Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-08
THE TIME
The Railroad Tickets to Be Issued
for the Pythian Encampment.
CROWDSOF CALLERS At HEADQUARTERS
The Citizens Fund for the Enter.
tainment Receiving Additions.
THE TERN "CONCLAVE"

Still the Pythians progress, and their in
dustry grows by what it feeds on. The
number of callers at headquarters makes
that place seem too small The elevator
conductor has raised blisters on his hands
and has threatened to resign unless the
staircase Is brought into operation. Men at
headquarters who are experienced In cele-
bration matters state that the tide of visit
ors has set in unusually early, and this is
accepted as sign of triumph. The crowd
did not begin to haunt the headquarters o.
the Grand Army encampment comu,it,ee
till within a month of the event, and the
throngs did not become intense till two
weeks before the veterans assembled. Then
the temporary building at the southwest
corner Of Pennsylvania avenue and It'll
street was used for the reception of those
who had business with the public comfort
committee
1t is said at the rooms of the Pythian
public comfort committee that 1t is but the
question of short while when 1t will be
necessary to enlarge the headquarters. Yes
terday afternoon was an especially busy
time with the committee, and the pressure
of people today has been heavy. Women
are vastly in the majority, and many of
them take up needless length of time in the
transaction of their business. One landlady
held to Secretary Percy G. Smith for twen-
~ minutes this morning in giving him data
conceriNng the rental which she paid for
her premises, the condition of the plumbing
and the sings and arrows which she had
10 submit To from the owner. Another land
lady consumed almost as much of the sec
retary's time In telling of the number of
relatives which she had in the order of the
Knights of Pythias, and Of the prominence
of the positions which they held. People of
this kind are boresome.
Save the Committees Time.
The committee on public comfort would
like the public to understand that 1t is not
on duty at the Warder building to listen to
tales of woe, to establish cor fidential re-
lations with applicants. or to act as trustees
of family secrets. All that is r.eedful for an
applicant to do is to state name, address,
rates, number of people who may be ac-
Commodated, and the class of the accom-
modations. If visitors will observe these
directions much time will be saved to each
person, and much annoyance spared the
committee.
The question of an extension of the rail-
read ticket limit from September 9 to Sep
TENDER III is being agitated today. General
John e. Smith, secretary to the transpor-
tation committee. wrote this morning to
Mr.. J. r. Woods, general passenger agent
OF the pennsylvania railroad, at Philadel-
phia, explaining the matter to him, and
urging upon him the requirements of the
knights OF Pythias in forcible terms. Why
the Pythians want the time limit extended
Is that in naming September 9 as the
proper date of expiration for the return
tickets somebody bluEdered. The Supreme
Ledge. 1t Is now said will probably be In
session till September or s. with the pros
poets favcring the latter date. The local
Pythians are also exceedingly anxious that
the visiting brethren shall have ample time
IN which 10 visit Mount Vernon, climb the
monument. shake hands with the Presi-
dent, buy some souvenirs of Washington
and do just as other tourists are permitted
TO- 10; me committee has determined that
thls snail be, and II SHALL
All Working in Harmony.
chairman Heisley of the transportation
committee Is also at work on this phase Of
the case. and has entered into communica
ton with the proper authorities. He re-
ports satisfactory outlook Mr. Hege.
passenger agent of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. has had his sympathes enlisted
and Is giving the good cause many a lift
by his advice and experience
Mr.. Parke OF the PENNSYLVANIA railroad
was at committee headquarters Yesterday
There was slight disturbance because of
the publication of the letter which Mr.
Parke wrote to the committee and which
Inc Star man found on the council table
but a few appropriate explanatio on ali
sides averted difficulty and a general hand
shake ensued.
The committee was advised this morning
of threatened rate war between the lines
composing the Western Passenger Associa-
ton at Chicago. Exactly how this rate
wal VIII cHect tne encaI1lpment, should the
war materfalize, cannot well be told now
but this association covers a very i'm
portant Pythian region. 1t is wired that
the Atchnson, Topeka and Santa Fe has
volunteered to open the fight The other
railroads comprising the association named
are as follows: Burlington, Cedar Rapids
and Northern. Chicago and Alton, Chi
cago and Northwestern, Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy. Chicago and
Great Western, Chicago. Minneapolis
and st. Paul, Hannibal and ST. Joe, Kansas
City, st. Joe and Council Bluffs, St Louis,
Kansas and Northwestern Illinois Central.
Iowa Central Missouri Pacific. ST Louis
and Sante Fe, Wisconsin Central. Wabash
and two other lines. If these roads begin
surgical operations on their tariffs II will
be hard to underestimate the significance
which it will have toward the Washing
ton celebration.
The Sinews of War.
Fiscal Advocates Donnelly and McClin-
took were on the warpath yesterday after
noon and made calls upon scores of the
public-spi-ited people of the city. They did
not meet with a single refusal No amounts
were mentioned, but all who were visited
declared that they stood ready to help the
committees along and felt sure that all The
money needed for the celebration could be
raised without difficulty.
Several communications have been re-
ceived from news dealers in various parts
of the land asking for information as to
which of the Washington papers would
print the FULLEST and best reports of the
proceedings of the convention of the Su-
preme Lodge and the encampment of the
Uniform Rank.
A Ply THAN paper received at Headquarters
contains an editorial censuring those who
are responsible for having caused the name
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