Spokane County, Washington - Chapter 26: Fraternal Organizations, 1900 (part 2 of 2)

Woodmen Of The World

Spokane Camp, No. 99. - Chartered February, 1892. Meets in K. of P. hall every Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. B. F. Shields, council conmiander ; George B. Koontz, advisory lieutenant; Charles Hoyt, banker; E. Bertrand, clerk.

Modern Woodmen Of America Knights Of Pythias

Spokane Lodge, No. no. - Meets every Monday, 8 P. M.. Castle hall, 816 Riverside avenue. C. C. Mann, chancellor commander; Charles Clarke, vice-chancellor; John Deville, Jr., prelate; M. L. Bevis, master at arms; Charles Haugh, master of work; GnstavMeese, keeper of records and seal: .M. H. Eggleston. master of finances; M. Vi. Martindale. master of exchequer.

Red Cross Lodge, No. 28. - Organized May, 1887. Meets every Friday 8 P. M., at Castle hall, 816 Riverside avenue. B. W. Walker, chancellor commander ; Eugene Miller, vice-chancellor ; ii. A. Owens, prelate : Jonathan Heaton. keeper of records and seal ; George E. Clark, master of exchequer; G. W. M. Chant, master of finances ; .\. Beamer. master of work; A. .\. Hosford. master at arms; C. A. Moore, inner guard ; W'm. Kuist, outer guard ; S. P. Doner, district deputy grand chancellor.

The cardinal principles of the Knights of Pythias are friendship, charity and benevolence. May 15, 1900, the Grand Lodge met in Spokane, and the display was resplendent.

I.Ndepexdext Order Of Foresters

High Court of Washington. - James Gregg, Seattle, high chief ranger; John A. Forsyth, Tacoma. past high chief ranger; L. N. Hansen, Tacoma, high secretary; A. M. Hawkins, Seattle, high treasurer; A. R. Heilig, Tacoma, high counsellor; G. T. Penn. Spokane, high physician; R. B. Scott, Spokane, past deputy supreme chief ranger; J. A. Wolfe. Tacoma, and H. L. Klein, Seattle, high auditors.

Court Silver. - Meets second and fourth Thursdays in each month, in Oliver hall. Dr. George T. Penn, chief ranger; C. G. Bennett, financial secretary; A. O. Sweeney, recording secretary.

Comp.Vnions Of The Forest

Companion Court Washington, No. 122. - Meets first and third Fridays of each month in K. of P. hall. Adelle A. Scott, court deputy supreme chief ranger; Lizzie Sweeney, chief ranger; Frankie Rhodes, past chief ranger ; Lizzie Bishop, vice-chief ranger ; Eliza Davis, orator; Clara Field, recording secretary; Cassie Bronson, financial secretary; Eliza Mclnroe. treasurer; Mary King, S. W. ; :\lartha Phillips. J. W. ; Mary Tyra, S. B. ; Orfie Lewis, J. B. Auxiliary to Independent Order of Foresters.

Foresters Of America Grand Army Of The Republic

Department of Washington and Alaska. - Anna Webster, Seattle, president: Emily Chambers, North Yakima, senior vice-president ; Mary Koontz. Toledo, junior vice-president ; Mary B. Gardner. Seattle, treasurer ; Jerusha P. Blackburn. Vashon, chaplain; Lizzie R. Herrick, Seattle, secretary; Nettie Dumdie, Colfax, inspector; Lizzie Crow, Walla Walla, instituting and installing officer; Adelle A. Scott, Spokane, patriotic instructor; Prudie Terrell, Tacoma, press correspondent. Annual encampment for 1900, at Ellensburg.

/. L. Reno Relief Corps. - :\Ieets alternate Mondays of each month, 2:30 P. M., in Oliver Hall. Mrs. Alice Graves, president; Mrs. Liez Price, senior vice-president ; Mrs. Hannah

Spokane Eyrie, No. 2. - Meets every Sunday, 8 P. M., 5i6>4 Riverside avenue. John A. Pierce, past president; Del Carey Smith, president ; C. E. Richards, vice-president ; Charles Hellenbrandt, secretary; Henry G. Brown, treasurer; W. H. Robinson, chaplain.

Spokane Lodge, No. 9, under the jurisdiction of Grand Lodge of Washington. Meets in Odd Fellows' hall every Wednesday, 8 P. M. Membership one hundred and twelve. E.

Mely, president; John Huntz, vice-president; George Mumm, recording secretary; John Windmueller, financial secretary; Louis Adams, treasurer.

Gliicck auf Lodge, No. 3. - Meets second and fourth Sundays, 3 P. M.. in Odd Fellows' hall. Mrs. G. Boston, president; Mrs. Minnie J. Hoefer, treasurer.

Ancient Order Hibernians Of America

Meets first and third Thursdays of each month at hall. over 409 Sprague avenue. C. E. Crowley, president; J. J. Barry, vice-president; James Liston. secretary: John Fahey, treasurer.

Order Of Chosen Friends

Organized July 2, 1892. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month at Oliver hall. John T. Percival, past grand counselor; Mrs. Ida May Keating, counselor; W. R. Kelsey, vice-counselor; E. A. Thomas, instructor; James Keating, secretary; Mrs. E. M. Percival. treasurer; W. L. Root, prelate; John Jordan, marshal.

National Union

National Union of Spokane. - Metts every first and third Thursdays of each month at Odd Fellows' hall. G. H. Hughes, president; Julius Zittel, secretary; G. H. Whittle, treasurer.

Meets first and third Saturdays of each month in Oliver hall, 334 Riverside avenue. Samuel B. Johnson, M. A.; Mrs. Peterson, superintendent; Mary E. Peach, secretary.

United Moderns

JVashington Lodge, No. 83. - Meets second and fourth Tuesdays, 209 Hyde block. S. W. Foster, chancellor ; D. Lewis Hunt, recorder ; Wm. H. McCrea, orator ; Calvin E. Newell, regent ; Geo. B. Weaver, financial secretary and treasurer.

United Order Of The Golden Cross Fraternal Union Of America

Mf. Carlton Lodge, No. 294. - Meets every Tuesday, 8 P. M., at Eddy hall. H. E. Peck, fraternal master; Irene Stuart, justice; J. W. Schofield, protector; A. A. Bigham, guide; Susie Armstrong, truth; Cora Sherwood, mercy; Mattie W. Reynolds, secretary; H. A. Shaw, treasurer; J. A. Hargrove, guard; Clarke Armstrong, sentinel; August Use, E. E. Sherwood, stewards.

Grand United Order Of Odd Fellows

The first fraternal and bene\-i)lent order of colored men to be established in the city was organized at Oliver hall Monday evening, March 20, 1900, when Spokane Lodge, No. 4794, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, its charter and announced itself ready for business. The organization of the new lodge was the result of a movement which had been on foot for the previous year to establish such an order, Rev. S. J. Collins having been very acti\e in the matter. The new lodge started off with a membership of nineteen, inckuling some of the most prominent colored citizens of the city.

The following officers were elected for the first term : S. J. Collins, N. G. ; William Hopkins, V. G. : A. J. Smith, N. F. ; Joseph Shelly, P. and F. ; J. A. Williams, P. S. ; Frank Willson, E. S. ; H. B. Smith, chaplain ; Louis Ferrell, warden; George Anderson, treasurer; Joseph Hazelwood, I. G. ; Frank Willson, R. S. to N. G.; Robert Fuller, L. S. to N. G.; Ed Winlock, R. S. to V. G. ; William Rumfort, L. S. to V. G.

Knights Of Khorassan

The Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassan was organized in Spokane a few months ago, and February, 1900, officers elected to serve for the following year. The newlodge is a side order of the Knights of Pythias and only members in good standing in the latter lodge will be eligible to membership in the new organization. The lodge is organized purely for social purposes and the new Knights are looking forward to a great time during the grand session, which is to be held here in May. The order is Arabian in character and bears the same relation to the Knights of Pythias as does the Mystic Shrine to the Masons.

The Knights of Khorassan start off with a charter membership of seventy-five and at their meeting in February they elected the following officers: J. W. Merritt, venerable sheik: L. W. Perkins, royal vizier; Charles Clark, grand emir; Dr. C. C. Mann, niahdi; Gusta\- ]\Ieese, secretary; G. W. Chant, menial; J. W. McArthur, treasurer; William Beeler, sahib: G. L. Ide. joe, and Orno Strong, mokaima.