The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-24
PEACE AND PROGRESS.
Both Found in Abundance in Knights
of Pythias.
MONEY AND MEMBERS GAINING,
Ten Thoussnd Men Participated In Yes
terday's Big Parade-l2.0oo Delegates
I'm Kansas City Attend the Seventeenth
Biennial Meeting of the Supreme Lodge

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. A.-Trains
bearing visitors continued to arrive II
Monday night and up to noon today. The
camp 10 occupied by some 1900 members
OF uniform rank. They have come from
everv state aud territory In the Union
and from Canada and Mexico.
The seventeenth biennial meeting OF
the Supreme Lodge, X. OF p, OF the
world commenced in the morning and
will continue in session for ten days.
The proceedings of the lodge consisted
OF the invitation OF new members and
tials committee and the various supreme
officsrs.
After tho initiation OF new members
Supreme Chancellor Shaw presented his
report. He congratulates the order upon
It's steadily Increasing progress and its
contipued prosperity, and upon the hsr-
mony which universally prevails. The
order numbers 800, ,000-an increase OF 40,-
OOJ In year. There is an increase OF LOS
new divisions of the uniform rank, with
mbsrship OF over $4,000.
The endowment rank Ia In healthy
condition. The official reports July I,
1892, show: Number OF grand lodges "a;
number OF subordinate lodges 53s6. Mem.
bership OF the order 393,7l6, or an in
crease in the two years ending July 1.
1892, Of 1lo,ll7, being at the rate OF 81 per
cent.
Maj. Gen. Carnahan presented a report
on the management and condition OF the
uniform rank. 1t saws: Feb. 19, 1890, the
rank consisted OF 69S divisions; a year
later OF 85S divisions, and on Feb. 10, 1892,
OF 936 divisions with 80 divisions for the
institution OF which applications have
been approved since the date last named
above, making total to date OF 1865 di-
xtos. .s.sA a.. H..rn h tw<
OF more than 10000 and with brigade and
regimental organizations in nearly every
important grand Jurisdiction.
The report OF the board Of trustees OF
the endowment rank was presented by
William ID. Kennedy, supreme secretary
OF the rank. The report states that on
July !, 1872, the endowment rank con-
sisted OF 14i7 active sections, comprising
20, ,407 mem bers with endowments In force
amounting to t62 1852 900 and an increase
since the last biennial report OF 500 Sec
tions, 5000 members and S17,000,000 en-
dowmsnts.
The resources of the rank arc stated to
be $S7 1851 600 and the liabilities, repre-
senting death losses accruing before July
!, 1892, el87 900. Much Of this liability is
represented by proofs In process OF CON-
pletioD, and adjusted, and which will be
met by the usual assessment. The report
recommends q thorough revision Of the
constitution Of the rank by which the
maximum limit of the age of new men,
bers may be decreased and by which the
rank may be freed OF liability in cases Of
suicide.
The grand parade Of the Knights of
Pythias took place In the afternoon. It
was brilliant and imposing spectacle
and was witnessed by 250,000 people.
There were 10000 men in line. The pro-
cession was led by Major General Cnrna-
han and stan. Mounted among the or
Plantations In line were the following:
Regiments from the Maine, Rhode Is
by Gen. III. ]. Abbott of Massac husetts
and staff: two regiments of the Connec-
ticut brigade, headed by Gen. e. f. Du-
rand and stan.