Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 263, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 September 1901 — Page 3

THIS INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1901. i THE REBEKAH DEGREE IN HONOR OF COLFAX Knight & Jillson Co. Manufacturers and Jobbers REV(.Y08JK5TBBi Indianas Greatest Dry Goods Emporium The Sattle ;oi,di: axmvkiisaiiy chlfhhatf. at tomlinson ii all. ITEHITIG EXERCISES HELD I I'M VEHMTV PAH K. A. i ,y.- . The LnrRf Audience I'iif ertnlne! liy u rroxnimme of I" n J nlle Feature. The lleheknh Deree of Odd Fellovcnhl Pay Tribute to the Memory of Itn Friend.

OF The Ballots IS WARM To-day decides WHO ARE THE WINNERS. Polls close at 5 o'clock. See that your favorite gets a good showing. The Ballot at 6 o'lock last evening stood: Rebekah Contest

WROUGHT IRON Pipe and Fittings BOILER TUBES, MILL SUPPLIES, PLUMBERS SUPPLIES, PUMPS and WELL MATERIALS, INDIANAPOLIS, - - IND. ADDRESS BY JOHN B. COCKRUM THE ADDRESS OF THE DAY past iiii:smi:vr. mhs. m:lmi: iiarItlS, OF ILLINOIS, iu:.ui. MRS. AN ME LA FOLLETTE El LOGIZES SCIILYLEU COLFAX. Seternl Other Addrce mill Musical tint her (iranil Slr Cnltle lit Attendance. Other Speechen 3!nde. the Lodge Ode Snnp; and the Monument Decorated with Wreath. i I

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For the diamond-set Badge or Jewel to the most popular Noble Grand or Past Noble Grand in the State: Mrs. La Follette, 2,013 votes Mary Wiley . . . 1,776 votes Miss Woolf . . . 1,406 votes Sword & Belt Contest To the most popular Canton Commander in Indiana: II. K. Landis . . 631 votes J. 0. Clark .... 512 votes T. N. White . . . 509 votes Vote Early and Often Today This is the Last Day Pettis Dry Goods Co.

ALMOST TIME FOR BREAKFAST CAKES No matter how good the cakes, the morning" repast will be better ith GOOD COFFEE. ' You can get no better coffees than these: Our OWN COMBINATION.SOc SANTOS . . . i. . . . 20c JAVA AND MOCHA . . 40c Their fragrance and deliciousness will satisfy your morning needs. You know how a really ood cup of coffee helps out the breakfast and puts ou in good humor for the day. The N. A. Moore Co Nos. 162 and 164 North Illinois Street. 'Phones 8 92t T KEVKR KNEW you carried such large selection of FINK RINGS; why, ypu have the finest in the city" is a remark, heard daily by all new comers to our store. Rubies, Diamonds or Emeralds, in Rings From $5 to $950 Hach. C. L.ROST, Diamond Merchant 15 North Illinois Street. The Hates is being demolished just across the street. 50tLl(HtRMARltN3CÖ woum ; CITY NEWS ITEMS. John Sellers, living on V.et Washington street, was severely injured last evening by the. breaking of a cellar door upon which he was standing at West WahInston istreet. He was tiken to the ofr.rt? of Drs. Eisenbelss and Karchner. where hii injuries w-re dressed. Mr. and Mr. Martin Hurton. of No. North Capitol avenue, yesterday celebrated tthe sixtieth anniversary of their wedding Mr. IHirtoi; tame to Indianapolis from Keene.i N. II.. where ho was born, when nineteen years of age. and has lived here c -ntlnuously lnre. He rirst entered the milling-business near the present site of tne water works, and was later engaged in the hoe and also the trunk manufacturing business. Hh retired from aetlv participation in business twenty years ago. Three daughters Mrs. William A. HriMor. Mis II. '. Condit and Mrs. Ad. lie C.mpbdl 'ive In this eity. A1 fifth W'ttnl Colurnl CI11I. A P'lfth War.l Colored Republican Club elected chairman; J. ii. Lowkle ir. vhe chairman, and (). I. Tvree and T. W. Val- 1 ntlne. set retards. The club will hold lis meeting at if II West Walnut itrtet. 1

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The I. O. O. F. Calendar for To-I)ny. 0 a. m.. 2 p. m. (probably 7:. p. m. Sessions of the Sovereign Grand Lode;.?. State Capitol. Day anl Evening State fair, racing, exhibits. Morning and Afternoon Excursions by ladies to park?. Public invited. Day and Evening Receptions and entertainments by lodges of Marlon county, courthouse. Public invited. 8 p. m. Public conferring of grand decora tion of chivalry, Tomlinson Hall. Public Invited. 9 p. m. Public awarding of prizes, Tomlin son Hall. Public invited. Theaters Evening. English's; afternoon and evening. Park, Grand. Empire.

Seldom in its history has Tomlinson Hall been more rlcfily decorated or filled with a larger audience than last night, in honor of the celebration of the fiftieth or golden anniversary of the founding of the Rebekah Degree of Odd Fellowship. An enjoyable programme consisting of vocal and instrumental music and sparkling addresses, pleasingly intermingled, was given and, despite its length, few left the auditorium until the last word was spoken. Grand Marshal John B. Cockrum presided over the meeting with the ease and goodnature that have made him so much in demand on public occasions. Mr. Cockrum created a great deal of merriment and provoked loud applause by his witty rebukes to the few persons that showed the poor taste of leaving the hall before the exercises were concluded. At one time he called out "If there are any here who came out of curiosity and their curiosity has been satisfied they are at liberty to leave, but those who came to be instructed and entertained will oblige us by keeping quiet in their seats." Again he hurled a Parthian shaft of ridicule when he said to a small group as they passed down the aisle, "Got a train to make?" The exercises were inaugurated with singing of the "Angelus" by the fine chorus choir of Third Christian Church, led by Director Fassett A. Cotton, after which the invocation was spoken by Rev. J. I. McCoy. By request the chorus rendered "O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem," solo part by Mr. Mendel, the number which was given with such admirable effect at the welcoming meeting in English's Opera House last Monday morning. Another pleasing feature of the musical programme was the solo "Ruth and Naomi," by Miss Mattie Miles, with choral accompaniment. TALKED ON ANARCHY. Chairman Cockrum availed himself of the opportunity afforded by the occasion to deliver a stirring address on the subject of anarchy. He said: "We have pissed through a day of gloom and shadow, and we come here to-night after having devoted

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the hours of this day beside the bier of our lamented President to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Institution of the degree of Rebekah In our order. "The bullet of the assassin, the miserable conscience and disregard ot the ran who tired the fatal shot that remove! from this laml the President whom wo all loved, irrespective of party, faction, place or condition has caused the people of this country to-day to devote themse'.ves to a day of mourning. The dark, miserable deed of this pitiable wretch that has brought upon this Nation th3 gloom through which we have passed deserves the severest censure and condemnation of every man, woman and child throughoutthe length and breadth of the land. Griat applause. "Out of this lesson of disregard for law, out of this sin that has cast over this Nation a shadow greater than any in its history, we will learn the lesson tb it w will stand by our flag, we will protect our institutions, we will protect the men in imvcr and we will drive from out our borders every man. woman and child who b;tvei in anarchy ur has any sympathy with it. Renewed applause. "And not the least of the mn who will undertake to see that this thing is dene, that will undertake to see that the eonutry is purified, that will undertake to see that right and God shall prevail throughout the length and breadth of the land, I say nor the least of these is the organization of Odd Fellows that is now meeting in this community. Applause. J They stand for law, the order stands for decent sobriety and orderly conduct of us men. It believes in the enforcement ' tbe highest principles of civilization and the highest principles of national organization. No man witnin its border has ever breathed the breath that would prompt him to do the dastardly thing that has bee.; committed within the last two v.eks applause, not one. There Is not a solitary man throughout the length and breadth of the order in this country or n;roU that would do the cowardly, miserable act lcr whicn you have this day given yourst Ives. to moirning. HIGHER THINGS. "Ah, my friends, we stand for higher things, we stand for better things, and this morning in the session the work and power of the order has been pledged and will be given to the driving out of our common country ever3r man who believes in wrongdoing and who believes in the anarchistic principles that prompted the dirty assassin to take the life of our beloved President." Great applause. Turning to the theme which occasioned the assemblage of the- evening, Mr. Cockrum said: "The Rebekah degree was established by the Sovereign Grand Lodge fifty years ago. Its great work throughout the length and breadth of the order and throughout the length and breadth of our land and of our sister lands associated with us in carrying forward tin great principles of triendsiiip. love and truth, have Leen seen and witnessed by the world universal. "The decree of Rebekah has done more and is doing more now to spread abroad the true principles of benevolence and kindness throughout the confines of the world wherever Odd Fellowship is known than any other decree in the order. (Applause.) I say that to these loyal, lovable women who have devoted and who are devoting their lives to carrying forward the prineiples of this degree, and the name of Schuyler 'olfax will live in the history of this ord r and in the history of the world us one of the greatest men of his time, because be was the father of and founder of this decree." Applause.) All the speakers of the evening seemed to vie with each other to do honor and reverence to the memory of .Mr. Colfax . Fol.

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f wnjMMiarnitf lowing Mr. Cockrum the prrand sire of Odd Fellowship, Hon. A. C. Cable, of Covington, O., was introduced, and in a half-hour talk managed to put the audience In thorough good humor and to whet its appetite for the remainder of the programme. ADDRESS OP MRS. HARRIS. In a few graceful, well-chosen words the chairman presented the principal speaker of the evening, Mrs. Nellie Harris, of Illinois, a past president of the Rebekah oroer. Mrs. Harris's addresses was couched in polished diction and was thoroughly appreciated by both the Rebekahs and the Odd Fellows in the large audience. She said in part: "Sisters and Brothers and Friends As I stood this afternoon in the shadow of the monument of Schuyler Colfax in beautiful University Park in your city and heard the lovely remarks and beautiful addresses that were made on that occasion it seemed to me that It was unjust and unreasonable to say that the prophet is not without honor save in his own country, for I am sure that the people of Indiana have given pre per homage and due credit to that distinguished citizen, valiant patriot and statesman, that magnificent Odd Fellow, Schuyler Colfax. Prolonged applause. "It is fit and proper then that in the city of Indianapolis, the capital of the State in which resided the author of the Rebekah Degree, there should be celebrated at a meeting of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, in which he performed so conspicuous a part, the fiftieth anniversary of the order he founded. It is indeed a worthy tribute to a great man, a fitting testimonial in memory of one who did much for our order, a magnificent eulogy in commemoration of his work, for the truest honor, the, greatest glory that can come to a man is in the fact that at his death he leaves a memory the brightness of which shall illuminate the pathway of others. As great influences have been given to the world because of accident, so. too, have great achievements resulted from accidental efforts. The greatness of Odd Fellowship is not lessened because Thomas Wildey, its founder, did not see in the future the vast proportions it would assume, for although he lived to see the tender plant grow into a mighty tree, yet the order was at his death but an atom to what It will in time become. The magnificence of Schuyler Colfax's work is in no manner lessened because he failed to observe what the future had in store for Rebekah Odd Fellowship. He would undoubtedly have felt that his labors had produced an ample harvest if nothing more had been gained than the fraternal recognition of women by the order of Odd Fellows." Mrs. Harris spoke eloquently of the great loss that has fallen upon the Nation by the death of Its honored President and pledged the unremitting efforts of the Rebekah branch of Odd Fellowship in co-operation with the men of the organization towards stamping out anarchy from the country. PAST GRAND SIRE TALKS. In the absence of Past Grand Sire A. S. Tinkerton, Charles Rusbee, of Raleigh, N. C, also a past grand sire, addressed the audience briefly on the subject of the Rebekah degree. Mr. Busbee prefaced his interesting talk with the information that he was a grand representative when the Sovereign Grand Lodge held its previous session in this city in 1S75. Mr. Busbee referred to the assassination of President McKinley, and gave his hearers assurance that the people of his part of the country mourn with them the common loss. Referring to the Rebekah degree, the speaker said it was a great step in the emancipation of womanhood in this country. He declared with evident pride that the single vote by which the degree was grafted upon Odd Fellowship in 1S51 was cast by a Southerner, Robert Grifiln. of Gecgia. who was grand sire of tho order at that time. Dr. Clarence T. Campbell, of Ontario. whos eloquent and feeling tribute to the late President, delivered yesterday morning in the Statehouse, appears elsewhere In this Issue, was the next speaker. Mr. Campbell said that he feels a particular affection for Indiana, because he was nominated to the high ofHce of grand sire by Judge Kenner, of the Indiana delegation. He said that during his incumbency of the position he visited Indianapolis, and never in his life did he sojourn in a more plenrant place nor was he ever entertained more hospitably. A VIRGINIA ORATOR. The closing address was one of the most brilliant of the evening. The speaker, a young lawyer from Richmond. Va., belongingto one of the oldest families of that commonwealth. Hill Montague, made a distinctly favorable impression by his easy bearing and his natural eloquence. Mr. Montague paid a tribute to the martyr President worthy of reproduction. He said: "We are met to celebrate the golden anniversary of the formation of the Rebekah degree. Though I have but a few moments In which to address you. surely I may be permitted on this occafion, which also marks a great national may I not in presence of the representative of the Englih government say International calamity, to pause 4o pay "a brief but sincere tribute to the late President whose body was gently laid away to-day while the seventy-five million people of this Nation were bowed down in grief. "Standing here at this moment within the shadow of this great calamity and coming from the oldest commonwealth In our great sisterhood of commonwealths. coining from the State where more of the Nation's history has been made than In any other; coming from the State that furnished us (1k lather of his country; coming from the State that formed the theater upon who.-e stage was played the most terrible drama In modern history, where friends and brothers fought against one another, but each for what he believed to be right', coming from the capital city of this State, wheie the in n who once wore the blue and thoe who once wore the gray are sleeping side by side under the green sod of our Southern soil; coming from Virginia. I am glad to say in this presence (hat we -believe our cherish d Southland has lost its be-t friend. Applause.) "We unite then with yon In doing homage to our dt parted leader. In the Temple ot Fame his place will be side by hide with that of the purest of the pure and the bravest of the brave." As the audience left the hall after the benediction pronounced by Rev. McCoy,

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the orchestra began to play "America." Stopping where they were, the people began to clap their hands vigorously, giving the occasion a fine finish of patriotic "feeling. i:n of di:gki:u work. The Atvnrd of Prize 'Will Occur nt TomliiiMoii Hall To-MKht. Three contests were held last night, which completed this branch of the Odd Fellows' encampment. The Woodurd degree staff, of Richmond, Ind., which is contesting for the prize of the third degree, went through its exercises at the Propylaeum. The team is composed of twenty-six memlers of the lodge, and B. A. Bescher, of Richmond, acted as degree master. At Red Men's Hall, Canton Alexandria, No. 53, of Alexandria, Ind., contested for the Patriarchal degree, and Captain A. F. Lalla presided as degree master. The Alexander Canton. No. 11. of Chicago, contested for the Patriarchal degree at the K. of I. Hall. These exercises were somewhat delayed on account of most of the members having taken part in the dress parade at the fair grounds. The exercises were made more impressive by introducing one more character in the degree work. The scenery employed was also more elaborate than is generally used. General C. M. Lichner. department' commander of Illinois, was degree master. All of the haUs were crowded to such an extent that It was with difficulty that the exercises were gone through. The degree contests are now all in the hands of the various judges, who will award the prizes at Tomlinson Hall tonight. Mnj- Aholinlt the Office. At the brief session yesterday morning the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows devoted considerable time to a discussion of the advisability of abolishing entirely the position of deputy grand sire for the European Jurisdictions of the order. The resignation of Hermann Block, present deputy grand sire for Europe, offers an excellent opportunit$- to take such action if desired. This question, however, with the one relating to the permission of representatives from Europe attending the Sovereign Grand Lodge provided they bear their own expenses was deferred to a later session on account of the public memorial meeting. t Ten in Failed to Appear. An anxious crowd was disappointed yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock when the Union degree staff, of Chicago, was to give the special exemplification of the Rebekah Degree. The team that was to go through the work failed to put in an appearance, and hence there was "nothing doing" in Tomlinson Hall. Many suggestions were offered as to ways of amusement, such as clog dances, drills, etc., but no one was game enough to start the ball rolling, and the people left to find other means of passing the time. Local LodRes Entertained. The Marion county lodges last night gave the last of their series of entertainments to the visiting Odd Fellows and Rebekahs in Superior Court room No. 2. There was a good attendance, the courtroom and balconies being well-filled. The programme opened with a violin and piano solo by Ray and Fred Blue. Miss Edna (libbs sang. Harry Jordan whistled. Miss Alice Walton sang, Ira Johnson whist I ii. Miss Blanche Reese sang, Knowland White recited, anil solos were sung by Mr. Kretzer, Harry Frank and Miss Delia Woods. THE DRAMA. At he Theater. To-I)a. ENGLISH'S "Are You a Mason?" farce, 2 p. m. and S p. m. GRAND Vaudeville, 2 p. m. and 8 p. m. PARKt-"Superba," spectacular, 2 p. m. and S p. m. EMPIRE Jolly Grass Widows, variety, 2 p. m. and 8 p. m. ote of the Staue. The Empire is taking its share of the week's heavy business with Mile. Dika and the other Jolly Grass Widows and the olio of speeialtics. XXX The eight Tiller girls are a resourceful feature of "Superba" at the Park Theater. They sing and dance all through the show and change costume often. , The headliner at the Grand Opera House next week will be Torcat. a French eccentric comedian. Miss Dagmar, who occupies the same position in the bill this week, is showing her jewels and singing effectively. xxx A special matinee of "Are You a Mason?" will be given at English's Opera House this afternoon for the accommodation of persons that wished to seethe farce last night, when the theater was closed in recognition of the funeral of the President. Two performances will be given to-morrow alo. XXX English's Opera House will have two musical comedies this month. "The Burgomaster" will be played there Monday and Tuesday of next wek. and "The Cadet Girl" on the 3'Mh and 31st. Friday ami Saturday of next week Herbert Kelcey ami Miss Etne Shannon will be seeti nt this theater in their new play. "Her Lord and Master," written by Martha Morton. XXX Oscar Dane, who has the part of the tragedian turned music hall usher In "Ate You a Mason?" is a nephew of Rabbi Messing, of this city. Mr. Dane is twentytwo years old. but by his attention to detail he gives the impression of long experience. He began his stage career in one of Charles Frohman's companies, and last season had a part in "All on Account of Eliza" with Louis Mann and Clara Lipman.

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PARK. MADE A FINE DISPLAY Tili: MOST SPECTACULAR EVEXT OF TI1K WEEK AT CAMP CAULE. I) res Pnrnele of the Prize-DrilllnK Cniiton nt the Fair Ground at Five o'clock. REVIEWED BY THE GRAND SIRE THE rniZR DRILLS TOOK PLACE DIKING THE MORMNG. Prlxes AV111 lie Awarded at a Pnblle MeetltiRT nt Tomlinson Hall ToMBlit AV1U Break Camp. The most spectacular event of the week at Camp Cable was the dress parade of the prize-drilling cantons at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoorx The oval inside the race track was used, and the thousands of people in the grand stand and along the race course were enabled to get a good view e-f the cantons as they marcheel and countermarched. The paraele was revieweel by Grand Sire Cable and Major General Bodine, with their staffs. The grand sire and his staff, mounted, galloped on the scene at 5:15, and the cantons which are contestants for the prize money in Class A formed and marched in front of the grand stand and back, tiescribing a hollow square. The various orders were executed with military promptness, and many of the state fair visitors were heard to express their admiration at what they termed one ot the features of fair week. Colonel Robert Cromer, of Logansport, was in charge of the maneuvers, and the manner in which they were carried out is a tribute to the military training artl capacity of this officer. The awarding of the prizes will be maoc at Tomlinson Hall to-night. The chevaliers will not continue in camp longer than to-night, and some of them are expected to leave to-day. They all spek pleasantly of their surroundings at Camp Cable, and attribute much of the pleasant entertainment to the efforts of Major General Bodine and his subordinate officers. THP: PRIZE DRILLS. The Patriarchs Militant prize drills at the State fair grounds yesterday from 10 a. m. until 12:30 attracted more attention than any event on the Camp Cable programme up to that time. The cantons were brought to the race track in front of the grand stand, where thousands were enabled to witness the evolutions of the semi-military order as the companies were put through the drills. But live of the ten cantons originally scheduled for the Class A competition were put through the drill owing to the lack of time. The following drilled: El wood. No. 5. Elwood. Ind., J. N. Nuzum, commanding; Pioneer, No. o. Des Moines. la.. C. G. Houck, commanding; Lucas, No. 3, Toledo, O.. (. Fleischman, commanding; Detroit, No. 1, Detroit. Mich.. Henry Poole, commanding; McKeen, No. 2S, Terre Haute, Ind. The eontest was one of the keenest and hardest fought in the history of the order. The inspection was rigid almost to the last extremity. Following the instructions of Col. Robert Cromer, of Logansport, who is in charge of inspections, maneuvers, etc., the judges went so far as to examine even the shirts, collars, cuffs and other wearing apparel of the contestants. No matter of detail was overlooked and the most exacting military tliscipline could not have made the test more severe. All the commanders knew their work and none referred to the programme once. The men knew what was expected and the results were surprising to the thousands of spectators. Each canton, if it hopes to get within hailing distance of the prize money must finish the drill programme in twenty minutes or less. Some of the contesting cantons finished in approximately fifteen minutes without a skip or break. The judges, Capt. David F. Allen of Frankfort, and Lieutenants Tarleton and Boyle of Indianapolis, who are splendid judges of military tactics were evidently impressed with the work of some of tha cantons. The elr'll of the Elwood canton was especially creditable and the admirers of this organization are already claiming the first piece of the $l."o0 prize money. Col. Charles Kahlo was an interested spectator and claimed that the drill work would have done credit to the best trained of military organizations. The awards of the judges probably will be given out to-night. Col. Robert Cromer, of Ixgansport, in charge of inspection, maneuvers, etc., at Camp Cable, during the day form! the ten cantons competing for the Class A money Into two battalions in front of Major General Bodine's headquarters. He said he was gratified at the good showing made. This morning at 10 o'clock will occur the drill f the following cantons in competition for the. Clas.4 A prize: Lincoln. No. Syracuse, N. Y. : City of Straits, No. ss, Detroit, Mich.; Newbauer. No. 45. Hartford City. Ind.; Wright. No. 77, Wcoster, O.; Alexander. No. 4t. Chicago. Some of the chevaliers left Camp Cable last night for their homes and to-day und to-night will witness a general exodus.

The memorial and decoration services at the statue of Schuyler Colfax in University Park yesterday afternoon were attended by about five hundred members of Rebekah lodges. Odd Fellows and their friends. Mrs. Anna C. Hogate, president of the Rebekah Assembly, presided over the services. In her opening address, which was brief, she said that the fiftieth anniversary of the Rebekah degree was a befitting time at which to do honor to the name of Colfax, the man who had worked so energetically for the establishment of the order. Following her address the opening Rebekah ode was sung and the Lord's prayer was repeated in concert. Mrs. Annie W. La Follette, past president, delivered the address of the afternoon. She began her speech by alluding to the death of the President, and said that all the Nation was mourning the calamity. "While it Is true that a bullet has pierced the body of our President and life has flown, like Lincoln and Garfield, his name will live." she said. After paying this tribute to the martyred President she delivered a eulogy on Schuyler Colfax. He was born of humble parentage in she said, and early in life learned to depend upon himself. His father died when he was a small boy and his mother remarried and came to St. Joseph county, this State, when he was ten years old. In those days, the speaker said, education depended as much upon the man as the opportunity and Colfax was one who improved his time to the best advantage. When he was twenty-three years old he became the editor of the St. Joseph Valley Register, and gradually worked his way up to the top. He was elected to Congress three times, served as speaker of the House of Representatives and was once Vice President of the United States. Aside from this life of business the speaker said he found time to devote to Odd Fellowship and the agitation of the Rebekah degree. MADE A STRUGGLE. In glowing terms she told of the struggle Colfax had to even get the attention of other members of the lodge in voicing a women's degree. She went over the many objections offered to women being admitted to the order. She said the opposition charged that women could not keep a secret, that as soon as they came in the men would leave. Finally, after a long and hard-fought battle, she said the lodge consented to the establishment of a women's degree by a majority of three. No matter how small the majority, she said, the decision of fifty-three years ago was that the Rebekahs might be Odd Fellows. The members were very timid at that time, and a few would slip In and out of the lodge. Women were watched lest they peep into the mysteries of Odd Fellowship. In 1S6S she said the Odd Fellows decided that the Rebekahs might have their own officers and confer their own degrees, and from that time the Rebekah degree began to prosper. In 1S73 provision was made for the admission of daughters of Odd Fellows. All this Mrs. La Foilette attributed to the energy of Schuyler Colfax. She regretted that he was suddenly stricken down and not permitted to live to see the results of his work. She said Indiana may well be proud of such mn. It is a happy anniversary to be held in Indianapolis, where the monument to the founder of the Rebekah Lodge stands, and decorate the statue. The work of Colfax has spread over the entire land, she said, from ocean to ocean and even across to other lands. In connection with his name she mentioned that of Louisa B. Hall, of Evansvllle, the faithful assistant and coworker with Colfax, 'lhe speaker said that In the fifty years the order has grown to a total membership of 2G7.1GO, and last year paid out in benefits more than $62.000. But the benevolent features were not the only purpose of the order, she said. It was also established to elevate mankind and raise all to a higher plane. THE MONUMENT DECORATED. When she finished speaking Mrs. Mary Wiley, of this city, and Mrs. Belle Trester, of Aurora, Ind., both past presidents of the Rebekah Assembly, decorated the Colfax monument with wreaths of China asters. The closing Rebekah ode was then sung and the benediction pronounced. Grand Sire Cable was on the programme for an address, but was not present during the exercises. Juat as the benediction was finished he appeared and was escorted to the speakers' stand. He made a brief speech on the Rebekah degree, and said Odd Fellows could not do without it. Then followed (Irand Sire Busbee, of North Carolina, who had accompanied Grand Sire Cable to the stand. He briefly spoke of the Rebekahs, said that they were the mainstay of the Odd Fellow lodge and that the male members would lose nothing by having such an auxiliary and listening to its advice. Then he paid a tribute to President McKinley. "It comes to me that just at this hour," he said, "that the remains of our President are being committed to earth. It is a day that reminds us that the population of this country is too great and the countrj' is too large for us to support one Anarchist or assassin." - He said that all party feeiing in this hour of bereavement had been entirely obliterated and that all were unanimous in asking that laws be made and enacted so that no Anarchist will be allowed to live in America. He said that stringent measures should be adopted to do away with anarchy and the propagation of the doctrine. In closing he said it had not been his intention to speak of the killing of President McKinley, but that it was In his heart and he could not help it. Past Grand Sire Underwood, of Kentucky, and' Past Grand Matrons Lewis, of Indiana, and Morrison, of Illinois, also spoke. PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Mr. Samuel Sutphln will be at the Delano for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Thompson will be at the Delano for the winter. Mrs. Tucker Barton, of Kentucky, is the guest of Miss Torejuinnia Voss. Mrs. Henry A. Hersey will return from the coast the first of October. Mrs. B. F. Clarke, of Cambridge City. Is the guest of Mrs. E. P. Brown. Miss Henrietta Frenzel and Miss Bertha Bals left yesterday for Vassar College. Mrs. John C. Dean has returned from Weejuetonslng, Mich., where she has spent the summer. Mrs. Mary F. Sloan, of Crawfordville. is visiting Mrs. George G. Sloan, at the Shiel flats. Mrs. A. R. Bocckling. of South Bend, is the guest 'of her mother, Mrs. E. Donlon. 1512 North Illinois street. Mrs. Henry Jameson, with her daughters, Eunice and Augusta, are xpected home tomorrow from Manltou, Col. Mrs. Clifford Coraly will return the first of October from the East, where she has been spending the summer. Invitations have been Issued by Mrs. Otis E. Williamson for a reception for th

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