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rHs Kxronrs OF rrrHrAs.
winners in the Prize Drill Competi-
lions nd Toronto.

ToRoNTo, July 15.-The rainy weather
interfered seriously with the the Knights
Of Pythias demonstration again to-day.
The visiting divisions were opposed to
putting off the prize drill competition
any longer, and it was commenced in the
exhibition grounds at o'clock this morn
ing. The ground was soggy and quite
unsuitable for the fine movements of the
knights. Comparatively few persons wit
messed the competition. The judges were
Colonel Otter. School of Infantry, To-
ronto; Major Woodruff of the Twelfth
United States Infantry, Chicago, and
Lieutenant and Adjutant Smith Of the
same regiment, of Sacketts Harbor.
The first competition was in class 2.
First prize, $500; second, $500; and
third 5000. There were three competing
divisions in this class. They were drilled
in the following order: First Terre
Haute Division, Indiana second, Lincoln
Division, Nebraska, and third, Chicago
Division, Chicago. The divisions APP
peared in splendid condition, and il is
quite safe TO say that such precision in
the execution of the different movements
was never before witnessed in Canada in
any military or civil body. The first
prize was awarded TO the Chicago Divi-
sion, the second to the Lincoln Division,
and the third TO the Terre HRute Division.
Tho prize drill competition was con-
cluded in the exhibition grounds this
evening, just before dark. In the princi-
pal competition, class l, Ontario Supreme
Prizes of 81 900 and $500 respectively,
the competing divisions were drilled in
the following order: First indianapolis
Division, Indiana; second, Fort Dearborn
Division, Chicago; third, Kolkomo Divi-
sion, Indiana; fourth, Alpha Division,
Hamilton, Ontario; fifth, Red Cross Divi-
sion, Cleveland; sixth, Austin Division,
Amsterdam, N. Y; seventh, Damon Divi-
sion, Cincinnati. The judges in this class
were the same as in class 2.
The drill of all the divisions that
competed in this class WAS unparalleled
in the history Of the order. Nothing to
equal 1t was ever seen in this country.
The ground was bad, but the knights,
without exception, acquitted themselves
so creditably that IL was difficult for the
judges TO decide between the second,
third, and sixth, given above in the order
in which the different divisions were
drilled. After considerable deliberation,
in which the merits Of the Fort Dearborn
Division were strongly urged by Colonel
Otter, the Canadian judge, ii was decided
to award tho prizes as follows: Kokomo
Division, Indiana, first prize; Fort Dear
born Division, Chicago, second prize, and
Austin Division, Amsterdam, N. Y, third
prize.
The disagreeable weather kept away
nearly everybody from the competition
tuh mt I'D
when the news of the result was brought
to the city tonight the Indiana and Chi
cago Knights were simply wild with ex-
element over it. The band competition
was postponed till to. morrow morning
owing to bad weather.
The Supreme Lodge met to. day for
short time, and adjourned to attend an
SAT Home" given to them by the lieu
tenant governor Of Ontario.
Toronto, July 19.-The growth of the
Knights of Pythias since 1884, as shown
by the report of the supreme chancellor,
given to the press to-day, is unpreee-
denied. The total membership in 1884
was 1870, 200.
The increase since then has been nj the
rate of between four and five hundred
members week, being now, including
the new grand Jurisdiction Of New Bruins
wick, nearly 175,0O0 members. II
has forty-fve grand lodges and
$500 subordinate lodges. Between
three and four million dollars have
been paid out to widows and orphans by
the order since its organization. Here
after the term of the major general will
be four years, and he will be appointed
by the sumpreme chancellor. II has
been decided that Chinaman cannot be
a knight of Pythias. The supreme chan
cellor's ruling on this point is as follows
Question-A Chinaman, whose name
had been changed by an act of the legis-
lature of New York, is o naturalized oiti-
zen, member of the Episcopal church, q
man of property and believer in the
Supreme Being, seeks admission TO a sub
ordinate lodge of this order, supposed to
be in New York City. Is he eligible to
membership
The supreme ohancellor-Eo. A China
man is not q Caucasian. The act of the
New York general assembly changing the
applicants name does not change his M
ture. Neither does the fact of his natural
ization under the Federal law give him
grea.ter or weightier rights toadmission to
the portals of our order. The facts that he
is man of means and the member of
leading church of the country in good
and regular standing are very creditable
to him and are passports to public conf.
dence, but do not change his nature or
color. This race comes within the color
line fixed by the Supreme Lodge Consti-
tuition, which excludes Cinnamon.
ToRoNTo, July 20.-At the Supreme
Lodge Knights of Pythias, to-day, the
status of William II. Meyers, of Philadel-
phia, Supreme Past Chancellor, was
brought up. Mr.. Meyers had never been
elected to the chair of the Supreme
Lodge, but holds his position as an
honorary one. A motion to place him
ON the list of the Supreme Past Chancel-
Tors was lost. George T. Walker, of
Massachusetts, who had served eight con-
secutive years as Supreme Master of the
Exchequer, and who was by II law passed at
this session entitled to take seat in the
Supreme Lodge, was introduced and
instructed. The report of the committee
onplace and time of meeting recommended
that the Supreme Lodge meet in Cincin-
matt on the second Tuesday in June, 1888.
Action on this report was deferred till to-
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