application from Acme Lodge, No. 14,\nfor a dispensation to permit it to confer the three degrees on Bro. Billings-\nby, in less than four weeks,\nI granted the dispensation, the new law permitting them to do so\nwithout a dispensation not yet being published and to save delay to the\nBrother.\nMarch 24th, 1894, received an application from Dominion Lodge,\nNo. 4, for a dispensation to permit it to confer the three degrees of the\nOrder on Bro. A. W. Roland, in less time than four weeks, the Brother\nbeing about to leave the City. The Secretary adding: \"I make this\napplication as we have received no official information regarding the\nlaw passed in the Grand Lodge last session regarding this matter.\"\nI did not grant this dispensation but quoted the amendment to the\nconstitution of subordinates bearing on this point and ruled that it became law from the time of its adoption by the Grand Lodge.\nMay 22nd, 1894, received an application from Victoria Lodge, No. 1,\nfor a dispensation to permit it to elect to the office of Noble Grand, a\nscarlet degree member Bro. A. Stewart, all the other qualified members\ndeclining to serve.\nI granted the dispensation.\nINSTALLATIONS.\nJune 5th, 1894, Installed the Officers of Dominion Lodge, No. 4.\nJune 9th, 1894, Installed the Officers of Victoria Lodge, No. 1.\nJune 11th, 1894, Installed the Officers of Columbia Lodge, No. 2,\nBro. H. Waller, P. G. M., on my request kindly performing the part\ninstalling the Treasurer to which office I had been elected by the Lodge.\nJune 16th, 1894, Installed the Officers of Acme Lodge, No.. 14.\nSeptember 14th, 1894, assisted in instituting Peerless Lodge.\nOctober 19th, 1894, Installed the Per. Sec. of Peerless Lodge, No. 33,\nthat office having become vacant by resignation the incumbent being\nalso Rec. Sec.\nJanuary 2nd, 1895, Deputed Bro. H. Waller P. G. M., to install the\nOfficers of Columbia Lodge, No. 2. It being inconvenient for me to do\nso on account of being elected Treasurer of this Lodge.\nJanuary 3rd, 1895, Installed the Officers of Dominion Lodge, No. 4.\nv\nJanuary 7th, 1895, Installed the Officers of Victoria Lodge, No. 1.\nOn this occasion Bro. Phillips, P. G. M., acting as Grand Marshal, reported the Vice and Noble Grand elect as not thoroughly conversant\"\nwith the charges and work of their respective offices and asked for 1212\ninstructions and before I proceeded with the installation a resolution\n\"that the officers be installed this evening\" was unanimously passed by\ntheXiodge. I then ordered the Grand Marshal to bring in the officers\nelect and after pointing out to them the importance of knowing their\ncharges and work, and they having promised me that they would perfect themselves in the same, I proceeded with the installation.\nJanuary llth, 1895, Installed the Officers of Peerless Lodge, No 33,\nassisted by Bro. Holmes, Dep. G. M., acting Grand Warden. There was\na splendid attendance the large hall being filled and great interest\nmanifested in the ceremonies.\nJanuary 14th, 1895, Installed the Officers of Acme Lodge, No. 14.\nFebruary 27th, 1895, Installed the R. S. N. G. of Columbia Lodge,\nthe incumbent having resigned to leave the City.\nI wish to express my pleasure at the willing assistance rendered me\nby Past Grands during the installations and cannot refrain from praising Bro. J. E. Phillips, P. G. M., of No. 4, for the very strict and conscientious mangier in which he fulfilled the duties of Grand Marshal,\nwhich important office he was kind enough to take at nearly all the\ninstallations.\nDECISIONS.\n.Sept. 10th, 1894, received the following communication from Acme\nLodge, No. 14, through its Secretary.\n\"I have been instructed by Acme Lodge, to ask for your decision on\nthe law as to whether the Lodge can grant a withdrawal card without\napplying personally or a written application under his own signature.\"\nMy reply was as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nWhite's Digest, page 53, Section 185, reads as follows: \"It is competent for a State Grand Lodge, to prescribe by law that all applications\nfor visiting or withdrawal cards must be in person or in writing.\"\nThe Grand Lodge of B. C, has not made use of this power in the constitution it has given to Subordinate Lodges, but leaves the manner in\nwhich application shall be made an open question, for it directs in\nArt. XI, Sec. 1., of Con. of Sub's, that \"withdrawal cards may be granted to members,\" etc., etc., \"when application is made.\" The By-laws\nof Acme Lodge, in Article VI, Sec. 1., do not further define the mode of\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2application, but refer to Art. II. (should be Art. XI) Sec. 1. of the Constitution.\nIt seems therefore reasonable that any bona fide application either\nby the applicant in person or in writing or by him through a Brother\nin open Lodge, may be acted upon and the card granted legally by the\nLodge, if in other respects the law governing applications for cards has\nbeen complied with, and I rule accordingly. 1213\nMarch 23rd, 1895, received the following question from Peerless\nLodge, No. 33.\n\"Is a member entitled to benefits after he has been a member for\nsix months who was taken sick previous to the expiration of the six\nmonths?\"\nMy reply was as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nAccording to Art. XX, Sec. 1., of the By-laws of Peerless Lodge, a\nBrother cannot receive benefits until he has been a member for six\nmonths, but it does not stipulate that the Brother must be well those\nsix months in order to be entitled to benefits at the. expiration of that\ntime. Therefore, a Brother taken sick previous to the expiration of the\nsix months and in good standing at the time he was taken sick and still\nin good standing at the end of the six months, will be entitled to receive\nbenefits from and after that period.\nMay 10th, 1895, received the following communication from Peerless\nLodge, No. 33:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\"Whereas, a brother has been paid several weeks benefits by this\nLodge, and his medical examiner ordered him off the sick list when six\ndays of the next week had expired, and whereas eight dollars and fifty\ncents ($8.50) was voted for said six days, and whereas the question has\narisen: can this Lodge,in accordance with its By-laws, pay a portion of\na weeks benefits. Therefore, be it resolved, that the question as to the\nlegality of paying said portion of a weeks benefits be referred to the D.\nD. G. M. for his decision.\"\nMy response to the above was as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nIn answer to your communication respecting my decision whether\nyour Lodge can legally pay a portion of a weeks benefits to a brother,\nI wish to state that 1 have carefully looked into your By-laws regarding\nthe matter and have come to the conclusion that it is not in accordance\nwith the spirit and intent of Art. XX, Sec. 1, to pay benefits for a fraction of .a week as no amounts are stated for less than a week, and more\nthan that, the amounts stated as weekly benefits under the various\nconditions are practically indivisible by seven and would cause an endless amount of trouble and even loss in paying such fractional amounts,\nThe secoud part of Sec. 1 clearly defines the wTeek as seven days, and\nalthough a Subordinate Lodge has the right to provide by By-law for\npayment of sick benefits for a fraction of a week it is not the general\nusage of the Order,\nSee White's Digest, Sec. XX, page 11.\nMy decision is, therefore, that a motion in your Lodge to pay benefits for a portion of a week or less than seven days, is illegal and should\nhave been so declared by the Noble Grand.\nIn concluding my report, I wish to state, that a great many ques- 1214\ntions of minor importance have been verbally asked me by the officers\nof the various Lodges, and I have, in all cases, endeavored to give them\nthe required information, but did not deem it necessary to report them,\nnot being under the seal of the Lodge.\nIt has been a pleasure to me to see Oddfellowship progress in this\nDistrict, and though the older Lodges have perhaps lost numerically, it\nhas been more than made up by the membership of the new Lodge\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nPeerless, No. 33\u00E2\u0080\u0094and financially, they are all in a good condition.\nMy duties as D. D. G. M. have been made pleasant by the kind and\nfraternal feeling existing among the Lodges, and the assistance that on\nall occasions has been extended to me so cheerfully at the installations\nby Past Grands, for all of which I desire to express my sincere thanks.\nI am, dear Sir and Brother,\nYours fraternally,\nANTON HENDERSON,\nD.D.G.M. District No. 1.\nNew Westminster, B. C, May 27th, 1895.\nT. C. Gray, Esq., Grand Master, Grand Lodge of B. C.\nDear Sir and Bro.\u00E2\u0080\u0094I herewith submit for your approval my acts as\nD. D. G. M. for District No. 2.\nMy first official act was granting permission to New Westminster\nLodge, No. 3, to initiate and confer first, second and third degrees on\nsame evening on Bros F. W. Hughes, Herbert Vallous, A. N. York,\nR. S. Cunningham, Jas. Kines, Q. McMauriara, H. Windebank, Fred\nMills, for the purpose of starting new Lodge at Mission City, B.C.\nSometime after, I had the pleasure of taking part in the institution\nof Mission City Lodge, and I understand that at the present time they\nhave a prosperous Lodge.\nOn April 13th the following question was submitted by New Westminster Lodge, No. 3. for my decision:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\" Can the dues of a sick Brother who is in arrears be paid up during\nhis sickness so that in case of death he will be entitled to funeral\nbenefits.\"\nAnswer.\u00E2\u0080\u0094No. As your By-laws do not provide for* funeral benefits,\nbut the widow or dependent relatives would be entitled to the amount\nprovided by your By-laws for funeral expense, if such expense is incurred,\nsee Art., XX, Section 4, and also latter part of Article XVI of your Bylaws. I would also refer you to White's Digest, Sections 99 to 103\ninclusive. 1215\nApril 14th, granted permi sio\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB to Royal City, No. 13, to confer first\nsecond and third degrees on Brothers Kilpatrick, Lynn, Fulton, Adams,\nChambers, Harper, Calbeck and Hunter in less time than by By-laws\nprescribed.\nJuly 6th, installed the Officers of New Westminster Lodge, No. 3.\nOn Monday evening, July 16th, installed the N. G., and V. G. of\nAmity Lodge, No. 27, to fill vacancy caused by resignation of N. G.\nGardiner, P. G. which was reported on at once to acting Grand Master\nHolmes, as there was some irregularity in the elections.\nThursday, July 19th, assisted by Brothers B. W. Shiles, P. G. M. ;\nP. J. Foulds, Grand Warden ; D. Welsh, Grand Treasurer; I installed,\nthe Officers of Royal City.Lodge, No. 13.\nJanuary 7th, 1895, assisted by P. G's from the local Lodges, the\nOfficers of Amity Lodge were installed in regular form.\nJanuary 10th, installed Officers of Royal City Lodge, No. 13, and on\nthe following evening the Officers of New Westminster Lodge, No. 3.\nIn the recent death of our late Bro. D. M. Cooper, M. D., we are\nagain reminded \"that in the midst of life we are ip death.\" Although\nhis friends knew that since the death of his wife\u00E2\u0080\u0094a few weeks previous\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nhe was not in his usual health, yet his very sudden death was a shock to\nthe community.\nThe writer spent the evening with him at a fraternal gathering, and\nparted with him but an hoar or two before his death.\nHe was a friend to the poor, ever ready to do a kind deed. There are\nmany in New Westminster who will miss the Doctor's genial and kindly\ngreeting.\nIn conclusion, considering the depressed financial condition of the\nProvince, for the past year, we have reason to feel proud of the phenomenal growth of the Order, not only in this District, but throughout the\njurisdiction.\nWhile Oddfellowship may be the leading benevolent organization of\ntoday, we must remember that there are sister organizations much\nyounger pushing us close for these honors. I would impress upon the\nmembership the necessity of more fully putting into practice the grand\nprinciples of our Order\u00E2\u0080\u0094friendship love and truth. Brethren, we cannot\nhave too much fraternity.\nYours fraternally,\nJ. C. McARTHUR,\nD. D. G. M. District No. 2. I2l6\nAlexandria Mine, B. C, 30th May, 1895.\nT. C. Gray, Esq., Grand Master, I. 0. 0. F., B. C. :\nDear Sir and Brother,\u00E2\u0080\u0094In answer to your request for my report\nas D. D. G. M. for District No. 3, I beg to inform you that I have been\naway from Nanaimo most of the veal- and deputized Bro. G.Holdnall, P.\nG, to perform the duties of the office. He informs me he installed the\nOfficers of the respective Lodges in the District as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nJuly 4th, 1894, Black Diamond Lodge, No. 5.\nJuly 9th, 1894, Centennial Lodge, No. 20.\nJanuary 3rd, 1895, Black Diamond Lodge, No. 5.\nJanuary 4th, 1895, Friendship Lodge, No. 30.\nJanuary 14th, 1895, Centennial Lodge, No. 20.\nNo questions of importance have been asked during the year.\nYours respectfully,\nROBT GOURLAY,\nD. D. G. M. District No. 3.\nWellington, B. C, June 4th, 1895.\nThos. C. Gray, Esq., Gfrand Master, Grand Lodge of I. 0. 0. F. :\nDear Sir and Brother,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I have the honour to submit the report of\nmy official acts since I was appointed D. D. in August of last year for\nDistrict No. 4, which now comprises Lodges No's 6, 29, 31.\nOn Jan. 7th, assisted by Past Grands of Harmony Lodge, installed\nthe Officers of that Lodge in their respective places.\nOn Jan. 8th, assisted by Past Grands of Harmony Lodge, installed\nthe Officers of Perseverance Lodge, No. 29.\nOn Jan. 18th, assisted by the same Past Grands, installed Banner\nLodge Officers. The institution of the two Lodges, \"Perseverance\" and\n\"Banner\" in the past year is the best account I can give of the flourishing state of the Order in this District.\nBanner Lodge is a particularly strong and progressive Lodge, and\nalthough Perseverance Lodge, through trade contingencies has not progressed as they would have liked, the members are thoroughly imbued\nwith the importance of the work they have taken in hand, and Harmony\nand Banner Lodges have ably assisted them both financially and with\ntheir counsel. Harmony Lodge still flourishes and contains some of\nthe best Odd Fellows on the Coast.\nNo important questions were submitted to me, but what were satis- 1217\nfactorily answered by a perusal of similar questions answered in the\nDigest.\nYours fraternally\n. >\nDAVID R. HAGGART,\nD. D. G. M., No. 4.\nChilliwack, B. C, May 29th, 1895.\nThos. C. Gray, Esq., Grand Master, Grand Lodge of B. C, I. 0. 0. F. :\nDear Sir and Brother,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I have much pleasure in furnishing you\nwith a report of my official acts during my term of office. I cannot give\nexact dates for the commencement of my term, as we lost all records\nwhen our hall was burnt.\nJuly 1st, 1894, installed the Officers of Excelsior Lodge, No. 7.\nJan. 8 & 15,1895, installed Officers of Excelsior Lodge, No. 7, except\nV. G. who wTas sick and not installed until April, 22nd.\nWe have not admitted any members since the commencement of\n1895.\nJan. 14, 1895, installed the Officers of Ruth Rebekah Lodge, No. 4.\nYours in Fraternityr Love and Truth,\nJOSEPH BANKS,\nD. D. G. M. District, No. 5.\nKamloops, B. C, June 10th, 1895.\nT C. Gray, Esq., Grand Master, Grand Lodge of B. C, I. 0. 0. F. :\nDear Sir and Brother,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I have much pleasure in submitting the\nfollowing report of my official acts during my term of office, viz:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nJune 18th, 1894,installed the Officers of Tatnai Lodge, No. 9, except\nTreasurer, R. S. V. G. and 0. G.\nAug. 12th, 1894, installed Treasurer, R. S. V. G. and 0. G.\nNov. 26th, 1894, granted dispensation to Tatnai Lodge, No. 9, to confer three degrees same evening on Bros. W. J. Jones and H. Armstrong.\nJan. 7th, 1895, installed Officers of Tatnai Lodge, No. 9, except R. S.\nV. G. and L. S. V. G.\nFeb. 25th, 1895, installed the R. S. V. G., Tatnai Lodge, No. 9.\nApril 1st, 1895, installed the L. S. V. G., Tatnai Lodge', No. 9.\nJune 10th, 1895, granted dispensation to Tatnai Lodge, No. 9, to\nconfer three degrees same evening on Bro. Hazlehurst. I2l8\nI am pleased to add that Tatnai Lodge, No. 9, which is the only\nLodge in my District, continues to prosper, although the increase in\nmembership is rather slow.\nThe Lodge now ownes a hall, (with lot 70 x 120) which produces a\ngood rental; also a lot 50 x 120, both on the main street, and without\nany incumbrance.\nI may add that Tatnai Lodge has repeatedly expressed an earnest\ndesire that your Grand Lodge, should hold its session of 1896 at Kamloops, and trust that the efforts of our representative in this diriection\nmay be crowned with success.\nI feel confident that, should the Grand Lodge see fit to hold their\nnext session here, it will be a material benefit to our Order throughout\nthe interior.\nFraternally yours\nM. J. McIVER,\nD. D. G. M. District No. 7.\nUnion, B. C, June 5th, 1835\nT. C. Gray, Esq., Grand Master, L. 0. 0. F.:\nDear Sir and Brother,\u00E2\u0080\u0094As your D. D. for District, No. 8, I beg\nleave to submit the following report:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nJuly 6th, 1894,. assisted by Past Grands Cessford, Mitchell and\nAnthony installed Officers of Union Lodge, No. 11.\nJanuary 4th, 1895, assisted by Past Grands Cessford, Anthony and\nEnnis installed Officers of Union Lodge, No. 11.\nI have not been called on to decide any questions, therefore my term\nof office has been pleasant.\nWhile we cannot report very great financial progress during the\npast term, I am glad to say we are a very live Lodge, and full of hope for\nthe future.\nRespectfully submitted in F. L. and T.,\nAndrew Mcknight,\nD. D. G. M. District No. 8.\nDonald, B. C, May 10th, 1895.\nT. C. Gray, Esq., Grand Master, L. 0. 0. F. :\nDear Sir and Brother,\u00E2\u0080\u0094As you Deputy for District, No. 9, I have\nthe honor to submit the following report:\u00E2\u0080\u0094 March 2nd, 1894, acting under your instructions and assisted by a\nnumber of P. G's of Selkirk Lodge, No. 12, I instituted Revelstoke\nLodge, No. 25, and installed its Officers.\nJuly 5th, 1894, installed the Officers of Selkirk Lodge, No. 12.\nJuly 19th, 1894, installed the Officers of Revelstoke Lodge, No. 25.\nAugust 30th, 1894, granted dispensation to Selkirk Lodge, No. 12, to\nconfer three degrees on Bro. W. J. Williamson in one night.\nJanuary 3rd, 1895, installed the Officers of Selkirk Lodge, No. 12.\nJanuary 17th, 1895, installed the Officers of Revelstoke Lodge, 25.\nMarch 12th, 1895, guided by your instructions and assisted by P. G's\nPenzer, McLeod, Mathie, Urquhart, McGinnis, Woodhouse, Harte and\nPalmer, I instituted Rocky Mountain Lodge, No. 34, and installed its\nOfficers.\nApril 25th, 1895, granted dispensation to Selkirk Lodge, No. 12, to\nconfer three degrees on Bros. A. E. Kincaid and G. Kemp, in one night\non account of their leaving the town.\nMay 9th, 1895, granted dispensation to Selkirk Lodge, No. 12, to\nconfer three degrees on Bro. E. Toombs, in one night on account of his\nbeing a non-resident.\nI am pleased to report that the three Liodges over which I have had\nthe pleasure of acting, as your Deputy, are all in a healthy condition.\nRevelstoke, No. 25, has done very good work since their institution although the initiations have not been so numerous as had been anticipated, yet, those who are becoming members will be a credit to the\nOrder. Rocky Mountain Lodge, No. 34, has made an excellent start and\npromises to become one of the best in the Province. And last, but not\nleast, Selkirk, No. 12 still keeps adding to its numbers, although weakened considerably by withdrawals to enter Revelstoke and Rocky Mountain Lodges, yet I am pleased to state that its membership is now greater\nthan ever, and is prospering in every way having built a hall at a cost\nof about $2,500.00 furnished.\nFraternally yours,\nJ. H. STIRRETT,\nD. D. G. M. District No. 9.\nCloverdale, B. C, June 8th, 1895.\nT. C. Gray, Esq., Grand Master of I. 0. 0. F., of B. C:\nDear Sir and Brother,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I have the honor to submit to you the following report of my official acts as your Deputy for District, No. 10, for\nthe year last past:\u00E2\u0080\u0094 1220\nJuly 13th, 1894, assisted by Bros. H.T. Thrift, P. G. and J. C. Murphy,1\nP.G., I installed the Officers of Cloverdale Lodge, No. 15, for the second\nterm of 1894.\nNov. 23rd, 1894, granted to Cloverdale Lodge, No. 15, dispensation\nto elect Bro. Thos. R. Patterson, to the office of N. G., it not appearing\non the'records that he had served a majority of nights in the term in the\nchair of V. G.\nApril 12th, 1895, installed Bro. H. Bose, into the office of Recording\nSecretary in the place of Bro. J. W. McCallum resigned.\nNo questions were submitted to me for decision.\nSubmitted in F. L. and T.,\nWM. McDONAGH,\nD. D. G.M. District No. 10.\nNelson, B. C,, January, 31st, 1895.\nT. C. Gray, Esq., Grand Master, L 0. 0. F:\nDear Sir and Brother,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I have the honor to present to you the following report for the year 1894.\nOn April 30th, 1894, a motion was made in Kootenay Lodge, No. 16,\nthat there be no smoking allowed in the Lodge rooms, when more than\na quorum present and was declared carried by the Chair on May the\n7th, 1894, the Lodge sustained the decision of the Chair. Brother Jas.\nNeelands, appealed to me against the decision of the Lodge, on the\ngrounds the motion was out of order, I decided it was in order for the\nnight only on which it was made.\nOn July 23rd, installed the Officers of Kootenay Lodge, No. 16, in\ndue form.\nOn Monday the 19th November, a question was referred to me asking was it conduct unbecoming an Odd Fellow to visit a house of ill-fame,\nalso, an appeal from Bro. J.H. Matheson, against the action of Kootenay\nLodge, on the 12th November, that the election of Officers was illegal on\nthe grounds that Bro. Jas. Neelands, acted as N. G. and the Lodge was\nnotified as to him being in arrears which I referred to you along with\nmy resignation as your D. D. I am pleased to report that Kootenay\nLodge, No. 16, has made fairly good progress for the past two terms.\nYours fraternally,\nG. W. ALDOUS,\nD. D. G. M. District No. 11. 1221\nVernon, B. C, June 5th, 1895.\nT. C. Gray, Esq., Grand Master, I. 0. 0. F.:\nDear Sir and Brother,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I have the honor to present for your consideration the following report of my official acts as your Deputy during\nmy term of office.\nOn July 3rd, 1894, and on Jan. 8th, 1895, I had the pleasure of installing the Officers of Vernon Lodge, No. 18, for their respective terms.\nOn May 1st, 1894,1 granted a dispensation to confer the second and\nthird degrees at one session on Bro. G. Gladwyn.\nOn March 2nd, 1895, I gave a dispensation to confer the three\ndegrees in one evening on Bros. E. Spragett and D. McLaren, who live\nat Kettle river about 125 miles distant from this City.\nThis short report embraces all the actions in which I have been concerned in my official capacity. I may add that despite the long period\nof financial depression which has been severely felt in this District, our\nLodge continues in a satisfactory condition and we have every reason to\nhope that with the return of better times our membership will be largely increased. During the present year it is probable that at least two\nnew Lodges will be instituted in this District, one at Kettle river and\none at Enderby, with the possibility of a third at Kelowna.\nIt is a matter of regret to our Lodge that you have been unable to\npay us an official visit during your term as Grand Master, as we had\nlooked forward with pleasurable anticipation to such an event.\nI am, dear Sir and Brother,\nFraternally yours,\nJ. A. McKELVIE,\nD. D. G. M. District No. 12.\nLadners, June 8th, 1895.\nT. C. Gray, Esq., G. M., L. 0. 0. F.:\nDear Sir and Brother,\u00E2\u0080\u0094Yours of the 3rd inst. to hand (re. D. D.\nG. M's report) and in reply would say that I have in my official capacity\nof D. D. G. M. granted no dispensations nor so far as I am aware have I\nanything to report excepting the installation of Officers at the commencement of each of the two terms for which I have had the honor to represent you in this District.\nI am, Sir,\nFraternally yours,\nPAUL E. LADNER,\nD. D. G..M. District No. 14. 1222\nNorth Bend, B. G, May 25th, 1895.\nT. C. Gray, Esq., Grand Master, L 0. 0. F, B. C. :\nDear Sir and Brother,\u00E2\u0080\u0094My work as D. D. G. M. for District, No.\n15, has been small during my term.\nJuly 21st, 1894, granted dispensation to Gold Range Lodge, No. 22,\nNorth Bend, to elect a 3rd, degree member to the office of Noble Grand,\nalso to confer the 2nd, and 3rd, on Bro. H. Cancellor on the same evening.\nSame date I installed the Officers of Gold Range Lodge, No. 22, into\ntheir offices for term commencing July 1st, assisted by Bro. E. Mar-\nshallsay of Tatnai Lodge, No. 9., Bro. W. Beam of Pacific Lodge, No. 26,\nand Bro. Flesh man of Medicine Hat, N. W. T.\nJanuary 19th, 1895, installed the Officers of Gold Range Lodge, No.\n22, for term commencing Jan. 1st, 1895, assisted by Bros W. Nelson and\nH. Cancellor of same Lodge, Bro. Marshallsay of .Tatnai Lodge, No. 9,\nand P. G. Bro. Adler of Columbia Lodge, No. 2.\nYours in F. L. and T.,\nJOSEPH CALLIN,\nD.D.G.M. District No. 15.\nAshcroft, B. C, 7th June, 1895.\nThos. C. Gray, Esq., Grand Master G. L. of B. C, L. 0. 0. F. :\nDear Sir and Brother,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I have much pleasure in presenting, for\nyour approval, a report of my official acts, etc., as your deputy, for District No. 16, for the past term:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nMarch 3rd, 1894,-installed I. G., and L. S. S. of Ashcroft Lodge,\nNo. 23.\nApril 14th, installed R. S. V. G. and Chap., Ashcroft Lodge, No. 23.\nJuly 7th, installed N. G., V. G, Treasurer, W., I. G., R. S. N. G.,\nand L. S. N. G. of Ashcroft Lodge, No. 23.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Aug. 4th, installed R. S. V. G., L. S. V. G., and Per. Secretary of\nAshcroft Lodge, No. 23.\nNov. 24. Ashcroft Lodge, No. 23, I. 0. 0. F., submitted the following question for my official decision, viz.:\nQues.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Can a Brother, who has been nominated for an office, be\nelected to that office if not present in the Lodge room on night of\nelection ?\nAns.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Yes, if he accepted the nomination.\nJan. 5th, 1895, installed N. G., V. G., Treasurer, Per. Secretary, W.,\nI. G., R. S. N. G\u00E2\u0080\u009E L. S. N. G., and R. S. V. G., of Ashcroft Lodge, No. 23. 1223\nJan. 26th, installed L. S. V. G. of Ashcroft Lodge, No. 23.\nI am pleased to be able to state, that Ashcroft Lodge is in a flourishing condition, and new members constantly coming in; also, that we\nhave been almost entirely free from sickness since my last report in\nFebruary, 1894. Only one death has occurred, that of Bro. Walter B.\nGladwin, one of our best members, and who. at the time of his death\nheld the honored position of Treasurer, and was the Vice Grand elect\nfor next term. We could ill afford to lose him as he was a good Odd\nfellow and a true Brother.\nAlthough Ashcroft Lodge is young in years and not very strong in\nmembership, still they have achieved a task which probably a good\nmany older and stronger Lodges would shrink from. They have erected\nand finished a fine two story building, the upper part of which constitutes the Lodge room, etc., and the lower story, a dwelling house, which\nis all paid for and owned by the Lodge. That is not a bad record, when\nyou take into consideration that they were only instituted on March\n30th, 1893, and only number at the present time about forty members.\nI am, dear Sir and Brother,\nFraternally yours,\nJOSEPH W. BURR,\nD. D. G. M. District No. 16.\nAgassiz, June 10th, 1895.\nThos. C. Gray, Esq., Grand Master, G. L. of B. C:\nDear Sir and Brother,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I beg to submit my report as D. D. of\nCheam Lodge, No. 28,1. 0. O. F.\nOur Lodge is working in the greatest harmony and enthusiasm.\nVery many of our officers conduct the work without the use of the\nritual.\nOn January 5th, 1895, I installed the Officers into their respective\nstations.\nOn May 25th, our Officers for the remainder of the year 1895 were\nelected.\nAll of which I respectfully submit.\nYours fraternally,\nA. A. FAR WELL, D. D.\nCheam Lodge, No. 28.\nResolved,\u00E2\u0080\u0094That the report be received and referred to\na Committee to distribute to the various Committees. 1224\nThe Grand Master appointed the following Committee on Distribution:\u00E2\u0080\u0094J. Crossan, P. G. M. No. 5, A. W.\nScoullar, No. 8, J. Davies, P. G. M. No. 1.\nW. E. Holmes, D. G. M. presented and read a report\nof his duties whilst acting as Grand Master.\nVictoria, B. C, June 12th, 1895.\nTo the Grand Lodae of B. C, I. 0. 0. P\nDear Sirs and Brothers,\u00E2\u0080\u0094On the 9th July last, I received a communication from Bro. T. C. Gray, G.M., informing me that he was about\nto leave the Province for about two months, and asking me to attend to\nthe duties during his absence. Finding that communications intended\nfor the Grand Master were opened before reaching me, I deemed it\nbest to officially assume the duties of the office, and on the 16th of\nAugust, I issued a circular letter to all the Lodges in the Jurisdiction to\nthat effect, and requesting that all communications pertaining to the\noffice of Grand Master be sent direct to me until further notice.\nOn the 11th of October, 1894, I received word from the Grand\nMaster that he had returned to Vancouver.\nI now beg leave to submit for your consideration a report of my\nofficial acts during the period of about three months.\nAMITY LODGE, NO. 27.\nThis Lodge was instituted on 30th April, 1894, consequently on the\n30th June, the first officers had not served a majority of nights of a term\nand should continue in office for the next term. Bro. Gardiner, P.G. who\nwas installed as first N.G. resigned, rendering afresh election necessary.\nNo other brother of the Lodge was qualified by previous service to fill\nthe office, nor was a dispensation obtained to elect a brother not otherwise qualified. Brothers May and Johnson, were however, elected as\nN. G. and V. G. respectively and installed by the D. D. G. M., Bro. J.\nC. McArthur, on the 16th July. On the 18th July, Bro. McArthur,\nwrote me detailing the circumstances of the case and stating that although fully aware of them at the time, and had warned the Lodge of\nthe illegality of the action, he had installed these brothers in deference\nto the expressed wish of the Lodge, but he now wished me to investigate\nthe case.\nFinding on enquiry from the Lodge, that the facts were as stated by\nBro. McArthur, I declared the election of the N. G. and V. G. null and\nvoid and directed a fresh election to be held, also granted a dispensation\nempowering the Lodge to elect Bros. May and Johnson to those offices,\nin the event of no duly qualified brothers offering. Ascertaining sub- 122\ni>\nsequently that there were other candidates for these offices than the\nbrothers named, I revoked this dispensation and issued another empowering the Lodge to elect any Scarlet Degree member.\nDISPENSATIONS ISSUED.\nTo the Lodges in Victoria to hold an excursion in the name of the\nOrder on 28th July, 1894.\nTo Cloverdale Lodge, .No. 15, to publicly dedicate a new hall and\ncelebrate the event with a ball on 10th Aug., 1894.\nTo Royal City Lodge, No. 13, to hold an excursion in the name of\nthe Order on 14th Aug., 1894.\nTo the Lodges in Vancouver to hold an excursion on 22nd Aug., 1894.\nAuthorizing the balloting for and initiation of four candidates for\nmembership on the same night their applications were received, and\nconferring the degrees in less time than the law allows, for the purpose\nof enabling them to join with others in the application for a Charter for\nPeerless Lodge, No. 33. Empowering the balloting for and initiation of\ncandidates for membership in Peerless Lodge, No. 33, on same night\ntheir applications were received, also to confer the three degrees in less\ntime than otherwise allowed. Dispensation to remain in force four\nweeks from date of institution of Lodge.\nNEW LODGES.\nDispensations were issued and the following new Lodges instituted.\nBanner Lodge, No. 31, at Wellington, instituted by Bro. D. Welsh,\nGrand Treasurer, assisted by Bro. J. Crossan, P. G. M., and others on\n1st Aug., 1894.\nMission City Lodge, No. 32, at Mission City instituted by Bro. D.\nWelsh, Grand Treasurer.\nPeerless Lodge, No. 33, Victoria, on 14th Sept., 1894, instituted by\nmyself assisted by Grand Secretary, Bro. Henderson, D. D. G. M., and\nothers.\nCOMMISSIONS.\nAppointed D. Haggart, P. G. Wellington, as D. D.G. M. for District,\nNo. 4, vice H. Mitchell, P. G. resigned. Also placed Perseverance Lodge,\nNo. 29, and Banner Lodge, No. 31, under the jurisdiction of that official.\nAppointed A. A. Farwell, P. G., Agassiz, as D. D. G. M. for District\nNo. 17, comprising Cheam Lodge, No. 28.\nAppointed D. Welsh, P. G. Grand Treasurer as D. D. G. M. for\nDistrict No. 18, consisting of Mission City Lodge, No. 32.\nDECISIONS.\nA question having been submitted to me by Bro. E. Dickenson, P. 1226\nG. and several other members of Acme Lodge, No. 14, as to whether it\nwas legal for that Lodge to pay for Hospital expenses of a brother in\naddition to the sick benefits, I decided that this was a matter entirely\nwithin the discretion of the Lodge.\nIn answer to a question from Ashcroft Lodge, No. 23, decided that\nthe expenditure of Lodge funds for the purchase of \"The Warden,\" a\npaper devoted to tbe interests of Odd Fellowship in this jurisdiction, for\ndistribution to its members, was not illegal.\nYours fraternally,\nWILLIAM EDWARD HOLMES.\nDeputy Grand Master.\nResolved,\u00E2\u0080\u0094That the Report be received and handed\nto the Committee on Distribution.\nThe Grand Secretary presented and read his report\nwhich was also referred to the Committee on Distribution.\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, L. 0. 0. F.:\nGrand Secretary's Office,\nVictoria, B. C, 12th June, 1894.\nDear Sirs and Brothers,\u00E2\u0080\u0094It again becomes my pleasant duty to submit for your consideration a report of the condition of the Order in this\njurisdiction, on the 31st December last, and to present you with a resume of the principal incidents bearing on the duties of this office\nsince we last met.\nFrom the reports of the Subordinate Lodges to the end of last year\nit will be seen that in the twelve months then expired, nine new Lodges\nwere instituted and that our membership numbered 3015, being a gain\nof 861 during the year, equivalent to 40 per pent. Since the commencement of this year two additional Lodges have been instituted and one\nadditional Rebekah Lodge, making at this date, thirty-five Subordinate\nand seven Rebekah Lodges. This progress, which is the greatest we\nhave experienced in the history of this Grand Lodge, is most gratifying\nand encouraging.\nI have received enquiries from Rossland, B. C, as to the steps\nnecessary to be taken to organize a Lodge of our Order there, and I\nhave reason to expect an application shortly for another Lodge in this\ncity, and it is reasonable to be presumed that as the Province becomes\ndeveloped and settled, Oddfellowship will extend concurrently, a Lodge\nof our Order being apparently a necessity in every settlement.\nThe fee and application for a charter for a Rebekah Lodge at Kamloops was received on 26th March last, but for some reason the Lodge\nhas not yet been instituted. tl\nN\n1227\nThe following summary of the work of last year is abstracted from\ne reports of the Subordinate Lodges*\n33\n2\n6\n1\n3015\n985\n104\n2\n7\n80\n5\n14\n1\n135\n46\n2,769\n326\no. of Lodges, 31st Dec, 1894\t\n\" Instituted since\t\nRebekah Lodges 31st Dec, 1894\t\n' ' Instituted since...\nof members in good standing\t\nInitiated during the year\nAdmitted by card\t\nas A. 0\t\nReinstated\t\nWithdrawn\t\nExpelled\t\nDeceased\t\nResigned\t\n*\ Ceased membership N P.D.\nRejected\t\nDegrees conferred ,\t\nPast Grands\t\nTotal Revenue Subordinate Lodges $ 53,798 79\nNo. of Brothers relieved 285\nu of Widowed families relieved 6\n\" of Weeks' Sick Benefits paid 1,606\nAmount paid for relief of Brothers $ 13,254 47\n\" Widowed families 285 00\n| \" Orphans 60 00\n'' \" burying the dead.... 1,093 00\n\" \" special relief 544 00\nTotal amount paid for Relief 15,236 47\n\" \" \" current expenses 22,077 36\nof assets 187,616 25\nAverage amount of Benefits paid for each\nsick member 46 50\nAverage amount expended for relief per\nmember 5 05\nAverage duration of sickness per member 3dys 17)\u00C2\u00A3hrs\n\" \" I sick \" 5wks 4>\u00C2\u00A3dys\nAverage cost per member for current\nexpenses\t\nTotal cost per member for all Lodge expenditures \t\nAverage amount of Assets per member.\nTotal amount expended for relief since\ninstitution of Grand Lodge in 1874.\nIncrease. Decrease\n11 228\nThe finances of the Grand Lodge, as will be seen from the accompanying statement, are in a very satisfactory condition. The Estimate of Receipts has been exceeded by $424.15 for Per Capita Tax and\n$350 for Charter Fees. The Estimate of Expenditure which was calculated for twelve months only, whereas sixteen months has come into\npayment, has also been exceeded by $381.22, this includes $150.00 additional for Representative Tax to the Sovereign Grand Lodge for year\n1895, and $200, four months salary of Grand Secretary to date. The\nbalance in the Grand Treasurer's hand is $460.69 more than was anticipated.\nWhilst on the subject of finance, I would suggest the propriety of a\nmajority of the Committee on Finance being selected in future from\nthe place in which the Grand Secretary resides, in order that the requirements of the law respecting the passing of all Grand Lodge accounts by this Committee prior to payment may be observed, and also\nthat a portion at least, of the examination of the Grand Lodge Books\nmay be performed before the annual session. 1229\nFINANCIAL STATEMENT.\nCash Received and Paid to Grand Treasurer,\nFrom whom Received.\nTax\nTerm ended 30th\nJune, 1894-\nTax\nTerm ended 31st\nDec, 1894.\nSupplies.\nCharter\nFees.\nVictoria Lodge, No. 1..\nColumbia \" \" 2..\nN.Westminster \" \" 3..I\nDominion 1 \" 4..\nBlack Diamond \" % 5..I\nHarmony \" \" 6..\nExcelsior \" \" 7..\nVancouver \" \" 8.. |\nTatnai \" \" 9..\n\"Western Star \" \"10..\nUnion \" \"11..,\nSelkirk \" \" 12.. I\nRovalCity \" \" 13..\nAcme \" \" 14..\nCloverdale \" \"15..\nKootenay \" \" 16..\nDuncan \" \" 17..\nVernon Valley \" \"18..\nMt. Pleasant\" \" \"19..\nCentennial \" \" 20..\nDelta \" \" 21..\nGold Range \" \" 22..\nAshcroft I \" 23..\nIsland \" \" 24..\nRevelstoke \" \"25..\nPacific I \" 26..\nAmity \" \" 27..\nCheam | \" 28..\nPerseverance \" \" 29..\nFriendship \" \"30..\nBanner \" \" 31..\nMission City \" \" 32..\nPeerless \" \"33..\nRockyMount'n \" \"34..\nCedar \" \" 35..\nColfax Rebekah\" 1.\nMizpah \" \"2..\nMiriam \" \" 3..\nRuth I \" 4..\nAlpine \" \" 6..\nBethel 1 \"7..\nKamloops \" \" 8..\nSundry persons\t\nO. F. Relief Ass'n of Canada\n$ 64 00 $\n70 40\n61 60|\n51 20\n60 OOi\n63 20\n17 20\n56 00;\n28 40\n67 20i\n24 80\n26 80j\n34 80:\n40 00'\n' 22 40\n17 60\n18 40l\n20 80,\n17 60\n46 00\n20 40\n16 00\n12 00\n11 60\n9 60\n98 80;\n55 651\n58 80\n53 90\n40 95\n49 70\n53 20\n15 75\n47 60\n24 85\n58 40\n22 10\n24 85\n30 80\n41 60\n17 50\n15 40]\n17 15\n14 35\n15 40\n37 10\n19 20\n14 00\n12 25\n10 15\n9 10\n88 20\n65 80\n15 40!\n12 95\n21 35\n29 05\n14 35\n56 00\n12 25\n28 37\n4 75\n30\n32 70\n29 95\n27 00\n16 00\n2 00\n16 45\n5 25\n10 00\nTotal.\n1 50\n4 50\n1 50\n4 50\n2 85\n4 00\n1 40\n30 05\n30 00\n50 85\n30 00\n37 05\n30 00\n75\n30 00\n32 55\n30 00\n3 05\n30 00\n30 00\n30 00\n30 00\n30 00\n30 00\n10 00i\n10 00\n125\n40\n139\n20\n123\n25\n101\n45\n111\n57\n128\n65\n61\n32\n111\n30\n60\nSO\n149\n35\n50\n40\n55\n40\n72\n60\n86\n35\n39\n90\n34 50\n35\n55\n39 65\n42 45\n30 00\n78 75\n267 85\n132 85\n46 15\n75 50\n54 40\n88 60\n74 65\n118 75\n59 95\n57 00\n16 00\n3 50\n50\n9 90\n2 00\n26 45\n10 00\n5 25\n10 00\n$976 80|$1062 85|$ 1230\nOrdeks Drawn on the Grand Treasurer.\nDate.\n1\nNo. of\nOrder.\nj\nIn Whose Favor.\ni\nDescription.\nAmount.\n1894.\n1\nFeb. 12;\n1\nGrand Secretary j\nSupplies Sov. G. Lodge\n| 10 00\n\" 161\n9\nmi\n\" Treasurer\t\nMileage & Per Diem '94\n756 50\n\" 16\n3\nSevereign Grand Lodge.. 1\nRepresentative tax '94.\n150 00\n\" 16\n4\nW. E. Johnstone\t\nServices as janitor j\n15 00\n\" 16\n5\nW. 1L Huxtable\t\nCaretaker G. S. Office.)\n20 00\n\" 16!\n6\nJ. Crossan, P. G. M....\nPostage, etc\t\n14 00\n\" 16\n7\nCloverdale Lodge, No. 15.\nRefund cost of supplies!\n29 85\n\" 22\n8\nGrand Secretary\t\nSupplies Sov. G. Lodge\n36 85\nMar. 9\n9\nCC it\n\"\n69 71\n\" 22\n10\nT. R. Cusack\t\nPrinting Petitions\t\n6 50\nApl. 28\n11\nT. C. Grav\t\nAllowance for trav. exp.\n25 00\nMay. 3\n12\nJ. A. Cohen\t\n7 25\n\" 16\n13\nT. C. Gray, G. M\t\nEnvelopes\t\n2 50\n\" 16\n14\nF. Davey, G. Sec\t\nSalary 3 months\t\n150 00\n\" 16\n15\nii ii\nExpress, Duty, Postage\n55 42\n1 161\n16\nM.Miller\t\nPrinting proceedings '94\n162 00\n\" 16\n17\nF. Davey, G. Sec 1\nSupplies Sov. G. Lodge\n33 00\nJuly 2\n18\nii ti\na tt\n16 00\n1 2\n19\nT. C. Gray, G.M\t\nAllowance for trav. exp.\n50 00\n\" 20,\n20\nJ. A. Cohen\t\nPrinting\t\n6 00\nI 23\n21\n22\nR. T.Williams\t\nBlank Books.\n27 20\n1 28\nSupplies Sov. G. Lodge\n42 02\nAug. 31\n23\nCk ii\nSalary 3 months\t\n150 00\n1 31\n24\nti ti\nExpress, Duty, Postage\n24 00\nOct. 19\n25\nii ti\nSupplies Sov. G. Lodere\n56 50\nNov. 7\n26\nT. C. Gray, G. M\t\nAllowance for trav. exp.\n25 00\n\" 7\n27\nF. Davey, G. Sec\t\nSalary 3 months\t\n150 00\n1 7\n1895.\nJan. 30\n28\nii ti\n\t\nExpressage, Postage,etc\n8 55\n29\nOdd Fellows Union\t\nRent G. Sec. Office ...\n100 00\n1 30\n30\n31\nColonist Ptg. & Pub. Co.\nPrinting\t\n8 00\nFeb. 9\nPrinting\t\n5 75\n\" 9\n32\n33\nJ. A. Cohen\t\nF. Davey, G. Sec\t\na\n6 75\n\" 11\nSalary 3 months\t\n150 00\n\" 11\n34\na a\nPostage, etc\t\n8 65\n\" 28\n35\na a\nSupplies Sov. G. Lodge\n57 00\nMar. 16\n36\nT. C. Gray, G.M\t\nAllowance for trav. exp.\n50 00\nApl. 4\n37\nGrand Secretary\t\nSupplies Sov. G. Lodge\n7 00\n1 11\n38\na a\nSov. G. L. Rep. tax....\n150 00\n\" 16\n39\nT.R. Cusack\t\nPrinting\t\n6 25\nMay 3\n40\nF. Davey, G. Sec\t\nSupplies Sov. G. Lodge\n29 05\n\" 14\n41\nii ii\nSalary 3 months\t\n150 00\n\" 18\n42\nT. N. Hibben & Co\t\nRecord B'k& Stationery\n13 65\nJune 3\n43\nF. Davey, G. Sec\t\nSalary 1 mo. (Balance)\n50 00\n\" 3\n44\na tt\nDuty, Express, Postage\n18 00\n\" 3\n45\nR.T.Williams :..\nOrder B'ks on Treasurer\n13 00\n\" 3\n46\nJ. A. Cohen\t\nLetter Heads for G. M.\n3 00\n$2924 95 SUMMARY.\nBalance in hands of Grand Treasurer per last Report $1,127 59\nCash received and paid to Grand Treasurer. 2,910 64\n$4,038 23\nLess Orders drawn on Grand Treasurer 2,924 95\nLeaving Balance in hands of Grand Treasurer $1,113 28\nSTOCK ACCOUNT.\nTo Balance per last Report\n\" Goods bought\t\nI Gain during the year\nBy Goods sold during yeai\nI \" on hand\t\nTotal $ 719 06 $ 719 06\nFolio,\n44\n48\n83\n85\n96\n100\n108\n114\n125\n151\n162\n166\n168\n172\n178\n184\n190\n192\nBALANCE SHEET.\nGrand Lodge of British Columbia, I. O. O. F., 4th June, 1895\nFurniture and Regalia $ 476 40\nExcelsior Lodge, No. 7\nWestern Star Lodge, No. 10\nUnion Lodge, No. 11\nRuth Rebekah Lodge, No. 4\nAcme Lodge, No. 14\nVernon Valley Lodge, No. 18\nDelta Lodge, No. 21\nStock 138 92\nGrand Treasurer | 1,113 28|\nProfit and Loss\t\nVancouver Lodge, No. 8\nPacific Lodge, No. 26\nCheam Lodge, No. 28\nFriendship Lodge, No. 30\nPeerless Lodge, No. 33\nCedar Lodge, No. 35\t\nKamloops Rebekah Lodge 1232\nA communication was received from Alberta Lodge, No. 1, Calgary,\nAlberta, dated 4th March, 1895, inquiring as to the cost attached to a\nLodge affiliating with this Grand Lodge, but as I was unable to furnish,\nthe information desired, I recommended the Lodge to address a communication to this Grand Lodge Session, but nothing further has been\nreceived. I beg to submit the letter in question for any action you may\ndeem necessary.\nA very enthusiastic and successful celebration of the Anniversary\nof our Order was held in this City on the 28th April, 1894, and was attended by a number of brothers from Vancouver, Nanaimo, Wellington\nand elsewhere. A collection was taken up amongst those present at a\nPublic Meeting held at the Victoria Theatre, to form the nucleus of a\nfund to build and equip an Odd Fellow's Home in this Jurisdiction. The\nsum of $96 was subscribed on this occasion, which was handed to me for\nsafe keeping until the wishes of this Grand Lodge could be ascertained\non the subject and this sum is now on deposit in the Dominion Government Savings Bank, in my own name in trust for the \"Odd Fellows\nHome of British Columbia,,, and I would ask that action be taken at this\nsession as to the future disposition of this money. This small beginning\nis the outcome of a proposition zealously advocated in \"The Warden\"\nby Bro. C. F. Yates, P. G. who appealed for additional contributions towards the same object, but no further sums have been received.\nAn application for permission to do business in this Jurisdiction,\naccompanied with the requisite fee and documents, was received from\n\"The Odd Fellow's Relief Association of Canada,\" and in view of the\ndecision of the Grand Sire, No. 30, S. G. L. Session 1893, that the Executive Officers of a Grand Lodge, have no option, but must grant these\nLicenses in cases where all the requirements of the law have been complied with and in the absence of any specific directions from this Grand\nLodge, to the contrary, the License was granted to 21st March, 1895.\nAnother application, from the same Association, for a renewal of this\npermission for a year, with the fee, &c, has recently been received, but\nas this session was so near at hand, I concluded it was preferable to\nsubmit it for your instructions.\nA petition from the \"Odd Fellow's Insurance Association of British\nColumbia,\" praying that Licenses such as the beforementioned, be not\ngranted, has been received and will be submitted for your consideration.\nThe following appeals have been received and duly transmitted to\nthe Chairman of the Committee on Appeals:\u00E2\u0080\u0094Bro. Geo. Fraser v\nVancouver Lodge, No. 8, Expulsion for contempt.\nW. A. Johnstone v Pacific Lodge, No. 26, re granting benefits to Bro.\nW. J. Harris, a member of said Lodge.\nD. F. Fee v Columbia Lodge, No. 2. Expulsion. E. Dickenson, P. G. and others v Acme Lodge, No. 14, re payment\nof Hospital expenses of a member in addition to Sick Benefits.\nThe petition of David Green to the Sovereign Grand Lodge against\nthe action of Dominion Lodge, No. 4, Victoria, in expelling him from\nmembership, which was referred by that Grand Body at its session, 1893,\nto this Grand Lodge for investigation, did not reach me until 18th\nFebruary, 1894, and at the request of Bro. Theo A. Ross, Grand Secretary,\nI forwarded it to the Grand Master for such action as he might deem\nproper.\nA complaint was received through the Grand Secretary of Manitoba,\nfrom Bro. Geo. Smith, a member of Vernon Valley Lodge, No. 18, concerning the action of that Lodge in refusing him benefits, and was forwarded to the Grand Master.\nAn appeal was circulated amongst the Lodges of this Jurisdiction\nby \"Island\" Lodge, No. 24, with the sanction of the Grand Master, for\nassistance to enable it to build a hall for Lodge purposes, but with what\nresult, I am unable to state.\nAn appeal was circulated amongst our Lodges, in 1893, by \"Northern\nLight\" Lodge of Fargo, North Dakota, soliciting assistance on behalf of\nmembers who were sufferers by a severe fire which occurred at that place\non 7th June, 1893. A statement has been received from the Committee\nwho had charge of the matter showing the following sums contributed\nby the Lodges of this Jurisdiction.\nVictoria Lodge, No. 1 $ 5.00\nColumbia \u00C2\u00A7 No. 2 10.00\nBlack Diamond \" No. 5 25.00\nHarmony \" No. 6 15.00\nExcelsior \" No. 7 15.00\nTatnai \" No. 9 15.00\nSelkirk \" No. 12 10.00\nRoyal City 1 No. 13 5.00\nAcme \" No. 14 10.00\nCloverdale \" No. 15 10.00\nKootenay \" No. 16 13.00\nVernon Valley \" No. 18 5.00\nDelta | No. 21 20.00\nColfax Rebekah \" No. 1 5.00\n$163.00\nThe total amount collected from all sources amounted to $13,949.17.\nConsiderable dissatisfaction having been expressed respecting the\nmanner of the distribution of this money the Sovereign Grand Lodge,\nat its last session directed the Grand Lodge of North Dakota, to cause\nto be returned to the various jurisdictions contributing, pro rata, such 1234\nportion of the funds as were not used for legitimate expenses and for the\nrelief of destitute brothers and sisters. I have received no intimation\nas yet from that Grand Lodge on the matter of a refund.\nI very much regret to report that the Hall of Excelsior Lodge, No.\n7, Chilliwack, with all its contents were destroyed by fire on the 4th\nDecember last, and that the loss was only partially covered by Insurance.\nThe Charter of the Lodge and also that of \"Ruth\" Rebekah Lodge, No.\n4, having been burnt on this occasion, applications have been received\nfor Duplicate Charters.\nThe Revised Journals of the Sovereign Grand Lodge Session held at\nChattanooga, on 17th to 22nd September, 1894, have not yet come to\nhand, a Postal Card has however been received from Grand Secretary\nRoss, stating that they were shipped on the 10th Ultimo. Numerous\nenquiries have been received respecting these proceedings and it appears\nto me that nine months should not elapse between the close of the session\nand their receipt by this Jurisdiction.\nRespectfully submitted in F. L. & T.,\nFRED'K DAVEY.\nGrand Secretary.\nReport of Grand Treasurer was read and referred to\nCommittee on Finance.\nD. Welsh, Grand Treasurer, in account with\nGrand Lodge of B. C, I. O. 0. F.\ndr.\nCB\n1894. | $ cts.|\nFeb. 6 To Bal. from late G. T. 1,127 59 Feb. 6 By P'd Orders\n&pl 23 \" Cash from G. Sec'y\nMay 29\nJuly 20 \"\nAug.17 \"\nOct. 19 \"\n1895.\nJan. 8 \"\n\" 10 \"\nApl 13 \"\nMay 2 \"\nJune 3 \"\ndo do\ndo do\ndo N. W. L., No. 3\ndo Grand Secre'ty\ndo J. C. McArthur\ndo do\ndo do\ndo Grand Secre'ty\ndo do\ndo do\n$\nfrom No's\n4 to 46 ....\nJune 4(To Balance $\n30 00 1894\n388 23 to\n34 80 June 3\n61 601 1895\n344 77\n65 80!\n30 80\n53 90!\n626 20\n157 00\n1,117 5-4 June3 Bv Balance.\n$2,924 95\n4.038 23\n1,113 281\n1,113 28\n$4,038 23\nD. WELSH,\nGrand Treasurer. A. W. Scoullar, Grand Representative, presented and\nread the Report of the Grand Representatives.\nVictoria, B. C, 12th June, 1895.\nGrand Master, Officers and Members of the Grand Lodge of B.C., L.O.O.F.:\nDear Sirs and Brothers,\u00E2\u0080\u0094We, your representatives, ask leave to\nsubmit this our report of the proceedings of the Sovereign Grand Lodge.\nThe Seventieth Annual Communication was held in the city of\nChattanooga, Tenn., opening on Monday, 17th September, and closing\nSaturday, 22nd September, 1894.\nThe G;rand Marshal declared all representatives present duly qualified and the Grand Lodge was declared opened by D. G. Sire Stebbins.\nUpon the call of the roll the following Officers were found to be present:\nCI. T. Campbell Grand Sire.\nJohn W. Stebbins Deputy Grand Sire.\nTheo. A. Ross Grand Secretary.\nI. A. Sheppard \" Treasurer.\nGeo. Coburne Ass't \" Secretary.\nRev. J. W. Venable \" Chaplain.\nJ. S. Tvson \" Guardian.\nAnd a representation from forty-seven Grand Lodges and thirty-nine\nGrand Encampments.\nAlso, Past Grand Sires:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nJohn B. Nicholson Pennsylvania.\nJames B. Sanders New York.\nM. I. Durham Kentucky.\nJohn H. White New York.\nJohn C. Underwood Kentucky.\nChas. M. Busbee North Carolina.\nThe Chair reported the death of Bro. W. G. Dye, Grand Marshal,\nand appointed Bro. W. S. Frost, P. G. of Illinois, Grand Marshal. Bro.\nE. Alexander, Grand Messenger, having resigned his office Bro. John\nWelsh, P. G. P., of Ontario, was appointed Grand Messenger, and were\ninstalled into their respective offices.\nThe Grand Sire delivered his annual address, as follows, which was referred to the Committee on Distribution of Grand Officer's reports:-\nOfficers and Representatives :\u00E2\u0080\u0094Once more it is my privilege to\nwelcome you to the annual session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge. Twenty years have passed since this Body last assembled under the bright 1236\nskies of the Sunny South, and it is full time that you should meet again\nin a section from which you have been so long absent, and where, even\nwithout the stimulus of your presence, the Order has been growing with\nmore than tropical luxuriance. When you met in Atlanta, the Jurisdictions forming the territory, recognized politically as the Southern States,\ncontained less than 6,000 Odd Fellows; while today the Brotherhood in\nthe same section approximates 50 000. Here the principles of Friendship, Love and Truth have found congenial soil in the warm hearts of a\ngenerous people, and Odd Fellowship has become in the community an\nestablished institution.\nYou meet today in a locality rich in historical associations and possessing an enduring interest for the people of the United States. Scarcely one generation has passed away since the time when gathering armies\nmet where we now meet, and the soil we tread today was red with the\nblood shed in fratricidal strife. Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Misssionary\nRidge, Lookout Mountain, are names that recall sad memories of grim\nvisaged war, with all its attendant grief and pain. But the battle clouds\nhave rolled away, the sun smiles over a land of peace and plenty, and\nthe place where death held high carnival is now consecrated by the\nbivouac of the army of human Brotherhood under the' white banner of\nOdd Fellowship.\nThe armies that faced each other in Tennessee thirty years ago left\nbehind them disorder and desolation, smouldering ruins and mangled\nfragments of the dead; and their shouts of victory were drowned*in the\ncry of mourning, lamentation and woe. But your army advances under\nthe banner of peace, to achieve victories no less renowned than those of\nwar; and its onward march may be traced, not by the signs of brntal\npassion and inhuman rage, but of distress relieved, vice restrained,\nsuffering assuaged, and burdens borne; npt by rained homes and burning\ncities, but by stately institutions, orphanages and asylums, erected to\nshelter the homeless and bereaved.\nThose of us who serve in this beneficent army of peace may well be\nproud of our victories which leave no sting of defeat behind. And we\nhave reason to be thankful for the'indications of success which present\nthemselves at our annual review.\nTHE STATE OF THE ORDER,\nas shown in the returns submitted by your Grand Secretary, tell of\ncontinued prosperity. A net increase during the year under the\nSovereign Grand Lodge of 32,897, making at the end of 1893 3, membership of 780,192, or, including the Sisters of the Rebekah Degree, 888,804,\ngives satisfactory evidence of solid growth. Adding some 25,000 members in foreign Jurisdictions, shows a total of about 913,000 at the end\nof 1893. It is true that our growth in 1893 has been less marked than in\nthe year previous ; but that may be accounted for by the retarding 1237\neffects of a season of financial stringency and of reduced commercial\nand manufacturing operations, which has lessened materially the\nresources of the people. This has been especially noticeable in the\nUnited States. In Canada, relatively a more prosperous country, and\nunder its stable institutions less liable to business fluctuations, our\nOrder has made greater progress than in any previous period of its\nhistory.\nBut if the increase in membership has been less in the year immediately preceding, there has been no material diminution in the work\naccomplished. The expenditure of $3,313,000 for purposes of relief is a\nsufficient evidence of the activity of Odd Fellowship. It is not numbers,\nbut work that constitutes success. Judged by this standard, Odd\nFellowship has not failed. And we point with gratification to the work\naccomplished by our Order, as it has faithfully and loyally obeyed the\ncommands of its laws \" to visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the\ndead and educate the orphan ;n evidences shown not only in its steadily\ngrowing volume of relief outlay, but in the less obtrusive yet more\nextended influence of its principles of Friendship, Love and Truth,\ntaught in our Lodges, exemplified by our members, and permeating\nevery community where our Order has a home.\nTHE CONDITION OF THE ORDER IN FOREIGN LANDS\nhas not materially changed during the year. Among the Teutonic\nnations of Europe, Very good progress has been made, as you will see by\nthe report of our Special Deputy, Bro, Herman Block. (Off. Doc. B.)\nIn Australasia, business depression has had its effect in causing a slight\ndecrease in membership. Among the Latin nations, whether in Europe\nor America, the returns are not very satisfactory. In Sweden, the state\nof the Order has warranted me in acting on the authority you gave me\nlast session (Journal, p. 13,567). and I have issued to the Lodges in that\ncountry a Charter for a Grand Lodge.\nThe publication of the Ritual in the Swedish language having been\nauthorized by you, a translation was prepared by Amicita Lodge, No. 3\nof Sweden. I submittedthe translation to the inspection of three competent Swedish gentlemen in St. Paul, Minn., (Bros.Thygeson, Johnson\nand Brown), and, being certified by them of its correctness, I authorized its printing. I would suggest that Amicita Lodge should be granted\nfour copies of the printed Ritual. Similarly, Garibaldi Lodge, of Texas,\nwhich translated the Italian Ritual at its own expense, should be\ngranted four copies of that Ritual.\nIn referring to the advance of Odd Fellowship on the continent of\nEurope, I cannot speak in terms too laudatory of the work accomplished\nby Grand Representative Block. The social and political conditions of\nthe various nationalities in Europe differ so materially from the conditions characteristic of the United States and Canada that if we are to\nretain close relations with our Brethren across the sea, and if Odd I238\nFellowship in those distant countries is to be operated as we understand\nit, there is absolute necessity for the presence there, in an official position, of a Brother who is not only well versed in Odd Fellowship, but\nwho is also in full harmony with European and American Odd Fellows.\nSuch a representative man we have in Bro. Block. The result of his\nlabors are not to be measured alone by the numerical or financial condition of the Lodges in Europe. They can be properly estimated only by\nthose who, like your executive officers, have closer opportunity for\nobserving the situation, and the character of the work effected. In the\nperformance of his duties, Bro. Block has freely given not only time,\nbut money; for the allowance of $300 made by the Sovereign Grand\nLodge falls far short of his actual disbursements, and should certainly\nbe increased.\nDuring the year, a number of residents of Naples, Italy, joined in a\nrequest for a Charter for a Lodge in their city. The petition was the\nvoluntary action of a number of gentlemen who, while not acquainted\nwith the details of our work, had learned enough of our principles to\nrecognize the value of Odd Fellowship to humanity. The matter was\nreferred for investigation to Bro. Block, and after some correspondence\nand a careful review of the social standing of the petitioners, and of the\nlaws and customs of Italy, I am prepared to recommend that their\nrequest be granted.\nIn the course of correspondence with Bro. Block oh the Naples petition, I had occasion to discuss with him a question which, while it has\nnot attained any prominence in connection with Odd Fellowship, has\nmore or less affected other benevolent societies in Europe; and that is\nthe development of atheism among certain classes of the people. Odd\nFellowship, while it is free from anything of a sectarian character, has\nalways held belief in a Supreme Being as a cardinal principle; and has\nmaintained the Fatherhood of God as a doctrine of equal importance\nwith the Brotherhood of man. Concerning the qualities and attributes\nof the Divine Father, it has never undertaken to pronounce with\nauthority; nor does it question the moral character and good citizenship of some of those who declare that they have no belief in a Supreme\nBeing. It simply exercises the right of all voluntary associations to\nprescribe the qualifications for membership in its own circle. And it\nhas insisted, and does still insist, that belief in God is necessary to\nattain or retain a place within our ranks. No one should offer himself\nfor membership in our Order who has not this qualification; no one\nshould be accepted without it; and no member who loses his faith in a\nDivine Father can honestly and consistently remain with us. I think\nit is very necessary that this cardinal doctrine should be emphatically\nre-stated; and that it should be distinctly understood in Europe, where\nall societies have been seriously disturbed by atheistic agitation.\nOpportunity has been given me for the introduction of Odd Fellowship into the British colonies of South Africa, by means of an experi- 1239\nenced Brother from Manitoba, who was visiting the Dark Continent,\nand whose services were placed at my disposal for the purpose. But I\nhave never favored this kind of missionary enterprise in foreign\ncountries; believing that it is time enough to go outside of our ordinary\nboundaries when the people of other countries call on us. I therefore\ndeclined to give any official sanction to the proposition. There is\nnothing to prevent any member of the Order, who resides in a foreign\nland, advocating the claims of Odd Fellowship, and pointing out to his\nnew associates its good qualities; but it is neither necessary nor expedient for the Sovereign Grand Lodge to make any special effort to introduce the Order, except in response to the request of the people themselves.\nDuring the year, two gentlemen from India visiting this country in\nconnection with the Parliament of Religions at Chicago, and studying\nAmerican institutions, were favorably impressed with Odd Fellowship,\nand asked permission to join a Lodge, with a view to introducing the\nOrder into their own country. While I appreciate the compliment paid\nus, there were evident reasons why their proposal should not be entertained.\nNEWFOUNDLAND.\nThe only part of British North America not hitherto occupied by us\nis the colony of Newfoundland: but a petition was received from St.\nJohn's, the capital of the Island, a short time since, and a charter\ngranted for a Lodge. There seems to be some reasonable doubt as to\nwhether this colony should be considered part of the Jurisdiction of\n-the Maritime Provinces of Canada. The Commission granted Bro.\nFuller, the first D. D. Grand Sire of the Lower Provinces of British\nNorth America, appears to have included the four Provinces of Nova\nScotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. On\nthe other hand, the Constitution of the present Grand Lodge of the\nMaritime Provinces, which has been approved by the Sovereign Grand\nLodge, confines its jurisdiction to the first three alone. This fact,\ncoupled with the other pertinent fact that Newfoundland is a colony\nseparate and distinct from Canada, caused me to decide that it was unoccupied territory, directly subordinate to the Sovereign Grand Lodge.\nIft KANSAS.\nThe only section throught our entire Jurisdiction where peace and\nharmony does not prevail, is the State of Kansas. The situation there\nwill be brought to your attention, and deserves your serious consideration. In brief, it amounts to this : The Grand Lodge of the State\nordered an assessment per capita on the membership, to supply funds for\nwhat is known as the De Boissiere Home. A number of the Lodges\nrefused payment; the Grand Master proceeded to discipline the delinquents ; they appealed to the civil courts, which decided against them ; 1240\nfurther appeal was taken to the superior court, which enjoined the Grand\nMaster from interfering with the appellants until the appeal should be\nfinally decided. Many of the Subordinates interested sought my assistance, and asked that I should restrain the Grand Master from requiring\nobedience to the resolution of the Grand Lodge in the matter of the\nassessment; and also praying me to investigate the situation. My reply\nwas : That the Lodges claiming to be aggrieved having appealed to the\ncivil courts, instead of the regular tribunals of the Order, it was not\nexpedient for the Grand Sire to interfere. The petitions in this case are\npresented to the Grand Sire ; but I submit the entire matter to you for\nsuch action as you may deem expedient. The decision of Judge Hazen,\nsustaining the Grand Lodge of Kansas, was an important deliverance ;\naud as a portion of his ruling was devoted to the consideration of certain\nresolutions passed by the Sovereign Grand Lodge, at its Portland session, I have added that part to the official documents herewith submitted.\n(Off. Doc. C.)\nTHE PATRIARCHS MILITANT.\nI am unable to make as favorable aud as correct a report of the condition of this branch of the Order as could be desired. It has not been\nidle, for some eleven new Cantons have been mustered into service since\nlast September. But it is impossible to give a correct comparison of the\nsituation between the past two years, owing to the fact that many of the\nold Cantons had but a nominal existence. There appears to have always\nbeen a difficulty in getting prompt returns from some of the Cantons,\nand as a consequence, the statistics given in previous years have been\napproximate, and not absolutely correct. This difficulty has by no means^\ndisappeared during the last year. The Adjutant-General will, however,\ngive you such figures as he has at his command. I have endeavored to\nlop off the withered branches, and re-organize the forces, but I have had\nto depend largely on the Department Commanders in this matter, and\nhave not always found among thetn that military promptness nor that\nexecuiive ability necessary. Some undertook the work of re-organization at once, and have brought their Departments into proper shape;\nothers have shown a reluctance to &ut down a nominal force to its actual\nproportions, and have neglected either to withdraw the Warrants of\ndelinquent Cantons, or to resuscitate them.\nI have had to exercise considerable discretionary power in harmonizing\nthe articles of the Code adopted at last session. Owing to the fact that\nthis was a combination of two very diverse schemes, it is no matter for\nsurprise that it should show inconsistencies as well as omissions. One\nserious question was with regard to the Canton tax. It was generally\nsupposed that the Sovereign Grand Lodge intended to abolish this tax ;\nbut no action to that effect was taken ; while Section 168 expressly\ndeclares that all former laws not inconsistent with the act of 1893 remain\nin full force until expressly repealed. Though I might be satisfied as to 1241\ntfhat was the intention of the Body, yet under your decision of 1892 on\nthe Minimum Benefit Law, it is held that the Grand Sire should not\nconsider the intention of the law so much as the literal reading. I, therefore, held that the tax law was unrepealed ; but I have not thought it\nwise to insist on the collection of the tax.\nIn a large number of cases, Department Commanders have recommended the remission of arrears due by inactive and weak Cantons, and\nI have generally approved such recommendation. With regard to inai-\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 vidual accounts, very little progress has been made in their collection.\nSome delinquents are dead; some are no longer connected with the\nOrder ; iu nearly all other cases, excuses more or less reasonable have\nbeen made for non-payment. Many of the charges seem to have been the\nresult of misunderstandings of law, a d some of mis-laid correspondence.\nI am of the opinion that these accounts are practically non-collectible,\nand the simplest way of disposing of them would be to write them off, or\ntransfer them to the several Department Councils. In the case of fees\ndue for Commissions not received, where the account is cancelled, the\nCommission should be cancelled also. The largest account is that of\n'Gen. Janes, of Michigan, amounting to $51.80; this is a sample of\ncharges made and resisted under mistaken construction of the law. It\nmay as well be written off.\nThe Code that was adopted by the Sovereign Grand Lodge last year\nfor the government of the Patriarchs Militant is capable of considerable\nimprovement. The fact is that it is only a modification of the old system, without the advantage of a competent and efficient Staff at Head-\nquarteis for the general management. There has been a form of self-\ngovernment, but more a form than a reality. The organization in each\nDepartment is subject to the Department Commander and the Commander-in-Chief ; the Department Cour cil is only optional, and at best\nis only an Advisory Board with little power. The Department Commander is chosen presumably for his efficiency as a military officer ; he\nmay be decidedly deficient in executive ability, and of little service when\nnot on parade. There are some notable exceptions, but my experience\nhas not been entirely satisfactory. And, as a matter of fact, under the\npresent system, tbe Grand Sire has had to do the work that required the\nwhole time of the General commanding under the old system, in addition toythe regular work of his office, without extra help ; and the Grand\nSecretary has been expected to do the work which formerly occupied the\ntime and energies of a Staff of three or four people, with scarcely sufficient e^tra salary to pay for one clerk. This cannot continue. The\nGrand Sire and Grand Secretary cannot possibly attend to his work to\nthe benefit of the Patriarchs Militant, and without neglecting the work\nof tbe Order at large, unless they $re to be supplied with a special Staff\nof paid officials. But even if they did have the necessary assistance, I do\nnot think the system would be satisfactory. There are only two plans 1242\nfor the proper management of an organization of this kind. One is a.\ncentralized government with a strict military discipline ; the other is\ncomplete local government, subject only to general law. The first plan\nwas tried for several years, and the Sovereign Grand Lodge concluded\nthat it was more expensive than efficient. Without expressing any\nopinion, I may assume that we are not prepared to return to the old system. Let us then try the other plan. Give the Chevaliers, in each\nDepartment, as absolute control of their own affairs as is consistent with\nthe interests of the Order. Instead of trying to keep up the idea that\nthe Patriarchs Militant is a military organization, whose government\nmust be based on military law, let us be content with considering it an\nauxiliary of Odd Fellowship, for purpose of display, using military emblems, but governed on similar principles to those of any voluntary\nassociation. I would recommend therefore, that we adopt for the Patriarchs Militant a plan of government similar to that for Subordinate\nLodges or Encampments, by placing the Cantons in each Department\nunder the complete control of a representative Department Council. And\nfor that purpose I submit a modification of the present Code and recommend its adoption. (Off. Doc. H.)\nIn the matter of Patriarchs Militant finances I would recommend :\n1st. That all arrears of Canton tax, not remitted, and all personal\naccounts be cancelled, or transferred to the several Department Councils,\nwith full power to collect the same for their own benefit, or to cancel\nthem. 2nd. That the law providing for the collection of a Canton tax by\nthe Sovereign Grand Lodge be repealed, such repeal to date from April,\n1394.\nTHE COHEN ARBITRATION.\nIn connection with the Patriarchs Militant, I may report to you the\nresults of the arbitration in the disputed claim of Cohen & Co. against\nthe Sovereign Grand Lodge. It will be remembered that at the last\nsession this firm presented an account of $5,229.31 for printing for\nPatriarchs Militant Headquarters, including interest on running account\namounting to $1,065.57. This was disputed by Gen. Underwood, and\nthe Special Committee on Patriarchs Militant Indebtedness reported in\nfavor of paying $2,317.08. This was refused by Cohen & Co., and at\ntheir request the Sovereign Grand Lodge consented to submit the matter\nto arbitration. Under the authority given me {Journal, 13,673), I\nappointed Past Grand Representative John H. Albin, of New Hampshire, as your arbitrator ; Cohen & Co. appointing Mr. Louis Kramer,\nof Cincinnati. The process of arbitration was remarkably slow. The\narticles of agreement were signed October 23rd, 1893 ; the first meeting\nof the Arbitrators was held in Cincinnati, November 15th, and the award\nwas given February 17th, following. After the first meeting of the\nArbitrators, I was informed by Bro. Albin that the constant attendance\nof Past Grand Sire Underwood, who was the only person familiar with 1243\nail the details of the claim, was absolutely necessary, and I requested\nthat Brother to render all aid possible. This he cheerfully did ; and our\nArbitrator certifies to the great value of the seivices rendered by him.\nThe award, a copy of which is submitted (Off. Doc. I.), required the\nSovereign Grand Lodge to pay $3,996.44\u00E2\u0080\u0094being $1,232.87 less than the\namount claimed. The expenses of the arbitration, however, reached\nsome $1,300. In addition to this, Bro. Underwood considered that, as\nhis entire time had been devoted to assistiug in the arbitration, collecting evidence, securing witnesses, etc., for a period of nearly four months,\nhe should be allowed for that time the salary he had received as Commander of the Patriarchs Militant, viz.: $350 per mouth. I was not prepared to sanction the payment of such an amount, as I had previously\ninformed Bro. Underwood that I had no authority to engage his services for any length of time, or for any stated remuneration. But as\nthere was no doubt he had devoted a great deal of time and labor to your\nservice, I recommended the chairman of the Finance Committee to allow\na payment of $400, leaving it to you to supplement that amount with\nsuch further sum as you may consider proper.\nthe rebekah department.\nThe enthusiasm which has characterized the Sisterhood of Rebekah\nduring the past few years seems to continue unabated. New Lodges are\nbeing organized in every jurisdiction, and the membership is increasing\nrapidly. At the end of 1893, there were 202.442 in this department, of\nwhom 108,612 were Sisters. At the same rate of increase, we may assume\nthat there are to-day not less than 115,000 noble women united with us\nin benevolent work. This grand auxiliary of Odd Fellowship deserves all\nthe support and encouragement we can give it. The laws governing\nthis branch require a careful revision ; while the wishes of the Sisters\nthemselves, especially conversant as they are with the work, should\nreceive from us the most careful consideration.\nI had hoped that the National Convention which you authorized last\nSeptember would have provided the Special Committee on Rebekah\nLaws some assistance in preparing a suitable Code, and would, at all\nevents, have furnished you with the matured views of the representative\nwomen of the Order. It does not appear, however, to have been of any\nmaterial service in this direction. After electing officers, and assisting at\na mass meeting of Rebekah members on the Exposition Grounds, it adjourned to meet at the call of the Grand Sire. This was evidently done\nunder a misconception of the Grand Sire's powers, and possibly of the\nGrand Sire's views. To a question whether the Convention, after organization, might adjourn to meet later, I gave* an affirmative answer,\nbelieving the Body had power over its own movements. But the Grand\nSire had no authority in connection therewith. The Sovereign Grand\nLodge empowered me to provide for a Convention in Chicago, in Septem- wmm\n1244\nber, 1893, and nothing more. Consequently I have not felt at liberty to\naccede to the request of the officers of the Convention, and summon it to\nmeet in Chattanooga this year. There is no doubt, however, that the\nseveral State Conventions will have made their views known to the\nGrand Lodges under whose guardianship they have assembled, and the\nGrand Representatives will be in a position to present these views for\ncrystallization in appropriate laws, so far as your judgment approves.\nWhile our Sisters of Rebekah have assisted in all branches of the\nbenevolent work of Odd Fellowship, they have rendered us special aid in\nestablishing and supporting\nhomes and orphanages.\nAnd in no department of our work has there been so decided progress as\nin making provision for the aged members and orphaned children. As\nour Order grows older, the number of our members who, from the misfortunes of age, become dependent upon us, must increase, and increase\nrapidly. Many of them have borne the burdens of others in days gone\nby, and have performed faithfully all the duties which the Order devolves upon its members. Now, in the evening of life, where shall they\nturn for refuge and rest save to the sheltering arms of Odd Fellowship ?\nNot less urgent are the claims of the children of our deceased members.\n\" To educate the orphan f has been one of the great commands of our\nlaws; but the one least obeyed. We have been too much inclined to\nregard it in its literal terms, and to think that its requirements have\nbeen met by the education that the State provides for all. But education means more than this. It means moral as well as mental training ;\nit means the care of body and mind and soul. \" To educate the orphan =\nmeans that the Order should exercise parental guardianship over those\nwhom death has made fatherless ; and our benevolent mission in society\nis not complete where we fail to accomplish this work.\nIt is gratifying to notice that we are not altogether neglecting our\nduty in this connection, though there is still room for improvement. I\nhave had the pleasure of inspecting an orphanage in Lincoln, Illinois,\nwhere some. 80 children are under the guardianship of our Brethren in\nthat Jurisdiction, in an institution complete with every appliance requisite for the purpose. New York has provided an additional Home, which\nI was permitted to formally open only a few days ago. Pennsylvania,\nMassachusetts, Connecticut, Kansas, Texas and Wisconsin have excellent Homes for the aged and for the orphans, in active operation, while\nmany other Jurisdictions are accumulating funds and preparing buildings for this laudable work. I commmend it to the earnest consideration\nof our Brethren everywhere, and trust the time is not far distant when\nample provision will be made for all those who need our care.\nNo less deserving is the Sanitarium for visiting Brothers opened this\nyear in Florida by the enterprising and generous Odd Fellows of that 1245\nJurisdiction. This institution has been established by Florida Brethren,\nbut not for the benefit of Florida. In the true spirit of Odd Fellowship,\nit is designed for others and not for themselves-; it is for the sick and\nafflicted from without. Its support should not depend on the good\nSamaritans of that State, but on the Jurisdictions whose members will\nreceive its benefits.\nTHE WORK OF THE GRAND SIRE'S OFFICE\nhas this year been nearly doubled by the extra labor involve d in the\nchange of government of the Patriarchs Militant; and for its proper\nperformance the whole time of your executive officers should have been\ngiven to the Order. The cor espon lencehas been largely increased, but\nall matters submitted to me have received careful consideration, and as\nprompt reply as was possible. Such decisions as seem to call for review\nby you are herewith presented. (Off. Doc. A.) All matters of official\nroutine, which are recorded m the Grand Secretary's office, will be re^\nported to you by him.\nI have not been able to visit the Jurisdictions as much as I could\nhave desired. But what I have done only confirms my conviction that the\noccasional presence of the principal officer of the Order in any locality\nresults in great benefit that can scarcely be over-estimated. It is not\nnecessary for this purpose that the Grand Sire should be an eloquent\nspeaker, or a person of remarkable ability. The very fact that it is the\nGrand Sire who comes draws out the Brethren ; gives them opportunity\nfor conference and counsel; and awakens new enthusiasm ; while at the\nsame time public attention is. attracted to the Order, and opportunity\ngiven for that favourable impression which Odd Fellowship can always\nmake. I have attended public demonstrations in Chicago, Indianapolis\nand Cleveland ; have visited the Grand Encampment of Deleware, and\nthe Grand Lodges of New Jersey, Deleware and Indiana ; i\u00C2\u00BB spected the\nOrphanage at Lincoln, Illinois, and opened the New Home for Western\nNew York, at Lockport. These, with a few minor visitations comprise\nall that I have been able to do in this department of my wo*k; and it\nhas been with great regret that I have been compelled to refuse many\ninvitations from other Jurisdictions. Before closing, let me not forget to\nsay a wrrd\nin memory\nof those whose once familiar faces will be seen no more. Our Memorial\nDay Proclamation, (Off. Doc. K.), contains the names of many whose\nvoices have been heard at your sessions in no uncertain tone, and whose\nlives were devoted to the work of the O/der. One of them died while\nholding official position in this Body\u00E2\u0080\u0094your Grand Marshal, Bro. Walter\nG. Dye, of Minnesota\u00E2\u0080\u0094an Odd Fellow in spirit and in truth. \"The\nwarm heart that throbbed for others' woes\" is silent in the grave ; but\nthe memory of the kind words spoken, of the generous acts performed,\nof the honest life that has been lived\u00E2\u0080\u0094this can never die. 1246\nAnd now, Officers and Representatives, the time draws near for me\nto\nRETURN TO YOU\nthe trust which two years ago you reposed in me. Conscious of imperfections, I realize that the magnitude of the work incident to the office\nof Chief Executive of this grand association calls for abilities far greater\nthau any I possess ; but what I have been able to do I have done as\nbest I could, unbiased by fear or friendship, and with the sole desire to\nadvance the Order's aims and ends. For the kind and courteous loyalty\nshown by you\u00E2\u0080\u0094and not by you alone, but by all with whom I have been\nbrought into official relationship\u00E2\u0080\u0094I have nothing but gratitude to give.\nIt has aided me when in difficulty; and made the burdens of office\neasy to bear. It will make the memory of my administration forme an\nundying pleasure.\nI shall soon surrender executive control to an able and experienced\nBrother. But the great work our Order strives to accomplish rests with\nyou and your Brethren in the several Jurisdictions. If you are faithful,\nthe failings of your Grand Sire cannot retard the work; if you are negligent, the greatest talents he can bring to office cannot prevent\ndisaster.\nThis is an age that needs the beneficent labors of Odd Fellowship. It\nis a transition age; a critical period in the history of civilized communities. Grave problems are pressing for solution\u00E2\u0080\u0094legislative problems,\nsocial problems, religious problems, economic problems. Old ideas are\ndying out, and new ones are developing; old creeds are becoming obsolete, and new dogmas take their place; old systems are crumbling on\nthe brink of dissolution, and new systems are ever forging forward.\nThere is a condition of unrest and agitation; of startling contrasts of\nwealth and poverty; of bitter conflicts between labor and capital. There\nis a constant struggle for existence, in which thousands are being trod-\nden under foot.\nIn the midst of this unceasing world-wide turmoil, Odd Fellowship\nstands serene, proclaiming the gospel of altruistic communism\u00E2\u0080\u0094unselfishness for the individual, co-operation for society\u00E2\u0080\u0094the sole remedy for\nthe ills that afflict humanity. On the bridge that spans the Rhone in\nthe city of Geneva, stands a noble group of statuary, commemorative of\nthe union of Geneva with the Swiss Confederation\u00E2\u0080\u0094two figures of an\nunequal size, clasped in a mutual embrace, with the inscription on the\nbase: | Un pour tous, tous pour un \"\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00C2\u00A7 one for all, all for one.\" This\nis the central idea of our Order\u00E2\u0080\u0094each individual member serving the\nwhole body, the whole body to protect and guard the individual. It\nrepresents the highest form of civilized society; it will characterize the\nmillenial period of peace and prosperity, when one law shall bind all\npeople\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\" the law of Universal Brotherhood.1' To you is entrusted the leadership of the movement that shall hasten\nthe establishment of the Altrurian Age\u00E2\u0080\u0094the age of which poets have\ndreamed; for which philanthropists have hoped, but which Odd Fellowship has made possible. May your enthusiasm be unabated; your zea\nundiminished; and may the Divine Blessing crown your labors with\nmost swift success.\nOFFICIAL DOCUMENTS PRESENTED BY THE GRAND SIRE\n[Official Documents A.]\nDECISIONS REPORTED BY THE GRAND SIRE.\n1. When a Lodge, during its meeting, is left without a quorum, it\ncan do no further business, and the N. G. should declare it closed without ceremony.\n2. When an unsuspended member dies, who was disqualified under\nthe local law from receiving benefits, the Lodge can donate money to\nbury him, and may even donate a larger sum than the By-Laws allow\nfor a funeral benefit; provided it is done in accordance with the local\nregulations in the matter of donations.\n3. To entitle a member to a Veteran Jewel, in counting years of\ncontinuous membership, the period of temporary suspension of his\nLodge by reason of some public calamity, like civil war, is not to be\ndeducted; it being shewn that he regained membership at the earliest\npossible opportunity.\n4. As a general rule, a Brother cannot be put on trial for an offense\nsaid to have been committed prior to his becoming a member of the\nOrder, unless the offense wras one not previously discovered.\n5. When a Lodge becomes defunct, and its Charter is withdrawn,\nall its members are under suspension, except such as receive Cards from\nthe Grand Lodge. When such a Lodge is resuscitated, on petition of\nsome of the original members, one who was in good standing- at the\ntime of suspension, but had not received a Card from the Grand Lodge,\nretains the status of a suspended member, and must so remain until\n(adrfitfted' into the resuscitated Lodge, on such terms as the local laiv prescribes, or until he shall obtain a Dismissal Certificate in accordance with\nlaw) he obtains a card from the Grand Lodge, when he can be admitted\ninto the resuscitated, or any other Lodge, on such terms as the local\nlaw prescribes.\n6. When consent has been given by the proper authorities for the\nelection and initiation of a non-resident, the Lodge having original\njurisdiction has no claim for fees. 1248\n7. Redress for grievances connected with Odd Fellowship should be\nsought in the tribunals of the Order; and neither a Subordinate Body\nnor a member thereof should appeal to the civil courts until all remedies\nprovided by the Order have been exhausted.\n8. A retiring Noble Grand is entitled to the Past Noble Grand's\nDegree as soon as his term of office as N. G. has expired. The Degree\nmay be conferred outside of the Grand Lodge, if such Body has authorized it to be so conferred.\n9. A Subordinate cannot elect to the office of Noble Grand a member of another Lodge. It may, however, elect a member of another\nLodge as its Representative to its Grand Lodge, if such Grand Lodge\npermits.\n10. A Brother cannot be installed into and hold, at the same time,\nmore than one of the offices in a Subordinate Lodge provided for in the\nRitual and general law; but a member who holds one of such offices\nmay serve his Lodge in some other capacity\u00E2\u0080\u0094such as Physician, Solicitor, Janitor, etc., provided the duties of the several positions to which\nhe may be appointed do not conflict; and provided, also, that the local\nlaw does not prohibit.\n11. It is not permissible for a Lodge to present, in public or in private, a burlesque of any of the ceremonies of the Order; or to give in\npublic any dramatic representation claiming to be in anyway connected\nwith our Ritual.\n12. Neither a Subordinate Body nor a member is allowed to manufacture and sell photographs of scenes in the Dramatic Work. (Neither\na Subordinate Body nor a member is allowed to manufacture or sell photographs of scenes in the Dramatic Work. J But individuals may have\nphotographs of themselves in the costumes used, provided such are not\nused for public display, or in such a manner as would indicate to outsiders their connection with the Order. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n13. (By order of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, this decision is omitted from the Revised Journal.)\n14. Not more than one candidate can at the same time be admitted\nto any of the ceremonies of the Order, except where permitted by the\nexpress terms of the Ritual.\n15. An Encampment member can wear his Encampment Regalia\nwhen sitting in his own Lodge, unless he is a Lodge officer, in which\ncase he must wear the Regalia of his office.\n16. Under the general law, a Patriarch, before he can be elected C.\nP., must have served a term as H. P., and one as S. W.; but a Grand\nEncampment may by By-Law dispense with the term of service in the\nH. P.'s chair. 1249\n17. Whether or not a Rebekah Lodge shall pay benefits is a matter\nfor local law.\n18. There is nothing in the. general law to prohibit a Rebekah Lodge\nco-operating with an association of women, or taking part in a convention of women's societies\u00E2\u0080\u0094the object being for the welfare of the female\nsex. But the consent of the Grand Master should be obtained.\n19. A lady is not eligible to membership in a Rebekah Lodge whose\nonly claim is that she is the adopted daughter of a man whose son is an\nOdd Fellow.\n20. The widowed daughter of an Odd Fellow in good standing in his\nLodge (or a deceased Odd Fellow who was in good standing at the time\nof his death), is eligible to membership in a Rebekah Lodge, even\nthough her deceased husband was not an Odd Fellow.\n21. A Sister who marries a man not a member of the Order, and\nwho is dropped for non-payment of dues, either before or after her\nmarriage, cannot be re-instated so long as her husband is not an Odd\nFellow.\n22. The N. G. of a Rebekah Lodge has no authority under the Ritual\nto instruct the W. or C. to communicate any P. W.'s to any person,\nwhether in her immediate presence during the session of the Lodge, or\nat any other time or place.\n23. When the officers of a Rebekah Lodge surrender their chairs to\na Degree Staff for the purpose of conferring the Degree, the N. G. of the\nDegree Staff is acting N. G. of the Lodge, and has the same right to\ncommunicate P. W.'s that the installed N. G. has\u00E2\u0080\u0094it being assumed\nthat such acting N. G. is legally qualified, i. e., is an installed N. G. of\na Lodge, or a P. N. G. (The above right given the N. G. of the Degree\nStaff applies only to the communication of P. W.'s to candidates during the\nconferring of the Degree.;\n24. A Canton that has been mustered out of the service cannot take\npart in any parade of the Order.\n25. A Chevalier under suspension, or one not a member of a Canton, and not presenting a Certificate of Honorable Discharge, cannot\nappear in uniform in a public parade of Patriarchs Militant.\n26. A Chevalier cannot be a member of more than one Canton\nwhether active or honorary.\n27. When a Canton is instituted during the latter half of the P. M.\nyear, i. e , between October 26th and April 26th, the first officers serve\nthe balance of that year and the year following.\n28. The Guard, Sentinel and Picket of a Canton, being officers not\nrequired nor recognized on parade, need not be Warranted; but it is 1250\noptional with a Department Commander to cause Warrants to be issued\nto any of them at their request, and on payment of fees.\n29. The officer of highest rank in a Department, commanding an\norganized body of P. M. of tbe highest grade, is Department Commander\nby virtue of such rank and position.\n30. A Department Commander as such has no Staff; but he has\nwhatever Staff is proper for an officer of his rank, whether Major or\nMajor-Genera!.\n31. A Department to be organized into a Division must consist of\nat least three Brigades. If there are only two Brigades, the Brigadier\nwho is senior officer, and consequently Department Commander, may\nbe commissioned Major-General.\n32. Neither a Commander-in-Chief nor a Department Commander\nhas power to change or sanction the change of the P. M. Uniform, or\nany part thereof.\n33. A Grand Lodge cannot provide for the payment, out of its own\nfunds, of benefits to members of defunct Lodges; nor can it collect\ndues from such members for the purpose of paying them benefits.\n34. A Grand Master has no power to consolidate two Subordinates\nin his Jurisdiction, unless his Grand Lodge has legislated to that effect,\nand has given him the necessary authority.\n35. An Encampment desiring to petition Subordinate Lodges for\naid must first obtain permission from both the Grand Patriarch and the\nGrand Master of the Jurisdiction.\n36. A Past Grand who has been installed Grand Master, but has resigned before his term of office has expired, may, in the absence of a P.\nG. M. or Grand Representative, install the officers of a Grand Lodge, he\nhaving taken the obligation of a Grand Master.\n37. The S. G. L. insurance laws apply to all associations seeking\nrecognition from the Order, whether they have been incorporated under\ncivil laws or not.\n38. A D. D. Grand Sire may hold any office in his Lodge or Encampment, provided the Grand Sire, whose representative he is, does not\nobject.\n39. The Grand Lodge of the Maritime Provinces of Canada has no\njurisdiction over the colony of Newfoundland, the latter being directly\nunder the S. G. L. 1251\n[Official Document L.]\nDECISION OF GRAND SIRE.\nGiven under authority of Sovereign Grand Lodge.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Journal, 13,448.\nB. G. McBroom\nvs.\nFriendship Lodge, No. 8, I. 0. 0. F., Ind. Ter.\nThis was an appeal made to the Grand Sire on the 2nd of January,\n1893, by the late Bro. B. G. McBroom against his Lodge, Friendship, No.\n8, of Krebs, Ind. Territory, for refusing to pay benefits which he claimed\nto be then due and accruing. The matter was referred to the D. D.\nGrand Sire for the Indian Territory, for investigation; and on his report of facts ascertained by him, the Grand Sire decided that Bro.\nMcBroom was entitled to benefits; and that Friendship Lodge should\npay such benefits as long as Bro. McBroom produced satisfactory evidence of illness.\nFrom this decision, Friendship Lodge appealed to the S. G. L.\nclaiming that the D. D. G. S. had not notified the Lodge of the investigation, and that opportunity had not been given to submit evidence;\nand the S. G. L. referred the entire matter back to the Grand Sire for\nfurther examination and decision, with instructions to allow Clifton\nLodge, No. 181, of Kansas, which had advanced money to Bro. McBroom,\nto be made a party in the case.\nIn accordance with these instructions, all parties have received ample notice to submit such evidence and argument as they might deem\nnecessary. Clifton Lodge having notified the Grand Sire that the\nmoney advanced Bro. McBroom had been repaid by his family, is not\nfurther concerned in the case.\nThe facts, as shown by certified copies of Lodge records, and duly\nexecuted affidavits, are as follows:\nBro. B. G. McBroom was taken ill February 13th, 1891, and remained\nso until April 5th, 1891, when he recovered sufficiently to consider himself able to resume work, though the evidence shows that he had not\nfully recovered, and was never able to continue at any kind of work\nfrom his first illness till his death. But he consented to being declared\nwell by his Lodge; and so continued until July 17th, 1891, when\nhe again became seriously ill, and was reported to his Lodge. He continued ill and unable to work until his death, June 24th, 1893,\nDuring his first illness, it is not denied that he was in good standing, and a certified copy of his account in the Lodge ledger establishes\nthe fact. But the Lodge paid him no benefits, claiming that he was not\ntoo ill to work, and that he was working. Now, when a Brother in\ngood standing is ill, and is under the care of his Lodge, he cannot be\nrefused benefits without an investigation, of which he should receive 1252\nnotice. (Durfey vs. Q. L. of Virginia, Journal, pp. 9,328, 9,442.) The\nevidence shows that the investigation in this case, if any was held, was\nvery slight; and that Bro. McBroom had no notice, and knew of no\nreason advanced why he should not be paid his benefits.\nThe evidence, however, shows that the Brother was ill. Affidavits\nare presented by members of the Lodge that they saw him in his own\nhouse engaged in domestic occupations, and also that he had been seen\nat work in the establishment where he had been employed\u00E2\u0080\u0094the Osage\nTrading Co.'s store. But the affidavits of his attending physician, and\nof Mr. Elliott, manager of the Osage Trading Co., declared that he was\nunable to work, and that he did not work. It is quite probable that on\noccasions he had been seen engaged in some occupation for a few\nminutes, both at home and at the store; but that does not prove that\nhe was at work so as to be disqualified for benefit under our laws.\n(Laura C. Snyder vs. Purity Lodge, Journal 1870, pp. 4,873,4,896,4,897.)\nIt has been held, also, that positive evidence of physical disability cannot be overturned by negative or presumptive evidence. (Harper vs.\nG. L. Dist. Col., Journal 1886, pp. 10,407, 10,443.) The positive evidence\nin this case is quite sufficient to prove that during the seven weeks\nending April 5th, 1891, Bro. McBroom was entitled to benefits.\nBro. McBroom removed from Krebs to Kansas, in April, and remained with relatives until May, when he returned to Krebs, thinking\nhe might be able to resume work. But he was taken ill again in July;\nnotice was sent to Friendship Lodge, and he subsequently received the\namount of two weeks' benefits, after which he was informed that he\nwas not in good standing, and was not entitled to benefits. He removed\nfrom Krebs to Kansas in July; was an inmate of several hospitals, and\nfinally died in Oregon; his continuous illness during all this time being\nclearly proven, and, in fact, not being denied.\nDuring the time of temporary convalescence, from April to July,\nBro. McBroom paid no Lodge dues. He makes affidavit that he was informed by a member of the Relief Committee that the Lodge owed him\nenough to keep him in good standing. But whether that statement\nwas made to him by an authorized officer or not, the fact remains that\nsix weeks' benefits were due him, which should have been placed to bis\ncredit. And had they been so placed, he would have been in good\nstanding when again taken ill in July. Where benefits have been withheld from a Brother, either from an erroneous opinion as to his health,\nor a mistaken construction of law, and whether such . action has been\nacquiesced in by the Brother himself or not, if, on revision of the case,\nsuch benefits are decided to be due to the Brother, they must be placed\nto his credit. And if such credit would make him beneficial for a subsequent illness, the Lodge must allow him benefits for both seasons of\ndisability. (White vs. Roger Williams Lodge, Journal 1,857, pp. 2,789, 2,827; and Strong rs. G. L. South Carolina, Journal, pp. 2,808, 2,830;\nalso White's Digest, 43, 44.)\nFriendship Lodge contends that Bro. McBroom was debarred seeking relief under the statute of limitation (Const. Subordinates, Art. III.,\nSec. 8), TYhich requires all claims to be made within thirty days from\nthe termination of the sickness for which they are claimed. The contention is not good. The Lodge Records show the Brother's right to\nbenefits during his first illness was under consideration by the Lodge at\nthe time; and the claim for benefits for the second illness was also\nmade during the time of such illness, and long before its termination.\nIt is held, therefore, that Bro.. McBroom was entitled to benefits\nfrom February 20th, 1891, to April 5th, 1891, and from July 24th, 1891,\nto June 24th, 1893, and that his widow is entitled to the funeral benefit.\nThe By-Laws of the Lodge provide for $5 per week for the first sixteen weeks' continuous illness, $4 per week for the following 26 weeks,\n$3 for the following 26 weeks, and $2 thereafter; no benefits being paid\nfor the first week. The funeral benefit is $50. This would aggregate\n$434 benefits due. From this should be deducted dues accrued, $9.90,\nand the following sums paid: August 13th, 1891, $5; August 20th\n1891, $5; April 20th, 1893, $25; in all, $44.90.\nIt is therefore ordered that Friendship Lodge, No. 8, of Krebs,\nIndian Territory, pay to the order of Mrs. Gratia McBroom, of Clifton,\nKansas, widow of the late Bro. B. G. McBroom, the sum of three hundred and eighty-nine dollars and ten cents.\nGiven at London, Ontario, Canada, this 28th day of March, 1894.\nCL. T. CAMPBELL,\nGrand Sire.\nEXTRACTS FROM GRAND SECRETARY'S REPORT.\nReceipts from Grand Lodges .' \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 -$44,025 68\n\" | Grand Encampments 8,532 73\n\" \" Subordinate Lodges * i*148 38\n\" \" Subordinate Encampments 326 11\n\" Sundry Cantons 103 55\nI Patriarchs Militant 3>356 05\n| \" Individuals 357^65\n$57,850 15\nInterest on R. R. Bonds \fj> 00\nSale of Philadelphia & Erie R. R. Bonds \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 14,9W DU\nReturned by Committee per resolution, page 13,677, Journal\n1893 1 \u00E2\u0084\u00A2J1\nTotal Cash paid to Grand Treasurer $74,458 21 1254\nOrdinary revenue $57,850 15\nBalances (Dr. $1,024.40, Cr. $54.32) 970 08\n$58,820 23\nAmount August 20th, per Journal, page 13,375 69,767 39\nDecrease for year, August 21st to August 20th, 1894 $10,947 16\nIt\ntt\nCC\nThe balance sheet herewith exhibits the Profit and Loss account\nas follows :\nNet profit on books $ 14,073 90\nI' Visiting and Withdrawal Cards 14,769 87\nRebekah Cards...,, 2,436 75\nCards for a wife or widow\t\nDismissal Certificates\t\nRebekah Dismissal Certificates\t\nEncampment and Lodge Charts\t\nOdes\u00E2\u0080\u0094Lodge, etc\t\nPrayer Cards'.\t\nDiplomas\t\nRebekah Certificates\t\nVeteran Jewels\t\nInsurance and Defunct Certificates\t\nPatriarchs Militant Supplies, etc 1,366 12\na\nct\nct\n19\n04\n484\n65\n28\n31\n629\n90\n630\n19\n8\n03\n276\n25\n2\n20\n269\n19\n207\n86\n-1,366\n12\nTotal for Supplies $ 35,202 26\nPatriarchs Militant Current Account and Arrears.$ 1,039 57\nInterest on Railroad Bonds , . . 1,537 50\nRepresentative Tax 13,800 00\nDues of Subordinates 989 10\nCharter Fees 162 00\n17,528 1\nTotal amount of credits , $ 52,730 43\n(P. M. note charged i\nDebits\u00E2\u0080\u0094Bills Receivable -j to Profit and Loss [\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ...$ 2,000 00\n( account. )\nPetitions for Membership 5 82\nAnnual expenses 10,472 88\nSixty-ninth Annual Session 53,976 67\nRidgely Monument 25 00\nWildey Monument 25 00\nJ. C. Underwood 283 03\n 66,788 40\nNet loss $ 14,057 97 ASSETS OF THE SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE.\nCash in hands of Grand Treasurer $ 33,251 25\nRailroad Bonds 30,000 00\nSteel and Electrotype Plates 12,418 85\nLibrary (cost of binding volumes) 1,198 83\nBooks, Cards, Odes, etc., at cost 19,656 43\nPaintings and furniture 10,226 55\nBalance due (Dr. $1,024.40, Cr. $54.32) 970 08\n$107,721 99\nAmount August 20th, 1893 121,779 96\nDecrease $ 14,057 97\nRETURNS FOR THE YEARS 1892 AND 1893.\nDec. 31st, Dec. 31st, Increase\ni coo n QQQ xnoreabtj\nGrand Lodges\t\nGrand Encampm'nts\nSubordinate Lodges.\nSubord'te Eyc'mp'ts\nRebekah Lodges\t\nLodge Initiations ...\nEnc'mp't Initiations\nLodge Members\t\nEncamp't Members.\nRebekah Members.\nRelief by Lodges\t\nRelief by Enc'mp'ts.I\nRel'fbyReb'khLdgs\nTotal Relief\t\nRevenue of Lodges..\nRev'nueof Encmp'ts\nRev'nueR'b'kh Ldgs1\nTotal Revenue\t\noo\n50\n9,936\n2,483\n2,913\n85,509\n16,732\n747,295\n132,542\n180,869\n$3,015,979\n301,801\n32,675\n3,350,456\n7,594,828\n657,781\n520\n8,609,130\nSTATISTICS OF THE ORDER FROM 1830 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 1893, INCLUDING\nAUSTRALASIA, GERMANY, DENMARK AND SWITZERLAND.\nInitiations in Subordinate Lodges 1,947,711\nMembers relieved 1,809,045\nWidowed families relieved 209,902\nMembers deceased 176,320\nTotal relief $ 64,376,265 92\nTotal receipts 168,056,287 65 1256\nCONDITION OF THE ORDER DECEMBER 31ST, 1893.\nSovereign Grand Lodge 1\nIndependent Grand Lodges (German Empire, Australasia, Denmark and Switzerland) 4\nSubordinate Grand Encampments 54\nSubordinate Grand Lodges 65\nSubordinate Encampments 2,581\nSubordinate Lodges 10,644\nEncampment members 137,221\nLodge members 806,013\nRebekah Lodges 3,300\nSisters, members of Rebekah Lodges 108,732\nBrothers, members of Rebekah Lodges 93,910\nCONCLUSION.\nThirty-four years ago, the Grand Lodge of the United States met\nin the beautiful city of Nashville, Tennessee. It was in September,\n1860, that ninety-six Brothers, representing thirty-nine Grand Lodges\nand twenty-nine Grand Encampments, with a membership of 173,818\nin the Lodges and 23,674 in the Encampments, assembled in annual\nsession to transact the business necessary to the welfare of the institution.. Thomas Wildey, the originator of the Order in the United\nStates, the first Noble Grand, first Grand Master and the first Grand\nSire in this country, appeared with his Brethren on that occasion. So,\ntoo, came to the session, the veteran, John A. Kennedy, Past Grand\nSire of New York, and the accomplished and courteous George W.\nRace, Past Grand Sire of Louisiana. The distinguished James L.\nRidgely, Grand Secretary, was also present, occupying his accustomed\nplace at the desk, to record the proceedings of the supreme tribunal of\nthe Order.\nLooking at the names of the seven officers recorded as present at\nthe opening of the session on Monday, September 17th, 1860, (the same\nday of the month that the present session begins) we find that all have\ndisappeared from the active scenes of life. Fitzhugh, Ridgely. Van-\nsant, Repiton, Tucker, Lewyt, Chamberlain, having finished their\nearthly labors, laid down the honors and glories, the trials and troubles\nof official position, and, we trust, have entered the more beautiful and\nglorious Grand Lodge above.\nIn the long list of more than one hundred present at the session of\n1860, only one, James B. Nicholson, Past Grand Sire, then a Representative from Pennsylvania, is with this Body to-day. How well and\nfaithfully he has served the Order during the thirty-four years I need\nnot say. His record as an eloquent, faithful and energetic champion of 1257\nthe cause he espoused in his youth is too* well known to require any\nelaboration.\nAmong the active and earnest members at the session, it may not\nbe improper to mention Tennessee's honored and distinguished Representative E. D. Farnsworth, who, in 1868, became Grand Sire. He\nwas noted for his activity during the dark days from 1861 to 1865, and\nhis successful efforts to preserve the integrity of the Order in the South.\nOf his career as the Chief Executive, the record will be found in the\nprinted. Journals of this Body, and the particulars of the many important matters that transpired during his administration need not be\nmentioned herein the words of the lamented Ridgely, | the living of to-day become\nthe dead of to-morrow,\" and it is doubtful if a dozen of the Representatives in 1860 are now living. New men have taken the places ably\nfilled more than a score of years ago by their predecessors, and the work\ngoes on. The contrast between 1860 and 1894, though worthy of comment, is not surprising. Though, at the meeting of the Body in Tennessee, referred to, the country was on the eve of a revolution that\nthreatened the disruption of the government, and through the exigencies of the times Odd Fellowship languished, so that its most earnest\nadvocates were disheartened, and for four long years there was no meeting with full ranks held by the parent Body, the clouds lifted, and in\n1865 the Reoresentatives from every State met once more in Baltimore\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094a glad and glorious reunion after a long separation.\nI beg to be excused for this retrospect, but the subject was alluring,\nand to many in the Order who are not aware of the situation thirty-four\nyears ago, these few remarks may enlist the attention of the students\nof Odd Fellowship.\nThe tables herewith show the result of the labours during the year\n1893. We cannot, of course, exhibit such a splendid array of figures,\ndenoting large gains, as the tables of 1892 permitted us to present, but,\nunder the circumstances, the great depression of business in every\nchannel, depriving thousands of our members of the means of obtaining\na livelihood, we should be well satisfied with the result. It might have\nbeen, and indeed it was generally expected that the outcome would be\nworse; that instead of a net gain of 32,897 members in Subordinate\nLodges, 3,560 in Encampments and 21,573 in Rebekah Lodges during\nthe year 1893, it was feared that a loss in all branches of the Order\nwould have to be recorded.\nWith the hope that the present session on historic Lookout Mountain in the enterprising city of Chattanoogo, with the beautiful Tennessee River at its base, may be a pleasant occasion for all the members, 12^8\nand eminently profitable to the entire Brotherhood,\nI remain, fraternally yours,\nTHEO. A. ROSS,\nGrand Secretary.\nBaltimore, Maryland, September, 1894.\nWe notice the following appeals, which are of interest to the Order :\nTo the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Lndependent Order of Odd Fellows:\nYour Committee on Appeals, to whom was referred the appeal of\nJ. B. Crawford, P. G. Master, from the decision and judgment of the\nGrand Lodge of Massachusetts, beg leave to report as follows:\nAt the last annual session of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, the\nfollowing report was presented upon the legal construction of a certain\nBy-Law of many Subordinate Lodges of that Jurisdiction, on the sub-\nject of funeral expenses, to wit:\nI Boston, August 9th, 1894.\n\" To the Grand Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., of Massachusetts:\n\"Your committee have had referred to them the following, to report upon the legal construction of the same:\ne>*\nI Whereas Article X., of the Constitution of Subordinate Lodges,\nreads as follows:\nI Section 1. Weekly Benefits: This Lodge shall pay benefitstoany\nof its members who shall become entitled thereto in consequence of\nsickness or accident, not the result of their own immoral conduct, and\nwho are not indebted to the Lodge for the amount of more than\nthirteen weeks' dues, nor otherwise disqualified from receiving the\nsame, in such amount per week as may be fixed in the By-Laws.\n\" Sec 2. Funeral Expenses: In case of the death of a member of\nthis Lodge, qualified as provided in Section 1 of this Article, there shall\nbe paid, from the funds of the Lodge, such a sum, not less than $30, as\nmay be specified in the By-Laws, which shall be used for defraying the\nfuneral expenses; or if said expenses shall be paid by any relative or\nfriend of the deceased, then the said amount shall be paid to such relative or friend; and\n\"Whereas The By-Laws of many Lodges contain the following\nprovision:\n\" Sec 4. On the death of any Brother, who is not disqualified by J259\nArt. X., Section 2, of the Constitution, the sum of $50 shall be allowed\nas a funeral benefit.\nu Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be requested to\nanswer the following questions relative to the construction of said law:\n\" If a Brother die leaving no dependent relatives or widow, and\nsufficient estate to pay his funeral expenses, is the Lodge bound to pay\nto any person the amount named in the said By-Law ?\n\" If a Brother die leaving no dependent relatives or widow, and\nwithout sufficient estate to pay his funeral expenses, is the Lodge bound\nto repay to the person paying such expenses, the sum named in the By-\nLaw, irrespective of the fact, whether or not such person is a relative ?\n\" If a Brother die leaving no widow or dependent relative, and his\nestate is insufficient to pay his funeral expenses, and such expenses are\npaid either by the administrator of his estate from funds received from\nother Organizations, or in part from the proceeds of the property of the\ndeceased, is the Lodge then bound to pay the amount named in the By-\nLaw, to such administrator, or to re-imburse any other Organization to\nwhich said Brother belonged, and which paid his funeral expenses, or\ncontributed to the fund from which such expenses were paid, or in any\nway to contribute to such expenses ?\n\" As to the first question, we answer: Yes, as funeral expenses,\nprovided for in the Constitution.\n\" As to the second question, we answer: Yes.\n\"As to the third question, we answer: The funeral expenses are\nto be paid to the person or Organization by which they have been\nactually paid or incurred.\"\nRespectfully submitted,\nCHARLES Q. TIRRELL,\nCHAS. N. ALEXANDER,\nEDWIN L. PILSBURY, CommHtcc.\nCHAS. A. RUSSELL,\nJOHN U. PERKINS,\nThe report was accepted and adopted, and Jay B. Crawford. G.\nRep., asked permission to appeal to the Sovereign Grand Lodge, and the\nrequest was granted.\nYour committee, after carefully considering the questions presented,\nare of the opinion that construing the said By-Law, Section 4, in connection with Section 2, of Article X., of the Constitution of Subordinate\nLodges of that State, that the words | funeral benefit,\" as used in said\nBy-Law, must necessarily mean | funeral expenses\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094see Section 103 of\nWhite's Digest\u00E2\u0080\u0094and your committee do, therefore, affirm the answers to 1260\nthe said three several questions, as construed by the Grand Lodge of\nMassachusetts, with the following modifications and additions :\n1st. Your committee adopt the answer to the first question as made,\nbut add thereto, at the end of said answer, the words, \" subject to the\nexceptions referred to in Sections 99 and 100 of White's Digest\" ; so that\nthe answer shall read : \" Yes, as funeral expenses,- provided for in the\nConstitution, subject to the exceptions referred to in Sections 99 and 100\nof White's Digest.\"\n2nd. Your committee adopt the answer to the second question as\nmade, but add thereto, at the end of said answer, the words \"subject to\nthe exceptions referred to in Sections 99 and 100 of White's Digest,\" so\nthat the answer shall read : \" Yes, subject to the exceptions referred to\nin Sections 99 and 100 of White's Digest:\"\n3rd. Your committee adopt the answer to the third question as made,\nbut add thereto, at the end thereof, the proviso :\nProvided, said deceased Brother is not a member of some other\nbenevolent Organization, which conducts exclusively the funeral ceremonies, and buries the Brother at its own expense, and pays the same,\nunder a law or rule of said Organization, entitling the member to have\nsaid burial expenses paid. Or, provided, further, said Brother be not\nburied at the government expense. But where one or more benevolent\nOrganizations unite with this Order in conducting the funeral ceremonies\nof the deceased Brother, and by the laws or rules of said Organization,\nsaid deceased Brother is entitled to have his burial expenses paid, then\nand in such cases, the Lodge of this Order, of which said Brother was a\nmember, shall pay its proportionate or equal part of the said burial expenses incurred ; but in any such case, where such benevolent Organization, which may have participated or united with this Order, in the conduct of the funeral ceremonies, shall fail or refuse to contribute to the\npayment of the said funeral expenses for which it is liable, such failure\nor refusal shall not relieve this Order from its obligation to the deceased\nBrother to pay the whole, or any part, of said.expenses, as the commands\nof Odd Fellowship must be obeyed, without regard to the action of other\nOrders.\nIf the funeral ceremonies of the deceased shall not be conducted by any\nfraternal or benevolent Organization, other than this Order, of which the\ndeceased was a member, and such organization has paid to the administrator of the estate of the deceased Brother, or to the person actually\nincurring such expense, a sum sufficient to pay the same, such payment\nshall not relieve the Lodge of this Order, of which the deceased was a\nmember, from the obligation to pay such administrator, or person, the\nsum named in its By-Laws to be paid as funeral expenses.\nWhen a Lodge of this Order conducts exclusively the funeral ceremonies of the deceased Brother, it shall pay the whole expenses thereof. I26l\nIn all the above mentioned cases, funeral expenses shall be held to be\nlimited to the maximum amount fixed by the By-Laws of Subordinate\nLodges.\nIn arriving at their conclusion, your committee have been impressed\nwith the fact that there are numerous kindred Organizations which make\nprovision for the burial of their deceased members, and that questions\nhave already arisen and will constantly arise as to what shall be the rule\nof conduct to be pursued in providing for the expenses of the burial of\nthe Brethren of our Order who may be members of such other Organizations. And your committee have made their decision to accord with\nwhat they consider the scope and aims which our great Order contemplates, and humanity, justice and equity require.\nThis committee, therefore, submit the following resolution :\nResolved, That the decision of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, in\nthe above matter, with the modifications and additions hereinbefore set\nforth, be affirmed and the said appeal be dismissed.\nnew legislation.\nIn the absence of local law, or usage established by decisions of\nGrand Bodies directing otherwise, a payment made upon dues should\ntake effect from the date the same was received by the Permanent Secre-\ntary.\nIt is within the discretion of a Subordinate Lodge to permit the candidate to stand or be seated during the. delivery of the Past Grand's\ncharge.\nService for a regular term as Chaplain shall make such officer eligible\nfor election to the office of Vice Grand.\nA Brother reported sick to his Lodge and being in arrears was not\nentitled to benefits, but after paying his arrearages and contracting a\nsickness nowise relating to the first disability, and being reported to the\nLodge as sick, and now being in good standing, is declared entitled to\nbenefits for the second sickness, although he had not been reported off\nthe sick list for his first disability.\nA Lodge shall not be permitted to provide for non-payment of a\nnurse for one of its members when out of its own Jurisdiction, when it\nprovides for hiring nurses for its members who are within its Jurisdiction.\nTo the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the I. 0. 0. F.:\nYour Committee on the State of the Order, to whom was referred\nthe resolution of Reps. McClurg and Bonelli, of Mississippi, as follows 1\nResolved, That the Sovereign Grand Lodge does hereby fraternally\nrecommend the organization of a Past Grand Masters' and Past Grand\nPatriarchs' Association in each Jurisdiction ; and that among other\nduties, said Association be requested to write a history of its Grand 1262\nBodies and of the Order in each respective Jurisdiction. \" Should such\nhistory be published, one or more copies shall be requested to be sent to\nthe Grand Secretary of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, without expense to\nthis Grand Body,\" which was adopted.\nODES.\nThe Odes are to be printed on cardboard, with suitable music.\nThe proposed amendments to the Constitution were all indefinitely\npostponed.\nA new Digest has been ordered, and the sum of two thousand dollars\nappropriated for same.\nThe sum of three hundred dollars was voted to procure the flags of\nall nations where the Order is established.\nREBEKAH LEGISLATION.\nThis very important branch of our Order has a new code of laws for\nits government, a copy of which we submit.\nNECESSITY OF A BELIEF IN A SUPREME BEING.\nYour Committee on Foreign Relations have considered the recommendation made in the report of the Grand Sire, that certain parts of the\nfundamental law of Odd Fellowship be re stated, in order that the same\nmight be better and more fully understood, particularly in Foreign Jurisdictions, into which the Order has been lately introduced, or should be\nhereafter introduced, Fully concurring in the views of the Grand Sire,\nand using very nearly his own eloquent language, they submit for your\nconsideration the following resolution, which, in their opinion, covers the\nsubject and contains all the present law as found in White's Digest, Sections 610-611, and also states the law applicable to members who have\nlost their faith in a Supreme being after their initiation :\nResolved, That Odd Fellowship, while it is free from anything of a\nsectarian character, has always held belief in a Supreme Being, the Creator and Preserver of the Universe, as a cardinal principle, and has maintained the Fatherhood of God as a doctrine of equal importance with the\ndoctrine of the Brotherhood of Man. Concerning the qualities and attributes of the Divine Father, it has never undertaken to pronounce with\nauthority, nor does it question the moral character and good citizenship\nof some of those who declare that they have no belief in a Supreme Being.\nIt simply exercises the right of all voluntary associations, to prescribe\nthe qualifications for membership in its own circle. It has always insisted and will insist that belief in such Supreme Being is necessary to\nattain or retain a place within our ranks. No one should offer himself\nfor membership in our Order who has not this belief; no one should\nbe accepted without it; and no member who loses his faith in such\nSupreme Being can honestly and consistently remain with us. 1263\nA Grand Lodge cannot provide for tJie payment, out of its own funds,\nof benefits to members of defunct Lodges ; nor can it collect dues from\nsuch members for the purpose of paying them benefits.\nA Grand Master has no power to consolidate two Subordinates in\nhis Jurisdiction, unless his Grand Lodge has given him power to do so.\nAn E campment desiring to petition Subordinate Lodges for aid,\nmust first obtain permission from both the Grand Patriarch and the\nGrand Master of the Jurisdiction.\nA P. G. who has been installed Grand Master, but has resigned before his term of office expired, may, in the absence of a P. G. M., or\nGrand Representative, install the officers of a Grand Lodge, he having\ntaken the obligation of a Grand Master.\nThe fixing a maximum and minimum amount of benefits to be paid\nby Subordinates implies a vesting within these limits the exercise of the\ndiscretion of the Subordinates, and if the Grand Lodge wishes to change\nor withhold this discretion from Subordinates, then it should do so by fixing a particular and definite amount to be paid, and not by arbitrarily\ncontrolling the matter in dealing with By-Laws passed within and in\naccordance with the Constitution of Subordinates.\nIt is violative of one of the most sacred rights of defendants to permit of the use of the same person as witness and judge. Particularly in\ncourts of conscience should all persons be entitled to trial by an impartial jury. In Odd Fellowship, 110 right is more fundamental than this.\nThe Constitution of a Grand Lodge may provide that the Grand\nLodge officers shall, in the first instance, be voted for by the Past Grands\nof each Subordinate Lodge, and that, if any nominee for office fails to be\nelected by the votes cast in said Subordinate Lodges, then the Representatives in attendance at the next session of the Grand Lodge may elect\nofficers for the vacant places, confining their votes to the candidates who\nhave been regularly nominated and voted for by the Past Grands.\nA State Grand Lodge, under the present law of the S. G. L., has not\nthe power to compel its Subordinates to become members of General\nRelief Committees, nor compel them to pay assessments made by such\nRelief Committees when they may have voluntarily associated them-\n-selves with such committee.\nWhen the Constitution of a Grand Lodge provides that the expenses of its elective officers and one Representative from each Lodge to th^e\nGrand Lodge in attending, etc., its sessions shall be paid by the Grand\nLodge, the Grand Lodge can pay its appointed officers their similar\nexpenses, if it so desires, by resolution.\nWhere the officers of a Grand Lodge are elected by the votes of the\nPast Grands in their Lodges, and the votes are to be canvassed by the 1264\nGrand Master and a committee selected by him for that purpose, while\nthe Grand Lodge has the power and authority to go behind the returns\nand investigate any alleged illegalities or irregularities, yet the canvass\nof the votes having been made and declared in the manner declared by\nits By-Laws, it is not compelled to do so, and has the right, at its discretion, to make such investigation.\nAny person residing in one Jurisdiction and joining a Lodge or Encampment in another Jurisdiction, whose fees for admission to membership, either by initiation or deposit of Card, are less than the minimum\nfees charged in his own Jurisdiction, shall pay to the Lodge or Encampment he so joins the amount of the minimum fees charged in his own\nJurisdiction, and the Lodge or Encampment which he joins shall pay the\nexcess thus collected to the Grand Lodge or Grand Encampment of the\nJurisdiction in which he resides.\nThe support of the widows aud the education and maintenance of the\norphans of deceased Odd Fellows who died in good standing, are not\n\" Charity,\" but legal obligations. Grand Bodies have the legal right and\nfull power to make reasonable and necessary assessments upon their\nSubordinates to provide and maintain Homes for such dependents.\nGrand Lodges, in Jurisdictions having ten or more Rebekah Lodges,\nmay charter and institute Rebekah Assemblies within their own Jurisdictions, and such Grand Lodges may clothe such Assemblies with such\npowers, and may surround them with such limitations as they mayjdeem\nbest.\nGrand Lodges are authorized to confer upon Subordinate Lodges\nthe right to install their officers in public, provided that the ceremony be\nconducted by an officer of said Grand Lodge, a District Deputy Grand\nMaster, or by a Past Grand duly authorized by the Grand Master, and\nprovided they use the form prescribed by the Sovereign Grand Lodge.\nThe expenditure of Lodge funds for music to accompany a parade,\nor as an attractive feature in connection with and as a part of the prescribed ceremonies, is authorized, subject to such limitations as may be\nmade by local legislation, as a part of the legitimate expenses incident to\nthe celebration of the Anniversary of American Odd Fellowship on April\n26th, and no other day ; but the expenditure of Lodge funds for music in\nconnection with a dance or other entertainment, not constituting a part\nof the regular Anniversary exercises, is neither authorized or permitted\nby the laws of Odd Fellowship.\nThe legislation of the Sovereign Grand Lodge at Portland, Session\n1892, Journal pages 13,016,13,120,13,161, warrants and authorizes State\nGrand Bodies to raise funds by per capita tax or other proper form of\ntax for the establishing and maintaining Homes.\nIt shall be lawful for State Grand Bodies, whose Constitutions are unalterable for a period of time, to so amend their Constitutions as will\nprovide for the levy of a per capita tax upon the members of the Jurisdiction for the purpose of establishing and maintaining Homes for aged\nand indigent Odd Fellows and widows of deceased members of the Order,\nand Homes for the care, protection and education of orphans of deceased\nOdd Fellows.\nCeremony for Memorial Day\nServices for Deceased Members of the I. 0. 0. F.,\nfor use in the Lodge Room.\n(At the appointed time, the members will assemble in their Lodge room,\nor a suitable hall.)\nVoluntary by the Choir.\nHymn. (Air\u00E2\u0080\u0094\" America.\")\nWe sing our honored dead,\nAnd on their tranquil bed\nProud tribute fling ;\nHere let our song arise,\nLike incense to the skies,\nA living sacrifice\nTo them we sing.\nNo voice of woe shall wreathe\nAmidst the strains we breathe,\nWith grateful breast;\nTheirs was a work well done,\nTheirs was a race well run,\nTheirs was a victory won\nOf peace and rest.\nPrayer by Chaplain :\nOur Heavenly Lord ! As we thus gather, may we be imbued with\nthe joyful spirit of thankfulness for Thy many mercies, as well as solemnity for this hour's devotions.\nWe remember Thy goodness to us all the days of our life. Give us\nthis day an ear for the orphan's cry and the widow's woe. Help us so to\nlive that we may be worthy followers of those who have passed on before.\nMay we learn our duty to the living as well as proper reverence for the\ndead.\nLet Thine eye be open to all our needs, and Thine ear quick to attend our every cry until we follow our Brethren to that land where all\ntears are wiped away. We ask in His Name. Amen.\nNoble Grand.\u00E2\u0080\u0094In accordance with the Proclamation of the Grand\nMaster of this Jurisdiction, (or Grand Sire, as the case may be) we have\nassembled to-day as Odd Fellows to pay loving tributes of respect to the 1266\nmemory of our deceased Odd Fellows, who, one year ago, were with us,\nbut now have passed beyond the veil.\nAn enlightened and civilized nation reveres the memory of its\ndead, and it is fit and proper for all people sometimes to lay aside the\ncares of life, and wend their way to the silent cities of the dead, to drop\nthe loving tear and strew the flowers of spring upon their grave3. And\nso, we, as members of this great fraternal institution, to-day meet, that\nour dead may not be forgotten, but that their virtues may be made\nknown and their memory kept green.\nSince our last Memorial Day, many of our Brethren and Sisters have\ndeparted; their voices are hushed\u00E2\u0080\u0094their chairs are vacant, their labt\nbattle has been fought, their warfare has ended, and peacefully they have\nsunk to rest. I thus call upon you, my Brethren, that we may fittingly\nspend this hour in commemorating their good deeds, and be fitted when\nwe go hence to emulate their virtues and be ourselves prepared for the\ngreat change that awaits us all.\nThe Secretary will now read the names of the deceased, with suitable biographical sketches.\nDirge.\n(Here will follow eulogies, if there be any present to deliver them; but if\nnot, the Chaplain shall read or declaim the following:)\nChaplain\u00E2\u0080\u0094My Brethren : Most solemn thoughts have pervaded\nour every mind, as your Secretary read the list of our members who, one\nshort year ago, aided us in these sweetly sad exercises. Some of them\nwere then in the full glow of health, and were ambitious of further success and usefulness in this world\u00E2\u0080\u0094but they were cut down.\nLong may they live in our memory and their bright examples be\nunto us beacon lights to guide us in the wofk of Odd Fellowship. In\nthe sharp conflicts of opinion, in the heat of debate, may their hallowed\nmemories hush every unkind word and discordant thought, and span\nthe storm of Controversy with the rainbow promise of peace and love.\nSitting at the feet of their shadows, let us treasure the legacy they have\nbequeathed as a sacred trust, and transmit it to those who shall follow\nus, beautified, adorned and enriched by their added sacrifice.\nDeath is the one event that comes to every human being. From real\nor imaginary evils, we may, in the Providence of God, escape; in this\nconflict, however, there is no retreat; there is no departur e from this\nworld of sin, sorrow and suffering, to the higher and diviner life, but\nthrough the gates of death. Neither tears nor anguish, nor breaking\nheart-strings can avail anything when the fatal summons comes ; they\nare utterly powerless to ward off the grim messenger, i ^All we can do is to bow before the great affliction and reverently say : \" The Lord gave\nand the Lord has taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.\"\nThe All-Wise Ruler of the Universe has given unto us to know good\nand evil, and right from wrong, so that we are thus forewarned and\nforearmed against the possible moral dangers that can accrue to weak\nhumanity, and prepare against that day of reckoning which surely\nawaits all mankind. Our life here should be made a time of careful\nand steady preparation\u00E2\u0080\u0094as by our deeds we shall be justified or condemned in that great day.\nFriendship fostered in our hearts becomes transformed into the\ngolden chain of Love, which binds us firmly together upon the immovable rock of Truth, the foundation not only of our glorious Order,\nbut of all things that are good and abiding.\nDuty, properly performed, becomes a pleasure to the doer, as well\nas of lasting benefit to the one aided. Our days are numbered, and our\nend we know not.\n\" That solemn day will surely come,\nThe appointed hour make haste;\"\nand we must all go to face the record of our deeds.\nMay we, therefore, so live with the approval of our conscience and\nour God that, whenever we are called, we may enter joyfully the Grand\nLodge above.\nHymn. (Air\u00E2\u0080\u00941 Boylston.\")\n\" It is not death to die,\nTo leave this weary road;\nAnd with the Brotherhood on high,\nTo be at home with God.\n\"It is not death to close\nThe eye long dimmed with tears,*! %\nAnd wake in glorious repose\nTo spend eternal years.\n| It is not death to hear\nThe stroke that sets us free\nFrom dungeon chain, to breathe the air\nOf boundless liberty.\"\nPrayer by Chaplain:\nOur Father, so guide us in accordance with these godly admonitions, that we may be taught so to number our days that we may apply\nour hearts unto wisdom.\nMay we early learn to look only to Thee, the Author of everything\nH 1268\ngood and perfect, and with Thine approval, so to live while here that\nin the world to come we may have life everlasting.\nPass by our imperfections, forgive our misdoings, cheer us by Thy\npresence when we come to enter the Valley of the Shadow, and bring us\nto Thyself in Heaven for His Name's sake. Amen.\nThe committee also recommend the following form to be used when\ndecorating the graves of deceased Odd Fellows:\nCeremony for Decorating the Graves of Deceased Brothers.\n(At the appointed time, the members assemble in their Lodge room and\nform in procession in the manner described in Book of Forms, page 33,\n[edition of 1891]. For each grave to be decorated, there shall be a Brother\nappointed to carry a bouquet of flowers, who shall take his place in the procession, according to his rank, as required by the Book of Forms. On\nreaching the Cemetery, the procession shall form a circle, and halt at a convenient place\u00E2\u0080\u0094the N. G. and Chaplain inside the circle\u00E2\u0080\u0094music [if any]\noutside and in rear of the officers.)\nDECORATION CEREMONY.\nNoble Grand.\u00E2\u0080\u0094My Brethren : Before we proceed with the duties of\nthe day, and place over the mortal remains of our departed friends the\nfloral tributes we have brought, let us invoke the Divine blessing.\nChaplain.\u00E2\u0080\u00940, Thou Great and Eternal God, our Father, Creator\nand Preserver of the Universe, look down and bless us in the solemn\nservices of Decoration Day. Wilt Thou give us grace to emulate the\nvirtues of our Brothers sleeping in peace beneath the silent sod ? And\nwhile we pay our tribute to their memory, may we never forget that\nreverence for the dead is best shown by care for the living. Bless the\nwidow and the orphan; and raise them up kind friends in the hour of\nneed. And may we, together with our departed Brethren, gain admittance to the Celestial Lodge above\u00E2\u0080\u0094there to be with Thee forever.\nAmen.\nResponse.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Amen. So may it be.\n(Appropriate Music\u00E2\u0080\u0094Vocal or Lnstrumental.)\n(The procession will then pass around the Cemetery, pausing at each\ngrave to be decorated, so that the N. G., Secretary and Brother bearing bouquets shall be convenient thereto. The Secretary will read from his record the\nname of the deceased Brother, with such biographical notes as may have been\nprepared, after which the Brother bearing the flowers shall deposit the same\non the grave, and shall recite one of the following)\nSELECTIONS:\n1.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The memory of the just is blessed. 1269\n2.\u00E2\u0080\u0094After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well.\n3.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Peace to the just man's memory; let it grow greener with years*\nand blossom through the flight of ages.\n4.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Love casts a garland on the grave,\nThat may not blossom more.\n5.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Lives of great men all remind us\nWe can make our lives sublime\nAnd, departing, leave behind us\nFootprints on the sands of time.\n6.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The good die not, this heritage they leave\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nThe record of a life well spent;\nFor our own loss at parting, though we grieve,\nLives such as theirs build their own monument.\n7.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,\nAnd all that beauty, all that wealth ere gave\nAwait alike the inevitable hour\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nThe path of glory leads but to the grave.\n8.\u00E2\u0080\u0094There is no death! What seems so is transition.\nThis life of mortal breath\nIs but the suburb of the life elysian,\nWhose portals we call death.\n9,\u00E2\u0080\u0094There is no death! The stars go down\nTo rise upon some fairer shore\nAnd bright in heaven's jewelled crown\nThey shine forever more.\n10.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Ah! fevered heart, the grass is green and deep\nWhere thou art laid asleep;\nKissed by soft winds and washed by gentle showers,\nThou hast thy crown of flowers.\nTake now thy rest.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A211.\u00E2\u0080\u0094And soon or late to all that sow\nThe time of harvest shall be given;\nThe flower shall bloom, the fruit shall groYi\nIf not on earth, at least in heaven.\n12.\u00E2\u0080\u0094He honored manhood by illustrious life;\nGuileless and leal, and upright to the end,\nA faithful Brother, steadfast, loyal friend\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nA hero in man's highest, holiest strife\nThe ennobling warfare for self-vanquishment.\nSuch men die not.\nAfter the last grave has been decorated, the Brethren will halt at a convenient place, when the N. G. will deliver the following address; or in place 1270\nof this address, an oration may be delivered by some person selected for the\npurpose:)\nNoble Grand.\u00E2\u0080\u0094My Brethren, we have now performed the duties of\nthe day, and by these simple services have paid a tribute of respect, to\nthose of our number who have finished their work on earth. Our\nOrder, instituted for purposes of self-help, and calculated to aid its\nmembers in the struggles incident to life, does not allow Death to terminate the fraternal relationships formed within our ranks. After we\nhave carried our deceased Brother to his last resting place in the silent\ncity of the dead, he still retains a claim on our affections. Through his\nbereaved and orphaned family, he still asks our sympathies and our\nmaterial aid; and while he has himself passed beyond the need of those\nkindly benefactions we owe each other in life, he still holds a place in\nour memory and love.\nHere, to-day, surrounded by these tokens of mortality\u00E2\u0080\u0094by the\ngrassy mounds that cover the remains of those that once lived\u00E2\u0080\u0094the\nmonumental tablets that record their history, and the epitaphs that tell\ntheir virtues\u00E2\u0080\u0094we are forcibly reminded of the perishable nature of the\nthings of time. | To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or\nlate.\" Wealth cannot bribe him to remain away; rank and power\ncannot shield us from him. No strength of mortal arm ean bar his\nonward march. No prayer can turn aside his stroke. He, alone, is no\nrespecter of persons. The ruddiest cheek pales before his breath; the\nstoutest heart ceases to beat at his touch, the strongest frame bows and\nfalls before him. As he moves swiftly and silently among the ranks of\nmen, he lays on one and on another his chilling hand, and they fall on\neither side lifeless and cold. Friends and loved ones may mourn for a\nbrief period of time; but society soon forgets the one whose voice is no\nlonger heard\u00E2\u0080\u0094whose face is no longer seen; and only a few cherish the\nmemory of the departed.\nWe stand to-day by the graved of our Brethren who have gone to\ntheir rest. Some have reposed beneath the sod for years; and their\nnames are almost forgotten by the world. Some have but ^lately been\nlaid in their silent bed, and warm hearts are still grieving over their\ndeath. But for all alike\u00E2\u0080\u0094in sorrow and in love\u00E2\u0080\u0094we have come to\nawake the tender thoughts of old associations\u00E2\u0080\u0094to recall to mind the\nvirtues of our departed friends\u00E2\u0080\u0094and to lay oh their graves the floral\noffering that shall speak for us, better than words can speak.\nAnd, as there comes to us the thought of lives cut short in the midst\nof usefulness, let us heed for ourselves the lesson that is taught. If life\nbe so short, and death so sure, how can we be careless of the lives we\nlive, or of the deaths we die? Life is the time to labor; the night\ncomes all too soon, when labor must cease. Waste not the hours\u00E2\u0080\u0094so\nprecious and so fleeting I Work while the day of life may last, so that\nafter life we shall still live in the hearts of our Brethren; in the love of 1271\nthose we have blessed by kindly words and deeds. So shall our histories\nbe written in colors glowing as the flowers we spread upon our Brothers'\ngraves; and our memories be fresh and fragrant as the perfumes they\nshed to-day.\nSilent are our departed Brethren now; but could their voices come\nfrom beneath our feet, for each one of us would thev utter this solemn\nexhortation:\nI So live, that when thy summons comes to join\nThe innumerable caravan that moves\nTo those mysterious realms, where each must take\nHis chamber in the silent halls of death,\nThou go, not like the quarry slave at night,\nScourged to the dungeon; but sustained and soothed\nBy an unfaltering trust, approach the grave\nLike one who wraps the drapery of his couch\nAbout him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.\"\nChaplain.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, we pray Thee to\naccept this humble service performed in memory of those whose loss we\nmourn. May we be enabled to emulate their virtues, and meet them\nagain in that land where the links of friendship are not broken by the\nhand of death. Amen.\nResponse.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Amen. So may it be.\nChaplain\u00E2\u0080\u0094The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his\nface to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord give you\npeace. Amen.\nResponse.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Amen.\n(The procession may then reform and return-to the Lodge room.)\nThe following resolutions were laid over till next\nsession.\nTo the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Lndependent Order of Odd Fellows.:\nYour Committee on Legislation, to whom were referred the preambles and resolution of Rep. Conway, of Illinois, which read as follows:\n\"Whereas, The payment of weekly benefits to sick and disabled\nmembers is a fundamental principle of our Order; and\n\"Whereas, The object for which'weekly benefits are paid is the relief of distress incident to such sickness or disability; and\n\"Whereas, Under the present laws of the Sovereign Grand Lodge,\na minimum sum of $2.00 per week for the first year, and $1.00 per week\nthereafter, is made the foundation for the regulation of the benefit system in Subordinate Lodges; and 1272\n\"Whereas, A much larger percentage of members is paid benefits\nfor periods of three weeks, and less, than those who are paid benefits\nfor periods in excess of that time, the exact figures in the Grand Jurisdiction of Illinois for the six months ending March 31st, 1894, being:\nNumber of Brothers paid three weeks' benefits, and under, during a\ncontinuous sickness, 2,341; number of Brothers paid benefits for over\nthree weeks' continuous sickness, 1,012; and\n\"Whereas, Subordinate Lodges, being governed by the enactment\nof the Sovereign Grand Lodere, regulating minimum benefits, are largely\ninfluenced in the direction of paying a larger weekly benefit for the first\nfew months' sickness, reducing the same thereafter (in many instances\nto the minimum); and\n\"Whereas, The effect of such a system is that the longer a member\nis unable to provide for himself and family, the less his weekly benefits\nbecome; in other words, the greater his necessity, the less his relief;\nwhile, on the other hand, the member who is only disabled for one, two\nor three weeks\u00E2\u0080\u0094and consequently should not be in heed of precuniary\nrelief, is made the recipient of the very benefits that should be held in\nthe treasury for his less fortunate Brother, who may be laid up for\nmany months, and even years; and\n\"Whereas, The question of dues and benefits (looking to a sound\nfinancial policy), for the protection of our Subordinate Lodge treasuries,\nis one that has caused much serious discussion and legislation by this\nGrand Body, as well as by the various Grand and Subordinate Lodges;\nand\ncc\nWhereas, A solution of the whole problem may be found in Subordinate Lodges paying a minimum weekly benefit for the first three or\nfour weeks' continuous sickness (which may be considered largely in the\nlight of accident insurance, rather than the relief of a Brother in distress), and thus accumulate in the Lodge treasury, sufficient funds to at\nall times properly care for Brothers during any long continued illness,\nthe latter being one of the most sacred obligations imposed upon the\nBrotherhood. Therefore, for the purpose of suggesting legislation in\nthe above direction, in both Grand and Subordinate Lodges, be it\nccResolved, That Subordinate Lodges of the Order may not pay any\nbenefits for the first week, and that a minimum benefit of $1.00 per\nweek shall be paid, commencing with the second week's sickness, during a period of six weeks' continuous sickness, and a minimum benefit\nof $2.00 per week thereafter, during the continuance of such sickness/'\nBeg leave to report that, believing that such a radical change in the\nbenefit system of the Order would be both impracticable and inexpedient, they recommend that the resolution be not adopted, and that they\nbe discharged from the further consideration of the subject. 1273\nPROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE SOVEREIGN GRAND\nLODGE.\nRep. Waldo, of Colordo, moved the following, the consideration of\nwhich, on his motion, was postponed until the next session of this\nGrand Lodge.\nResolved, That Article XXII., of the By-laws of this Grand Lodge\nbe amended so as to read as follows, to-wit:\nARTICLE XXII.\nWith the exception that all the regalia and jewels purchased before\nthe taking effect of this amended By-Law, and which are in accordance\nwith laws in force at the date of purchase, may be used by any member,\nLodge, Encampment, Grand Encampment, or Grand Lodge of this\nOrder, the regalia of this Order shall consist, exclusively, of the jewels\nhereinafter described.\nEach jewel shall be suspended from a hanger, which shall not exceed three and one-half inches in length nor seven-eighths of one inch\nin width. Such hanger shall consist of three links, which may be of\nopen work, or may be engraved, embossed, or imposed, upon a suitable\nsurface, and may be attached to the clothing of the wearer by a clasp\npin, or by a perpendicular pin from the middle of the hanger. The\njewel and hanger shall usually be worn over the left breast, though it\nmay be worn on the left lapel of the coat, on the vest, or in any other\nappropriate position preferred by its wearer.\nExcept as hereinafter specially provided, all hangers and jewels\nused in Subordinate or Grand Lodges shall be entirely made of white\nmetal, and each jewel shall be circular in form, shall be attached to its\nhanger by two connections, (one under each outer link of the hanger)\nand shall not be more than three inches in diameter. Every jewel for\na Past Grand, both for Subordinate and Grand Lodge, shall have a five-\npointed star engraved, embossed or imposed upon the circle, which star\nshall be as large as can be inscribed within the circle, and shall have a\npoint at the top of the jewel.\nExcept as hereinafter specially provided, all hangers and jewels\n. used in Subordinate and Grand Encampments shall be entirely made\nof yellow metal, and each jewel shall be attached to its hanger by a\nsingle connection between the middle of the hanger and the point of\nthe jewel. For every Past Chief Patriarch, and for every Past High\nPriest who is lawfully in possession of the Grand Encampment Degree,\nthe jewel (both in Subordinate and Grand Encampment) shall be a\ndouble equilateral triangle, (forming a six-pointed star); and for every\nother officer and member of an Encampment, the jewel shall be a single\nequilateral triangle. Each triangle (whether single or double) shall not\nexceed three inches in length of each side. 1274\nFor an officer or member of the Sovereign. Grand Lodge, or Past\nGrand Representative or District Deputy Grand Sire, the hanger shall\nbe of yellow metal, and-the jewel shall be of white metal, not more than\nthree inches in diameter, and circular in form, having imposed upon it\nan equilateral triangle of yellow metal as large as can be inscribed\nwithin the circle, with a point of the triangle upward; and the jewel\nshall be attached to the hanger by two connections, the same as a Lodge\njewel.\nTo indicate the Degree or office of the wearer, there shall be engraved, embossed or imposed upon each jewel the proper one of the\nfollowing emblems, to wit:\nFor the Initiatory Degree, the All-Seeing Eye.\nFor the Degree of Friendship, the Bundle of Sticks.\nFor the Degree of Brotherly Love, the Globe.\nFor the Degree of Truth, the Scales and Sword.\nFor the Patriarchal Degree, the* Three Pillars.\nFor the Golden Rule Degree, the Tent.\nFor the Royal Purple Degree, the Tent with two Crooks, one on\neach side of the Tent.\nFor members of a Grand Lodge and all Past Grands, except the\nJunior Past Grand, officers of the Grand Lodge and District Deputies of\nGrand Master or Grand Sire, the Scales, of a size which can be inscribed\nwithin the pentagon in center of star.\nFor members of a Grand Encampment and all past Chief Patriarchs, the Tent and Crooks, same as R. P. D.\nFor members of the Sovereign Grand Lodge and Past Grand Representatives, the Seal of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, of diameter not exceeding half of the diameter of the white circle.\nFor officers of Subordinate Lodges: Junior Past Grand, the Heart\nand Hand; Noble Grand, crossed Gavels; Vice Grand, the Hour Glass,\nupright; Secretary or Recording Secretary, crossed Pens; Permanent\nSecretary, a Pen and a Key crossed; Treasurer, crossed Keys; Warden,\ncrossed Axes; Conductor, crossed Wands; Inside and Outside Guardians, crossed Swords; Supporters of N. G., each, a single Gavel; Supporters of V. G., each, an Hour Glass, turned down; Scene Supporters,\neach, a Torch; Chaplain, an open Bible.\nFor officers of a Grand Lodge: Past Grand Master, the Sun; Grand\nMaster, the Sun, with Scales; District Deputy Grand Master, the upper half of the Sun (in these last three, the Sun must not be more than\nhalf of the diameter of the jewel); Deputy Grand Master, Half Moon;\nGrand Warden, crossed Gavels; Grand Secretary, crossed Pens; Assis- 1275\ntant Grand Secretary, a single Pen; Grand Treasurer, crossed Keys;\nGrand Marshal a Baton; Grand Conductor, crossed Wands; Grand\nGuardian, crossed Swords; Grand Herald, a Roman Sword; Grand\nMessenger, a Package; Grand Chaplain, an open Bible.\nFor Officers of Subordinate Encampments: Chief Patriarch, the\nAltar and crossed Crooks; Past High Priest, not having G. E. D.,\nBreastplate, with two Crooks, one on each side; High Priest, Breastplate; Senior Warden, crossed Crooks; Scribe, or Recording Scribe,\ncrossed Pens; Financial Scribe, a Pen and a Key, crossed; Treasurer,\ncrossed Keys; Junior Warden, a single Crook; Inside and Outside\nSentinels, crossed Swords; Guide, a Staff; Guards of Tent, each, a\nHalberd; Watches, each, a Spear.\nFor officers of a Grand Encampment: Past Grand Patriarch, an\nAltar, with rays diverging therefrom; Grand Patriarch, an Altar with\ncrossed Crooks; Grand High Priest, a Breastplate; Past Grand High\nPriest, a Breastplate with two Crooks, one on each side; Grand Senior\nWarden, crossed Crooks; Grand Scribe, crossed Pens; Assistant Grand\nScribe, a single Pen; Grand Treasurer, crossed Keys; Grand Junior\nWarden, a single Crook; Grand Inside and Outside Sentinels, crossed\nSwords; Grand Marshal, a Baton.\nFor officers of the Sovereign Grand Lodge and District Deputy\nGrand Sires: Past Grand Sire, the Sun; Grand Sire, the Sun, with\nScales; District Deputy Grand Sire, the upper half of the Sun; Deputy\nGrand Sire, the Half Moon; Grand Secretary, crossed Pens; Assistant\nGrand Secretary, a single Pen; Grand Treasurer, crossed Keys; Grand\nMarshal, a Baton; Grand Guardian, Crossed Swords; Assistant Grand\nGuardian, a single Sword; Grand Chaplain, an open Bible; Grand Messenger, a Package. The Sun, in jewels of P. G. Sires, G. Sire, and D.\nD. G. Sires shall not exceed half of the diameter of the outer circle.\nExcept as above specially provided, emblems may be of any size\nwhich will not project beyond the circle of circular jewels, or a circle\nwhich would circumscribe a jewel not circular.\nA Past Grand, who has the Royal Purple Degree, may use a hanger\nof yellow metal; and a Past Grand who is also a Past Chief Patriarch\nmay wear suspended from a yellow hanger, a white circle with a yellow\nsix-pointed star or double triangle inscribed therein, and the Scales\n(yellow) in the central hexagon.\nAny Odd Fellow acting as an officer must wear the jewel of the\noffice in which he is acting; and no one shall wear any jewel indicative\nof any past official rank, except as above specified; but the jewel of the\nhighest Degree attained, or of the highest past official rank herein\nspecially provided for, may be worn in any Subordinate or Grand Lodge\nor Encampment in which the Brother wearing the same is entitled to\nbe; and Past Grand Representatives may wear the jewel of that rank,\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0i 1276\nthough they be Past Grand Masters or Past Grand Patriarchs, if they\nchoose to do so.\nAll emblems for Lodge or Grand Lodge jewels shall be white, and\nfor jewels of Encampments and Grand Encampments and the Sovereign\nGrand Lodge and D. D. G. Sires shall be yellow.\nResolved, That Section 2, of Article XVI., of the Constitution of the\nSovereign Grand Lodge, be amended, so as to read as follows:\nSec. 2. No person shall be entitled to admission to the Order except free white males of good moral character, who have arrived at the\nage of twenty-one years, and who believe in a Supreme Being, the\nCreator and Preserver of the Universe; provided, however, that Subordinate Grand Jurisdictions may provide by constitutional enactment for\nthe admission of Indians of not more than one-eighth part Indian blood;\nand provided, further, that in Australia, New Zealand and other countries\nnot on the continent of North America, in which the Order has been or\nmay hereafter be established, and a Grand Lodge or Grand Lodges\nformed, the qualification as to age shall be left to local legislation.\nResolved, That Article XVI., of the Constitution of this Grand Lodge\nbe amended by adding thereto the following section, to wit:\nSec 5. No saloon-keeper, bar-tender or professional gambler shall\nbe eligible to membership in this Order.\nAmend Section 2., Article XVL7 of the Constitution of the S. G.\nLodge to read:\nNo person shall be entitled to admission to the Order except free\nwhite males, who have arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and who\nbelieve in a Supreme Being, the Creator and Preserver of the Universe,\nand who are not engaged in the retail traffic of intoxicating liquors as a\nbeverage.\nProvided, however, that in Australia, New Zealand and other countries not on the continent of North. America, in which the Order has\nbeen or may hereafter be established, and a Grand Lodge or Grand\nLodges formed, the qualification as to age shall be left to local legislation.\nResolved, That Section 3, Article IX., of the Constitution of the\nSovereign Grand Lodge, be amended to read as follows:\nSec 3. A Grand Representative must be a Past Grand in good\nstanding, and a member of a Lodge in good standing. He must have\nreceived the Royal Purple Degree, and be a member in good standing\nof an Encampment in good standing. He must be a member in good\nstanding of a Rebekah Lodge in good standing. And he must reside\nin the State, District or Territory in which the Grand Lodge or Encampment which he represents is located. 1277\nNo Representative shall represent more than one Grand Body at\nthe same time.\nThe following were elected officers for the next term :\nBro. J. W. STEBBINS Grand Sire.\n\" F. CARLETON Deputy Grand Sire.\n\" THEO. A. ROSS Grand Secretary.\n\" LA. SHEPPARD \" Treasurer.\nAPPOINTED OFFICERS.\nBro. J. B. BLANKS Grand Marshal.\n\" F. S. HUNT Grand Guardian.\n\" J. R. HARWELL Grand Messenger.\nI G. COBURN Asst. Grand Secretary.\n\" J. W. VENABLES Grand Chaplain.\nThe amended Constitution of B. C. was adopted.\nYour Representatives were honored by being placed on the following committees:\nRepresentative Waller, Chairman .of Committee on Correspondence; Representative Roberts, on Committee for Drawing of Seats;\nRepresentative Scoullar, on Petitions,\nThe next session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge will be held at Atlantic City, New Jersey.\nYour Representatives cannot close this their report without thanking you for the honor conferred upon them by electing them your Representatives.\nYours in F., L. and T.,\nA. W. SCOULLAR, ) Grand\nR. ROBERTS, ) Representatives.\nResolved, That the Report be received and printed in\nthe proceedings of this Grand Lodge ; further, that pages\n19 and 20 of this Report, respecting proposed legislation\nin the Sovereign Grand Lodge, be referred to the Committee on Legislation.\nReport read from Committee on Distribution, which\nwas adopted. 1278\nVictoria, B. C, June 12th, 1895.\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, L. 0. 0. F.:\nYour Committee on Distribution recommend the following disposition be made of the* subjects presented in the Grand Master's report:\nTo the Committee on State of the Order.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Pages 1,2, 3,4,5, 5a,\n17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22, also all the reports of the D. D. G. Masters.\nTo the Judiciary Committee.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Pages 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 16a,\n16b.\nTo the Committee on Legislation.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Pages 6, 7 and 8.\nTo the Committee on Appeals.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Page 12.\nRespectfully submitted,\nJOSHUA DAVIES,\nJAMES CROSSAN,\nA. W. SCOULLAR,\n) Committee on\ni Distribution,\nReport read from same Committee, which was\nadopted.\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, I. 0. 0. F.:\nYour Committee on Distribution, to whom was referred the Report\nof the Deputy Grand Master, acting as Grand Master during the absence\nof the Grand Master from the Province, beg leave to recommend that\nthe whole of said Report be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.\nJAMES CROSSAN,\nA. W. SCOULLAR,\nJOSHUA DAVIES,\nCommittee on\nDistribution.\nReport read from same Committee, which was\nadopted.\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, J. 0. 0. F.:\nYour Committee on Distribution, to whom was referred the Report\nof the Grand Secretary, beg leave to advise the following allotment of\nthe subject matter of said Report:\nPages 1, 2 and 3, with the Abstracts of Reports of Subordinate\nLodges, to the Committee on State of the Order.\nPages 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 to the Committee on Finance.\nPages 10 and 11 to the Committee on Legislation.\nPages 12 and 13 to the Committee on Appeals.\nParagraph 1, of page 14, to the Committee on Petitions. Paragraph 2, of page 14, to the Grand Representatives of this Grand\nLodge, to endeavor to secure more expeditious delivery, if possible, of\nthe Revised Journal of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, in future.\nJOSHUA DAVIES, \ n\nJAMES CROSSAN I 2TS?\nA. W. SCOULLAR, \ 1***m\nResolved, That this Grand Lodge do now adjourn to\n8 o'clock this evening.\nThe Grand Lodge adjourned accordingly.\nEVENING SESSION\nevening.\nThe Grand Lodge re-assembled at 8:30 p. m.\nAfter examination of all present, and ascertaining\nthat there was a quorum present, the Grand Lodge was\ndeclared open for business.\nThe Roll of Officers and Representatives was called.\nThe following Past Grands were admitted, and received the Grand Lodge Degree: R. Drake, G. Jeeves\nand A. R. Gauld, of No. 4.\nA communication was read from Mr. Savannah, asking permission to photograph the members of the Grand\nLodge in front of the Hall to-morrow evening.\nResolved, That the invitation be accepted for Friday\nThe election of Grand Lodge officers for the ensuing\nyear was then proceeded with, the Grand Master appointing B. W. Shiles, P. G. M., J. Crossan, P. G. M., and W.\nMcColl, P. G. M., as tellers.\nW. E. Holmes, No. 1, was nominated as Grand Master and, there being no other nominee, was declared duly\nelected. i28o\nP. J. Foulds, No. 3, was nominated as Deputy Grand\nMaster and, there being no other nominee, was declared\nduly elected.\nW. H. Morton, No. 5, was nominated as Grand\nWarden and, no other nominations offering, was declared\nduly elected.\nF. Davey, No. 1, was nominated as Grand Secretary\nand, being the only nominee, was declared duly elected.\nH. B. Gilmour, No. 10, was nominated as Grand\nTreasurer, and was declared duly elected, no other nomination being made.\nFOR GRAND REPRESENTATIVE.\nJ. E. Phillips, P. G. M., No. 4, D. Welsh, No. 13,\nand A. W. Scoullar, No. 8, were nominated.\nThe ballot was spread, and the following result announced :\nNumber of votes cast, 95.\nJ. E. Phillips, P. G. M., received 56 votes ; D.\nWelsh, 25 ; and A. W. Scoullar, 13 ; spoiled, 1.\nJ. E. Phillips, P. G. M., No. 4, was declared duly\nelected for two years.\nThe Committee on Laws of Subordinates presented\nthe following report, which was, on motion, laid over\nuntil the receipt and consideration of the Report of the\nCommittee on Appeals :\nVictoria, B. C. June 12th, 1895.\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, J. 0. 0. F.:\nYour Committee on Laws of Subordinates beg to submit their report\nfor your approval, respecting the following by-laws and amendments\nthereto which have been received and approved:\nFull Codes.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Perseverance Lodge, No. 29; Island Lodge, No. 24;\nCheam Lodge, No. 28; Pacific Lodge, No. 26; Friendship Lodge, No. 30; I28l\nBanner Lodge, No. 31; Amity Lodge, No. 27; Mission City Lodge, No\n32; Cedar Lodge, No. 35; Peerless Lodge, No. 33.\nAmendments as follows:\nUnion Lodge, No. 11 Art. XIX., Sec. 1\u00E2\u0080\u0094Benefits.\nVictoria; Lodge, No. 1\na\nct\nc c\nii\n'a\nit\ncc\ntt\n.i\nii\nNew\na\nIsland Lodge, No. 24\t\nColumbia Lodge, No. 2....\nCloverdale Lodge, No. 15..\nAmity Lodge, No* 27\t\nGold Range Lodge, No. 22,\nPeerless Lodge, No. 33....\nPacific Lodge, No. 26\ntt a\na\nNew Law General Relief Committee,\nNew Westminster Lodge, No. 3 \"\na\nRoyal City Lodge, No. 13\ntt a a\nWestern Star Lodge, No. 10\na\na\nii\nii\nit\na\n. New.\n. New.\na\nII.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Duties of N. G\nIV.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nV.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nVI.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nX \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nSecretary.\nP. Secretary.\nTreasurer.\nTrustees . and\nDelegates.\nIX.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 W Physician.\nXVI.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Membership.\nXVIII.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Degree\nXX.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Benefits.\nXXIIL\u00E2\u0080\u0094Cards.\nXXIV.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Miscellaneous.\nXVIII., Sec. 1\u00E2\u0080\u0094Benefits.\nXVIII., Sec. 1\u00E2\u0080\u0094Degrees.\nI.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Night of meeting.\nVI.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Bond of Treasurer.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Dues.\nXX., Seel\u00E2\u0080\u0094Physician's Certificate for benefits.\nX., Sec. 1\u00E2\u0080\u0094Trustees.\nXI.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Visiting and Nursing\nthe Sick.\nXX., Sec. 1\u00E2\u0080\u0094Benefits, Sec. 6,\nPhysician's Certificate.\nXVI., Sec. 3\u00E2\u0080\u0094Cont'ngtFund.\nXV.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Admission Fee.\nXVII.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Degrees.\nXVII., Sec. 1\u00E2\u0080\u0094Degrees.\nXX., Sec. 1\u00E2\u0080\u0094Benefits.\nV.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Duties of P. Secretary.\nVI.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 \" Treasurer.\nX.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 I Trustees.\nXVI.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Dues.\nXVII.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Degrees.\nXVIII., Sec. 2\u00E2\u0080\u0094Physician.\nXIX., Sec. 2\u00E2\u0080\u0094Elections.\nSec. 3\u00E2\u0080\u0094Arrears.\nSec. 4\u00E2\u0080\u0094Nominating\nabsent Brothers. 1282\nWestern Star Lodge. No. 10 Art. XX., Sec. 1\u00E2\u0080\u0094Benefits.\n\" \" . \" Sec. 2\u00E2\u0080\u0094Immoral Con\nduct.\nFraternally submitted,\nH. WALLER, ]\nJNO. MACMILLAN,\nJOS. E. PHILLIPS,\nGAVIN FOWLIE,\nCommittee on\n\ Laws of\nSubordinates.\nThe Committee on Appeals presented the following\nReport, which was adopted :\nVictoria, B. C., June 12th, 1895.\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, I. 0. 0. F.:\nYour Committee on Appeals, to whom was referred the appeal of\nBro. W. A. Johnstone against the action of Pacific Lodge, No. 26, in\ngranting benefits to Bro. W. J. Habris, he not being a member for six\nmonths, beg to report as follows:\nWe find that the Lodge acted according to its By-Laws (as approved\nby the Committee on Laws of Subordinates, on 6th April, 1894) but we\nwould recommend that the By-Laws be amended by striking out, in\nArticle XX., Sec. 1, lines 29 and 30, the words \"except members of the\nlate Loyal Pacific Lodge, whose benefits shall commence three months\nafter initiation.\"\nWe agree with the appellant that this is a discrimination, and contrary to the fundamental principles of Odd Fellowship.\nB. W. SHILES,\nWM. McCOLL,\nJ. EDW. PHILLIPS,\nWM. HOGG,\n1\nCommittee\non\nAppeals.\nResolved j That the Grand Lodge do now adjourn to\n9:30 a. m. to-morrow.\nThe Grand Lodge adjourned accordingly.\nSECOND DAY,\nVictoria, B. C, June 13th, 1895.\nThe Grand Lodge re-assembled at 9:30 a. m., pur- I283\nsuant to adjournment.\nAfter the usual formalities, the Grand Lodge was\ndeclared open for business, and the roll of Officers and\nRepresentatives was called.\nThe minutes of yesterday's session were read and\nadopted.\nThe following notice was read and laid over, under\nthe rule :\nVictoria, B. C, June 12th, 1895.\nWe hereby give notice that at the next regular session of this Grand\nLodge, we will move to amend Section 3, Article II., of the Constitution\nof this Grand Lodge, by striking out the words \" second\" and \" January,\"\nin line 6, and inserting the words *' first\" and | May | in lieu thereof ; the\nsection to read, when amended, as follows :\nSec. \u00C2\u00B0. Every Subordinate Lodge shall be entitled in this Grand\nLodge to one representative for its members of fifty or under ; also one\nrepresentative for every fifty members over and above said first number\nof fifty members in good standing. Representatives must be Past\nGrands in good standing, and shall be elected by the Lodge at the first\nregular meeting in May of each year, to serve one year from the beginning of said Annual Communication. Provided that no new Lodge shall\nbe entitled to representation in this Grand Lodge until it has paid at\nleast one semi-annual tax. Each Lodge shall at the same time elect one\nalternative for each representative elected, and, in case a representative\nshall be unable to attend the session of the Grand Lodge, then the alternate receiving the highest number of votes may attend in his place, and\nhave all the powers and privileges of a representative. Vacancies may\nbe filled at any time to serve the remainder of the term.\nW. H. GARDINER, No. 27.\nA. H. FERGUSON. No. 3.\nH. B. GILMOUR, No. 10.\nThe following bills were read, and referred to the\nCommittee on Finance :\nGrand Master, for postage, typewriting etc., $19 ;\nGrand Treasurer, postage, exchange, etc., $2.25 ; Taylor\nMill Co., Victoria, altar for dedication of halls, $15.25 ;\nJ. Sears, Victoria, painting and lettering altar, $5. 1284\nThe Grand Secretary presented and read the follow^\ning petition, which was referred to the Committee on\nLegislation^;\nVictoria, B. C, 1st June, 1895.\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, L. 0. 0. F.:\nThe petition of the Board of Management of the Odd Fellows' Insurance Association, of British Columbia, sheweth :\nThat this Association is composed of- about 200 members belonging\nto Lodges subordinate to your Grand Body. That it was organized on\n1st April, 1884, by legislation of the annual session of the Grand Lodge,\nheld in Februarv, 1884: as an Auxiliary Endowment Benefit Association\nof the Grand Lodge of B. C, and was operated .as such under the immediate control of the Grand Lodge, until your last session, when it was\npartially severed from the Grand Lodge and constituted a semi-independent organization, but still subject to your supervision, inasmuch as\nyour three principal officers are ex officio directors, and a report of its\nproceedings has to be submitted, and any change in its rules must be\napproved by your Grand Body.\nWe regret'that the prosperity which was prophesied would ensue\nwhen this change was effected has not been fully realized. This, no\ndoubt, is mainly attributable to the dull times we have been experiencing;\nbut we are convinced that it is largely owing to the licensing by the\nGrand Lodge officers, since your last meeting, of a rivai institution to do\nbusiness in this Jurisdiction, and to the active interest\"taken by our\nGrand Master on behalf of this competitor, and to the ungenerous and\ndamaging remarks respecting our Association, which, we are informed,\nhe and other agents have thought fit to make to members when canvassing on behalf of the institution they represent.\nv We have pointed out to Bro. Gray that his conduct in this respect\nwas, we conceived, incompatible with his position as Grand'Master, .and\nas a director of this Association, but, we regret to say, that pecuniary\nconsiderations appear to have had more weight with him thau our representations.\nWe submit, that, as the offspring of the Grand Lodge, our Associa-.\ntion is entitled not only to your sympathy, but also tofyourprotection\nand fostering care, especially just now when we are started out, as it\nwere, to do business on our own account. We would, therefore, respectfully request that you will pass a resolution at the ensuing session of the\nGrand Lodge, directing that no licenses be issued to any insurance association or company to do business in this Jurisdiction.\nWe claim that our Association is identically the same as that organized in 1884; and as our operations are confined entirely to this i285\nProvince, that by -decisions Nos. 32 and 33 of the Grand Sire, 1893, we\nare not required to take out the insurance certificate.\nI am, dear sirs and brothers,\nYours fraternally, ^ & ^\nOn behalf of the Board of Management,\nFKED'K DAVEY\"\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Secretary- Tre a &r*-\nThe Grand Secretary presented a communication\nfrom the Secretary of the Odd Fellows' Relief Association\nof Canada, accompanied by necessary documents, asking\nthat a certificate be granted the Association to enable it\nto do business in this Jurisdiction. On motion, the communication was referred to the Committee on Legislation':\nIt was moved and seconded\u00E2\u0080\u0094That that portion of\nthe Grand Master's report containing a decision respecting\nthe use of a guide to the Secret Work be entered on the\nSecret Journal. This motion was declared lost, on being\nsubmitted to the vote.\nThe Grand Secretary, on behalf of Bro. C. F. Yates,\nP. G., submitted the following resolution, which was referred to the Committee on Legislation:\nWhereas Grand Sire Campbell, in his annual address to the Sovereign Grand Lodge, at the session of 1894, called special attention to the\ndesirability of each Jurisdiction providing Homes and Orphanages ; that\npart of his address reading as follows.: , :i.^>\n.. -, BCOMJBSS-. AXD ORPHANAGES, j^ % 33*\nP And in no department of our work has there been so decided progress as in making provision for the aged members and orphaned children. As our Order grows older, the number of our members who, from\nthe misfortunes of age, become dependent upon us, must increase, and\nincrease rapidly. Many of them have borne the burdens of others in\ndays gone by, and have performed faithfully all the duties which the\nOrder devolves upon its members. Now, in the evening of life, -where\nshall- they turn . for refuge and rest, save to the sheltering arms of Odd\nFellowship ? Hot less urgent are the claims of the children of our deceased members. ' To educate the orphan' has been one of the great\nebmmauds of our. laws ; but the one l\u00C2\u00A3apt obeyed. We have been too\nmuch inclined to regard it in its literal terms, and to think that its 1286\nrequirements have been met by the education that the State provides for\nall. But education means more than this. It means moral as well as\nmental training; it means the care of body, mind and soul. * To educate\nthe orphan' means that the Order should exercise parental guardianship\nover those whom death has made fatherless ; and our benevolent mission\nin society is not complete where we fail to accomplish this work.\n\" It is gratifying to notice that we are not altogether neglectiug our\nduty in this connection, though there is still room for improvement. I\nhave had the pleasure of inspecting an orphanage in Lincoln, 111., where\nsome eighty children are under the guardianship of our Brethren in that\nJurisdiction, in an institution complete with every appliance requisite for\nthat purpose. New York has provided an additional Home, which I was\npermitted to formally open only a few days ago. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Kansas, Texas, Wisconsin and New Jersey have\nexcellent Homes for the aged and for the orphans, in active operation,\nwhile many other Jurisdictions are accumulating funds for this laudable\nwork. I commend it to the earnest consideration of our Brethren everywhere, and trust the time is not far distant when ample provision will be\nmade for all those who need our care.\"\nAnd whereas the Committee on the State of the Order to whom that\npart of Grand Sire Campbell's address was referred, reported thereon,\ncommending the subject \" to the Odd Fellows of all Jurisdictions as one\nof, if not the most, beneficent features of our great institution\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094(S. G.\nLodge J., p. 277);\nAnd whereas the question of the advisability of forming a fund that\nmay in time be further augmented by such action as this Grand Lodge\nand its Subordinates may hereafter determine has frequently been discussed by members of the Order, and the nucleus of a fund has, by\nvoluntary subscription on the anniversary of the Order, 1894, already\nreached the sum of $96 ;\nTherefore, Resolved, That this Grand Lodge does most heartily\napprove and endorse such proposition, and recommend the matter to all\nSubordinate Lodges in this Jurisdiction, and urge upon them the desirability of using every effort consistent with the laws of the Order, to further increase this fund.\nFurther Resolved, That the Funds already collected and now deposited in the hands of the Grand Secretary be set apart and known as\nf; The Odd Fellows' Home Fund,\" and held by this Grand Lodge as a lirust\nfund towards the building of an Odd Fellows' Home in this Province,\nwhen, in the opinion of this Grand Lodge, the time is opportune and\nfunds are in hand sufficient to warrant such action.\nThe Report of the Committee on Laws ot Subordi- nates laid over last evening, was taken from the table and\non motion, adopted.\nThe Committee on Appeals presented the following\nReport :\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, I. 0. 0. F.:\nAppeal of David Green against the action of Dominion Lodge, No.\n4, in refusing him benefits and expelling him from membership, August\n21st, 1891.\nThis case was before this Grand Lodge at its session of 1893. The\nGrand Master at that time says in his official report, see proceedings,\npage 1006, \"Received this appeal March 30th, 1892. Bro. Green has\n\"not complied with Sec. 4, Rule 1, Constitution of Subordinates, viz.:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\"All appeals shall be presented within twenty days from the action\n\"of the Lodge appealed from. I therefore rule that the appeal is out\n\"'of date.\"\nThis decision was approved by the Committee on Appeals, and\nadopted by the Grand Lodge, see proceedings, page 1061.\nBro. Green next presented his appeal to the Sovereign Grand\nLodge at its session of 1893, and the following report of the Committee\non Petitions adopted.\n\"That after a careful examination of said petition wre find a serious\n\" discrepancy in the statements therein presented, and your committee\n\"having no opportunity to ascertain the facts would respectfully recom-\n\"mend that the Grand Secretary be and is hereby instructed to forward\n\"said petition and papers connected therewith to the Grand Lodge of\n\"B. C. with instructions to look into the case so that all parties connected therewith may have a proper hearing, and the case determined\n\"accordingly.\"\nThrough some delay in the transmission of the above papers they\nwere not received in time for their consideration by this Grand Lodge\nat its last session.\nUpon examination of the papers alluded to, your committee find no\nstatement from Dominion Lodge, No. 4, regarding the case, nor a report from Trial Committee.\nWe believe, that in order to fully carry out the instruction of the\nSovereign Grand in this matter, it would be advisible to refer the whole\ncase back to Dominion Lodge, No. 4, for a re-hearing.\nWe would, therefore, respectfully ask sanction to this proceeding. 1288\nAll of which is respectfully submitted.\nB. W. SHILES, 1\nWm. McCOLL,\nWm. HOGG,\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Appeal\nI Committee.\nJ\nResolved, That the report be received and laid on the\ntable, and that a Special Committee of five be appointed\nto investigate the case of David Green vs. Dominion\nLodge, No. 4, and report at this session.\nThe Chair appointed the following committee :\nJ. Crossan, P G. M., No. 5 ; T. F. Neelands, No. 8;\nJ. E. Phillips, P. G. M., No. 3 \ P. G. Peto, No. 30 ; J.\nH. Stirrett, No. 25.\nThe Committee on Judiciary presented the following\nReport, which was adopted :\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, I. 0. 0. F.:\nYour Committee on Judiciary having carefully examined the portions of the Grand Master's Report referred to it, beg to report as follows:\nWe recommend that the decisions of the Grand Master and those of\nhis deputies be approved.\nWe also recommend that the action of the Grand Master, in refusing\npermission to the Grand Lodge of Wyoming to solicit aid from the Subordinate Lodges of this Jurisdiction and also in refusing permission to\nCheam Lodge, No. 28, to meet every other week, be approved. Further,\nthat all the permissions and dispensations granted by the Grand Master\nbe approved.\nWe concur with the suggestion of the Grand Master, in the case of\nBro. Geo. Smith vs. Vernon Valley Lodge, No. 18, that it had better be\nleft in the hands of North Star Lodge, No. 48, Campbelton, N. B.\nA. G. DAY, I Committee\nA. R. MILLER, I on\nE. G. PANNELL, Judiciary.\nReport read from the Committee on Appeals, which\nwas, on motion, adopted.\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, T. 0. 0. F.:\nAppeal of George Bbaseb against the action of Vancouver Lodge, No.\n8, in adopting the Trial Committees Report, recommending that he be 1289\nexpelled for contempt of Lodge, he not having attended the meeting of\nsaid Committee.\nThe appeal is taken on the following grounds :\n1st. That the Trial Committee was not properly elected by ballot.\n2nd. That he did not receive the notice of Trial Committee meeting\none week before the date of trial.\n3rd. That he did not receive a copy of the charges.\n4th. That the Committee failed to act within one month after the\ncase was placed in their hands.\n5th. That he was prevented by sickness from attending, and notified\nthe Secretary of Committee to that effect.\n6th. That the Lodge should have taken the same action with the\naccuser, as he failed to attend.\n7th. That the copy of Trial Committees report given him by the Secretary of the Lodge is not dated, no time stated when it was received by\nthe Lodge, nor no date given when it would be considered.\nIn answer to the above objections, the Committee on Appeals find\nthe following :\nlsi. That the Trial Committee was regularly elected.\n2nd., That the Secretary of Trial Committee posted notice of meeting\nof Trial Committee, instead of serving personally or leaving at residence\nof accused, as required by Rule 5, Sec. 1, Code of Procedure.\n3rd. That there is no documentary evidence before your Committee\nto show that a copy of the charges was served on the accused, as required by Rule 4, Sec. 1, and in accordance with Form 2 of Section 5.\nThe Lodge simply certifies that the charges were duly entered upon the\nMinute Book.\nThe Lodge claim, however, that the accused did receive such a\ncopy, but bring no proof to show how or when. Bro. Fbaser, on the\nother hand, makes affidavit before a notary public that he did not receive\na copy of charges.\n4th. The Trial Committee was elected on Dec. 1st, 1893 ; met to try\nthe case Jan. 3rd, 1894, and the Lodge received the report of same at its\nregular meeting Jan. 5th, 1894 ; acted on same and adopted the report\nJanuary 19th, 1894.\n5th. The Lodge claim that the Secretary of Trial Committee met the\naccused shortly before the meeting of Trial Committee took place, and\nstated to the Committee that the accased was not so sick but what he\ncould attend the meeting; but there is nothing in the minutes of the Trial\nCommittee, as presented to your Appeal Committee, to show that the 1290\nSecretary ever made such a report to the Trial Committee. Bro. Fraser\nclaims he was sick, unable to attend, and notified the Committee of such\nsickness, and he makes affidavit to that effect.\n6th. The accuser was represented by counsel.\n7th. The Lodge merely states that a copy of the Committee's report\nwas sent to Bro. Fraser.\nAfter due consideration, your Committee consider objections2, 3 and\n5, as raised by the appellant, to be the only questionable grounds for\nappeal, and that the requirements of the Code of Procedure on these\npoints were not regularly complied with, and would recommend that, in\nconsideration of the great discrepancies in the two statements of the\nparties concerned, and in view of the fact that the Brother was not tried\nupon the main issue of the case, that the whole matter be referred back\nto the Lodge for a new trial.\nRespectfully submitted,\nB. W. SHILES,\n1\nJ. EDW. PHILLIPS, I Committee\nWM. McCOLL, on\nAppeals.\nWM. HOGG,\nJ\nReport read from the same Committee, which was\nadopted.\nVictoria, B. C, June. 12th, 1895.\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, L. 0. 0. F.:\nAppeal of D. F. Fee against the action of Columbia Lodge, No. 2, in\nexpelling him from membership for conduct unbecoming an Odd Fellow,\nin that he did sell to an Indian several bottles of whiskey, being a direct\ninfraction of the laws of the land.\nYour Committee find that Bro. Fee was convicted in a criminal court\nof the above offence, and fined one hundred and fifty dollars or three\nmonths' imprisonment.\nThe only excuse Bro. Fee puts in is short-sightedness, in taking his\ncustomer to be a half breed.\nWe find that the trial was conducted lawfully, and all papers relating\nto the same properly and correctly placed before your Committee, for\nwhich we wish to compliment the Secretary of Columbia Lodge, No, 2.\nYour Committee recommend that the action of Columbia Lodge, No.\n2, be sustained. 129*\nCommittee\non\nAppeals.\nAll of which is respectfully submitted.\nB. W. SHILES, 1\nJ. EDW. PHILLIPS, !\nWM. McCOLL, f\nWM. HOGG, j\nReport read from the same Committee.\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, I. 0. 0. F.:\nYour Committee on Appeals, to whom was referred the appeal of\nBro. E. Dickinson against the action of Acme Lodge, No. 14, in paying\nSt. Joseph's Hospital the sum of thirty-five dollars ($35), for which no\nvalue was received, beg to report.\nSTATEMENT OF FACTS.\nThe particulars of this case are briefly as follows :\nAcme Lodge, No. 14, placed Bro. Hansen in St. Joseph's Hospital for\ntreatment. In payment for said treatment, it was agreed by all parties\nconcerned that Bro. Hansen was to hand over to the matron of hospital\nhis weekly benefits. No responsibility was to be attached to the Lodge.\nThe Brother fulfilled the agreement for some time, but finally stopped\nhis payments and left the hospital, owing the institution five weeks'\nnursing, amounting to $35.\nAt a regular meeting of Acme Lodge, an order was drawn for $35,\nin payment of Bro. Hansen's indebtedness to St. Joseph's Hospital;\nhence this appeal.\nThe Lodge acknowledges that they did not act legally in the matter,\nbut viewed morally and for the good of the Order, they decided to pay the\naccount.\nYour Committee have fully considered the case ; and while recommending that the appeal be sustained, in view of the fact that the money\ncannot be very easily recovered and that the Lodge acted in good faith\ntowards the Order, we would suggest that the matter be dropped and that\nno precedent be taken from the case.\nB. W. SHILES, 1\nJ. EDW. PHILLIPS, I Commiu<*\nWM. McCOLL, f on\nWM. HOGG, J APVeals.\nMoved and seconded that the report be received and\nadopted.\nMoved and seconded as an amendment, that the report be received and amended by striking out all the 1292\nwords after the word \"and': in first line of last paragraph\nand substituting the words, \" recommend that the appeal\n\"be dismissed and the action of 'Acme' Lodge be sus-\n\"teined;\" which was concurred in.\nThe Special Committee appointed last session to investigate the appeal of J. Wriglesworth, P. G. M., v.\nDominion Lodge, No. 4, presented the following report\nwhich was adopted.\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, L. 0. 0. F.:\nYour Special Committee appointed to investigate the appeal of Bro.\nJ. Wriglesworth, P. G. M. against Dominion Lodge, No. 4, for benefits\nclaimed by him on account of his illness in the early part of 1892, and\nwithheld by the Lodge. Having examined all documents submitted to\nus from the Grand Lodge, the records of Dominion Lodge, and all papers\nfurnished by Bro. Wriglesworth, and having heard a statement from\nthe Brother, also from Bro. Thos. Bamford, Secretary of No. 4 Lodge, of\nsuch matters as they deemed pertinent to the case, beg leave to report\nand find as follows:\nBro. J. Wriglesworth claims that he was taken ill on the 10th day\nFebruary, while attending the Grand Lodge at Nanaimo, and was sick\nup to April the 7th, when he was so far recovered as to attend to his usual\noccupation for three weeks up to April the 28th. That he was again\ntaken sick and remained so up to May 19th, an additional sickness of\nthree weeks.\nDominion Lodge refused to pay Bro. Wriglesworth any benefits on\naccount of either sickness, as he was not in good standing when taken\nsick, and they considered the second a continuation of the first.\nThe case having been referred to the Grand Master he decided that\nBro. Wriglesworth was not entitled to benefits, he not having been in\ngood standing at the commencement of his sickness, his contention\nthat he was well for three weeks between the two periods of illness in\nquestion not having been sufficiently established, and that he neglected\nto notify his Lodge of his being well during that time and that his sickness should therefore be considered continuous sickness.\nBro. Wriglesworth contends, first, that he is entitled to benefits for\nhis first sickness because he had a certificate of good standing which\nadmitted him to the Grand Lodge.\nWe find that this certificate was issued in January, 1892, and that\nhe was in good standing at that time, but that when taken sick in February he was out of standing, and therefore not entitled to benefits. 1293\nBro. Wriglesworth contends, secondly, that he is entitled to benefits,\nbecause he was not notified by the Secretary that he was in arrears.\nWe find the second contention not good, as according to Article IV.,\nSec. 4, Constitution of Subordinate Lodges, a Brother must be in arrears\nbefore it is the duty of the Secretary to notifv him.\nBro. Wriglesworth contends, thirdly, that he was well, and attending to his usual business for three weeks. And that, previous to this\ntime, he paid five dollars dues, aud therefore was in good standing at the\ntime of his second sickness.\nWe find the third claim to be good, as Bro. Wriglesworth sustained\nit by good evidence. Therefore, he is entitled to three weeks' sick\nbenefits, on account of his second sickness\u00E2\u0080\u0094See Section 39 of White's\nDigest.\nWe find there is no record of Bro. Wriglesworth being reported well\non the books of Dominion Lodge, after his first sickness.\nYour Committee is of the opinion that the Visiting Committee were\nremiss in their duty, in not properly visiting and reporting in this case.\nWe are also of the opinion that this trouble might have been averted, if\nBro. Wriglesworth had availed himself of his privilege as a member of\nthe Lodge. We, therefore, offer the following for adoption :\nThat the appeal of Bro. J. Wriglesworth, P. G. M., for sick benefits,\nfor the first period of sickness, be dismissed ; that his claim for the\nsecond sickness be sustained, and that Dominion Lodge, No. 4, be directed to pay Bro. Wriglesworth the sum of thirty dollars for the same.\nAll of which is respectfully submitted, in F., L. and T.\nC. W. ROSS, \\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 JNO. MACMILLAN, t Committee.\nJOSEPH SEARS, )\nThe Committee on Appeals presented the following\nreport, which was adopted :\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, I. 0. 0. F.:\nYour Committee on Appeals, having examined that portion of the\nGrand Master's report referred to it, regarding the appeal for assistance\nby Northern Light Lodge, of Fargo, North Dakota, beg leave to report\nthat we are pleased to note the liberal manner in which the different\nLodges in this Jurisdiction responded to the call for help in this case.\nYour Committee understand that the Sovereign Grand Lodge, at its\nlast session, directed the Grand Lodge of North Dakota to cause to be\nreturned to the various Jurisdictions contributing pro rata such portion 1294\nof the funds received as were not used for legitimate purposes.\nW. H. MOKTON, 1\nWM. McCOLL, j Committee\nJ. EWD. PHILLIPS, [ on\nWM. HOGG. I Appeals.\nB. W. SHILES. J\nThe Committee on Finance presented the following\nReport, which was adopted.\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, I. 0. 0. F.:\nTour Finance Committee, to whom was referred the bills of the\nTaylor Mill Co. and J\". Sears, for altar, beg leave to report that they have\nenquired into the matter, and fiud it was compulsory to have the altar,\nin order that the Hall might be dedicated in a proper manner, and that\nit is now the property of the Grand Lodge. We, therefore, recommend\nthat the bills be paid.\nCommittee\nA. H. FERGUSON,\nJ. WBIGLESWO:\nA. A. PAEWELL\nJ. WRIGLESWORTH, , on\nI\nFinance\nResolved, That the Grand L,odge do now adjourn to\n8 o'clock this evening.\nThe Grand L,odge adjourned accordingly,\nEVENING SESSION.\nThe Grand I/odge re-assembled at 8:30 p. m., and,\nafter the usual preliminaries, was declared open for\nbusiness.\nThe Roll of Officers and Representatives was called.\nThe Committee on Petitions presented the following:\nX o\nReport, which was adopted :\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, L 0. 0. F.:\nTour Committee on Petitions, to whom was referred the following\npetitions, beg to report that the law has been complied with in each case,\nand recommend that charters be issued accordingly.\nPacific Lodge, No. 26, at Vancouver, B. C. Amity Lodge, No. 27, at New Westminster, B. C.\nCheam Lodge, No. 28, at Agassiz, B. C.\nPerseverance Lodge, No. 29, at Northfield, B. C.\nFriendship Lodge, No. 30, at Nanaimo, B. C.\nBanner Lodge, No. 31, at Wellington, B. C.\nMission City Lodge, No. 32, at Mission City, B. C.\nPeerless Lodge, No. 33, at Victoria, B. C.\nBocky Mountain Lodge, No. 34, at Golden, B. C.\nCedar Lodge, No. 35, at Cedar, B. C.\nBethel Rebekah Lodge, No. 7, at Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, B. C.\nAlso that Duplicate Charters be issued to Excelsior Lodge, No. 7,\nChilliwack, and Ruth Rebekah Lodge No. 4, Chilliwack, the originals\nhaving been unfortunately destroyed by fire.\nWe also recommend that a Charter be granted to members of Tatina\nLodge, when they are in a position to institute a Rebekah Lodge at Kamloops, B. C.\nJAMES CROSSAN,\nF. S. WHITESIDE,\nWM. B. TOWNSEND,\nj. j. Mcdonald,\nA. HENDERSON,\nThe following Report was read from the Committee\non the State of the Order, which was adopted :\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, I. 0. 0. F.:\nYour Committee on the State of the Order beg leave to report that\nthey have examined the reports of the D. D. G. Master submitted to\nthem, and would recommend their adoption.\nThey are glad to note there is an improvement in the number of\nreports from the D. D. G. Masters, but they find that there are three\nreports short from Districts numbered 6, 12 and 18, and they would\nrecommend the incoming Grand Master to urge upon the D. D. G. M.\nthe necessity of having their reports in on time in the future.\nA. PARKER,\nA. W. SCOULLAR\nE. C. DAVISON,\nGEO. H. W. ASHWELL\nG. A. MILLER, 1296\nReport read from same Committee, which was\nadopted.\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, L. 0. 0. F.:\nYour Committee on the State of the Order beg leave to report that]\nthey have examined those parts of the reports of the Grand Master\nsubmitted to them, and are pleased to note the increase numerically\nand financially in the Order in this Jurisdiction, and would recommend\ntheir adoption.\nA. PARKER,\nA. W. SCOULLAR,\nE. C. DAVISON,\nG. A. MILLER,\nG. ASHWELL,\nCommittee on\nSlate\nof the Order.\nJ\nThe Special Committee on Statistics presented the\nfollowing Report, which was adopted :\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, L. 0. 0. F.:\nYour Special Committee, appointed last session on the recommendation of the Sovereign Grand Lodge to collect statistics from the reports\nof the Subordinate Lodges of this Jurisdiction during the past ten years\nbearing on the question of dues and benefits, beg leave to present herewith, in tabulated form, the result of our labor, as fully as th.e data at\nour command will permit. Some of the details being unobtainable, wre\nrecommend that the forms of reports from the Lodges be so amended in\nfuture as to furnish all the required information.\nYour Committee do not deem it advisable at present to make any\nsuggestions on the vital question of the proper relation that should\nexist between dues and benefits in this Jurisdiction. During the ten\nyears under review, both the number of Lodges and the membership\nhave increased five-fold; whereas, in the preceding ten years, they\nwere almost stationary. This large influx of members, principally\nyoung men, has very materially affected the question at issue, and the\nreduction shown in the table of \" Average Sickness per Member \ and\nI Average Cost per Member for Relief0' is mainly attributable to this\nfact. For this reason, we do not consider it safe to base conclusions for\nthe future on this data.\nWe fully agree with the propositions laid down in the report of the\nCommittee on Dues and Benefits to the Sovereign Grand Lodge; but we\ndo not feel justified at present, from the facts before us, to recommend\nthe adoption in this Jurisdiction of the legislation advocated by the\nCommittee, viz: That not more than one-half the amount of the yearly\ndues shall be allowed for one week's benefits, and that the funeral\nbenefit shall not exceed five times the amount of one vear's dues. The adoption of the former proposal would be too radical a change\nin the present system in vogue in this Province, and scarcely warranted\nby the result of the table of experience submitted, and the latter benefit,\nin many of our Lodges, is provided for by a special assessment on the\nmembers.\nWe would, therefore, recommend that our Grand Representatives\nbe instructed to vote against this proposed compulsory legislation in\nthe Sovereign Grand Lodge, and that a similar committee to the present\none be appointed to tabulate like facts for succeeding years.\nH. WALLER,\nWM. McCOLL, f Special\nFRED'K DAVEY 1298\no g\nCT\\nO\n^\nQ\nCo \u00C2\u00A3\nu\n*-, O \u00E2\u0096\u00A0+* OQ\n.i^r^t^coi>*ioao\n^fe 5 5\nCO(NOiOO(NO:^iO^\nt^iOOOOit^CDCOOOOil>-\nK/^\nm\ni\n^ 0\n0\n^^r-,\u00C2\u00AB+4\nOOiOHOO^Ci^OO\n<3\nP\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00A3< cS O\nCD^COCDOO\"^OOCOOOCi\n0 -j \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00C2\u00BB--<\nCD fl.y O\n0005CSI^aOt^t^\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00A3>*0\n5\n1\nog^tf\nrH\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0ee-\n\u00C2\u00B0\u00C2\u00A3\n00 $4\n0030000000000000\n2R \u00C2\u00AE\n\u00C2\u00A3*\u00C2\u00BB S>* >\"s ^> >* J>~> >\"\u00C2\u00BB \u00C2\u00A3*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB>. v.\n2 ^\nM|\n1 1\n0 ^\u00C2\u00A9\nS3 S\nV \P*V ^V\u00C2\u00BBrH rH\niOCCCDiOCDCD*0*OTf\u00C2\u00BBTti\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n00\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00A3>iOi\u00C2\u00A9*00000\nl^iOt^t^t^CDCDC^t^CD\nPc3 (D\nCq(M^HNfNHt^CON\n(NN^H-t^\u00C2\u00ABMCDOQ0\n00 t^ 101^ 010 oo^io^^oo^\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nuosios\u00C2\u00AB^rirCcD^cxrocro^rH csr\nrH\nT~i r-i r-i\nr\u00E2\u0080\u00941\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n0\n^ e+H\n. ^\"\"^\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 r-< (D\no.S\n' \"^\n0? 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C, I. 0. 0. F.:\nWhereas the institution of Odd Fellowship is founded not only for\nthe promotion of the social, moral and intellectual welfare of its members, but also for their relief in sickness and distress, and\nWhereas, on account of the rapid increase of its membership and 1308\ninfluence, the present time may be opportune for the establishment of\nan Odd Fellows' Hospital and Convalescent Home.\nBe it therefore resolved, that a special committee, composed as follows: Bros. Phillips and Dr. Walker, New Westminster; Bros. Crossan\nand Quennell, Nanaimo; Bros. Gilmour and Dr. Carroll, Vancouver;\nand Bros. Davey and Dr. F. Hall, Yictoria; be appointed for the purpose of thoroughly investigating the desirability of such an institution,\nand ascertaining the most suitable and advantageous place for its\nlocation.\nThat this committee report at their earliest convenience to the\nexecutive of the Grand Lodge of B. C, who are hereby empowered to\nmake such arrangements for the promotion of this institution as will\nadvance the cause of Odd Fellowship.\nMoved and seconded as an amendment and carried\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nThat the last paragraph be amended to read : That this\nCommittee report to the next session of this Grand Lodge\nbefore any expenditure is incurred on account of this\nGrand Lodge.\nThe Resolution, as amended, was adopted.\nIt was moved and seconded\u00E2\u0080\u0094That all Past Grand\nMasters in attendance at this session be paid mileage and\nper diem the same as Grand Lodge Officers and Representatives, but that, in future, this practice be discontinued.\nMoved and seconded as an amendment\u00E2\u0080\u0094That mileage\nand per diem be paid only to Grand Lodge Officers and\nRepresentatives who are entitled to the same by law.\nThe ayes and nays were called for and taken on the\namendment as follows : *\nAyes\u00E2\u0080\u0094Welsh, Day, Anderson, R. A., Rivers, Miller,\nA., Campbell, Edwards, Macmillan, Miller, G. A., Peto,\nWaller, T., Hingley, Curtis. 13.\nNays\u00E2\u0080\u0094Gray, Holmes, W. E., Foulds, Davey, Haggart, D., Neelands, Glover, Menzies, Stainton, Scoullar,\nRoberts, Huxtable, Stewart, Pottinger, Dempster, Hen- 13\u00C2\u00B09\nderson, Townsend, W. E., Holmes, A. J., Ferguson,\nMorton, Anderson, W., Haggart, T. F., Mitchell, Ash-\nwell, Jopson, Gilmour, Stirrett, Townsend, W. B.,\nMcCallum, Hodson, Aitkin, Jacques, Whiteside, Pannell,\nSkinner, Callin, Munroe, McLaren, Davis, W., Hogg,\nParker, Center, McKenzie, Gardiner, May, Farwell, Rum-\nmings, McDonald, Cunningham. 49.\nThe ayes and nays were then taken on the original\nmotion, and the following result obtained :\nAyes\u00E2\u0080\u0094Gray, Holmes, W. E., Foulds, Davey, Welsh,\nHaggart, D., Neelands, Glover, Menzies, Stainton,\nScoullar, Roberts, Huxtable, Stewart, Day, Pottinger,\nHenderson, Townsend, W. E., Holmes, A. J., Ferguson,\nAnderson, R. A., Rivers, Morton, Andersont W., Haggart, T. F., Mitchell, Ashwell, Campbell, Jopson, Gilmour, Stirrett, Townsend, W. B., Edwards, Macmillan,\nMcCallum, Hodson, Aitkin, Jacques, Whiteside, Pannell,\nSkinner, Callin, Munroe, McLaren, Davis, W., Hogg,\nParkerr Center, McKenzie, Gardiner, May, Farwell,\nRummings, Peto, McDonald, Cunningham, Waller, T.\nEM Hingley, Curtis. 59.\nNays\u00E2\u0080\u0094Miller, A., Miller, G. A. 2.\nThe original motion was therefore declared duly\ncarried.\nIt was moved, seconded and carried\u00E2\u0080\u0094That the exemplification of the Secret Work be postponed until this\nevening, immediately preceding the installation of officers.\nThe Special Committee to investigate the case of D.\nGreen v. Dominion Lodge, No. 4, presented the following\nreport which was adopted.\nTo the Gh*and Lodge of B. C, I. 0. 0. F.:\nWe, the undersigned Special Committee, appointed to enquire into\nthe appeal of David Green against Dominion Lodge, No. 4, concerning\nhis expulsion from that Lodge, beg leave to state that as due notice of 1310\ntrial was given, and that the same was legally carried out, we would\nrecommend that the action of Dominion Lodge, in this matter, be sustained.\nJAMES CROSSAN,\nT. J. NEELANDS,\nJ. H. STIRRETT,\nJ. EDW. PHILLIPS.\nThe Committe on the State of the Order presented a\nreport which was referred back to the Committee for\namendment.\nOn motion the Grand Lodge adjourned to 1.30 p. m.\nAFTERNOON SESSION.\nThe Grand Lodge re-assembled at 1.30 p. m. and was\ndeclared duly open for business.\nThe Roll of Officers aud Representatives was called.\nIt was on motion Resolved,\u00E2\u0080\u0094That the action of this\nGrand Lodge at this morning's session in adopting the\nreport of the Special Committee on the case of D. Green\nvs. Dominion Lodge, No. 4, be reconsidered.\nIt was moved and seconded,\u00E2\u0080\u0094That the report of the\nSpecial Committee in the case of D. Green vs. Dominion\nLodge, No. 4, be adopted.\nMoved and seconded as an amendment\u00E2\u0080\u0094That the\nappeal of D. Green v. Dominion Lodge No. 4, be referred\nto a special committee of five members belonging ta\nLodges in the city of Victoria, to enquire into and report\nat the next session ot this Grand Lodge.\nThe amendment was put to the vote and declared\nlost, 5 voting in the affirmative and 46 against. 1311\nThe original motion was submitted to the vote, and\ndeclared carried, 48 voting for and one against.\nIt was, on motion, resolved, That all documents\nbearing on the case of D. Green obtainable, be forwarded\nto the Sovereign Grand Lodge.\nThe Report of the Committee on Appeals on the case\nof D. Green, laid over at yesterday's session, was taken\nfrom the table, and it was, on motion, resolved, That as\nthe subject matter of this report has already been dealt\nwith on the report of the Special Committee, no further\naction on the part of this Grand Lodge is necessary.\nThe Committee on the State of the Order presented\nthe following Report, which was, on motion, considered\nseriatem :\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, I. 0. 0. F.:\n1. Your Committee on the State of the Order, to whom was referred certain portions of the Grand Secretary's Report, beg leave to\nrecommend as follows: That the report be adopted.\n2. In view of the fact that it is customary for the Grand Secretary\nto handle considerable sums of money belonging to this Grand Lodge\nduring his term of office, we would recommend that that officer be\ncalled upon to give bonds in the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000),\nin some guarantee company, the premium of the same to be paid by\nthis Grand Lodge.\n3. We also understand that this Grand Lodge is not incorporated.\nWe would therefore recommend that this Grand Body take such action\nat this session to have same incorporated without delay.\nAll of which is most respectfully submitted.\nA. PARKER,\nA. W. SCOULLAR,\nE. C. DAVISON,\nG. A. MILLER,\nGEO. H. W. ASHWELL,g\nClause I., re Grand Secretary's report, was adopted.\nClause II., re bonds of Grand Secretary, was adopted. 1312\nClause III., re Incorporation of Grand Lodge, was\nadopted.\nResolved, That the report be adopted, as a whole.\nResolved, That the incoming Grand Master appoint\none or more Instructors for Subordinate Lodges on the\nMainland, and one or more for the Island, also an Instructor for the Rebekah Lodges on the Mainland, and\none for the Island.\nIt was moved and seconded\u00E2\u0080\u0094That the Finance\nCommittee be instructed to place the sum of fifty dollars\n($50) in the estimates to re-imburse the present Grand\nMaster for expenses incurred during his unusually long\nterm of office.\nThis motion was defeated ; 12 voting for it and 35\nagainst.\nThe Committee on Mileage and Per Diem presented\na report which was, on motion, ordered to be amended, by\nallowing Bro. J. F. Stainton, Grand Herald, the same\namount for Mileage as that allowed Rep. Skinner, both\nbeing residents of the same place. The report was\namended and adopted as follows :\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, I. 0. 0. F.:\nYour Committee on Mileage and Per Diem beg to report that we\nhave examined the certificates presented by the officers and representatives in attendance at this session of the Grand Lodge, and find them\nentitled to the amounts stated against their respective names. 3J3\nNAMES.\n\u00C2\u00B0\no\nLocation.\nCO\nc3\nft\nO\n6\n1\nPer Diem.\n1\nPT\u00E2\u0080\u0094<\n>\nm\nH\nm\n1\ntic\nCS\n*-<\nTotal.\nOfficers.\nT. C. Grav, G. M\t\n10\nVancouver. ..\no\no\n$ 6 00\n84\n$ 8 40\n$ 14 40\nW. E. Holmes, D. G. M.\n1\n1\nVictoria\t\n3\n6 00\n6 0Q\nP. J. Foulds, G. W \t\no\no\nNew Westm'r\n\u00C2\u00AB3\np.\n6 00\n96\n9 60\n15 60\nF. Davey, G. S\t\n1\n13\nVictoria\t\nNew Westm'r\n3\n3\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00\nD. Welsh, G. T\t\n86\n9 60\n15 60\n1\n8\nVancouver....\no\nO\n3\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00\nA. W. Scoullar, G. R....\n84\n8 40\n14 40\nD. Haggart, G. Chap\t\n6\nWellington...\no\no\n6 00\n78\n7 80\n13 80\nT. F. Neelands, G. Mar..\n8\nVancouver....\no\no\n6 00\n84\n8 40\n14 40\nG. Glover, G. Guardian.\n4\n3\nVictoria ,\nVancouver....\no\no\nQ\no\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00\nD. Menzies. G. Cond....\n84\n8 40\n14 40\nJ. F. Stainton, G. Her...\n21\nLadners L'dg.\no\n6 00\n111\n11 10\n1710\nRepresentatives.\nW. H. Huxtable\t\n1\n1\nVictoria\t\nVictoria.\no\nti\n3\n8\n3\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00\nA. Stewart \t\n6 00\nA. G. Dav\t\n1 Victoria\t\n2 Victoria\t\n6 00\nJ. Pottinger\t\n6 0Q\nP. W. Dempster\t\nA. Henderson\t\n9, ViP.tnrm\nQ\no\nQ\n0\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00\n2\nVictoria\t\n6 00\nA. J. Holmes\t\nQ\no\n3\nNew Westm'r\nNew Westm'r\n3\n3\n6 00\n6 00\n96\n96\n9 60\n9 60\n15 60\nA. H. Ferguson\t\n15 6Q\nW. E. Townsend\t\n3\nNew Westm'r\n3\n6 00\n96\n9 60\n15 60\nG. Fowlie\t\n4\nA\nVictoria\t\n3\n3\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00\nR. A. Anderson\t\n6 00\nW. H. Morton.\n5\n5\n6\nNanaimo ....\nNanaimo ....\nWellington ..\no\nO\n3\no\nO\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00\n*70\n76\n78\n7 30\n7 30\n7 80\n13 3Q\nR. Rivers\t\n13 3Q\nW. Anderson\t\n13 80\nT. F. Haggart\t\n6\nWellington. ..\no\na\n6 00\n.78\n7 80\n1380\nH.Mitchell\t\n6\nWellington. ..\n3\n6 0C\n78\n7 80\n13 SO\nG. Ashwell\t\n7\nChilliwack\t\n3\n6 00\n147\n14 70\n20 70\nA, Miller\t\n8\nVancouver. ..\n3\n6 00\n84\n8 40\n14 40\nE. C. Davison\t\n9 Kamloops....\n6 00\n335\n33 50\n39 50\nP. Campbell\t\n10 Vancouver....\no\n6 00\n84\n8 40\n14 40\nJ. B. Jopson\t\n10 Vancouver....\n3\n6 00\n84\n8 40\n14 40\nH. B. Gilmour\t\n10\nVancouver....\n3\n6 00\n84\n8 40\n14 40\nJ. H. Stirrett\t\n12\nDonald\t\n3\n6 00\n542\n54 20\n60 20\nW. B. Townsend\t\n13\nNew Westnrr\n3\n6 00\n96\n9 60\n15 60\nS. W. Edwards\t\n14\n14\n15\nVictoria......\nVictoria\t\nCloverdale....\n3\n3\n3\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00\n600\nJ. Macmillan . .\n6 00\nJ. W. McCallum\t\n112\nil 20\n17 20\nW. Hodson\t\n16\nNelson\t\n3\n6 00\n663\n66 30\n72 30\nA. C.Aitkin\t\n17\nDuncan\t\n3\n6 00\n40\n4 00\n10 00\nF. B. Ja^eques ..-\t\n18\nVernon\t\nO\n6 00!\n4651\n46 m\n52 50\nW. A. Miller\t\n19\nMt.Prsnt,Van'\nC'rd Forward.!\no\no\n6 00\n84t\n8 40\n14 40\n$258 00!\n$420 50\n$678 50 i3x4\nNAMES.\n0)\nbo\n/-*\\nw\nM\n'+H\no\n6\n7\\n20\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n26\n26\n26\n26\n26\n27\n27\n28\n29\n30\n31\n32\n33\nLocation.\nQQ\n>>\n<3\nft\no\n.\no\ni\nS\n\u00C2\u00A7\n\u00C2\u00A7|\n$258 00\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00\nfi 00\n>\nOQ\no\nMileage.\nTotal.\nRepresentatives.\nF. S. Whiteside\t\nE. G. Pannell.,\t\nW. B. Skinner\t\nJ. Callin\t\nB'rtForw'rd\nNanaimo\t\nNanaimo\t\nLadners L'dg.\nNorth Bend..\nEburne*\t\nVancouver....\nVancouver....\nVancouver....\nVancouver....\nVancouver....\nNew Westm'r\nNew Westm'r\nAgassiz\t\nNorthfiekl....\nNanaimo ....\nWellington...\nMission City..\nVictoria\t\nVictoria\t\nVictoria\t\nVictoria\t\nVictoria\t\nVictoria\t\nNew Westm'r\nNew Westm'r\nNew Westm'ri\nNanaimo ....\nTotal\t\n3\n3\nO\nO\n3\n3\no\nO\no\nO\n3\n3\n3\n3\no\no\nO\no\nQ\no\no\no\n3\nQ\no\no\no\nQ\no\n3\nQ\no\n3\n3\n2\n2\n3\n2\n3\n3\n73\nto\n111\n213\n$420 50\n7 30\n7 30\n11 10\n21 30\n28 80\n9 00\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 8 40\n8 40\n8 40\n8 40\n8 40\n9 60\n9 60\n15 5\n7 60\n7 3''1\n7 80\n9 60\n$678 50\n13 30\n13 30\n1710\n27 30\nG. Munroe\t\n6 00 288\n6 00 90\nft no 84\n34 80\nI. McLaren\t\nW. Davis...\n15(0\n14 40\nW.Hogg\t\nA. Parker\t\nG. L. Center\t\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A26 00\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00j\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00\n6 00\n4 00\n4 00\n6 00\n4 00\n6 00\n6 00\n84\n84\n84\n84\n96\n96\n155\n76\n73\n7\u00C2\u00A3\n96\n1440\n14 40\n14 40\nA. McKenzie\t\n14 40\nW. H. Gardiner\t\nB.May\t\nA. A. Farwell\t\nC. H. Rummings\t\nF. G. Peto\t\n15 60\n15 60\n2150\n13 60\n13 30\nR. S. Cunningham\t\nT.E.Waller\t\n13 80\n15 60\n6 00\nI. J. Hingley\t\nQQ\n66\n33\n4\n|\n2\n6\n3\no\nO\n5\n6 00\nD. Curtis\t\n6 00\nPast Grand Masters.\nJ. Wriglesworth\t\n6 00\nJ. E. Phillips\t\n\t\n6 00\nJ. Davies\t\n4 00\nJ. H. Meldram\t\n400\nB. W. Shiles ;\t\n96\n96\n96\n73\n9 60\n9 60\n9 60\n7 30\n15 60\nW. McColl\t\n13 60\nJ. E. Phillips\t\n15 60\nJ. Crossan\t\n15 30\n$426 00\n$650 40 1076 40\nH. B. GILMOUR,\nW. H. GARDINER,\nROBT. RIVERS,\nW. TOWNSEND,\nJ. H. STIRRETT,\nCommitee on\nMileage\nand Per TKem.\nThe Grand Lodge, on motion, adjourned to 8 o'clock\nthis evening. EVENING SESSION\nThe Grand Lodge met at 8 o'clock p. m. pursuant to\nadjournment, and was declared open for business.\nThe call of Roll of Officers and Representatives was\non motion dispensed with.\nIt was moved, seconded and carried,\u00E2\u0080\u0094That in future,\nGrand Masters be required to furnish this Grand Lodge\nwith an itemized statement of expenses incurred by them\nand of the miles actually travelled in performing the\nduties of their office.\nJ. Davies, P. G. M., offered the following Resolution :\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nThat this Grand Lodge appoint a committee to report\nat the next Session with a view of passing laws making\nit imperative for all Representatives to the Grand Lodge\nto be members in good standing in a Rebekah Lodge\nunder such rules as may be passed by the Grand Lodge.\nThe Grand Master ruled the Resolution out of order\nas being beyond the powers of the Grand Lodge to legislate in the manner indicated.\nThe Committee on Finance presented the following\nreport which was adopted.\nTo the Grand Lodge of B. C, I. 0. 0. F.:\nYour Finance Committee beg leave to report as follows :\nThat we have examined the books, vouchers and reports of the\nGrand Secretary and Grand Treasurer, and find the same correct, everything being in good order.\nWe recommend, that the suggestion make in the Grand Secretary's\nreport, that a majority of the Finance Committee be selected from the\nplace where the Grand Secretary resides, for the reasons given in his\nreport, be adopted. 1316 j\nEstimate of Revenue and Expenditure.\nRevenue.\nCash balance in Treasurer's hands $ 1113 28\nPer Capita Tax, 3015 members @ 90c 2713 50\n50c. payable 30th June, and 40c. on 31st December $3826 78\nExpenditure.\nGrand Secretary's salary $ 600 OQ\nGrand Master's expenses 100 00\nSovereign Grand Lodge tax 150 00\nRent of Grand Secretary's office..., 100 00\nPrinting 200 00\nJanitor 15 00\nPremium on Grand Treasurer's Bond 25 00\n\" Grand Secretary's Bond 25 00\nPostage 30 00\nCaretaker, Grand Secretary's office 20 00\nMileage and per diem 1076 40\nPostage, Grand Master 30 00\nRefund to Excelsior Lodge, No. 7 30 00\nRuth Rebekah Lodge, No. 4 10 00\nCash for Altar 20 25\n $2431 6q\nBalance $1395 IS\nFraternally submitted,\nA. H. FERGUSON,\nJ. WRIGLESWORTH,\nA. A. FARWELL.\nThe Grand Lodge was closed in the Grand Lodge\nDegree, and re-opened in the Third Degree.\nThe Third Degree members in waiting, having been\nadmitted, H. Waller, P. G. M. exemplified the Secret\nWork of the Initiatory and Three Degrees of the Order.\nThe Chair appointed H. Waller, P. G. MM and J.\nCrossan, P. G. M., to introduce the officers elect for Installation .\nW. E. Holmes, No. i, was presented and duly installed as Grand Master. The Grand Master then installed the following elective officers into their respective chairs:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nP. J. Foulds, No. 3, as Deputy Grand Master.\nW. H. Morton, \" 5, as Grand Warden.\nF. Davey, f 1, as Grand Secretary.\nH. B. Gilmour, \" 10, as Grand Treasurer.\nThe Grand Master appointed the following Subordinate Officers, who were also duly installed :\nT. F. Neelands, No. 8 Grand Chaplain.\nA. Henderson, \" 2 Grand Marshal.\nA. H. Ferguson, \" 3 Grand Guardian.\nH. Mitchell, | 6 Grand Conductor.\nE. C. Davison, | 9 Grand Herald.\nThe Grand Master appointed the following as his\nDistrict Deputies :\nS. W. Edwards, No. 14, for District, No. 1, comprising Lodges Nos.\n1, 2, 4, 14 and 33.\nW. H* Gardiner, No. 27, for District No. 2, comprising Lodges Nos.\n3, 13 and 27.\nF. S. Whiteside, No. 20, for District No. 3, comprising Lodges Nos.\n5, 20, 30 and 35.\nW. Anderson, No. 6, for District No. 4, comprising Lodges Nos. 6,\n29 and 31.\nR. J. Marshall, No. 7, for District No. 5, comprising Lodge No. 7.\nA. Parker, No. 10, for District No. 6, comprising Lodges Nos. 8, 10,\n19 and 26.\nT. Bloomer, No. 9, for District No. 7, comprising Lodge No. 9.\nJ. Bruce, No. 11, for District No. 8, comprising Lodge No. 11.\nR* Urquhart, No. 12, for District No* 9, comprising Lodges Nos. 12,\n25 and 34.\nJ. McCallum, No. 15, for District No. 10, comprising Lodge Nos 15.\nE. C. Arthur, M. D., No. 16$ for District No. 11, comprising Lodge\nNo. 16.\nA. C. Aitkin, No. 17, for District No, 12, comprising Lodge No. 17.\nF. B. JaGques, No. 183 for District No. 13, comprising Lodge No. 18.\nJ. T. Stainton, No. 21, for District No. 14, comprising Lodge No. 21. '\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 I318 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 I j\nI Z. Choate, No. 22, for District, No. 15, comprising Lodge No. 22.\nG. Munroe, No. 23, for District No. 16, comprising Lodge No. 23.\nI. McLaren, No. 24, for District No. 17, comprising Lodge No. 24.\nA. A. Farwell, M. D., No. 28, for District No. 18, comprising Lodge\nNo. 28.\nR. S. Cunningham, No. 32, for District No 19, comprising Lodge\nNo. 32.\nAlso the following D. D. Grand Masters for Rebekah\nLodges :\nSister Walker, No. 1, for District No. 1, comprising Lodge No. 1.\nSister Flett, No. 2, ror District No. 2, comprising Lodges Nos. 2 and 7.\nSister Gourlay, No. 3, for District No. 3, comprising Lcjdge No. 3.\nSister McCutcheon, No. 4. for District No. 4, comprising Lodge No. 4.\nSister Turnbull, No. 5, for District No. 5, comprising Lodges Nos. 5\nand 6.\nAlso the following Instructors for Subordinate Lodges:\nR. Anderson, No. 4, for Vancouver Island.\nD. Welsh, No. 13, for New Westminster and District, comprising\nLodges Nos. 3, 7, 13, 15, 21, 27, 28 and 32.\nW. Hogg, No. 10, for Vancouver and District, comprising Lodges\nNos. 8, 10, 19, 24 and 26.\nJ. Callin. No, 22, for Lodges Nos. 22 and 23.\nE. C. Davison, No. 9, for Lodges Nos. 9, 12, 16, 18, 25 and 34.\nAlso the following Instructors for Rebekah Lodges :\nSister Foulds for Lodges Nos. 4, 5 and 6.\nSister Flett, for Lodges Nos. 2 and 7.\nSister Dempster, for Vancouver Island.\nThe Grand Master appointed the following to form\nthe Standing Committees :\nFinance.\u00E2\u0080\u0094H. Waller, P. G. M., No. 2; S. W. Edwards, No. 14; A.\nMcKeown, No. 1; W. Hogg, No. 10; W. H. Gardiner, No. 27.\nAppeals\u00E2\u0080\u0094Geo. Norris, No. 5; R. Rivers, No. 5; E. G. Cavalsky,\nNo, 20; D. Menzies, No. 8; F. B. Jacques, No. 18.\nLaws of Subordinates.\u00E2\u0080\u0094J. H. Meldram, P. G. M., No, 2; G. Fowlie, No. 4; A. Stewart, No. 1; T. E. Waller, No. 33; E. Dickinson, No. 14. Petitions.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A. W. Scoullar, No. 8; J. F. Stainton, No. 21; A. Parker, No. 10; G. A. Miller, No. 19; A. C. Aitkin, No. 17.\nState of the Order.\u00E2\u0080\u0094E. Quennell, P. G. M., No. 5; A. Robertson,\nNo, 6; W. Marshall, No. 20; F. G. Peto, No. 30; R. A. Anderson, No. 4.\nLegislation.\u00E2\u0080\u0094J. E. Phillips, P. G. M., No. 4; A. G. Day, No. 1; J.\nPottinger, No. 2: C. Strong, No. 14; W. B. Townsend, No. 13.\nJudiciary.\u00E2\u0080\u0094B. W. Shiles, P. G. M., No. 3; P. W. Dempster, No. 2;\nW. McColl, P. G. M., No. 3; D.. Welsh, No. 13; J A. McKelvie, No. 18.\nMileage and Per Diem*\u00E2\u0080\u0094J. Macmillan, No. 14; J. Crossan, P. G.\nM.,No. 5: W. H. Lewis, No. 13; W. E. Townsend, No. 3; L. Mounce,\nNo. 6.\nPrinting.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Grand Secretary; A. Henderson, No. 2; G. Glover, No.\n4; R. May, No. 27; N. Milburn, No. 5.\nStatistics, re Dues and Benefits.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Grand Secretary; H. Waller,\nP. G. M., No. 2; W. McColl, P. G. M., No. 3.\nThe Third Degree Members having retired the Grand\nLodge was closed in the Third and reopened in the Grand\nLodge Degree.\nIt was on motion Resolved:\u00E2\u0080\u0094That the appointments\nof the Grand Master be confirmed by this Grand Lodge.\nIt was on motion Resolved: \u00E2\u0080\u0094That the Representatives of this Grand Lodge to the Sovereign Grand Lodge\nbe instructed to vote for the proposed amendment to the\nConstitution, reducing the age at which persons may be\nadmitted to the Order from twenty-one to eighteen years.\nA communication was read from the Secretary of the\nForesters' Demonstration Committee, enclosing complimentary tickets for the officers of the Grand Lodge to the\nUnion Demonstration of Foresters at Caledonia Park in\nthis city to-morrow.\nMoved, seconded and carried,\u00E2\u0080\u0094That the invitation\nbe accepted and the Grand Secretary instructed to acknowledge the receipt of the communication and return the\nthanks of this Grand Lodge for the courtesy extended\ntherein.\nResolved,\u00E2\u0080\u0094That a vote of thanks be tendered H, 1320\nWaller, P. G. M., for the able manner in which he exemplified the Secret Work this evening.\nResolved,\u00E2\u0080\u0094That a hearty vote of thanks be tendered\nto the Lodges in this city for the use of the Hall, and for\nthe kiud manner in which the visiting brethren have been\ntreated during this Session.\nResolved,\u00E2\u0080\u0094That a cordial vote of thanks be tendered\nto the Sisters of Colfax Rebekah Lodge, No. i, for the\nhospitable manner in which the visiting brothers and\ntheir ladies were entertained at the social on Tuesday\nevening last.\nResolved,\u00E2\u0080\u0094That when this Grand Lodge adjourn this\nevening it be sine die.\nThe minutes of this day's Session were read and.\nadopted.\nNo further business offering the Grand Lodge was\nclosed in due form.\nill FRED'K DAVEY,\nGrand Secretary.\nm\nm^mm\nOF THE\n\1 /,\nRiTlsMtoiUMBIA\nsk^s\n^\n^\nIWWSV\nB\ngi\na\n^\n&\u00C2\u00A3\nSKr\n&\u00C2\u00AB&\nry\n~m\n^M\nU\n^K\nf\nM\nigr\n*\n'&-\n%^\n^.h 1321\n3n flDemonam,\nGEORGE WILLIAMS, P. G.\nInitiated in \"Victoria\" Lodge, No. 1,\n15th October, 1877.\nDied 25th April, 1895.\nALFRED BLAKE, P. G.\nJoined \"Victoria\" Lodge No. 1, by Deposit op\nCard, 25th May, 1885.\nDied 22nd May, 1895.\nJ. W. ARNOLD, P. G.\nJoined \"Dominion\" Lodge, No. 4, by Deposit of\nCard, 2nd August, 1888.\nDied 4th September, 1894.\nROBERT SCOTT, P. G.\nInitiated in \"Amity\" Lodge, No. 132, Murphys-\nboro, Illinois, 18th January, 1868.\nCharter Member, \"Harmony\" Lodge, No. 6,\n16th March, 1883.\nDeputy Grand Master, Grand Lodge of British Columbia, I. O. 0. F., 1888.\nDied 19th April, 1894. 1322\nABS TRA CT OF REPOR TS OF\nUnder the Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of British\n30\nName and Number of\nLodge.\nLocation\nNight of\nMeeting.\nVictoria, No. 1\t\nColumbia, No. 2\t\nNew Westminster, No. 3\nDominion, No. 4\t\nBlack Diamond, No, 5...\nHarmony, No. 6\t\nExcelsior, No. 7\t\nVancouver, No. 8\t\nTatnai, No. 9 ;\nWestern Star, No. 10\t\nUnion, No. 11\t\nSelkirk, No. 12\t\nKoyal City, No. 13\t\nAcme, No. 14\t\nCloverdale, No. 15\t\nKootenay, No. 16\t\nDuncan No. 17 \t\nVernon Valley, No. 18...\nMount Pleasant, No. 19 .\nCentennial, No. 20\t\nDelta, No. 21\t\nGold Range, No. 22\t\nAshcroft, No. 23\t\nIsland, No. 24\t\nRevelstoke, No. 25\t\nPacific, No. 26\t\nAmity, No. 27\t\nCheam, No. 28\t\nPerseverance, No. 29.\u00C2\u00BB..\nFriendship, No. 30\t\nVictoria |\nVictoria\t\nNew Westminster.\nVictoria >\n[Nanaimo\t\n| Wellington \\nChilliwack j\n(Vancouver j\nKamloops !\nVancouver.. ,,....\n[Union\t\nDonald j\nNew Westminster.;\nVictori^. \t\n| Cloverdale\t\nNelson\t\nDuncan\t\nVernon\t\nMt. Pl'snt, V'ncvr.\nNanaimo\t\nLadners Landing..\nNorth Bend\t\nAshcroft\t\njEburne\t\nRevelstoke\t\nVancouver\t\niNew Westminster.\njAgassiz\t\nNorthfisld\t\nNanaimo..... ....\nMonday\t\nWednesday..\nFriday\t\nThursday.. ..\nWednesday..\nMonday\t\nTuesday\t\nFriday\t\nMonday\t\nThursday. ..\nFriday\t\nThursday....\nThursday... \\nMonday\t\nFriday\t\nMonday. ....\nSaturday ....\nTuesday\t\nFridav\t\nMonday\t\nMonday\t\nSaturday .. .\nSaturday ....\nTuesday\t\nThursday....\nM onday\t\nMonday\t\n(Saturday....\nTuesday\t\nFridav\t\n!599,68\n1 . J323\nSUBORDINATE LODGES.\nColumbia, 1.0. O. R, foh Half Yea& entded30th June, 1894.\n^5\nn\na>\ncp\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094!\ncc\n\u00C2\u00A3>\n<3\n0>\nM\n\u00C2\u00A9\nft\nCD\n^5\nQQ\n60 3 7\nCD\n73 1\nt\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n.\n~>\n.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00AB\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0d\n02 ;R\nrh 1\n.*~i\n*-< fe\njg\nOi\nW \u00C2\u00A3\nH\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A21 9\nR o\ni\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094I\nO\no\n6\n55\ns \u00E2\u0080\u0094\n27\n50\n5 36\n10 34i\n... 27\n12 28!\n12 24\n39 17\n81\n2,705 29 1,599\nReceipts.\nm Dues.\n1,005\n1,047\n566\n590\n734\n995\n14 50\nA.dms'ns\nand\nDegrees.\nRents\nand\nInve sted\nFunds.\n70\n383\n113\n69 00\n125\n00\n663\n00\n111\n00\n209 00\n302\n00\n188\n50\n65\n00\n160\n00\n120 00\n55\n00\n4 00\n60 00\n120 00\n65\n00\n190 00\n21\n75\n^75\nOli\n2,472\n00\n1,840 00\n295\n00\n300\n00\n\u00C2\u00A770\n00\n50l$ 608 85 $\n00 529 74\n00 1,099 50\n00 61 40\n00 711 00\n00 555 25\n25 182 001\n666 551\n224 00\n120 66\n\"87'i5\n19 75\n176 00\n326 50\n46 00\nTotal\n1,798\n35\n1,730\n74\n1,807\n50\n739\n15\n1,515\n50\n1,934\n00\n543\n75\n1,361\n05\n740\n50\n1,451\n00\n460\n00\n672\n40\n957\nm\n674\n50\n279\n00\n507\n20\n306\n75\n459 00\n567\n00\n717\n35\n343\n75\n339 00\n457\n50\n167\n75\n554\n29\n3,280\n70\n1,925\n00\n295\n00\n314\n50\n270 00\n300'$12,016 19 $9,175 00$5,413 69 $27,119 1324\nABSTRACT OF REPORTS OF\nUnder the Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of British\nName and Number of\nLodge.\nLocation\nVictoria, No. 1\t\nColumbia, No. 2\t\nNew Westminster, No. 3\nDominion, No. 4\t\nBlack Diamond, No. 5...\nHarmony, No. 6\t\nExcelsior, No. 7.........\nVancouver, No. 8\t\nTatnai, No. 9\t\nWestern Star,. No. 10\t\nUnion, No. 11\t\nSelkirk, No. 12\t\nRoyal City, No. 13\t\nAcme, No. 14\t\nCloverdale, No. 15\t\nKootenay, No, 16\t\nDuncan, No. 17\t\nVernon Valley, No. 18...\nMount Pleasant,- No. 19 .\nCentennial, No. 20\t\nDelta, No. 21\t\nGold Range, No. 22\t\nAshcroft, No. 23\t\nIsland, No. 24\t\nRevelstoke, No. 25\t\nPacific, No. 26\t\nAmity, No. 27\t\nCheam, No. 28\t\nPerseverance, No. 29\t\nFriendship, No. 30\t\nBanner, No. 31\t\nMission City, No. 32\t\nPeerless, No. 33\t\nVictoria\t\nVictoria\t\nNew Westminster.\nVictoria\t\nNanaimo\t\nWellington\t\nChilliwack\t\nVancouver\t\nKamloops\t\nVancouver\t\nUnion\t\nDonald\t\nNew Westminster.\nj Victoria\t\nCloverdale\t\nNelson\t\nDuncan\t\nVernon\t\nMt. Pl'snt, V'nevr.\nNanaimo\t\nLadners Landing..\nNorth Bend\t\nAshcroft\t\nEburne\t\nRevelstoke\t\nVancouver\t\nNew Westminster.\nAgassiz\t\nNorthfield\t\nNanaimo\t\nWellington...\nMission City\t\nVictoria\t\nMonday..\nWedn'dy.\nFriday....\nThursday.\nWedn'dy .\nMonday..\nTuesday...\nFriday ...\nMonday ..\nThursday.\nFriday ...\nThursday.\nThursday.\nMonday...\nFriday....\nMonday ..\nSaturday.\nTuesdav..\nFriday....\nMonday..\nMonday ..\nSaturday .\nSaturday.\nTuesday...\nThursday.\nMonday...\nMonday...\nSaturday .\nTuesday...\nFriday....\nWedn'dy .\n! Saturday .\nFridav....\nm\nNight of\nMeeting, ks\n2 co\na \(Y>.\n6\n1 1\nV.\n\u00C2\u00A3 ra\n1 .\n15010\n38636 5 220 x325\nSUBORDINATE LODGES.\nColumbia, I. 0. 0. F., for Half Year ended 31st Dec., 1894.\ntS\n-3>\nCQ\nCP\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0L\n1\nCp *~\\nCP .\na a\n>>\npc3 \u00C2\u00AB^^\nCP c\na*\n1\ncs3\nCQ\n\u00C2\u00A3t\nO\ne+H\no\nw CQ\no S\ncs cp\nEh\n159\n: | Rejected.\nDegrees\nConferred.\n1\nc\nm\no\n6\n1\n37\nReceipts.\n0\n3\nCC\nCP\nDues.\nAdms'ns\nand\nDegrees.\nRents\nand\nInve sted\nFunds.\nTotal.\n$ 856 50\n$ 17 00$ 686 62\n$ 1,648 78\n]\nI 1\n8\n168\n9\n34\n891 75\n121 00\n590 20\n1,602 95\n1\n154\n4\n29\n757 75\n23 00\n\u00C2\u00AB.......\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n780 75\n1\n12\n117\n6\n28\n624 50\n40 00\nIll 40\n775 90\n11\n142\n3\n24\n675 00\n52 50\n832 00\n1,549 50\n5\n152\n12\n17\n975 00\n78 00\n658 75\n1,711 75\n1\n45\n16\n179 95\n165 00\n344 95\n4\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n136\n10\n14\n687 50\n62 00\n464 60\n1,254 10\n5\n71\n13\n10\n421 25\n145 00\n361 33\n948 08\n1\n8\n167\n13\n19\n863 75\n124 50\n40 60\n1,028 85\n. .\n63\n3\n11\n405 00\n15 00\n223 35\n643 35\ni\n2\n71\n15\n9\n551 75\n189 00\n'\n741 50\n1 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n88\n4\n9\n386 25\n38 00\n12 00\n644 55\n104\n.. 14\n12\n567 25\n128 00\n10 00\n713 75\n6\n50\n44\n21\n5\n8\n217 60\n314 50\n72 50\n33 00\n290 10\n163 50\n511 00\n49\n9\n6\n268 65\n75 00\n343 65\n6\n3\n41\n1\n5\n180 50\n5 00\n304 29\n489 79\n2\n44\n3\n6\n215 00\n25 00\n194 50\n434 50\n11\n106\n4\n9\n593 85\n55 00\n14 50\n661 35\n5\n48\n5\n2\n426 26\n45 00\n51 75\n523 01\n40\n1 2\n3\n272 00\n10 00\n4 00\n287 50\n*.j\n\"\n35\n29\n9\n3\n3\n1\n191 50\n125 00\n145 00\n20 00\n336 50\n11 45\n156 45\n1\n26\n252\n15\n1 23\n1\n1\n205 65\n1,242 75\n120 00\n168 00\n325 65\n1,433 90\n188\n52\n2\n1,131 50\n35 00\n1,231 00\n44\n1 48\n1\n195 00\n297 50\n20 00\n537 50\n37\n61\n83\n36\n87\n1 222\n. . .\n1\n1\n204 00\n199 00J\n295 00J\n375 00\n350 00\n887 50\n716 60\n549 00\n1,182 50\n490 75\n41\n102\n120 75\n370 00\nH\n85\n1\n4\n160\n3,015\n13 420\n17 1,170\n2\n326\n1\n234 75\n1,555 00\n1,789 75\n1\n$15,476 46\n$5,734 50\n$4,861 84\n$26,679 26 1326\nABSTRACT OF TH&\nOf the Lodges Subordinate to the Grand Lodge of British\nCC CQ\nName and NqwQf Lodge.\n53*31 I O cp I-J3 . 0)^\n\u00C2\u00A7 ML* fel Brothers-\na \u00C2\u00BB fifes F^\nVictoria, No. 1\t\nColumbia, No. 2\t\nNew^Westminster, No. J\nDominion, No. 4\t\nBlack Diamond, No. 5..\nJETarmojiy, No. 6\t\nExcelsior, No. 7',\t\nVancouver, No. 8\t\n1?atnai, No. 9\t\nwestern Star, No. 10.,.\nUnion, No. 11\t\nSelkirk, No. 12\t\nRoyal City* No. 13\t\nAcme, No. 14\t\nCloverdale, No. 15\t\njlootenay, No. 16\t\nJ)uncan No. 17\t\nVernon Valley, No. 18..\nMount Pleasant, No. 19\nCentennial, No. 20\t\nDelta^ No. 21\t\nGold Range, No. 22....\nAshcroft, No. 23\t\nIsland, No. 24\t\nRevelstoke, No. 25 .\t\nPacific, No. 26\t\nAmity\nj ?\nCheam, No. 28,.....\nPerseverance, No. 29\nFriendship, No. 30..\nganner, No. Si\t\nMission City, No. 32.\nPeerless, No. 33\t\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n2\n1\n1\n1\n..\ni\ni\n285 6\n443\n$ 3,266 00\n122\n1,175 00\n52\n363 00\n61\n712 20\n79\n8 6 50\n83\n625 00\n6\n42 00\n139\n918 00\n48\n460 00\n90\n773 m\n51\n452 00\nSo\n697 00\n47\n477 75\n47\n391 00\n25\n166 00\n14\n126 25\n8\n80 00\n37\n355 85\nl28\n252 00\n25\n180 00\n, 13\n130 00\n14\n102 00\n9\n95 92\n3\n27 00\n9 1,606 $13,254 47\ni\t 1327\nANNUAL RELIEF REPORTS\nColumbia, I. O. O. F., fob the Year ended 31st Dec, 1894.\nAmount Paid For\n&\nAmount\nof\nCurrent\nExpenses.\nRelief of\nWidow'd\nFamilies\nRelief of\nOrph' ns\nBurying\nthe Dead\n1\n1 Special\nRelief.\nTotal\nRelief\nPaid.\nTotal\nAssets.\n1\n$ 30 00\n75 00\n15 00\n140 00\n1 $ 60 00\n$ 70 00\n150 00\n108 no\n145 0\n110 (0\n$141 GO\n64 (X\n15 00\n74 00\n28 00\n15 00\n$ 3,507 CO\n1,464 00\n438 00\n835 20\n1,091 50\n809 00\n70 00\n993 00\n495 00\n818 00\n452 (0\n772 00\n547 75\n416 Oi'\n166 00\n126 25\n85 10\n385 85\n252 00\n196 (0\n150 00\n163 00\n170 92!\n87 00,'\n$ 619 06\n1,003 60\n350 00\n9<9 80\n1,145 30\n1,420 45\n30 (0\n581 41\n598 00\n640 60\n334 95\n993 00\n485 45\n597 80\n1,868 58\n703 65\n2,214 54\n300 00\n619 20\n405 66\n661 45\n70 60\n213 05\n200 15\n581 24\n1,517 35\n1,084 55\n679 05\n500 40\n72 25\n105 00\n388 92\n182 30\n$ 45,407 50\n35,000 00\n12,000 00\n10,000 00\n26,000 00\n8,700 00\n2,500 00\n75 00\n^5 0\n30 00\n4,883 40\n4,445 84\n3,519 30\n2,608 66\n75 00\n35 00\n35 00\n25 0i\n2,827 20\n1,979 68\n1,927 55\n2,103 00\n1,396 22\n25 00\n'\n5 00\n2,100 00\n600 00\n1,200 00\n16 00\n20 00\n26 00\n2,342 83\n941 77\n35 00:\n75 (0\n60 00\n1.341 95\n1,121 75\n510 00\n727 62\n60 (.'(J\n75 00\n435 66\n281 00\n3,225 00\n2,442 45\n1,103 45\n30 66\n36 66\n412 90\n746 95\n1,077 50\n492 73\n1,931 00\n$ 285 00\n$ 60 00\n$1,093 00\n$544 00|\n$15,236 47|\n-1\n$22,077 36\n$187,616 25 i328\nLIST OF OFFICERS OF\nOf the Grand Lodge of British\nName and Number of Lodge. \ Location.\nNoble Grand\nVictoria, No. 1\t\nColumbia, No. 2\t\nNew. Westminster, No. 3.\nDominion, No. 4\t\nBlack Diamond, No. 5....\nHarmony, No. 6\t\nExcelsior, No. 7....,\t\nVancouver, No. 8\t\nTatnai, No. 9 \t\nWestern Star, No. 10\t\nUnion, No. 11\t\nSelkirk, No. 12\t\nRoyal City, No. 13\t\nlicme, No. 14\t\nCloverdale, No. 15\t\nKootenay, No. 16\t\nDuncan, No. 17\t\nVernon Valley, No. 18....\nMount Pleasant, No. 19 ..\nCentennial, No. 20\t\nDelta, No. 21\t\nGold Range, No. 22.,\t\nAshcroft, No. 23 ,\nIsland, No. 24\t\nRevelstoke, No. 25\t\nPacific, No. 26\t\nAmity, No. 27\t\nCheam, No. 28\t\nPerseverance, No. 29 ....\nFriendship, No. 30\t\nBanner, No. 31\t\nMission City, No. 32\t\nPeerless, No. 33\t\nRocky Mountain. No. 31.\nCedar, No. 35\t\nVictoria\t\nA. J. Ef Frith\t\nVictoria\t\nH. A. Porter.. v\t\nNew Westminster.!\nJ.B. Ballantyne....\nJohn Kav\t\nNanMmo\t\nGeo. E. Norris\t\nWellington i\nL. A. Murphy\t\nChilliwack\t\nJohn Aird\t\nVancouver\t\nJ. 0. McKay\t\nKamloops '\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nW. M. Bid\t\nVancouver\t\nD. O'Dwyer\t\nUnion\t\nJno. Whyte\t\nDonald\t\nW. H. Bonus\t\nNew Westminster.:\nVictoria\t\nH. Gillev\t\nCloverdale\t\nR. D. Mackenzie ...\nNelson\t\nM. J. McGrath\t\nDuncan \t\nW. G. Manley..\nVernon\t\nS. T. Elliott.'\t\nMt. Pl'snt, V'ncvr.\nNanaimo\t\nS. Astell\t\nG. McKinneil\t\nLadners Landing,.\nF. McCullogh\t\nJ. M. Bunt\t\nAshcroft\t\nEburne\t\nW. Shaw\t\nS. Churchill\t\nRevelstoke\t\nR. S. Wilson\t\nVancouver\t\nG. W. Rowland....\nNew Westminster.\nJ. Chambers\t\nAgassiz\t\nJ. Lennon\t\nNorthfield\t\nNanaimo\t\nL. Jones\t\nW. McGirr\t\nWellington\t\nMission City\t\nF.T.Underhill,M.D\nVictoria.\t\nW.R.Macintosh....\nGolden\t\nC. A. Warren\t\nCedar District....\n|H. L.Bates\t 329\nSUBORDINATE LODGES I. O. O. F,\nColumbia, for the Term Commencing 1st July, 1895\nVice Grand\nRecording Secretary\nTreasurer\nA. Stewart,P.G.\nG.T. Fox. ....\nH. Hughes\t\nF.T.Holland..\nJas. Harlev....\n| I. Taylor ....\nJ. H. Ash well..\nA. R. Foxlev ..\nJ S Smith\"...\nJ. R.Webster..\nW. Cessford ...\nJ. Mack\t\nC. Campbell...\nW. H. Handley\nD.Z. McLennan\nG. P. Nalder...\nD. MeGillivrav.\nH. C. Cooper..\nT. B. Croston. .\nJ. Newton. ...\nJ. A. Nelson'...\n,H. Cancellor ..\nE. LaForest...\nR. Abercrombie\nC. Landmark..\nG. R. Gordon..\nR. Kilpatrick..\nG. R. Joynt....\nG. O. Ross\t\nA. Dunlap\t\nT. L. McKav...\nHVallans.\"....\nD. McMillan...\nF. H. Bacon...\nG. Woo bank...\nFred Davey, P.G...\nRt W. Fawcett, F.G\nP. J. Foulds, P. G. .\nT. Bamford, P. G...\nW. H. Morton, P. G.\nH. Woodhouse\t\nR. J. Marshall, P. G.\nH. H.Davis, P.G...\nE. T. W. Pearse,PG\nF. E. Fokey\t\nW. Anthony, P. G. .\nJ. Mathie, P. G\t\nW. H. Lewis\t\niS. W. Edwards, P.G.\nH. T. Thrift. P. G. ..\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2J. Ehrlich..'\t\nJ. H. Blyth\t\nJ. E. Matheson\t\nR. H. Carscadden..\n;F. S. Whiteside, P.G\nA. Bennett\t\n!J. Callin, P.G\t\nF. C. Tingley\t\nL McLaren, P. G. ..\nO. Lewis \t\nIW. A. Johnstone ...\nW. C Coatham\t\nH. L. Calvert\t\nJ. E. Norcross\t\nJ. B. Nicholson\nR. Roberts, P. G. M.\nA. Henderson, P. G.\nR.Wilson, P.G\t\nP.A.Babbington.P.G\nJ. Crossan, P. G. M.\nD. Nicholson\t\nJ. McCutcheon, P.G.\nT. F. Neelands, P. G.\nR. E. Smith, P. G\nA. Parker, P. G...\nR. Cessford\t\nA. W. Den man ..\nW.B.Townsend,P.C\njRobt. Ray\t\nJ. I. Breen\t\nE.C.Arthur,MD,P\nC. H. Dickie, P. G\nW. J. Harber,....\nI. G. Johnstone\nJ. A. Bittancourt\nW. B. Skinnei\nJ. Z. Choate,.\nW. D.Fearn,.\nG.\nw\nShav\nvx\nA. N. York, P.\nI. J. Hingley, P. G..\nH. G. Parson \t\nJ. G. Petherick\t\nJ. I. Wood row\nF. Cockburn,\nG. Adams, ...\nJ. A. McDonald,\nC.H.Rummings,P.\nJ. H. Pleace..\nF. W. Hawes.\nJ. B. Humter\nD. Lyndsay..\nP.R.White..\nH. Wilkinson\nremanent Secr'trv\nFred. Davey, P. G\nW. Jackson\t\nD. E. McKenzie.\n'T. Bamford, P. G\nIW. H. Morton, P,\nH. Woodhouse\n|J. Peers, P. G\nW. Lyman...\nE.T.W. Pearse, P\nJ. W. Weart\nJ. Mathie, P. G\nD. Welsh, P. G\nT. Tubman..\nR. Collishaw\nW. Hodson, :r\nC, Bazett\nT. M. Gullej\nR. H. Pool '\nF.S. Whiteside\nH. A. Kinsma\nJ. Callin, P.G\nG. Munroe, P.\nJ. 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CP \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nO73 * \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 * 3 *\nBQ-* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 d '\nq ot co . . P \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nrand\n9\nWS^-i^o\n8\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2rH\n|\nOQ 0Q rjpl-j ^H-j m\n00 00 00 CQ CO OQ CQ\nI\nOQOQ0QOQCGQQ0Q\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 bo\t\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 o c ,14 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 * *\n. u .^ ,- . \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 u\\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \"*^ k> 13 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 .H .aid .-H\n0Q SO 0Q 0Q OQ GQ 0Q\n1\nS cp\nd ox)\nrH ,ro -ID) CDt-\ne& N\nof Lod\nQ \u00C2\u00B03 _a ^ ^\u00C2\u00BB \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Z)\nH L\no8 pLuS^3^ E^\nOT ^ Standing Resolutions of the Grand Lodge of\nBritish Columbia, I. O. O. F.\n\"In future all orders for supplies from Subordinate\n4 (Lodges of the Grand Lodge on the Grand Secretary,\n4' must be accompanied by the requisite amount to pay\nufor the same, and the Grand Secretary is hereby forbid-\nuden to forward such supplies unless the terms of this\nuResolution are complied with.\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094Proceedings, 1893.\np Lodges submitting By-Laws or amendments thereto\n\"must furnish same in duplicate, so that one copy may\n\"be kept on file in the Grand Secretary's office, and the\n\"other returned to the Lodge when approved by the\n\"Committee on Laws of Subordinates.n \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Proceedings,\n1894..\n4 4 That in future, Grand Masters be required to fur-\n4 4 nish this Grand Lodge with an itemized statement of\n\"expenses incurred by them, and of the miles actually\nI travelled in performing the duties of their office.\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094Proceedings, 1893.\n\"That the majority of the Committee on Finance\n\"should reside in the same city as the Grand Secretary.\u00C2\u00A7\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Proceedings, 1895.\n4 4 That the practice of paying Past Grand Masters\nI attending Sessions of the Grand Lodge, Mileage and\n\" Per Diem be discontinued in future.n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Proceedings,\n1895. INDEX\nPAGE.\nAdmission of members at 18 years of age 1319\n<<\nu\nin arrears.......\n^*?vIyT\n...1204\nAltar, purchase of .:!.... '. !'t 1294\nAlberta Lodge, Calgary, re affiliat^??.^. .7?. f.... .1232, 1301, 1303\nAmity Lodge, No. 27, illegal election of officers.?. .1224:\nAmendments to Subordinate Lodge Constitution,. .1203, 1211\nAppeal to Sovereign Grand Lodge by T. C. Gray, G.M 1307\nD. F. Fee v. Columbia Lodge, No. 2 1232, 1290\nD. Green v. Dominion Lodge, No. 4 1205,1233,1287,1288,1309-10-11\nE.'Dickinson r. Acme Lodge, No. i4. 1233, 1291\nG. Fraser v. Vancouver Lodge, No. 8 1232,1288\nJ. H. Matheson v. Kootenay Lodge, No. 16...\" 1205,1303\nJ. Wriglesworth, P. G. M., v. Dominion Lodge, No. 4 1292\nW. A. Johnstone v. Pacific Lodge, No. 26 1232, 1282\nAyes and Nays 1308\nBalloting for rejected applicants 1204\nBenefits, date of commencement of 1203,1204,1213\n\" minimum amount 1302, 1307\n\" payment of. 1261\n\" I \" fraction of a week 1213\nBond of Grand Secretary 1311\nCards Withdrawal, application for 1212\nChaplain, Service as qualifies for V. G 1261\nCharges may be preferred for fraud > 1203\n\" to be preferred separately 1204 tt\nti\n11\nPAGE.\nCommittees, appointment of 1194, 1197,1224,1288, 1318, 1319\nCommittee on Finance, appointment of 1228,1315\nDegrees, Conferring of 1203\nDegrees, Grand Lodge \ f 1195,1196,1279\nDeputy Grand Master acting as Grand Master 1224\n\" appointments of 1225\nI decisions of 1225\n\" dispensations issued by.... 1225\n\" report of 1224\nDistrict Deputy Grand Master, qualifications for 1204\n\" '\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \" \" Rebekah Lodges receipt of P. W. by 1204\nDues and Benefits, statistics respecting 1296\n\" payment of during sickness \ 1214\nElection legal although presiding officer in arrears 1203, 1303\n\" to office of absent brothers 1203, 1222\nEstimate of revenue and expenditure 1316\nExcelsior Lodge, No. 7, loss of Hall, &c, by fire 1234\n\" \" \" reinbursed cost of supplies 1303\nForester's Demonstration, invitation to 1319\nFrequenting houses of ill-fame, conduct unbecoming an Odd Fellow 1203\nFuneral Benefits, payment of 1204, 1258\n\" service, printing of 1204\nGrand instructors, appointment of 1312\nLodge Constitution, amendments to 1283, 1300\n\" Incorporation of 1311, 1312\n\" Meeting, 1896 1218, 1299\n\" Officers, election of 1279\n\" Officers, installation of 1303, 1316\n\" Representatives, membership in a Rebekah Lodge 1315\nMaster absence from Jurisdiction 1202, 1224\n\" appointments by 1193, 1208, 1307, 1317\n\" decisions by .1202\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0iC dedications of Halls by 1209\na\ntt\na\nit\ntt\na PAGE,\nGtahd Lodge, dispensations by .1205\nexpenses of 1312, 1315\ninstitution of Lodges by 1199, 1209\nInstallations by ........ 1209\nOfficial visits bv 1199\npermissions refused by . 1207\nproclamations issued by. \u00C2\u00BB \u00C2\u00AB. .1208\nre appeals , 1205, 1208\nre insurance ....,, \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 - -. 1201\nReport of.. ,, .1197\nSire, decisions of * 1247\nGreen, D. v. Dominion Lodge, No. 4.... 1205, 1233, 1287, 1288, 1309-10-11\nGuide to secret work .1204\nInstitution of Lodges. 1199, 1219, 1225\nInsurance Associations not to be granted licenses-. v: .*. 1306\nIsland Lodge, No. 24, appeal of 1207\nMemorial Day Cermony 1265\nMileage and Per Diem to Past Grand Masters : 1308\nMinisters of the Gospel, admission of 1202, 1203\nNorthern Light Lodge, Fargo, N. D., appeal of..: .1233, 1293\nNurse hire .*. *3$*\u00C2\u00ABm \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 .1261\nOdd Fellows Halls, dedication.of 1203\nI renting of 1203\nHomes ..1232, 1244, 1264, 1285, 1302, 1303\nHospital and Convalescent Home 1307\nI Insurance Association of B, C, 1201,1232,1284,1302,1304,1306\n| Relief Association of Canada 1201, 1232, 1285, 1302, 1307\nPast Grand Masters, Mileage and Per Diem to 1308\nI \" \" and P. G. P. Association 1261\nPayment of hospital expenses of sick brothers 1225, 1291\nRebekah assemblies \u00C2\u00AB 1264\nLodge at Kamloops 1226,1295\n\" \" Code of Rules for \ 1262\na\nkt PAGE.\nRegalia. .1273, 13%, 1307\nReports of Committees, Appeals 1282,1287,1288.1290,1291,1293,1303,1311\nCredentials 1194\ntt\nii\na\na\na\na\na\ni<\ntt\ntt\ntt\nDistribution 1277,1278\nFinance 1294, 1315\nJudiciary 1288\nLaws of Subordinates 1280\nLegislation 1301\nMileage and Per Diem .* '..:..' 1312\nPetitions V. 1294\nState of the Order 1195, 1296, 1311\nSpecial, D. Green r. Dominion Lodge, No. 4, 1292\n\" on statistics re Dues and Benefits 1296\n\" J. Wriglesworth, P. G. M., v. Dominion Lodge, No. 4 .., 1292\nDistrict Deputy Grand Masters a 1210\nDeputy Grand Master 12\u00C2\u00A74\nGrand Master 1197\n\" Representatives 1235\nGrand Secretary 1226, 1311\n\" Sire 1235\n\" Treasurer .1234\n\"Ruth\" Rebekah Lodge, No. 4, loss of property by fire 1234\n\" | \" \" reinbursed cost of supplies 1303\nScott, R. P. G., death of 1210\nSecret work, exemplification of 1303, 1308, 1316\n\" \" Guide to 1204\nSmith, Geo. v. Vernon Valley Lodge, No. 18 1208, 1233, 1288\nSovereign Grand Lodge proceedings 1234\nSupreme Being, belief in 1262\nSuspensions for N. P. D., notification to Lodges of 1204\nTrials to be conducted according to Constitution 1204\nVisiting Brethren 1197\nVotes of Thanks 1319, 1320\ntt\na\ntt\na\ntt Past Grand Masters\nOF THE-\nGRAND LODGE OF B.C.. I.O.O.F.\nm I D^mmond igg \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 | Victoria Lodge, No. |\nJohn Weiler. . ...../... ..1875 Victoria Lodge. No. 1.\n\"j Davies 1876 Columbia Lodge, No. 2.\nT\u00C2\u00A3 1877 Victoria Lodge, No. 1.\n 1878 Columbia Lodge; No. 2.\n1879... *|. Victoria Lodge, No. 1.\n...... .1880 Dominion Lodge, No. 4.\n1881 New Westminster Lodge, No. 3.\n.1882 Columbia Lodge, No. 2.\n+J. P\nR. Roberts\t\nJW. J. Jeffree ..\n\u00C2\u00A7Charles Gowen\nJ. Wriglesworth\nB. W. Shiles ||||\nHenby Waller ...\n' Phillips . P. j .1883 Victoria Lodge, No. 1.\n1884 Dominion Lodge, No. 4.\n\u00C2\u00A7|u885 New Westminster Lodge, No. 3.\n 1886 Victoria Lodge, No. 1.\n.1887 1'jli .Victoria Lodge, No. 1.\nAlexander\nW. D. McKillican\nWm.\" McColl\t\nFred'k Carne\t\n'\"\"'dZm-I- Victoria M*e, No. 1\n1889 Columbia Lodge, jno. I.\n1890 Black Diamond Lodge, No. 5.\n|j 1891 t^l.Dominion Lodge, No. 4.\n1892.'. j.. .New Westminster Lodge, No. 3.\n1893 .... Black Diamond Lodge, No. 5.\nta\"S \u00E2\u0096\u00A0'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Itfiill\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0westernstarLodge'No-1\n' * Died 6th February, 1884. it Died 20th September\u00E2\u0080\u00A21879.\n$ Died 18th March, 1885. \u00C2\u00A7 Died 8th December, 189*.\nJoshua\nJ. H. Meldram\nE. Quennell ..\nJ. E. Phillips .\nJ. E. Phillips. ADDRESSES OF THE GRAND OFFICERS\nOF THE\nGRAND LOME OF BEITISH COLUMBIA, 1.0.0.1\nW. E. Holmes, Grand Master fci Box 424, Victoria.\nP. J. Foulds, Deputy Grand Master ?*'.S -New Westminster.\nW. H. Morton, Grand Warden... .&... .?vf?J- .Nanaimo. jps\nFred'k Davey, Grand Secretary.. ^^pj^M P. O. Drawer 69, Victoria\nH. B. Gilmour, Grand Treasurer. '... ...Vancouver. ||\nR, Roberts, P. G. M., Grand Representative. .Victoria. m\nJ. E. Phillips, R G. M., \" \u00C2\u00A3 . .Victoria. I\nT. F. Neelands, Grand Chaplain... .^ip.l^|. .Vancouver. if\nA. Henderson, Grand Marshal. . *M^M-% Victoria. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nA. H. Ferguson, Grand Guardian .f.... /JiSL-iNew Westminster. M\nH. Mitchell, Grand Conductor Wellington. fl\nE. C. Davison, Grand Herald ..... Kamloops. M\n& The next Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of British]\nColumbia will be held at Nanaimo commencing Wednesday, the lOtll\nof June, 1896. - a\nI , J\nSUPPLIES. * : -j\nH The following rates will be charged for Supplies, all orders for\nmust be signed by the Secretary, bear the.Seal of the Lodge and\nedmpanied by the necessary amount to pay the same:\nSubordinate Lodge Kitual^^^-. \: ^^pf \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ... ^m\nRitual for Rebekah Degree Lodges only. .%:\u00E2\u0096\u00A0....% .. .'^W^\nVisiting and Withdrawal Gards and Dismissal Certificates \u00E2\u0080\u00A2||\nVisiting and Withdrawal Cards for Rebekah Degree Lodges\nBook of Forms ^&wMm&M \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 -# \u00E2\u0080\u00A2. \u00C2\u00A3J\u00C2\u00A3%. M\nBook of Odes with music..\nWhite's Digest,.\nmm&m\nmmw\nLodge Odes (Subordinate and Rebekah)\t\nOdes with music Subordinate and Rebekah Lodges\nAnniversary Odes.......:^^^Wi\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 -ah \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 m- \u00E2\u0080\u00A21 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nFuneral Hymns, with Responses.... J~~\nFuneral Ceremony... ^f.. -SMMl0B'^,\nAnniversary Ceremony.... '.lj&W^$ .....\nMemorial and Decoration Ceremony\t\nBurial Ceremony, Daughters of feetiekah..;\nCertificate of Membership, on Plate paper\nRebekah Certificate, on Plate paper..-. i^M\nOfficers Roll ^ook\u00C2\u00A7^^^^^R\u00C2\u00A7^^.... M;........ ..If\nQuestion Book^.ll^ >-M ^^^M^M^^SSi^m^m\nOrder on treasurer's Book, 250 orders.^^^M&fe^|. .^.. .\n'Initiation Petitions, form recommended by S. fef. L... \u00C2\u00A3&/.Per 100\nSubordinate Lodge Degree Chftrt. iyV. >/:..\u00E2\u0080\u00A2; . -. ^ipp\u00C2\u00A3, each\nBound Proceedings, Grand Lodge of B. C, 1874 to 1885 .....,,.-...\nSubordinate Lodge Floor Worfc||^^\nRebekah Degree Ifioor Work. \". .V.\........;.;\nBlack Bookl J.,. 14 4 ~$...::..'\"..: :..-.:............:...........v..\nCode for government of Rebekah Lodges.'.;V:....'. h .;.\u00E2\u0096\u00A0.', . ..-...'>.\nwhichi\nbe\na&'i\n$3\n00\nSj\n00\n25\nm\n1\n25 i\n1\n00;\n3\nIP\nOo\n15\n0'V\n05,\nSO\n301\n25\n201\n759\n30\n1\n25\u00C2\u00A3\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 i\n50\n1 X\n&fe\n*<3$\n50t.\npt\nowj\nn\noot\n50\n50\n0\n00\n25iL"@en . "Includes index.

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