Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-08-20
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
rhE SESSION or rur GRAND Lopop
The state Omosrs Elected by the order tor
tn" Ensuing Ycsr-intersstipg pGtes
OF tho Annual Session.

The afternoon session Of the grand
lodge *. OF Il. commenced at = o'clock
| and continued until noar b, but no bust
mesa of public nature was transacted,
tho time being taken up by tho committee
on law.
On Wednesday morning at O'Clock tho
oouvocation met with Grand T.. Austin
Long presiding assisted by Grand V. G.
j. III. Carr. The representatives from 210
lodges were present at tho session.
Tho Vote for UTosrs.
The committee on election OF officers re.
ported the following, as the votes received
by the candidates Of the several state
officers
Grand Chancollor--John II. Carr, of No.
10, 3, G83
Grand V. C.-Edw. V. O'Noill, No. n,
2,053
! Grand rrclatO-IIOnry W. Mohr, No
257, 2,Gj9
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal
George Hawkes.. No. 12G, 2,GG5.
Grand nj of Exohcquer--Julus Mount.
ney, No. 1G6, 1850.
Grand Master at arms-John ii. Cotton,
No. 22S, 2, 63S.
Grand Trustee. Grand g. John W.
Beebe, No. g. 2,4G3
District Deputy Grand Chancellor Ian.
caster county, Northern dstrct-p. c., A.
Rapp, No. -. 3 +. g. Geo. II. Ettla,
No. los, D; u. @, A. G.. Root, No. 30l,
32.
District Deputy Grand Chancellor
Lancaster county, Southern district-P.
G., II. II. uoltop, No. GS, Is; u. g., J. Il.
Marklcy, No. SO. o; L. G., ID. III. Barthol-
omew, No. SO, .; L. G., u. Lee. No. 1872.
q; y. g., G. Il. Mason, No. l52, /.
For the offices OF inner and outer guard
q second ballot was taken, with the result
stated below.
Grand Inner Guard John Bolicb, No.
Il. III l.. g. Heathcote, No. 2S7, ~ /;
w. w. Trout, $40, 90 X. NJ, Magec, No.
1870. 233 II, V. Erwin, No. 249, 03
Thomas Perry, No. 3S7, 32i John NJ.
Roberts, 2jS, l2G Jesse w. Young, No.
302, 9l James ii Brown, No. $50. 100
s. ID. Hunter, No. 49, s13 Edw. Smith,
ID. NJ. G. Griug, No. 56, -; w. II.
, lIaght, No. l2O, IS; ]. p. Preston, No.
eel, 40.
.. Grand Outer Guard.-C. Z. Howitz. No.
23G, IL Elw. G. Emrey, No. Of, s31
, ii. w. Kammersr, No. 81, 800 J. |. Will
ams, No. l7S, 10 II. Il. Uromau, No.
392. 1903 John ClaIie, No. 466, TAG {; II.
j. Ersman, No. $50, -; +. ]. Sober, No.
4j 800.
The Grand Lodge umcsrs.
The following haye been the successful
candidates, aud arc the grand lodge officers
of the Knights OF Py;hias, OF Penusylva-
MIA, for tho ensuing year
Grand ChaDcellcr, John II. Carr,
Altoona Grand Vice Chancellor, Eiw. V.
O'Neill, Philadelphia ; Grand Prelate, II.
W. Mohr Allentown Grand Keeper II.
of S. Geo. Hawkes., Philadelphia Grand
NJ. of Ex., julius Mountney, Philadelphia;
L Grand NJ. of Arms, John II. Cotton, Phila
delpha Grand Outer Guard, John Clapic,
I New Castle Grand lnner Guard, Thomas
Perry, Wheatland Grand Trustee, John
W. Beebe, Philadelphia; District VI
Q uty Grand Chancellor, Nothern District,
A. g. Root, Mt. JOY; Southern District,
!, Ii. II. Holton. Lancaster; Lancaster
Il county German District, p. c., A. Ooeu-
u der, Lancaster.
Q During t,La morning session Major Gen.
J Jas. r. Ca! nahan, of tho Uniform Rank, OF
. Indiana, to- other with Past Supreme Chan
D. cellor Col. John Z. Linton. OF Johnstown,
visited the conyocatiou whilc in session
and received the houors of the same on
T. entering.
Tho unwritten or secret work OF the
I order was exemplited by request Of the
grand body, by Past Grand Chancellor
aud Representative to Supreme Lodge
Thos. G.. Sample, Of Pittsburg. and Gr5 n
Keeper of X. aud s, George Hawkes.. An
effort was made to change the time of
II meeting, but by an almost unanimous
T. vote the time was fixed on the third Tues
day in August at niue O'Clock, a. m, as
her rstofOre.
Notes or the Grand Lodge ssstion.
The headquarters of tho grand lodge is
/ at tho Stevens house, as all the grand
Q lodge officers are stopping there, with the
exception OF Grand X. of II. aud =. Geo.
. Hawkes., of Philadelphia, and Grand Trus
tee Charles X. Noisser, of Philadelphia,
who with large number OF visitors are
: stopping at Mrs Geigcr's boarding house.
East King street.
q Tho visitors seem TO be enjoying thom-
80 selves, driving around our city and
IL short drives to the cou ntry, taking in the
a watch factory, Millersvile, franklin and
h, Marshall college, our beautiful cemeteries,
the centre OF attraction at the Lancaster
being Gen. Reynolds grave and at
tho Woodward Hill the grave of the late
ID ex President James Buchanan, at Shrei'
10 per's, the grave Of Hon. Thaddeus
le Stevens others took in tho city from
1t places of high elevation, visited our insti.
y tutious and reservoir, viewing tho city and
ID surroundings from that point.
Df session OF tho Uniformed kabk
!. At the afternoon session of tho represen
:. tatives of tho Uniformed Rank, Knights of
4 Pythias an eastern regiment, to be made
. up of philadelphia divisions only, WAS
o. O. framed. David A. Biggard was elected
! lieutenant colonel and Henry Rife as
0 major. The regiments of the state now
o being fully organized II was decided to
) form brigade, and Sir Knights John p.
/ / Linton, Of Johnstown, and DR.. s. s. Sim.
o mons, of Susquehanna, were placed in
= nomination for the Office of brigadier gen.
eral. DR.. Simmons was elected by vote
o; Of 10 tot. The timo and place of the
! meeting of the brigade will be determined
2 by the Iegimental and briDa ade command