Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-03-19
BROTHERS IN F. c. B.
The Pythian Knights In Grand
Annual Session.
WEARERS OF THE LILY EVERYWHERE
A Grand fraternai Banquet Keplets with
Good Cheer-sParkiing,W witty and
Eioqasnt Toasts BY DisGia-
guashed Knights.

The wearers OF the lily took posses
SION OF the city AS soon as the wearers
OF the green had finished their eelebra-
ton. The hotel corridors were filled
with Pyihian Knights yesterday morn
ing and later the annual session OF the
Grand Lodge opened up in Elk's Hall
with an unusually large audience. The
visiting Knights are gentlemen who
present fine appearance on the street,
and most of them are on the hither
side of 40. The order has already be-
come q powerful secret organization
and in the United States IL ranks third
in point of numbers. Ii Is one of the
youngest Of the secret orders, but only
the Masons and Oddfellows exceed it in
magnitude. Its ritual is said TO be in
spring and the universal good fellow
ship among the members IS an evidence
of their fidelity to the tents Of the
order. Grand Chancellor Niles 5.
Curtis sounded the gavel, calling the
meeting To order and the following
officers responded TO the roll call:
y. q. C.-Frank Mills, Port Huron.
q. V.-Miles :. Cnrtls. Battle Creek.
q. V. C.-David c. Page, Petoskey.
G.. PHI. y. Footlander, Muskegon.
CT. h. of X. and S.-Jame w. Hop
kins, Lansing.
G.. NJ. of r. Henry C. Hall, Hudson.
G. NJ. of A.-W. ii. Loomis, Grand
Rapids.
G. 1. G.-George A. Reynolds, East
Saginaw.
G. SIS. d. Gage, Kalamazoo; o. A.
James, Hillsdale; NJ. +. Carleton, Port
Huron.
Brother A. Stanley Dolan, of Ionia,
grand outer guard, has removed from
the State, and consequently his station
was vacant.
The first business of the session was
the comforting of the Past Chancellor
degree on such of the delegates as had
not already taken it. There were
seventy-six candidates.
The hour for the banquet had been
set for 9 O'Clock and at that hour
everyone was on hand. At 9:l5 Capt.
ii. ID. &. Van Asmus welcomed the
visiting knights to Grand Rapids and
the guests of the evening to the BAN
.
divine blessing upon the order and the
occasion, after which attention was
turned to the entertainment furnished
by Caterer Swetland.
1t was not until 1890 O'Clock that
POSTMASTER Will II. Loomis took the
platform TO make a few pleasant re-
marks and introduce sentiments and
speakers as follows:
"The Supreme Lodge Knights of
Pythlas of the World" by Supreme
Representative d. +. Glidden.
''Tne Early Days of Pythianism," by
Past Supreme Representative II. K.
Lowell.
"The Grand Lodge Knightsof Pythias
of Michigan" by Grand Chancellor NJ.
S. Curtis.
"The True Knight" by Supreme
Representative p. I. Colgrove.
''The City of Grand Rapids" by
Mayor Edmin +. Uhl.
'The Subordinate Lodge" by Grand
Vice. Chancellor ID. Z. Page.
"The Relation of Secret Societies to
Church and State" by Past Chancellor
=. B. Wachtel. Speaker Michigan House
of Representatives.
"The Uniform Rank" by Brig. Gen.
II. +. Hastings.
Toast-"Michigan," by Hon. Mel
bourne II. Ford.
"Our Honored Dead" by Past Su.
preme Representative Chas. ID. Little.
1.-THE Press" by II. A. Miller, editor
Michigan Pythian.
Remarks. Hon. Chas. f. Belknap.
az. &. and B." "Friendship," by
Past Grand Chancellor Frank Mills.
Charity" by Past Grand Chancellor
J. r. sawyer. "Benevolence," 10y
Grand X. of K. and s.. j. W. Hopkins.
The night was far spent before the
last toast was spoken, and when the
cheers with which it was greeted had
died away, the brethren separated to
prepare for the labors of today with a
few hours rest.
The session will elect officers and
transact its regular routine business to.
| day.