The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-10-11
THE PYTHIAN KNIGHTS.
Blue, Yellow and Red the Reign
ing colors of the Town to-day,
AND THE BEAUTEOUS FLEUR De LIS
Holds the Post of Honor over Many
Doorways...Tho Visiting Knights,
who Come to Attend the Grand
Lodge, Welcomed by Everybody.
Unusually Proruse Decorations
About Town.

1t is seldom that any meeting oil a
grand lodge of a secret order in Wheel
ing is welcomed with such a p%rotusion
OF gay decorations as makes the town
gay in honor of the coming OF the Grand
Lodge, knights of Pythias, OF West Vir-
ginia. 1t is a good thing for the town
to have SO strong an order meet here,
and the friendly interest shown by the
public may be expected to draw future
meetings in greater number.
Seldom do such large numbers attend
such meetings. Yesterday the town
was gay with the marching OF arriving
delegations and escorts. The emblem
attic blue, yellow and red and typical
feur de lis were to be seen everywhere,
while the mystic "F. q. b." wa dis
played at brief intervals,
All who have not already decorated
should do so this morning. 1t makes
the town look gay, makes the visiting
knights feel as if they were welcome,
and encourages other similar gather
ings.
The scene around the reception head
quarters at Beethoven hall was a busy
one all day, a large streamer thrown
across Fourteenth street designating
the place as Reception Hall. Here the
visitors we're escorted upon their arrival
and treated to light refreshments be-
fore being taken to their hotel. Meis-
ter's Union Comet band was stationed
there throughout the day and evening,
and headed the escort to and from the
trains.
At five o'clock a large delegation ar
rived over the Baltimore 4 Ohio and
were escorted to the reception hall.
Tho next arrivals we're Ravenswood Di-
vision U. K. with sixteen men, who
came over the Ohio River, Grafton Di.
vision, with %thirty-two men, i. L.
Price commander, and Piedmont Divi.
sion, forty men, John Jarboe, COM
mander, which came in over the Balti-
more & Ohio on the midnight train
from the east. The latter division
brought the Gilbert military band with
them.
This morning the early Ohio River
train willbring in the Charleston, Hunt
ington and Parkersburg divisions. and
along the road.
The Clarksburg and Fairmont lodges
will also arrive early this morning over
the Baltimore & Ohio.
The Piedmont division are quartered
at the VanKeuren.
The programme for to-day is as fol-
lows: AT nine a. M, General reception
at X. OF P. hall, 1921 Market street, ad-
dresses OF welcome by Mayor G. W. Sea-
bright and Capt. B. B. Dovener; Re-
Spouse by Rev. j. F. Chenoweth,
Grand Chancellor. One o'clock,
grand street parade, in which all
local and visiting lodges and divis-
ions will participate, moving over
the following route-Form on Four
teenth street and will move down to
Market, thence to Tenth, to Main, to
Twenty-seventh, to Chapline, to Twen-
tieth, to Market, to Sixteenth, thence to
the Elm Grove depot, where they will
take the 2 o'clock motor for the park,
where the day will be spent. The
members OF the uniform rank will come
back to the city on the Z o'clock motor.
They will drill then on Market street
from Sixteenth to Twelfth.
At nine o'clock p. IN the Flambeau
Club will give an exhibition drill on
Market street between Twelfth and
Sixteenth streets, which will be one OF
the features of the meeting.
The programme on Wednesday, be-
sides tho regular business meeting OF
the lodge, will consist of the grand prize
drill at half past two on the fair grounds,
in which most if not all Of the I'M.
formed rank will participate. The first
prize is $50, second SO, and third $50.
In the evening a grand banquet will BIO
given at the reception hail. Beethoven
hall.
Thursday will be devoted to the finish
ing up OF all the business before the
Grand Lodge.