OF C itou Springs, Col.; Mrs. Mary B. Reese, Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Emily P. Stevens, San Francisco, Cal.; Miss Belle Kearney, Flora, Miss.; Mrs. Delle H. Cox, Newburg, Ore.; Mrs. E. Norinne Law, Baraga, Mich.; Mrs. F. E. W. Harper, Philadelphia; Mrs. Henrietta Skelton, San Francisco; Miss Ellen K. Denny, Vincennes, Ind. Miss Clara Parrish, Paris, Ill. World's W. C. T. U.-President, Miss Frances E. Willard; honorary president, Mrs. Mary Clement Leavitt, 36 Broomfield-st., Boston; secretary, Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge, Ravenna, Ohio; vice-president-at-large, Lady Henry Somerset, London, England. Young Women's Temperance Work.General secretary, Mrs. Frances J. Barnes, 146 West 103d-st., New-York City; department secretary, Mrs. F. S. Evans, 3 First Place, Plainfield, N. J. Woman's Lecture Bureau. Secretary, Miss Lucy Anthony, Somerton, Penn. NON-PARTISAN W. C. T. U. President, Mrs. E. J. Phinney, Cleveland: vice-president, Mrs. H. C. Campbell, Allegheny, Penn.; general secretary, Mrs. Howard M. Ingham, East Cleveland; recording secretary, Mrs. Florence C. Porter, Winthrop, Me.; treasurer, Mrs. C. Cornelia Alford, Brooklyn. The society's official organ is "The Temperance Tribune," of which Mrs. Joseph D. Weeks, of Pittsburg, Penn., is editor, and Mrs. C. C. Alford, Bernardstown, Mass., publisher. Organized at Cleveland in January, 1890, as a protest against the attitude of the W. C. T. U. toward political parties. The first annual convention was held at Allegheny City, Penn., in November, 1890; the second in Brooklyn, in November, 1891, when an amendment to the constitution was adopted providing that the right of individual members to take part in political and denominational work should not be abridged. The objects are the promotion of temperance through total abstinence; the instruction of the youth in scientific temperance and industrial training; also the rescuing_of inebriates by way of a medical cure. The total membership is about 10,000, including the State organizations in Maine, Vermont, New-York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Iowa and Illinois. GOOD TEMPLARS. The Independent Order of Good Templars was organized in 1851, and to-day has a membership of 600,000. Its pledges are total abstinence; no license in any form to sell liquor as a beverage; prohibition of the manufacture, importation or sale of liquors, and election of men to carry out these principles. The principal officers of the International Supreme Lodge are: Right worthy grand, Dr. D. H. Mann, New-York; grand secretary, B. F. Parker, Wisconsin; grand treasurer, G. B. Katzenstein, California. The board of managers of the Grand Lodge of New-York are: D. W. Hooker, G. C. T., chairman, Syracuse; I. C. Andrews, G. S., secretary, Ithaca; T. G. Ellsworth, NewYork; Victor Holmes, Jamestown; E. S. Marvin, Albion. THE GAELIC SOCIETY. Established 1879 to extend acquaintance with the Gaelic language and history. Secretary's address, 117 East 28th-st. Officers, E. T. McCrystal, president; Patrick Reynolds, treasurer; William J. Balfe, secretary. The athletic branch of the society, known as the Gaelic Athletic Association, was organized in 1888 for the practice of Celtic games. The grounds and clubhouse are at Tailtin, Woodside, L. I. ORDER OF FREEMASONS. ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE MASONS. SUPREME COUNCIL OF SOVEREIGN GRAND INSPECTORS-GENERAL OF THE THIRTY-THIRD DEGREE. Northern Masonic Jurisdiction-M. P. Sovereign Grand Commander, Henry L. Palmer, Milwaukee, Wis.; P. Gr. Lt.Com., C. L. Woodbury, Mass.; Gr. Min. State, S. C. Lawrence, Mass.; Gr. Treas.Gen., Newton D. Arnold; Gr. Sec. -Gen., C. F. Paige, N. Y. Address of Gr. Sec'yGen. and Ass't Gr. Sec'y-Gen., Joseph P. Abel, 104 Stewart Building, N. Y. Southern Masonic Jurisdiction - Gr. Com., Philip C. Tucker, Galveston, Tex.; Lt.-Gr. Com., Thomas H. Caswell, San Francisco, Cal.; Gr. Prior, Erasmus T. Carr, Leavenworth, Kan.; Gr. Chancellor, Odell S. Long, Charleston, W. Va.; Min of State, Martin Collins, St. Louis, Mo.; Sec'y-Gen., Frederick Webber, D. C.; Treas.-Gen., John Mills Browne, D. C. These grand bodies maintain friendly relations with the Supreme Councils for France, England, Scotland. Ireland, Belgium, Brazil, the Argentine Republic, Uruguay, Peru, Portugal, Italy, Mexico, New-Grenada, Chili, Central America, Greece, Canada, Cuba, Switzerland, Egypt, Tunis and Spain. The subordinate bodies consist of many Consistories, Chapters of Rose Croix, Councils of Princes of Jerusalem, and Lodges of Perfection. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. OFFICERS OF THE GRAND ENCAMPMENT.-Gr. Master, Hugh McCurdy, Corunna, Mich.; Dep. Gr. Mas., W. La Rue Thomas, Maysville, Ky.; Gr. Generalissimo, Reuben H. Lloyd, San Francisco; Gr. Cap.-Gen., Henry B. Stoddard, Bryan, Tex.; Gr. Senior Warden, George M. Moulton, Chicago; Gr. Junior Warden, Henry W. Rugg, Providence, R. I.; Gr. Treas., H. Wales Lines, Meriden, Conn.; Gr. Recorder, W. Isaacs, Richmond, Va.; Gr. Prelate, Joseph M. McGrath, Morgan Park, Ill.; Gr. Standard-Bearer, W. B. Melish, Cincinnati; Gr. Sword-Bearer, George C. Connor, Chattanooga; Gr. Warder, Harper M. Wahoon, Denver; Gr. Cap. of Guard, John A. Olvan, St. Louis. B. Number of Grand Commanderies in the United States, 39: Commanderies subordinate to them, 880; Commanderies sub ordinate to Grand Encampment, 30; total membership in August, 1892, 92,791. The next conclave will be held in Boston in 1895. The annual reports of 1893 place the Grand Commandery of New-York first in the world's list of membership, with a total of 10,018. Its officers are: John H. Bonnington, Gr. Com.; James W. Bow den, Dep. Gr. Com.; Horace A. Noble, Gr. Generalissimo; John A. Mapes, Gr. Cap.-Gen.; Rev. Dr. C. L. Thwing, Gr. Prelate; Arthur MacArthur, Gr. Senior Warden; George Nicholson, Gr. Junior Warden; Ralph C. Christiance, Gr. Treas.; Robert Macoy, Gr. Recorder; Charles E. Ide, Gr. Standard-Bearer, James S. Manning, Gr. Sword-Bearer; Charles H. Armatage, Gr. Warder; Charles H. Housley, Gr. Inspector; James U. Scaggs, Gr. Cap. of the Guard. The next conclave will be held at Syracuse on the second Tuesday in September, 1894. ROYAL ARCH MASONS. Officers of the General Gr. Chapter, 1891-94.-Gen. Gr. High Priest, Joseph P. Hornor, La.; Dep. Gen. Gr. High Priest, George L. McCahan, Md.; Gen. Gr. King, R. C. Lemmon, Ohio; Gen. Gr. Scribe, James W. Taylor, Ga.; Gen. Gr. Treas., Daniel Striker, Mich.; Gen. Gr. Sec'y, Christopher G. Fox, N. Y.; Gen. Gr. Cap. of the Host, A. G. Pollard, Mass.; Gen. Gr. Principal Sojourner, Jos- Office of Gen. Gr. Sec., Buffalo, N. Y. There are 43 Gr. Chapters, each representing a State (except Pennsylvania and Virginia), and 2,080 enrolled subordinate chapters, exclusive of 22 subordinate chapters in Territories, the Sandwich Islands and the Chinese Empire, under the immediate jurisdiction of the Gen. Gr. Chapter. The total member ship of the 2,080 enrolled subordinate chapters is 153,425. The degrees conferred in chapters are Mark Master, Past Master, Most Excellent Master and Royal Arch Mason. EASTERN STAR. The Order of the Eastern Star is the woman's auxiliary of Free Masons. It has accomplished great good, all in a quiet and unobstrusive way, and at the last assembly of the General Grand Chapter there were reported to be 26 Grand Chapters and a membership of over 64,000. The principal officers are: Mrs. R. A. Palmer, Grand Matron; Mrs. L. J. Demorest, Grand Secretay, and Mrs. Amanda Rinehart, Grand Treasurer. MASONIC GRAND LODGES IN NORTH AMERICA. Grand Secretary. Alfred J. Russell.. Andrew L. Wolihin. James H. Wickersham. William H. Smythe.. Theodore S. Parvin. Richard Lambert. Stephen Berry.. Edwin J. Wetmore. George P. Cleaves. Thomas H. R. Redway. Alpheus A. Keen. William H. Bain... Wilmington. Washington. Cedar Rapids. Carson. St. John. Trenton. Albuquerque. New-York City. Raleigh. MASONIC GRAND LODGES IN NORTH AMERICA.-Continued. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE. Officers-C. T. Campbell, grand sire, London, Ont.; John W. Stebbins, dep. grand sire, Rochester, N. Y.; Theo. A. Ross, grand sec., Columbus, Ohio; Isaac A. Sheppard, grand treas., Philadelphia; George Coburn, assistant grand sec., Columbus, Ohio; the Rev. J. W. Venable. grand chaplain, Hopkinsville, Ky.; Walter G. Dye, grand marshal, Winona, Minn.; J. S. Tyson, grand guardian, Savannah; R. Alexander, grand messenger, Pendleton, Ore. GRAND LODGES AND MEMBERSHIP. Members Members Juris diction. Nebraska Arizona 614 .... Arkansas 4,015 Br. Columbia 1,954 California 30,388 Colorado. 7,126 Delaware 2,966 Denmark 2,085 60,715 Dist. Col. 1,823 19,449 Georgia ... Idaho Illinois Indiana 20,139 9,227 Lr. Canada.. 3,890 Manitoba.... 1,858 Minnesota ... Mississippi... 1,405 Missouri 23,440 1,382 Rhode Island 6,373 Vermont Virginia Washington.. W. Virginia. 786 3,655 259 Ohio; Supreme Prelate, Eli T. Blackmer, San Diego, Cal.; Supreme K. of R. and S., R. L. C. White, Nashville, Tenn.; Supreme M. at E., Thomas G. Sample, Allegheny, Penn. Founded February 19, 1864, Washington, by James H. Rathbone. Objects: The practice of "Friendship, Charity and Benevolence." The total membership is about 450,000. There are several homes and asylums throughout the Supreme Jurisdiction, which embraces the United States, Canada and British Columbia. New-York State has a fund of $40,000 toward a home. The Grand and Supreme headquarters are wherever the Grand and Supreme Chancellor resides. There are Grand Lodge formations in nearly every State in the Union, and the uniformed rank is composed of about 40,000 members, under command of Major-General J. R. Cernahan, Indianapolis, Ind. The strongest States, in membership, Pennsylvania, 48,000; Ohio, 45,000; Indiana, 31,000; Illinois, 29,000; Iowa, 19,000; New-York, 19,000; Missouri, 17,000; Kansas, 14,000. ORDER OF ELKS. are: The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America is an organization whose objects are "Charity and Sociability," and which has a total membership of 21,844, among 245 lodges. It was founded in 1871, and its present headquarters are at Detroit, Mich. The principal officers are: Grand Exalted Ruler, A. Apperly; Grand Treasurer, William F. Beckel; Grand Secretary, Allen O. Myers. The headquarters of the New-York body are at 1158 Broadway, and the officers are: Exalted Ruler, James J. 7,349 Armstrong: Treasurer, W. Henry 7,580 Flahr; Secretary, R. S. Martin. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Officers.-Supreme Chancellor, W. W. Blackwell, Henderson, Ky.; Supreme Vice-Chancellor, Walter B. Ritchel, Lima, ney; trustees, A. M. Palmer, Louis Aldrich, Edwin Knowles, Frank W. Sanger, Charles W. Thomas, Daniel Frohman, De Wolf Hopper, Milton Nobles, M. W. Hanley, Joseph F. Wheelock, Joseph W. Shannon, Antonio Pastor, Al. Hayman, Augustus Pitou, Theodore Moss, Harley Merry, Carl A. Haswin, Edwin H. Price, H. S. Taylor, F. F. Mackay, H. A. Rockwood. The fund assists sick and indigent persons connected in any capacity with the dramatic profession of the United States, and for their provides of New-York, composed of representatives from 428 subordinate lodges, meets on the first Tuesday of March in each year, its headquarters being at Dunkirk, the Grand Recorder of which is N, J. Horton. The membership of the order in the various States on August 1, 1893, was as follows: Pennsylvania, 17,062; Ohio, 5,123; Kentucky, 2,552; Indiana, 4,849: Iowa, 7,934; New-York, 30,915; Illinois, 19,140: Missouri, 25,275; Minnesota, 11,894; Wisconsin, 7,531; Tennessee, 2,041; Michigan, decent burial. 21,625; California, 16,991; Georgia, Alabama, etc., 2,425; Kansas, 24,088; Ontario, 26,688; Oregon, 5.261; Massachusetts, 36,143; Maryland, 3,602; Texas, 4,069; Nevada, 1,245; Nebraska, Dakotas, 16,651; the 5,838; Montana, 3,456; Washington, 4,479; New-Jersey. 4,388; British Columbia, 698; Manitoba and Northwestern Territories, 1,631; Utah, Wyoming and Idaho, 2,451; Colorado, New-Mexico and Arizona, 4,798; Delaware, 2,289; individuals, S. L. B. J., 5. Total, 323,147. The last annual report, June 7, 1892, showed total receipts for the year, $195,510 18; expenditures, $32,040 50, of which $22,965 51 was paid for relief, funeral, physicians' expenses, medicines, etc., in different cities. The total expenditure under this head for ten years is $163,899 93. In the same period 3,071 persons have been relieved, and 'there have been 572 burials. KNIGHTS OF LABOR. Headquarters. Philadelphia. General Master Workman, James R. Sovereign, of Iowa; General Worthy Foreman, Charles Martin; General Secretary-Treasurer, John W. Hayes. Members Executive BoardJames R. Sovereign, chairman; J. W. Hayes, H. B. Martin, Minn.; T. B. McGuire, N. Y.; James M. Kenney, Neb.; C. A. French, Mass. Total receipts of order at convention in 1892, $302,000; total value of property, $100,000; membership, 64,000. The falling off in membership is said to be due to local difficulties and hard times in the South. The first local was formed December 23, 1869, and the General Assembly was formed at Reading, Penn., in 1878. It is composed of mixed and trade local assemblies; five or more locals can form a district assembly, and ten or more trade locals can form a National trade assembly. Ten or more mixed locals can form a State assembly in any one State. ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED Officers Supreme Lodge.-Past Supreme Master Workman, J. Edward Burtt, Malden, Mass.: Supreme Master Workman, D. H. Shields, Hannibal, Mo.; Supreme Foreman, L. L. Troy, Chicago, Ill.; Supreme Overseer, Joseph E. Riggs, Lawrence, Kan.; Supreme Recorder, M. W. Sackett, Meadville, Penn.; Supreme Receiver, John J. Acker, Albany, N. Y.; Supreme Guide, John Milne, Essex Centre, Ont.; Supreme Watchman, Benjamin F. Geiger, Detroit, Mich.; Supreme Medical Examiner, Dr. William C. Richardson, St. Louis, Mo. Supreme TrusteesJ. G. Tate, Grand Island, Neb.; H. C. Sessions, Aberdeen, S. Dak.; William H. Vermilye, Jersey City, N. J. The society was formed on October 27, 1868. its objects being philanthropic, educational and the providing of a mortuary benefit of $2,000. The total membership is 323.147, with 31 grand lodges and 4,618 subordinate lodges. The Supreme Lodge meets on the second Tuesday of June in each and every year, the headquarters being at Meadville, Penn. The Grand Lodge TAMMANY SOCIETY AND CO LUMBIAN ORDER. OFFICERS-Grand Sachem, Thomas F. Gilroy; Sachems, Hugh J. Grant, Richard Croker, John J. Gorman, Henry D. Purroy, John McQuade, Charles Welde, Bernard F. Martin, William H. Clark, John H. V. Arnold, W. Bourke Cockran, Charles E. Simmons, Thomas L. Feitner, Charles M. Clancy; Secretary, John B. McGoldrick; treasurer, Peter F. Meyer; sagamore, William H. Dobbs; wiskinkie, Daniel M. Donegan. Tammany was a Delaware chieftain who lived for over 100 years, and in Revolutionary days was popularly styled the patron saint of the Republic. His name was adopted by several secret charitable societies organized in different cities of the Union soon after the Revolution as an offset to the aristocratic Society of the Cincinnati. The New-York society was established on May 12, 1789, and incorporated in 1805, but soon became a political instrument in the hands of the Democratic managers. William Mooney, its principal founder, was the first Grand Sachem. Its date of meeting is the first Monday in each month, and its objects "Benevolence and Patriotism.” AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION. Organized 1878. President, Thomas M. Cooley, Ann Arbor, Mich.; secretary, John Hinkley, 215 N. Charles-st. Baltimore; treasurer, Francis Rawle, 328 Chestnut-st., Philadelphia. One vice-president is elected from each State. Present membership, about 1,100, including every State (except Nevada), and several Territorial organizations. Annual meeting at Saratoga Springs, August 22-24, 1894. The objects of the organization are: "To advance the science of jurisprudence, promote the administration of justice and uniformity of legislation throughout the Union, uphold the honor of the profession of the law, and encourage cordial intercourse among the members of the American Bar." AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIA TION. OFFICERS-President, J. N. Larned, Buffalo; vice-presidents, F. H. Hild, Chicago; Henry M. Utley, Detroit; Caroline M. Hewins, Hartford, Conn.; secretary Frank P. Hill, Newark, N. J.; assistant secretaries, Louisa S. Cutler, Utica, N. Y.; W. S. Merrill, Chicago; Nina B. Browne, Boston; T. L. Montgomery, Philadelphia; recorder, Henry J. Carr, Scranton, Penn.; treasurer, George W. Cole, Jersey City. Standing Committees: Co-operation-F. M. Crunden, St. Louis; Theresa H. West, Milwaukee; Katherine L. Sharp, Chicago; J. K. Hosmer, Minneapolis; A. S. Root, Oberlin, Ohio. Finance-J. L. Whitney, Boston; Charles C. Soule, Brookline, Mass.; A. W. Whelpley, Cincinnati. Library School and Training Classes George T. Little, Brunswick, Me.; Sarah W. Cattell, New-York; Caroline H. Garland, Dover, N. H. United States Public Documents-R. R. Bowker, Brooklyn; E. C. Hovey, Brookline, Mass.; D. V. R. Johnston, NewYork State Library. Foreign Documents -W. H. Brett, Cleveland; James Bain, Toronto; Clement W. Andrews, Boston. Subject Headings-Gardner M. Jones, Salem, Mass.; C. A. Cutter, Boston; G. E. Wire, Chicago. Trustees of Endowment Fund-Norman Williams, Chicago; E. C. Hovey, Brookline, Mass.; John M. Glenn, Baltimore. Endowment-Pliny T. Sexton, Palmyra, N. Y.; Eckley B. Coxe, Drifton, Penn.; Bernard C. Steiner, Baltimore; J. C. Dana, Denver; J. C. Rowell, Berkeley, Cal.; George W. Harris, Ithaca, N. Y.; Jessie Allan, Omaha: George Eles, New-York. Annual meeting, Lake Placid, in the Adirondacks, September, 1894. UNIVERSITY EXTENSION. The university extension movement, started in the United States in 1890 by Dr. William Pepper, provost of the University of Pennsylvania, is a system of instruction for adults embracing lecture courses, with classes, weekly exercises, examinations and certificates. Society; Rhode Island, New-York, Ohio, Wisconsin and Kansas are also active in the movement. The Extension Department of the University of the State of New-York is similar to the one in Pennsylvania, and was organized in 1891. The headquarters are at the Capitol, Albany, and there are centres in very many of the cities and towns of the State. The Department gives needed advice and suggestions to organized centres and those in process of organization, and saves unnecessary duplication of local expenses by effecting co-operation among centres in all parts of the State. Its objects are: The promotion and wider extension of opportunities and facilities for education to those unable to attend the usual teaching institutions. The officers are: Director, Melville Dewey; assistant director, Myrtilla Avery. NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR GOOD ROADS. Organized 1892. President, Senator Charles F. Manderson, Nebraska; general vice-president and acting secretary, General Roy Stone, 45 Broadway, NewYork; general Western secretary, S. Thornton K. Prime, Dwight, Ill.; treasurer, William H. Rhawn, Philadelphia; counsel, Chauncey B. Ripley, New-Jersey; executive committee, E. H. Thayer. Iowa; Philip D. Armour, Chicago; Clem Studebaker. Indiana; Chauncey B. Ripley, New-Jersey; August Belmont, NewYork: Aug. T. Gillender, New-York; W. Seward Webb, New-York; George Peabody Wetmore, Rhode Island: Charles L. Burdett, Connecticut. Objects, "to awaken general interest in the improvement of public roads, determine the best methods of building and maintaining them, secure the legislation, State or National, that may be necessary for their establishment and support, and conduct or foster such publications as may serve these purposes." The League has continued to prosper. having received and expended over $100,000. It successfully maintained a road exhibit at the World's Fair, and Congress appropriated $10,000 for a road inquiry, and that work is in progress. OF AMERICA. The American Society for the Extension of University Teaching (president, Professor Edmund J. James, Wharton School University of Pennsylvania; secretary, IRISH NATIONAL FEDERATION George F. James; treasurer, Frederick B. Miles; headquarters, Fifteenth and Chestnut sts., Philadelphia), was founded in 1890 by Dr. Pepper, has organized "local centres "' in neighboring States, and through branch societies and affiliated colleges has stimulated general diffusion of the system. The unit of instruction" is a course of six or twelve weekly or fortnightly lectures, followed by a special conference or class. The unit of organization" is a committee of citizens or the directors of a literary or social club, willing to assume the local management of the course. Lecturers are secured through the central office, either from the faculty of a neighboring college or from the society's regular staff. In 1892-93 there was an attendance of 25,000 students. Connecticut has a State branch of the American in President. Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet; secretary, Joseph P. Ryan; treasurer. Eugene Kelly: John Byrnes, chairman Board of Trustees. Founded New-York June, 1891, by Dr. Joseph Francis Fox, M. P., as the representative of the Irish Parliamentary party of which Justin McCarthy is the head. The Federation in both Ireland and America takes the place of the Irish National League, which continues in the control of Parnell's last partisans. Its object is "earnestly and actively to sustain the cause of Home Rule for Ireland, with moral and material aid." New-York headquarters. Room 22. Cooper Union. It has remitted to Ireland, since July 2, 1892, $73,359 55; direct to Buffalo, $5,000; to St. Paul, $1.600: to other places, $2,500; total, $82,459 55. |