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REPORT 
O F 

S U P R E M E T R U S T E E S 

Catholic Knights of America 
T O T H E 

T E N T H S U P R E M E C O U N C I L 

HELD MAY F O U R T E E N T H , 189?. 

O M A H A , N E B . 

PRESS OF 
BTJEKLEY FEINTING OO., 

OMAHA, NBB. 





REPORT 
OF 

S U P R E M E T R U S T E E S 

Catholic K n i g h t s of America 
TO THE 

T E N T H S U P R E M E C O U N C I L 

H E L D MAY F O U R T E E N T H , 189?. 

O M A H A , N E B . 

P R E S S O P 
BURKLEY PRINTING CO., 

O M A H A , N E B . 



Supreme Trustees' Biennial Report. 

O M A H A , N E B . , M a y 8 t h , 1 8 9 5 . 

To the Tenth Supreme Council, 

Catholic Knights of A7nerica: 

GENTLEMEN:—The B i e n n i a l E x a m i n a t i o n of the S u p r e m e S e c -
r e t a r y ' s and S u p r e m e T r e a s u r e r ' s books and p a p e r s , took p l a c e at 
O m a h a , N e b r a s k a , on the a b o v e date, and we tender herewith the 
following report, it being an exact transcript f r o m the books of the 
S u p r e m e T r e a s u r e r and S u p r e m e S e c r e t a r y since the last e x a m i -
nation m a d e F e b r u a r y 5 t h , 1 8 9 5 , the accounts of the s a m e e x a c t l y 
balancing each other : 

RECEIPTS. 
Total Receipts from all sources, as per last report, 
Total Disbursements, as per last report $2,254,018 85 
Total Receipts W. & O. B. Fund, from Feb. 6th, 

to April 20th, 1895. $145,631.70 
Less Five per cent $ 7,276.58 

Amount credited Sinking Fund (Five per cent of 
W. & O. B.) 

Amount credited Sinking Fund—Initiations. 
Received for Supplies, Benefit Certificates, Per 

Capita Tax and Bulletin, credited to General 
Fund 

Interest on daily balances from Toledo Banks. 
Received rents on Chattanooga, property 

DISBURSEMENTS. 
Paid Orders W. & O. B. Fund 124,520 00 

" " General Fund Expense 2,255 40 
" Supplies. 32 00 
" Salary 1,650 00 

" " Sinking Fund Commissions, favor of 
Ohio Valley Nat'l Bank, Cincinnati,, Ohio, 
for Initiations and Five per cent of W. & O. 
B- F u n d - 8,308 33 

Orders paid for Interest on Daily Balances 195 07 
Amount on Deposit First Nat'l Bank, Toledo, O. 27,893 20 

S e c o n d " " " "/ 25,412 13. 

$2,444,279 98 $2,444,279 98 

2 

D e a c f d i f f e c i 

$2,290,719 84 

138,255 12 

7,276 58 
515 00 

7,219 87 
114 60 
178 97 



ORDERS NOT YET PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT. 

W & O . B . F U N D . 

The following orders, given below, are on record in this office as having 
been drawn on the Treasury by Supreme Secretary O'Rourke, and on date of 
the closing of this report had not been presented for payment: 
_ _ • . , • • • - •' - ; , • , . 

DATE O P 
ISSUE 

O B D E B 

N O . 
IN FAVOR OF 

B r ' n c h 

No. AMOUNT 

M a r . 1 8 , 1 8 9 5 4 3 1 2 Rosa Burns 4 2 2 $ 700 0 0 
" 2 5 , " 4 3 2 6 . Eliza Gavin 7 2 4 5 0 0 0 0 

April 8, " 4 3 4 5 Alberdina Andre 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 
" 15, " 4 3 4 9 Lizfcie Baltes 109 S 100 0 0 
" 15, " 4 3 5 0 Annie Sermonet • 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 
" 15, " 4 3 5 1 Minnie Topmiller 1 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 

• " 15, " 4 3 5 2 Johanna Hurley, admx 514 1000 0 0 
" 15, " 4 3 5 3 Patrick O'Farrell, admr . . : . . 544 2 0 0 0 0 0 
B 1 5 , . " 4 3 5 4 Mary Conroy 5 9 3 3 3 3 5 

. " 15, " 4 3 5 5 Mary Conroy 5 9 3 3 3 3 3 
" 15, " ' 4 3 5 6 Thos. Conroy .' 5 9 3 3 3 3 3 
I 15, " 4 3 5 8 John Murphy, guardian 1 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 
" 15, " 4 3 5 9 Elizabeth McGee.. » 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 

20, " 4 3 6 1 Mary Conroy, guardian 5 9 9 9 9 99 
" 20, *' 4 3 6 2 Frank Woodward, guardian 8 7 1500 0 0 
" 20, 4 3 6 3 Frank Woodward, admr 8 7 5 0 0 0 0 
" 20, " 4 3 6 4 Lucy McCall 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 
" 20, " 4 3 6 5 Catherine Goesse 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 
" 20, 4 3 6 6 Margaret Schummelpfenig 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 
" 2 0 " 4 3 6 7 John P. Murphy, extr 112 1000 0 0 
1 2 0 , " 4 3 6 8 Sarah Disney 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 

<* " 2 0 , " 4 3 6 9 Sallie Herkness. . . . . 118 2 0 0 0 0 0 
" 20 FL 4 3 7 0 Mary E. Norton 2 3 7 3 3 3 3 3 
" 20, " 4371 Ellen E. O'Reilley 2 3 7 3 3 3 3 3 
" 2 0 , " 4 3 7 2 Jas. A. Norton 2 3 7 3 3 3 3 3 
" 2 0 , " 4 3 7 3 Mary E. Norton, guardian.. 2 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 
" 2 0 , " 4 3 7 4 Rose Smith 2 6 5 2 0 0 0 00 
" 20, " 4 3 7 5 Margaret Mallaney 6 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 
" 2 0 , " 4 3 7 6 Delia Gibson 5 4 2 5 0 0 0 0 

T O T A I , $ 3 2 , 9 0 0 0 0 

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G E N E R A L KUND. 

DA.TE OF 
I S S U E 

ORDER 

NO. FAVOR OF A M O U N T 

July 30, 1894 2698 B. K. Durfee $ 30 00 
3 00 Dec. 17, " 2790 Wm. Blakslee 

$ 30 00 
3 00 " 17, " -,,. 2793 E. Folk 

$ 30 00 
3 00 

Jan. 22, 1895 2841 J. J. Malecek 2 00 " 22, . 2842 J. J. Malecek 2 00 
Mar.28, " 2970 C. J. Kelleher  

" 28, " 2973 L.J. Hardiman 2 50 
4 00 
1 00 

" 28, " 2974 G. B. Johnson 2 50 4 00 
1 00 " 28, " April 9, " 

2975 
2994 

J. A. Mudd 
J. W.Jones 

2 50 
4 00 
1 00 

," 9, " 3001 L. G. Saucier 2 00 
10 00 
8 00 

" 9, " 3002 T. F. Carolan 2 00 10 00 
8 00 " 9, " 3004 John Coudret 
2 00 

10 00 
8 00 

2 00 
10 00 
8 00 

Total S 72 00 
And to the credit of Sinking Fund Commissioners, for which no warrants 

have been presented on date of closing of this report: 

SinkingFund 5 per cent of W. & 0 . B. Fund. 
" Initiations 

Total. 

R E C A P I T U L A T I O N . 

W. & O. B. FUND. 
Cash Balance April 22d, 1893 $ 28 583 63 
Total receipts from April 24, '93, to April 20, '95.. 1,203,092 58 

1,820 21 
114 00 

1,934 21 

i . .. $ 1,231,67$ 21 
Total disbursements during same period 1,198 400 00 
Cash Balance W. & O. B. Fund April 20, 1895 

1 GENERAL FUND. 
Cash Balance April 22, 1893. $ 14 540 23 
Total receipts from April 24, '93, to April 20] '95 . ! 49,897 20 

$ 33,276 21 

$ 64,437 43 
46,342 52 Total disbursements during same period 

Cash balance General Fund April 20, 1895 

SINKING FUND. 
Cash balance Sinking Fund and Contingent Fund. $ 2 621 26 
Total receipts from April 24, '93, to April 20, '95.. 85,354 97 

18,094 91 

Total disbursements during same period. 87,976 23 86,042 02 

Total Cash Balance 
$ 1,934 21 

Î 53,305 33 

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The Supreme Secretary's books show the following receipts and disburse-
ments from February 5, 1895, to April 20, 1895 : 

Total receipts as per last report .$ 2,815 007 84 
Total disbursements since last report ' ' 1 $2 778 306 85 
Received from W. & O. B. Fund 145,531 70 ' • 

" General Fund 7 219 87 
" • " Initiations 515 00 

" Interest on Daily Balances... 114 60 
" Rents col'd on Chattanooga prop'y 178 97 

W. & O. B. Fund Orders O u t s t a n d i n g . . . . . . . . 32 900 00 
General " » « .. ' 72 00 
Sinking " " • » 1 9 3 4 2i 

DISBURSEMENTS. 
Orders drawn on W. & O. B. Fund from February 

5, 1895, to April 20, 1895, including orders on 
hand February 5, 1895 $ 157 420 00 

Orders drawn on General Fundas follows: General 
Expense, Salaries and Supplies 1 0 4 009 40 

Orders drawn in favor of Sinking Fund Commis-
sioners . . . . 10,139 04 

Interest on Daily Balances 114 RO 
Rent collected on Chattanooga property 178 97 
Cash in hands of Supreme Treasurer April 20, '95. 53,305 33 

$3,003,474 19 $3,003,474 19 
W e find the m o n e y s as r e p r e s e n t e d by a b o v e b a l a n c e s on thé 

twentieth d a y of A p r i l , 1 8 9 5 , to the credit of S u p r e m e Council, 
Catholic K n i g h t s of A m e r i c a , in the F i r s t and S e c o n d N a t i o n a l 
B a n k s , T o l e d o , Ohio, as a p p e a r s by certificates thereof filed here-
with, of which the following are true copies," v i z . : 

T O L E D O , O . , April 22nd, 1 8 9 5 . 
This is to certify that the Supreme Council, Catholic Knights 1 

of America, liad to its credit in this bank at the close of business 
April 20th, 1895, the sum of J27.893 20 

J . M . S P E N C E R , Cashier, 
First Nat'l Bank, 

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22nd day of April, in the 
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
five. 

J A M E S B . Co G ANS, Notary Public, 
[Seal] Lucas County, Ohio. 

TOLEDO, O., April 22nd, 1895. 
This is to certifiy that the Supreme Council, Catholic Knights 

of America, had to its credit in this bank at the close of business 
April 20th, 1895, the sum of 25,412 13 

C. F . A D A M S , Cashier, • 
Second Nat'l Bank. 

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22nd day of April, in the 
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
five. 

J A M E S B . COGANS, Notary Publia, 
[Seal] Lucas County, Ohio. 

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$53,305 33 



S i n c e our last report the c i v i l s u i t s a g a i n s t the F i d e l i t y and 
C a s u a l t y C o . , of N e w Y o r k , and the i n d i v i d u a l bondsmen of 
O ' B r i e n , the defaulting S u p r e m e T r e a s u r e r , h a v e been settled by 
j u d g m e n t s of the courts, as f o l l o w s : 

Cash received fiom Fidelity & Casualty Co.. $16,894 76 
Cash received from Individual Bondsmen 5,000 00 
Value of Real Estate 20,000 00 

$41,894 76 

T h e criminal c a s e against O ' B r i e n is still p e n d i n g , and will 
c o m e up for trial at the present session of the court now being 
held in C h a t t a n o o g a , T e n n . 

The attorneys fees in all the cases $6,000 00 

F r a t e r n a l l y , 

E . D . M c G U I N N E S S , 
R I C H A R D W A L S H , 
J . C . C A R R O L L , 

Supreme Trustees. 





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