The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-02-24
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.

The date OF the basket party of Elm
wood Lodge has been changed TO Tuesday,
March Is.
There was large attendance in What
| Cheer Lodge Monday evening. The rank
OF page was rehearsed. Brother Stewart,
made up as "Paul JONES'" was the candi-
| date. One application for membership
was received. The social committee an
| nounced that the date OF the 'Ladies'
| Night" was Monday, March 8. Grand
| Chancellor Walter Scott was present
| An amendment to the by laws will be
acted upon in Rhode Island Lodge Mon
| day, evening March 5.
| Lodges that have made any alterations
in bylaws, or intend to do so, will find it
| to their advantage not to have new con-
stitutions and by-laws printed until all of
the new laws of the order OF a recent date
| are promulgated.
| The officers and members of Bennett
Division OF Attleboro have been invited
to be the guests OF Sterling Division at
| the second annual reception.
The officers elect of Sterling Division
are TO be installed Monday evening. The
| visit OF this division to Bennett Division
and the presentation of the resolutions
have been postponed TO a later date.
| Grand Chancellor Walter Scott will
| probably make arrangements TO have
three different lodges in the jurisdiction
| confer the three ranks of the order at the
/ next sessions OF the Grand Lodge.
The session OF the executive committee
are to be changed from the second and
fourth Mondays to the first and third
| Mondays.
Tie executive committee of the Grand
Lodge met in the Office of grand keeper of
records and seal Wednesday evening.
Grand Chancellor Walter Scott rec
commended that the number of dis
| tricts in the jurisdiction be IL
instead of IA. The recommendation was
adopted, and each deputy now has two
lodges to care for instead OF three as last
year. Permission was granted to Colum-
bus Lodge of Block Island to admit
members. to the three ranks for the
deputies are as follows: No. 1, St St.
George and Rhode Island, j. Edgar Sis
sons; No. z, st. Elmo end Red Cross, G.
III. Carpenter; No. 3, Damon and Eli.i-
wood, R. w. ssyddall; No; 4, Providence
sna NS faYgstssi Ysissine canfIe' and wa6netes tes
j. II. White; No. 9, What Cheer and Ori-
entail, Andrew McKenzie; No. Z, st.
Johns and Pythias, X. N. Sewell; No s,
| Narragansett and Enterprise, j. N. Ed
ridge; No. 9, Sterling and Ivanhoe, X. /.
Clegg; No. TO- Herman and
Perseverance and Webster, j. B. Went
worth; No. IL, Bowen and Garfield, A. o.
Makee; No. 13, Charles Il. Chickering and
Myrtle, w. w. Ocellston; No. IA, Eureka
and Rathbone, l.. Il. Manchester; No. 15,
Riverside and Burnside, l.. $. Winchester;
No. 16, Smithsonian and Howard j. Il.
Machon; No. IL, Redwood and Columbus,
j. q. Lutz.
AS soon as possible the newly appointed
deputies will be installed in the secret
work and other duties by Grand
Chancellor Scott.
Brother Edward Wentworth, OF Oliver
Branch Lodge of Dover, New Hampshire,
was reported sick, in Pythias Lodge, Fri
day evening. The brother can be found
at No. 3a5 Weybosset street.
Brother Charles OBrien was nominated
vice chancellor in Enterprise Lodge
Thursday evening to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation OF A. A. Bowen.
The rank of knight was conferred on
two candidates in st. John Lodge Thurs
day evening. Brother Fletcher, who was
thrown from a freight car sometime ago
and severely injured, was reported as be-
ing somewhat improved.
The officers OF Rhode Island Division
will be installed and the division inspec-
ted by Lieutenant Colonel j. ID. Carpenter
Monday evening. The same ceremony
will be performed in What Cheer Division
g. Friday 4rue March IN sterling Sy MfjfE biTi.a IL
Monday evening by Quartermaster James
+. Foss, and Northern Division Tuesday
evening by Lieutenant Colonel J. ID. Car
penter. Major j. B. Wentworth OF the 1st
battalion visited Garfield Division Thurs
day evening.
Adjutant j. Sanford Davis OF the 1st
battalion visited Perseverance Division
Thursday evening.
The committee on Pythian Building is
soon to be heard from.
Grand Chancellor Walter Scott, Past
Grand Chancellors Fred N. Goff and q.
&. Gates were the guests OF the Grand
Lodge OF Massachusetts Wednesday.
There was fair attendance in Elmwood
Lodge Wednesday evening. One appli-
cation for membership was received. The
rank OF page was rehearscd. Arrange
ments are being made for visit to one OF
the lodges out OF town. There ia also
movement on foot TO join with Damascus
Lodge of Worcester and visit one OF the
lodges i'm Woonsocket. The rank OF page
will be conferred Wednesday evening.
Ivanhoe Lodge will hold a basket party
in Odd Fellows Hall, Johnston, Thursday
evening.
IL was voted in Enterprise Lodge Thurs
day evening To hold the meetings OF the
lodge In b. Il. Hall commencing with
Thursday, April 5. The social committee
will hold social Thursday evening,
April &c.
Providence Lodge will hold its next
session in What Cheer Lodge l. %. q. II.
Hall, Friday evening, March 2.
The rank OF esquire was conferred on
one candidate in Howard Lodge, We'd
nesday evening. There were visitors
present from ST. George, st. John,
Ivanhoc and Sterling lodges. A success
| ful masquerade ball was held under the
auspices OF the social committee Thursday
evening. The second "Iadics' Night" of
the season will be held Wednesday even
ing, when an interesting program win be
| presented
The members OF Palestine Lodge were
rendered complimentary supper Tuesday
evening by y. 8. Blivcn, the vice-c -chancel-
lor OF the lodge.
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