St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-23
A CYCLONE IN CAMP.
The Tented City Of the Pyth-
ian Battalions Suffers a
Drenching.
Wind and Rain Give Visitors
a Taste Of the Zephyrs
Of the West.
Sixty-Five Thousand Knights
and Ladies CHARTERED in
KaWville.
Very Favorable Showing OF
the Work and Standing
Of the Order.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 22.-There
arrived at the union depot during the
twenty-four hours ending at 9 O'Clock
tonight 32S passenger trains, bringing
into the city, iJ is estimated, no less
than $4,000 Knights of Pythias and other
visitors. Despite the great number of
trains they are being well handled and
are received at the various stations on
as near schedule time as could be eX-
pected. The cheap rates are bringing
as great crowd as the most eXtrava-
giant prophet predicted. The effect of
the rates is noticeable in the fact that
the great bulk of the visitors are from
the East, where the rates are way down,
while from the West, where the rates
are maintained at one fare for the round
trip, the arrivals are mostly Pythians.
About half of those who will partici-
pate in the encampment are now quar-
tered at Camp Shaw. The remainder
will arrive tonight and before noon to-
morrow, when the encampment will be
formally and officially opened. There
are now occupying the tented city. ac-
cording to official information, 6.S25
Knights. In locating the various bodies
of knights at the camp
Fantastic Tricks
have been played with the map of the
United States. 70 read the sign boards
which are scattered over the camp one
imagines that some upheaval of nature
had sadly mixed up the relative posi-
tons of the states and territories of the
Union, or else they were all out max
ing social calls. Kansas and Massachu.
sets are side by side. Connecticut
crosses Mason and DiXon's line to smile
at Kentucky and offer real wooden nut.
megs in exchange for pure handmade
sour mash. California annihilates {, 3,0OC
miles of space and neStleS up close to
| Pennsylvania, and the waters of the
! blue Pacific and the stormy Atlantic
| almost mingle.
Minnesota crosses the Father OF
Waters and leaps the eXpanse of the
| placid Ohio to shake hands with Ten
nessee. Canada makes love to Illinois
and the Union Jack floats modestly il
the breeze in the shadow of the stars
and stripes, while Missouri compla
| y
| A Stirring Storm.
Early this afternoon the camping
| Knights were given a lesson in the
hardshipS of camp life, and were showr
what the windy West can do in the way
of storms. The weather had been fine
for weeks, and seemed to have waited
until the city had decked herself il
| holiday attire, vain of the admiration Of
| hnr iSit hQfnrQ ,tr1xy
could become. At noon today darl
clouds began to pile up at the northern
horizon, and an hour later without
warning the storm descended upon the
town, accompanied by furious gale
and drenching downpour of rain.
Dust was whirled into the air in thicl
clouds; the wind whiStled and roared
trees were blown low towards tn,
ground under its force; the lightning
cleaned. the thunder pealed forth will
loud detonations. The visitors wht
were not accustomed to that sort O
thing thought the storm dreadful one
but the natives soon Quieted their fear
by assurances that it was only an or
binary Western shower. Several tent:
at the camp were blown down, ant
everything not we'll sheltered wa
soaked with rain. and a good deal o
discomfort resulted. The weather to
night is clearing, and the signal station
predicts a fine day for tomorrow
parade, one of the great features of th
whole encampment.
Supreme Lodge Session.
The biennial session of the Suprem,
lodge Knights of Pythias of the worlt
will be begun tomorrow morning. Pre-
vious to the session the supreme repre-
sentatives will be given a reception a
the Grand opera house. All the mem
bers of the lodge are now on th
ground. The work of the lodge tomor
f0w will be entirely preliminary, an,
will consist in the initiation of ney
members and the hearing of the report
of the various supreme officers;
The report Of the officers of the en-
dowment rank. Knights of Pythias
Estates that July l, 1892, there were al