Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-28
Opening Meeting Of the Eighteenth
Session This Morning.
HONORS TO THE SUPREME CHANCELLOR
Supreme Lodge Degree Conferred
on Eighty-one Candidates.
THE ASED MEMB Err

The eighteenth session of the Supreme
LEDGE knights Of Pythias of the World.
or ened this morning in the hall Of the Build
ers' Exchange. AS far as those not men,
bers Of the body were concerned the ses-
sion was held behind closed doors. AS the
representatives Of a membership of nearly q
half million, and meeting but once in two
years, the Supreme Lodge, as 1t might be
inferred. has a great deal Of important busi-
ness to transact. The sessions are therefore
essentially business meetings. This Is sug-
gested also by the arrangement Of the hall.
The floor of the hall Is occupied by rows Of
tables stretching from side to side. A table
is assigned to each representative, and with
a supply of writing material, documents and
so forth, 1t is apparent that each representa-
tive is expected to be busily engaged. The
hall was appropriately decorated by the
LEGAL committee In charge of that branch Of
the preparations. and across the lobby there
was large room. which is placed at the
disposal of the representatives. A partition
has been put up in the lobby at the head
or the staircase. where those not entitled to
enter the hall are stopped by the guard
The shadow of the affiiction which has
fallen upon the order in the death yester-
upon the supreme representatives as they
met together for the opening meeting of the
present session. The chair on the right of
the supreme chancellor, which would have
been occupied by Mr.. Shaw had he been
present, was draped heavily in black and
tribute of flowers was laid upon it. In
the presence of this reminder of the great
loss which has fallen upon the order the
natural manifestations Of pleasure sug-
sested by such reunion were subdued.
Gifts To the Supreme ChanceIlor.
The hour fer the meeting of the Supreme
Lodge was fixed at 10 o'clock, but before
the formal opening Mr.. White, the supreme
Keeper OF records and seal, called the as
senblage to order. Representative j. w.
Daniels Of Idaho, in behalf of his grand
jurisdiction, presented Supreme Chancellor
Blackwell a gavel, with a head of solid sill
yer and handle of mahogany-products of
the rines and forest of that section OF the
very wild and very woolly west" as ex-
pressed by the speaker The supreme chan
speech.
Representative Walker of Montana then
presented the supreme chancellor with a
level, made of gold and silver taken from
the mines of Montana, forming the setting
| for handsome diamond. This beautiful
emblem was to have been presented to the
supreme chancellor on the occasion Of his
intended visit to Montana, which he was
however unable 20 make on account OF
severe sickness. The gift was gracefully
acknowledged by the recipient
The session was then formally opened
Representative Lee of Rhode Island was
elected official reporter. The report of the
committee on credentials was received and
adopted.
Past Grand ChancelIOrs.
The Supreme Lodge rank was then con-
| ferTed on the following-named past grand
| chancellors:
Arizona, Frank p. Secrist
California. 4. ]. Crowley.
British Columbia. James Crossan, w. s.
| Chambers.
Connecticut, G. S. Hull
Delaware, w. j. Morgan, A. d. Sheldon
t. h. p. Morris. w. A. Mullen S. F. Mar
| shall.
District of Columbia, E. C. Gill, N. Bunch
John NJ. Kline. A. N. Thompson.
Florida, j. II. Hodges.
Georgia, r. w. Hunt, T. J. CARING, r. f.
Harrison.
Indiana, E. L. Silver, ]. E. Watson.
Indian Territory, ID. E. Ward.
| Kansas. A p. Riddle.
Kentucky. w. C. Quinby.
Maine, Luther f. Roberts. Isaac S. Elder
Maryland, William Meisel, F. w. Kraws
| II. f. Sterner, Charles l.. Whelan, George
Leidlck.
Massachusetts. Horace w. Wilson, -
Daniels.
Michigan. George A. Reynolds.
Minnesota, l.. p. Hunt. Fred. E. Whea-
| ton.
| Mississippi, L. G. Aldrich.
Missouri. E. NJ. Harder.
Nevada, George ]. d. King. John E.
Bray.
New Jersey, w. H. Mccullough. De Wit,
c. Bolton. Charles w. Kilbourn, Walter F.
! Hayhurst.
New Mexico, ]. ]. Lesson
New York. Samuel T. Hall. D. ]. Auch-
n.ooGy. William Laden, s. H. Salisbury.
North Carolina. w. s. Cook, ]. NJ. Sher-
wood, c. d. Benbow. f. A Ebert.
Ohio John G.. Reeves, H. w. Lewis
| Oregon, George w. Jett.
| Pennsylvania, John H. Carr Louis
! Wacker. Samuel Hilliard, George w. Buck
Rhode Island. Frank l.. Forsyth, John E
Thompson, William A. Wilson, Fred. N
Con. George G. Gates, Frank W. Taylor
| South Carolina, w. f. James
| South Dakota, V. S. G. Cherry.
Texas. S. N. Zemanskey, Henry ]. La
bette, p. l.. Downs. John NJ. Adams
| NJ. Richter.
| Vermont, N. A. Bailey. W. H. Gilchrist
Washington. w. G. Ronald.
| West Virginia, w. 7. White. e. A. Frost
As "a Mark of Respect.
| The reports of the supreme officers, alb
| stracts of which appear in another column
were presented and were referred to a COM
mittee consisting of Representatives Tahiti
of Massachusetts, Burns of Ohio and Hunt
of Minnesota. The report of the board OF
control was referred to the committee on
| Endowment Rank.
| Representative Fethers announced the
| death of Past Supreme Chancellor Shaw
and after appropriate remarks offered res
| olutions, which were adopted by a rising
vote. AS a further mark of respect to the
deceased the Supreme Lodge took a recess
| until IL o clock tomorrow morning.
| THE CORCORAN GALLERY,