St. Paul daily globe., 1892-09-28
KNIGHTS Of VALOR.
Meeting Of the Grand Lodge,
Knights Of Pythias, Of
Minnesota.
The Annual Session OF This
Great Body Held in Ma
sonic Temple.
Echoes From the Campaigns
Of All the Political
Parties.
Emil Strandberg Meets With
Emil Strandberg Meets With
an Awful Death--Cana-
dian Quarantine.

There was notable gathering of men
at the Masonic Temple yesterday. The
occasion was the annual meeting of the
grand lodge, Knights of Pythas, of the
state. The first session was held in the
morning, when the committee ON Gre
dentials reported that 143 representa-
tives were entitled to seats in the meet
ing, also 126 past chancellors. This
body of men represented ninety-eight
lodges. and thousands of knights
After the Grand Lodge rank had
been conferred upon the past chancel-
lors, Grand Chancellor Fred B. Whea-
ton read his annual report. This report
was very interesting, and contained
considerable valuable information for
the Knights. 1t showed that during the
year he had written over 1000 letters on
business appertaning to the order, and
had travelled over 10000 miles. He had
also made an official visit to every
| lodge in the state. Seventeen subordi-
nate lodges had been approved and
not q single appeal had been taken dur
Ing the entire year. Nearly every dep
utv district grand chancellor in the
state had reported to him, and all went
|
was prosperous. The only official de-
cision rendered was the answer mo" to
| the following from Stllw ter lodge
No. z:
| rs bookkeeper IN brewery, who
divides his time between keeping the
books and going on the road collecting
and taking orders tor beer, eligible to
membership"
What brilliant chapter could here
| be wrltten," said the grand chancellor,
continuing his report. Besides the
| gain of twcnty-three subordinate
| lodges, it will be seen in the report of
the &. K. r. S. that the net increase for
the year has been considerably in eX-
cess of 500, swelling the membership
far beyond the 5000 point. In addi-
stituted there are forty-eight ap-
| pllcatlons i'll circulation in as
| many towns, many OF which will be
| added to the state roster within the
next few months. The subordinate
lodges, without single exception, are
working harmoniously and are eminent
ly prosperous. Our membership is COM
posed of the most intelligent and clean
est men in each locality, and every
lodge is powerful moral force
III the community where it ex-
lists. There is decided improve
ment in the ritualistic working of
the lodges, and our noble tenetS are
being eXemplified and practiced in their
full trultIon. In the understanding and
exemplification of the unwrtten work,
Minnesota is the peer of any state
IN the supreme jurisdiction, and because
OF all these things i can, with unfeigned
pleasure. report the state of the order
most excellent, and its future outlook
exceedingly bright"
When the grand chancellor had con-
cluded the reading of his report, Hon.
w. w. Blackwell, of Henderson, Ky.,
the supreme chancellor of the lodges of
the United States, was Introduced to
the NEE ting, and after the applause had
dled away, he delivered short speech
IN which he urged the grand lodge to
increase Its membership by reinstating
the men who had been suspended
for non-payment of dues. He
also recommended the plan of SOL
letting for membership a legitimate,
practical and conservative way. The
annual report of the grand keeper of
records and seals, q. Nj. Orr, was then
submitted and read. Among other
things the report contained the fact
that within the past year there has
been net gain of twenty-one lodges
and net Increase in membership of
o32, gain of lS119 per cent. The finan-
cial statement showed a balance on
hand June 80, 1892. of s14, ,90S. SO. Three
past chancellors have died during the
year. They were Charles E. Estabrook.
OF Saltwater Lodge No. z, who died
Aug. %, 1891; Charles Otto, of Justus
Lodge NO. 70, july 8, 1891, and Herbert
5. Finn, of Champion Lodge No. IL.
June 9, 1892. Red River Lodge No.
26. OF Fergus Falls. and Far
mngton Lodge No. l6, of North
held, have been revived, and Damon
lodge, No. ), and Banner loige, No. sc,
OF Minneapolis, and will hereafter be
known as Damon lodge, No. 5. Frank
lii lodge, No. 4S, surrendered its CHAR
Ter three weeks ago. Seventeen grand
iodge CARDS were issued during the past
! year. and all of them have been depos-
lted IN lodses i'll this jurisdiction.
The following committees were ap
pointed, after which the meeting ad-
| Journed until 2 O'Clock:
Credentials--A. G. johnson, st. Paul; P.
n. W1ngreen. Minneapolis; H. F. Bailey, St.
Paul. "
Distributions. R. Murray. North st. Paul;
c. W. Howard, Duluth; George Schickling
| st. Paul. e'
Jmdieiary-Robert stratton, Minneapolis;
| .. H. Griswold, Winona; NJ. Casey, Elbow
James l.. Cromwell, Duluth H. Herring, Lake
| Crystal. o.
Finance-B. F. Farmer, Spring Valley: H.
| A. BALDWIN, Redwood Falls; Charles H.
| Dixon GlenWood
Appeals and Decisiops-E. c. Spindle.
| Stone, Pine City.
p Charters and By-Laws-N B. Patten, ST.
Van Praag, Perham.
| Uniform Rank-Charles A. Clausen. Mime
| apolIs; Col A P. Keane, St Paul; T. a.
| Park Rapids.
Mileage and Per Diem-A L. Bolton. st.
Faui; "; =; smith, Minneapolis; w. w.
The first business of the afternoon
session was the election of officers. 1t
resulted as follows:
Grand Chancellor-Fred E Wheaton. Min
/ neapolis, reelected
Vice Chancellor.-C. Berg, Center City.
! Grand Keeper of Records and Seais:G NJ
Orr. of 81. Paul, reelected.
| Grand Master of EXcheuuer-A C. God
frey, of Minneapolis, re-elected
| Moorhead.
Inner Guard-B. F. Farmer, of Spring Val
| ley.
Outer Guard-G. A. johnson, of Brainerd.
Irustee-B. +. Blossom. of Minneapolis.
Under clause inserted in the con-
stltution two years ago. it is impossible
for dealer OF manufacturer of intoxi-
eating liquors to become a member of
the older. Last year resolution was
offered which had for it's purpose the
striking out of this clause. 1t was laid
over to this meeting, and came up for
| vigorous discussion. The result, how
ever, was the uphoiding of the consti-
tuition as it stands, and the saloon reso-
luton was lost by large majority.
In the evening motion was made to
give the grand chancellor salary of
sl,500 year. 1t was conceded by all
that Grand Chancellor Wheaton had ac-
complised a great deal for the order and
devoted large portion of his time to
the duties of his office. The position has
always been an honorary one, and the
gentleman who made the motion re-
ferred to maintained the services of
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