The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-20
KNIcHTs:oFsPYTHIAs.
Annual Session of the Grand Lodge
in Bangor.
Reports of the Grand Officers Pre-
sented.
Col. e. C. harrington of Portland,
Elected Grand Chancellor.

BANGOR, May 19.-The annual session OF
the Grand Lodge of Maine, Knights OF Py-
thias, convened in Tarratine Hall, this after
noon, at half-past 2 o'clock. About thirty
five delegates out of one hundred and twen-
ty-five entitled to vote, arrived on last even
ing's train. Mr.. M. L. Stevens of New York,
one of the most prominent members of the
order in the country, and chairman of the
committee on foreign correspondence, arriv-
ed last night and will be present at all the
lodge sessions. There was an informal
gathering of the members at the Knights of
Pythias Hall last evening.
The members Of the committee on creden-
tials, E. c. Milliken of Portland and w. L.
as did also the committee on finance, c. +.
Bragg of Bangor, Robinson Williams OF
Portland, and George B. Cutter of Bidde-
ford They did nothing of public interest,
however Grand Chancellor Lewis A. Bar
ker of Bangor. Past Grand Chancellor Wyer
Greene of Portland, Grand Master-at-Arms
George W. Heselton of Gardiner, and Grand
Keeper of Records and Seals J. +. Chute OF
Portland arrived yesterday.
AlbGl buC 01dliN l<ONSO Wuo NstAASN w oiNASA
this evening. the retiring Grand Chancellor,
Lewis A. Barker of Bangor, delivered his
address, which was quite lengthy and very
interesting The following is an abstract
Grand Chancellor Barker's Address.
The Grand Chancellor says he has been in
ill health, and for the past four months has
been obliged to abandon business entirely
So far as he has been able, he has worked
for the order, and with the help OF many
kind friends can report healthy progress
during the past year. The order is steadily
increasing in Maine and many other States.
zone of the greatest signs of progress in our
own jurisdiction" he says, lis seen IN the
matter of attendance and. the manner in
which the lodges do their work. Rituals are
almost wholly done away with throughout
the State, and the officers and members car
ry ON the work much better than they did
one year ago.
The following new lodges have been insti-
tuted during the year: st. Elmo Lodge, No.
50, at Mechanic Falls, on the evening of Dec.
18th, 1885; Patten Lodge, No. Sc, at Bath. on
the evening of March 26th, 1886; Nonesuch
Lodge, No. 81, at Scarboro, on the evening OF
April Sth, 1886.
Castle Halls have also been dedicated in
Gardiner and Bridgton.
The finances Of the order are reported in
good condition and there is general prosperl-
ty noted in the lodges.
Under the heading OF deceased members
the Grand Chancellor feelingly remarks: AS
we meet here today and look about us for
old familiar faces, and listen to the CHEEKY
sound of kindly voices, we are doomed to
some diSappointments. Each succeeding
year finds some one missing from our earthly
ranks and gives us reason to know that we
are more fully represented in the Supreme
Lodge above. One by one we are silently
passing away and ere long the work which
dlxy rfxrtr, ord Jll1Icf
pass into other hands. The silent messen-
ger who comes when least expected, without
warming and takes our dearest and our best
has been more or less busy in our ranks dur
ing the past year. Many OF our. worthy
Knights have ''crossed that mysterious sea
which never yet caught the glimpse OF a re-
turning sail" leaving vacancy in the Lodge
room and still greater one by the family
hearth stone. 10 all these afflicted ones our
hearts go out in true brotherly sympathy
and love and we stand ready at all times to
do brothers duty to the wives and little
ones who are left behind. This grand body
has been sadly afflicted in the death OF two
of its most brilliant members, men whose
places can hardly be filled at short notice,
taken from us at almost the same time, sud-
denly and when least expected, cut down in
the prime of life when we most needed their
influence and the ready words of encourage
ment which always sprang to their lips. w nal
can / say of them OF course refer to the
genial lnOuldS lIOIlllS, ". VI oOhS1CA
low Lodge, who was injured in the terrible
storm of Jan, 1886, and departed this life
Mar 4, 1886, and that other, whose lips new
er opened but to make some heart glad
David Moulton, P. G. of Rocky Hill Lodge
who died Jan. 81, 1886, beloved by all who
knew him (who can forget Elder Crawford
What shall | say of them no words OF mine
can add to their good names. Each OF them
deserve that greatest of all praise, that ,ac
corded by Shakespeare when he says He
was a man, take him for all in all, l shall
not look upon his like again. Their loss t.
me was great shock. | had been closely
identified with both of them during my offic
| ial career and strong friendship had sprung
up between US, and | feel that they are witt
us at this meeting watching over us ane
guarding as faithfully as in former days the
| destiny of this Grand Lodge"
In concluding his address the Grand Chan
cellor says: II should feel remiss in m,
duty if [ do not recognize the brotherly low
and attention shown me by G. K. of r. ant
S., J. F. Chute, than whom no better office
is known in any of the Grand. Jurisdiction
of this country His work for the good O
the order in Maine will be lasting monu
ment to his memory. And now my work l
done, and my best wishes go out to him VIII
shall succeed me. May he carry our banne
higher and higher until the calm blue light
brotherly love shines soft and deep int
every SOUL