The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-05-28


The Knights OF Pythias, and the
Knights of Pythias band. who attended
the annual meeting Of the grand lodge OF
Fl. Scott, returned Thursday last. The
delegation from here all report having
had delightful time, and are more than
pleased with the cordial treatment re-
ceIVed at the hands of their Fl. Scott
brethren. The band boys Especially,
are in good spirit since the Knights Of
Pythias band of EmpoTIa, composed off.
@. Penny, drum major, Charles Holmes,
81. F. Egger, VIM. Bunting. H. D. Nut
ting, V. d Zeileis, L. 81. Chapman. J.
w. Hill, w. B. Vail, H. @. Davis, T. NJ.
Jones, ]. G. Craig and Frank RomaIne.
was awarded the prize. The band made
q fine impression from the time it enter
ed the city at the head of the EmporIa
and Wichita divisions until Il came
away. The Fl. Scott Monitor speaks of
it as follows:
The Knights of Pythias band of EN-
porIa, created quite a ripple of excite
ment when it arrived Tuesday, and the
nificent uniform, and in drill Is the acme
OF perfection. 1t Is indeed a splendid
band Of musicians, and will be remem-
bered with pleasure.
The general impression created by the
the music and drill was so favorable,
that the several other bands present to
compete, would not enter the contest
yesterday afternoon, and our band came
out easy but most worthy victor.
The meeting of the grand lodge closed
on the Goth. The members from
here say they have never had . more
successful meeting in the state. In the
afternoon early the several divisions OF
the uniform rank formed for the grand
parade. They marched through the
principal streets and formed grand
pageant witnessed by very large assem-
blage of people. After this feature
came the competitive drill fol-
the first and second prizes
Of $3.50 and $3.50. Three divisions en-.
tered the contest: The Girsrd, Kansas,
the Nevada, Missouri, and the
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were Major w. II. Shockley, Captain E
A. Blakely and Captain r. III. Lawton
Mystic division No. IL OF Girard, com.
posed of j. d. Wallace, captain; Fl. G
Mccoy, lieutenant; A. P. Riddle, herald
Geo. G. Reiner, VIM. G Sans, Alvin Al
len, Albert Allen, l.. Koch, San
Beadsley, Dick Sanders. H. E. HertheT
N. fryer, Geo. w. Barker, Arthur Full
Ter, w. +. Russell, w. Casey, L. w
Price, Geo. II. Gregg, Oscar w. ShafTer
Robt. Crawford, w. CHASER, A. T. Lee
II. J. Brown, A. J. Hunt. G. w. Mays
+. A. Crewson and G. L. Woodruff, Car
ried off the first prize and the AtchisoI
division second prize. Damascus dIvi
sion, No. 10, of EmpCua, was not rep
resented by the number required to ente
the contest.
The grand lodge elected DIR. D.
Longenecker OF this city. surgeon of tn
Second regiment, with the rank o
major, which was compliment worth
lily bestowed
The important closing event was the
ball given Thursday night al the FOun
tam rink, IN honor of the gram
lodge Of Kansas. The music wa
furnished by Prothero's orchestra, ant
the prompting was by Frank Roman
of Emporia. There were present abou
two hundred couples. The program con
tanned over twenty numbers, and thi
merry ending OF the event was continued
until O'Clock in the morning. As to tn
transaction of business. the excellence c
the psrades and the very enjoyable time
this annual meeting was throughout
success.