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. OU. W. SOCIAL. A Succ esful Event in the History of Prescott Lodge No. 14. The celebration by Prescott Lodge No. M. A. O. O. W., of the twenty ninth anniversary of the founding of the order, took place in K. of P. ball last Saturday evening. The members, together with their families, sweet hearts and invited guests, formed an assemblage that completely filled the hall. Jos. 8. Calles presided as master of cere monies, and the program of the evening was promptly carried out under his supervision. First on the program was the opening ode by the lodge, followed with a selection by the orchestra. P. W. O'Sullivan followed in an address, giving a history of the order, its growth and benefits. He said the order was founded at Mead ville, Pennsylvania, in 1868, by John Jordan Upchurch, and now, at the end of twenty-nine years, has a met hip of 350,000 in the United States alone. Prescott Lodge was organized in July, 1894, with thirty lie members, and now has a mem bership of over mighty i ones ing, with money in t . So far, there has been but one death in the local led Arizona. New Mexico and Colorado are all com pised in this jurisdiction, with 000 members, 1,050 of which are in Arizona. Dusting the past thirteen years, 535 families in this jurisdic tion have been paid each, making a total of $1,070,000. The average cost of assessments for each member per year has been $17.50. The emblems of the order are the Bible, the Anchor and the Shield, while the watchwords are “Charity, Hope and Protection.” Mr. O’Sul livan’s remarks were received with applause. After a selection by the orchestra, Dr. C. T. Abbott sang the “Thresh old” in good style. This was fol lowed with a violin solo by Miss Florence Heavenston. The rendi tion was excellent, showing the per former to be a fine interpreter of the author's theme. T. E. Pitzsim mons followed with etereopticon views illustrating the virtues of the order. The first picture was that of John J. Upchurch, the founder; this was followed by pictures of three ships, illustrating the smooth sail ing in youth, the storms and ship wrecks of life, and the rescue by the A. O. U. W. life boat. Other pictures illustrated the difference between the homes protected and unprotect ed. Other pictures added to the impressiveness of the scene, and were well calculated to increase pub lic esteem of the order. This closed the evening’s program, and the audience adjourned to the banquet spread for the occasion, and to which they did ample justice; then the floor was cleared and those who desired to, remained to pass an hour in the pleasure of the dance. The committee on arrangements were J. S. Calles, T. E. Fitzsimmons, Thos. L. Shultz, J. H. Mills and dav. G. Tinker, and to their untiring efforts is largely due the success of the evening. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Li Hung Chang is sick and will retire from office. Typhoid fever is epidemic at Kingston, Jamaica. Spain and Portugal are negotia ting an alliance, as The Luetgert case has gone to the jury. Businessmen in some portions of Cuba desire annexation to the United States. Admiral John L. Worden, com mander of the Monitor in its en gagement with the Merrimac, died in Washington recently. Theodore Davenport, a member of the Senate of Nevada's first legisla ture, is dead. Many telegraphs from Nebraska mate has not expressed an opinion in regard to the New York election, and more, he does not intend to. Diserset Wise! —_ steamwale ‘Alameda, dae’ : Francisco, from Australia, $2,000,000 aboard. This will make $8,000,000 received within three months. General Blanco thinks he can — the Cuban leaders to leave ‘as Cotton pickers are wanted in Oklahoma. One county advertises for 5,000 Ex-King Milan, of Servia, who abdicated in 1889, has returned to the Servian capital with his son, and trouble is anticipated. Dysentery is epidemic in Japan. There were over 7,000 cases in one prefecture in September. The Whittier, California, reform school will be enlarged, and the partially good inmates will be segre gated from the incorrigible. Lily Langtry has decided to with clean shoe horses from the turf till the clods settle down in the grave of her former husband. A shipment of $225,000 worth of arms, ammuncition and dynamite for the Cubans was made recently from St. Louis. The remains of a man were found suspended from a tree near Peta luma, California. He disappeared a year ago, and is supposed to have committed suicide, and remai hanging for twelve months. Col. Johnstone, a recent arrival from Cuba to purchase arms for the insurgents, says that Cubans will accept of no terms, but absolute independence. He says: “We could take Havana by means of dynamite, but we would have to notify the foreign consuls, who, of course, would notify the enemy, else we should blow up our friends.” Reports from the Yaqui count state that the Tochien face the encroachment of whites upon their territory in search for gold, and are driving all the whites out. Corre spondents at Hermosillo advise the whites to stay away, as the Indians will not allow anyone to penetrate to the gold fields.
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Prescott Arizona Weekly Journal Miner
Prescott, Arizona, US
Wed, Oct 27, 1897
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