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John Murdoch.-Left the service of the Compania Limitada del Ferrocarril Central Mexicano, in November, 1898. Worked for the Interoceanic Railway of Mexico from December 21, 1898, to January 4, 1899. Last address February 26, 1900, was Calls de Santa Iries No. 4, Mexico City, Mexico. Anyone knowing anything about the said John Murdoch or his present whereabouts will please communicate with Alex Dunbar, Box 48, Pal

merston, Ont.

Lost Traveling Cards, Etc.

This office has been notified of the loss of the following traveling cards, receipts, etc., and the request is made that all members be on the lookout for them. Should they be discovered in possession of persons not entitled to them, they should be retained and forwarded to owner or to the secretary of the lodge which issued

same:

Receipt of James A. Welling of Lodge 275.-Receipt for the quarter ending March 31, 1903, lost while looking for employment in Marshall, Tex. If found please return to James A. Welling, Little Rock, Ark.

Traveling Card of Emanuel Ricker of Lodge 107.-Traveling card lost. If found please return to G. W. Bellis, Secretary Lodge 107, 560 South Market street, Galion, Ohio.

Receipt and Traveling Card of W. B. Harkins of Lodge 607.-Receipt and traveling card has been lost and the brothers are requested to look out for same. If found please return to W. B. Harkins, Box 451, Ogden, Utah.

Acknowledgments.

The following persons desire to acknowledge receipt of payment of claims, and to express their gratitude to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen as an organization, and to the individual members for kindnesses and courtesies extended:

Caroline Crossley, Belleville, Ont. Mrs John Conway, Newton, Kan. Addie Laughton, conservator of George Laughton, Leadville, Col.

Rebecca Corl, Blue Knob, Pa.

B. B. Lytle, Finleyville, Pa.

Fred Krauel, Highland Park, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Abram Myers, Kansas City, Kan.

Balls and Entertainments.

Courteous invitations have been received at this office to attend the follow

ing balls and entertainments. The Grand Lodge force returns thanks and wish all an enjoyable and successful time:

Lodge 13.-Fifth grand ball at Columibia Hall, corner of Cator and Ocean avenues, Jersey City, N. J., Tuesday evening, February 10, 1903.

Lodge 163.-Fourteenth annual ball, at Bluff City Hall, Pine Bluff, Ark., Tuesday evening, January 27, 1903.

Lodge 157.-Third grand ball, at Grand Army Hall, Peru, Ind., Thursday evening, February 19, 1903.

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The Home Account.

The following donations were received at the Home for Aged and Disabled Railway Employes for the month of January, 1903:

B. of L. F. Lodge 86...
L. S. to B. of L. F. Lodge 73..
O. R. C. Divisions..
B. of R. T. Lodges.
B. of L. E. Divisions..
L. A. to O. R. C. Divisions.

G. I. A. to B. of L. E. Divisions.
Mrs. William Winston, account
of burial expenses of husband,
who died at the Home January
12, 1903

$6.00 5 00

83 00

50 00

27 00

3 45 19 00

62 00 Grand total .$255 45 Miscellaneous.-G. I. A. 79, box of canned fruits; L. S. to B. of L. F. 40, box of canned fruits.

Note. The ladies of L. A. to O. R. C. 84 have taken out membership in the Home in favor of O. R. C. Division 111. Respectfully submitted,

MRS. T. B. WATSON,

Sec. and Treas. R. R. M. H.

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TO SUBORDINATE LODGES:

Beneficiary Statement

OFFICE OF GRAND SECRETARY AND TREASURER, }

ILL., February

The following is a statement of receipts in the Beneficiary Department for the month of January, 1903:

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206 55 00 268 32 50 330 175 00 392 149 75 454 132 00 516
83 197 25 145 227 75 207 200 00 269 163 25 331 51 25 393 119 50 455 90 50 517
84 159 25 146 312 50 208 83 75 270 109 75 332 106 00 394 18 00 456
85 169 50 147 161 00 209 151 25 271 94 00 333 249 00 395
86 185 75 148 116 25 210 59 75 272 49 50 334 190 75 396
87 80 50 149 708 00 211 179 50 273 149 50 335

63 118 00 125 60 50 187 80 00 249 163 00 311 85 75373 99 75 435 70 00 497 111 75 559
64 197 25 126 107 75 188 247 25 250 164 75 312 107 00 374 118 25 436 207 25 498 77 75 560
65 164 00 127 140 75 189 172 25 251 264 75 313 69 25 375 80 50 437 27 75 499 39 50 561 49 25
66 125 75 128 74 00 190 16 00 252 256 00 314 158 75 376 68 75 438 70 50 500 74 50 562 100 75
67 144 25 129 208 25 191 139 75 253 167 50 315
377 168 50 439 32 25 501 105 00 563 141 00
68 93 00 130 269 75 192
254 111 50 316 210 00 378 419 75 440 156 00 502 150 50 564 59 25
69 66 25 131 54 00 193 71 50 255 78 75 317, 74 75 379,184 50 441 130 75 503 82 00 565 50 50
70 117 25 132 113 00 194 219 00 256 80 50 318 288 50 380 22 00 442 64 00 504 38 25 566 105 75
71 201 00 133 155 50 195 87 50 257 94 50 319 148 25 381 136 25 443 112 25 505 62 75 567
72 361 50 134 106 501196 46 25 258
320 73 75 382 84 25 444 161 00 506 76 75 568 106 75
73 246 75 135 150 75 197 106 75 259 78 50 321 59 25 383 126 75 445 69 00 507 39 25 569 69 75
74 132 50 136
198 181 00 260 121 50 322 51 25 384 102 00 446 349 50 508 189 50 570
75 422 00 137 77 50 199 111 00 261 50 75 323 84 00 385 75 00 447 51 50 509 51 00 571 53 50
76 27 50 138 281 25 200 102 25 262 174 75 324 63 25 386 26 00 448 452 25 510 167 00 572 38 25
77 330 00 139 226 75 201 222 00 263 111 00 325 120 50 387 48 50 449 173 00 511 131 00 573 49 25
78 196 25 140 323 50 202 153 50 264 69 25 326 243 75 388 195 50 450 119 00 512 84 00 574 62 75
79 43 50 141 389 75 203 194 75 265 230 75 327 174 25 389 105 75 451 90 25 513 111 75 575
80 195 50 142 209 75 204 133 50 266 157 00 328 69 50 390 150 00 452

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42 75

80 25 576 61 00 87 25 577

72 25 457

110 75 458

578 68 25 579 47 25 74 25 518 31 25 580 18 00 137 50 519 113 50 581 20 50 33 00 520 43 75 582 128 00

397

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60 00 521

67 00 583 52 50

29 93 25 91

30 137 25

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153 110 25 215 234 00 277 95 00 339 46 25 401 234 75 463 133 50 525
92 99 75 154 107 25 216 80 00 278 23 50 340 126 00 402 76 00 464
93 106 25 155 138 50 217 133 00 279 58 50 341 201 25 403
94 264 25 156 188 75 218 207 75 280 94 25 342 171 25 404
95 36 50 157 63 50 219 175 00 281 156 50 343
96 134 25 158 71 50 220 433 00 282 24 75 344
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66 75 610 33 75
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Quarterly Dues Notice.

To Members of Subordinate Lodges:

OFFICE OF THE GRAND LODGE, B. of L. F.
PEORIA, ILL., March 1, 1903.

SIRS AND BROTHERS:-You are hereby notified that the dues for the quarter ending June 30, 1903, are now payable and must be paid to the Collector of your Lodge on or before April 1, 1903. Said dues shall be such an amount as may be determined by the several Lodges, provided, in no case shall it be less than nine dollars ($9.00) for each member carrying a beneficiary certificate of three thousand dollars ($3,000), six dollars ($6.00) for each member carrying a beneficiary certificate of two thousand dollars ($2,000), four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50) for each member carrying a beneficiary certificate of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500), three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50) for a member carrying a certificate of one thousand dollars ($1,000), and two dollars ($2.00) for a member who shall carry a certificate of five hundred dollars ($500). All beneficiary members now enrolled, and those admitted prior to May 1, 1903, are liable for the dues above referred to. All members initiated during the months of May and June will be exempt from the payment of dues for the said quarter, as provided in Section 172 of the Constitution. Beneficiary members initiated during the month of April are liable for the full amount of quarterly dues for the above quarter. All officers and members are earnestly requested to give the foregoing their careful and strict attention, and govern themselves accordingly. Any member failing or declining to make payment as above provided will be subject to the penalty of expulsion from the Order, as per Section 174 of the Constitution, said expulsion taking effect April 2, 1903.

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SIRS AND BROTHERS:-You are hereby notified, as provided in Section 62 of the Constitution, that no beneficiary assessment is required for the month of March, 1903, and that therefore none has been levied for said month.

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SIRS AND BROTHERS:-Pursuant to Section 174 of the Constitution, you are required to report to the Grand Lodge as expelled all members who fail to make payment of their Quarterly Dues or Protective Fund Assessments for the quarter ending June 30, 1903. The names of said members must be reported to you by the Collector of your Lodge not later than April 2d, and by you reported to the Grand Lodge, as per Section 174 of the Constitution, immediately thereafter. Failing to report the names of expelled members as herein provided, the Grand Lodge will hold subordinate Lodges liable for their assessments, as per Section 65 of the Constitution.

Yours fraternally,

J. J. HANNAHAN, G. M.

F. W. ARNOLD, G. S. and T.
Protective Fund Assessment Notice No. 2.

To Members of Subordinate Lodges:

OFFICE OF THE GRAND LODGE, B. of L. F.
PEORIA, ILL., March 1, 1903.

SIRS AND BROTHERS:-You are hereby notified that Protective Fund Assessment No. 2 for the quarter ending June 30, 1903, is now payable and must be paid to the Collector of your Lodge on or before April 1, 1903. All beneficiary and non-beneficiary members now enrolled and those admitted prior to May 1, 1903, are liable for this assessment. All members initiated during the months of May and June are exempt from the payment of Protective Fund Assessment for the above quarter. Any assessable member failing or declining to make payment as above provided, will be subject to the penalty of expulsion, said expulsion taking effect April 2, 1903.

F. W. ARNOLD, G. S. and T.

Yours fraternally,

J. J. HANNAHAN, G. M.

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In an official circular issued January 20, 1903, Grand Master Hannahan, under the head of "Ladies' Society," pays a tribute to our Order. He also calls the attention of the members of the B. of L. F. to their duty, in regard to the Ladies' Society. He writes as follows: "In my travels throughout the country it has been a pleasure to note the good work that has been accomplished by the Ladies' Society of the B. of L. F. A number of instances have come to our notice where our lodges owe a large amount of their prosperity to the assistance that is given to them by the Ladies' Society. The members of said Society seem to vie with each other in their efforts, not only to make their Society a success, but in every way possible to advance the interest and welfare of the lodges of our organization, and there is no denying the fact that they are accomplishing a great work in this direction. It is the duty of the members of our organization to do all in their power to assist the ladies in making their organization a success, and we hope that our members will not let an opportunity pass by that will enable them to do what they can to build up the Ladies' Society B. of L. F. They certainly deserve the encouragement and assistance of every member of our organization, and we trust that all will join hands and do what they can to help them along."

The Ladies' Society is most grateful for these words of appreciation and encouragement. They can not fail to be of great benefit to the Society.

Grand Master Hannahan has always stood ready to assist the Ladies' Society

and many times has gone out of his way to aid and encourage our lodges. At Chattanooga he was kindness itself. Long may the B. of L. F. be permitted the guidance of that brainy, far-seeing leader, John J. Hannahan, who, since his election to the office of Grand Master, has made a record over which the B. of L. F. is more than enthusiastic and of which every sister in the Ladies' Society is proud.

Fraternal Insurance.

The national meeting of the Modern Woodmen will be held in Indianapolis June 16th. Of this meeting the Bee Hive says: "No event in the year will equal in importance, to all fraternal insurance orders, the meeting of the Head Camp."

According to statements made by the head officers, a crisis now confronts this society, that not only threatens its own welfare but the welfare of the fraternal beneficiary system of co-operative insurance.

As we are one of the fraternal insurance orders, young enough to profit by the experiences of others who have made errors, errors that we may avoid by planning well, it behooves us to take no small amount of interest in the outcome of this meeting to be held at Indianapolis.

The whole fraternal field has been benefited by the knowledge of insurance that has been furnished by the Woodmen during the last year. Their best deputies have been sent over the country to explain and discuss the principles of insurance, especially as these principles govern rates or cost.

Not only the members of the Ladies' Society, not alone members of women's fraternal beneficiary associations, but mankind in general, know too little about the principles of life insurance. A student of insurance has said: "The history of life insurance has taught no lesson with greater emphasis than this, that ignorant or unscrupulous power is dangerous." All power in the Ladies' Society is vested in the membership. The voice of the members, as expressed through their delegates, in convention assembled, is the supreme will. The membership and the membership alone will decide the future of our insurance. True your grand officers have an official responsibility and they must be competent to guide and direct, but they are elected from among our members. There is nothing surer than this, the hope of any society is not in the wisdom of its president nor the justice and purity of the administration of its affairs, so much as in the individual character and the practical education (in regard to the important affairs of the society) of its membership.

Every member has a part in the upbuilding of our organization. Every member is a stockholder in the insurance department of the Ladies' Society. Why should she not study its interests? We, like other fraternal insurance organizations, have "promised to pay"-promised to pay the amount specified in every policy ever written by the Ladies' Society, whether it matured last year, today, or will mature tomorrow or twenty-five years from tomorrow.

If the Ladies' Society promises, in honor, to meet obligations twenty, twentyfive or thirty years hence its members must be sure it will endure, that its foundations are laid deep. There must be no inadequate rates to submerge our whole Society in their readjustment. Neither must our rates be too high. Correct rates for fraternal life protection are based on cost. Since fraternal insurance has become a science it is no longer necessary for one, who will stop and think about it or inquire into it, to guess at what their insurance should cost. Those members who do not understand the basic lines of insurance protection should read them up. Read the history of fraternal life insurance from the day when John J. Upchurch was inspired to found the order of the A. O. U. W. to the present day, note the mistakes that were made and the disasters that followed because of them. You will hear of the National

Fraternal Congress whose last session was held in Buffalo; inquire into the nature of its proceedings. See how much you can find out regarding reserve funds, etc. Then sit down and send the information you have thus gained to the Ladies' Department. Never mind the spelling, the composition or the punctuation—just furnish the facts and ideas; 'tis easy to do the rest. Thus will we show to all whom it may concern, that while we are keeping bright the fires of fraternalism, nursing our sick, burying our dead, we are also looking well to our business foundation and that we are basing our insurance on sound insurance principles.

Poor Risks.

Why should the desire to make a lodge a social success lead those already members to use any influence to have unsafe risks admitted? Scan our death report from month to month. Is not our burden now as great as we should bear? A recent writer on the "Future of Fraternal Beneficiary Societies," says: "A fraternal beneficiary society is the bridge designed to carry, in safety, across the stream of life, protection for the beneficiaries of the members. Do we want the felled tree, the rope hoist, the pontoon or any other temporary makeshift? If the bridge is properly constructed of iron, with rods (rates) sufficient to sustain the burden placed upon them; if its approaches (the doctors) are properly guarded; if the engineer (the management) runs the train at proper speed without too sudden a reversal of the lever, then the bridge will be permanent for all time."

The progressive and advanced fraternal beneficiary societies of today, realizing that the very life of their organization is menaced by poor risks are guarding more and more closely the approaches thereto. In order that their local physicians may be in a position where honest work will not endanger their retention in office, they are placed under the direct control of the head physician who has power to appoint and commission the local physicians, recommended by local lodges, and who alone has power to remove.

The Ladies' Society will obtain the best results if their subordinate lodges elect local examiners who are skilled physicians. Local examiners, too often, "wink the other eye" and recommend the acceptance of an uncertain risk simply because they can not afford to offend the family

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