Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1892-08-26
DOINGS OF PYTHlANS.


An 1mmcnS" Pas 4 10" Leading Feature
of the lay a, kansas City.
KANSAS ClTN, Aug. 23.-Promptly sc
4 p. III. In big p, lii'n pura,,c started
from Fifteenth street and Woudluwn
avenue. While there was no count kept
on the marchers it is estimated that
$4,000 We're in line. 1t was steady
march for two hours. Before the end
of the march a light rain began falling.
In point of numbers the parade was the
saE2spt 3eeeraashe-ciey, Aut from a
spectacular standpoint it was very poor
and numbers began leaving the street
before the end of the line came in sight.
There Were one or Two casualties ON the
way but the police ambulances, which
fo1iSwed the line, picked them up and
carried them to places where they could
receive attention. In the evening the
business men of the city took it upon
themselves TO have a parade of their
own i'll honor of the visitors and they
marched to the various hotels of the
city and then to Camp Shaw, where
they serenaded all the knights. Fire
works at Exposition park was the fea-
ture of the evening
Supreme lodge in Session.
The supreme lodge of the Pvthian or
der for the world is in session. At IL a.
y, the big doors of Scottish Rite hall
Were opened, the supreme chancellor
and the representatives who compose
this supreme lodge passed through, the
doors closed with a bang, the supreme
outer guard assumed his station, and
thus the complicated machinery which
moves the order was put in motion The
seventeenth session of the supreme lodge
was then III session.
In the preliminaries leading up to the
formal opening of the first session We're
included IA reception to the supreme
lodge at the Grand opera house and ad-
dresses of welcome by the mayor of the
city and the governor of the state and
by dignatalies high i'll the order of Pytll-
! ian brotherhood The days session
comprised only that portion of Tie sched,
| ule business which mandatory laws re-
quire to be done at the first dag 5 session.
| The report of the committee on creden.
| tials, grand lodge divisions, and the con.
ferring of the supreme lodge rank were
tire only matters considered. Until the
departure of the uniform rank little real
business will be done. Minneapolis and
Louisville are at opposite ends Of the
rope i'll the great tug of war for the next
I encampment. The Minneapolis men are
pointing with pride to the record of the
| Flour City i'll handling the Republica.
! national convention.
An Official Report.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 222.-The report Of
| officers of the endowment rank OF
knights of P,ythias to be presented tc
| the supreme lodge says that ON July Is
! 1892, there We're 1,947 actual sections
20, ,4O7 members and the endowment il
force was $'i2.95a 900, showing an in
crease of 800 sections, 5000 member.
| and $4,000, 900 endowment in the two
years preceding. The resources of thu
rank June 30 We're, balance cash OF
hand i'll the endowment rank depository
500, l3S: assessments i'll process of collec
ton. Sl5, ,451; accrued interest, I33, ,266
total, Ss7, ,s6l. The liability represent
| ing death losses accruing before July
is shown i'll the following statement: Ii
litigation, $4,000; in process of adjust
ment, $G3, 600; proofs in process of com
pletion, $l11,OOO. While the abov
figures, says the report, represent tn
actual financial status of rank on July 1
1892, i'll which is charged the entir
death loss prior to and including tn
month of June, the contingent income O
resources arc more than ample to NEE
all maturing Claims