815 JOHN HODGE.. 792 MINERVA.. 793 BABYLON.. 794 MOUNT DEFIANCE 795 WHITNEY'S POINT 796 DOLGEVILLE............. 797 FRANK R. LAWRENCE.. 798 DAY STAR... 799 ORISKANY 800 APAWAMIS. 801 SIDNEY 802 ONONDAGA.. 803 KEDRON.. 804 ONESQUETHAU.. 805 CORINTHIAN TEMPLE. 806 MATINECOCK.. 807 MOUNT TABOR. 808 OLYMPIA 809 URIEL. 810 URANIA 811 BEREAN. 812 ARION.. 813 HEBRON.. 814 SCONONDOA... 816 MONGAUP. REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON JOHN L. LEWIS MONUMENT. M... W... JAMES TEN EYCK, from the Special Committee on John L. Lewis Monument, presented the following report, which was received and its recommendation adopted. The Special Committee appointed by the Most Worshipful Grand Master, known as the John L. Lewis Monument Committee, respectfully reports: That it has performed the duty assigned to it, the monument is erected, and it respectfully asks to be discharged. In connection with the above is presented the report of the Treasurer: Received from the Grand Lodge, Grand Chapter, and Grand Commandery..... From interest.. Received from Supreme Council A. S. Rite. .$1,500 00 $1,551 34 Paid on sundry drafts as per order of General Committee.. 1,175 00 Leaving balance in hands of Treasurer.. $376 34 And for which is hereto annexed the certificate of the Treasurer of the Home Savings Bank of Albany that the balance is on deposit in said bank. The title to the lot being in the name of Milo Lodge, No. 108, Penn Yan, an incorporated lodge, your Committee suggest that the balance unexpended of the amount appropriated by the Grand Lodge be paid to said lodge; viz., onethird of sum remaining in the hands of the Treasurer as the balance is the property of the Grand Lodge, Grand Chapter, and Grand Commandery. All of which is respectfully submitted, JAMES TEN EYCK, Committee. THE HOME SAVINGS BANK, I hereby certify that the balance in this bank to the credit of JAMES TEN EYCK, Treasurer of the John L. Lewis Fund, is $376.34. JOHN D. CAPRON, Treasurer. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. M.. W.. JAMES TEN EYCK, from the Committee on Finance, presented the report of said Committee, which was received and its recommendations adopted: To the Grand Lodge: The Committee on Finance recommends that the following appropriations be made: For the salary of the Grand Pursuivant.... $300 00 Your Committee also recommends that the Grand Treasurer be authorized to pay upon the certificate of the Grand Secretary the necessary expenses connected with the offices of the Grand Master, Grand Treasurer, and Grand Secretary, including printing, stationery, and postage for the ensuing year. The Grand Master addressed the Grand Lodge upon the recent disastrous fire at Ottawa and Hull, Canada, as follows: Brethren Yesterday afternoon, at the opening of our Grand Lodge, our voices were raised in a prayer of thanksgiving to Almighty God for having so bountifully blessed and prospered us throughout the year. This morning we have the opportunity to prove the depth and sincerity of our gratitude and to testify by our actions to our belief that "it is more blessed to give than to receive." The town of Hull and a portion of Ottawa, Canada, have just been destroyed by fire. Immediately following my knowledge of the calamity, I caused an investigation to be made regarding the extent of the disaster and the requirements of the sufferers, and have now learned through the most reliable sources that seven people were burned to death, and that three thousand dwellings were consumed, rendering sixteen thousand of our fellow creatures homeless. The value of the property destroyed is estimated at $18,000,000. Ottawa and Hull are in the center of the lumber district, and the destruction of the mills in the last named place has deprived eight thousand workmen of the means of a livelihood. Not only, therefore, have their homes and household effects been entirely destroyed, but they are for the present and immediate future without means of employment whereby to make good their losses. The suffering is both intense and widespread, and we cannot contemplate the pressing needs of the victims of this calamity without feeling moved to do all in our power to relieve, in some measure, their sore distress. "Hands across the sea" have become the outstretched hands of our neighbors across the border-the mute appeal of those oppressed by hunger and want, who have not where to lay their 66 |