The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-31
THE KNIGHTS CIR land ooNoLAvE
Pythians of the United States to Meet
in Washington,

in Washington.
The Knights of Pythfas in every sec
ton are preparing for one Of the grandeet
conclaves in Washington Aug. q, and Tor
several days following, that has ever been
given within their history. 1t is the
eighteenth biennial conclave of the
Knights Of Pythias of the United States,
and the knights in every section Of the
country are looking forward to it with
| great expectations.
1t is expected that Washington will be
| DcSleged with more people than ever
gathered there except on the occasion of
the Inauguration Of a President Georgia
viii send up full delegations from every
city. Some OF the Savannah knights
viii go from this city to Atlanta, where
they will take the special train to Wash
lngton, wnlle large number will go di-
rect from savannah to Baltimore by the
Merchants and Miners line, which has
offered special excursion rate for the
occasion OF Sl7 for the round trip. a
great many will perhaps take this route in
order to avoid the dust and heat of the
railroad travel incident to this season of
the year
Atlanta expects to send about 100 dele
gates and Savannah promises to do about
as well. A great many members of the
uniform ranks, Teutonia and DuGuesclin
divisions, expect TO attend in uniform,
The other lodges will all have representa-
tives present at the conclave. Besides
the knights great many people will take
advantage of the low rates offered by all
routes to Washington Lodges from all
parts of the state will be represented
many of them by large delegations. A
feature of the grand coEclave will be the
encampment of the knights of the uni
form rank upon the broad, open space sur
rounding the Washington monument,
overlooking Washington city.
The programme for the occasion, though
not vet fully arranged, will be an elabor-
ate one, including banquets, prize drills
excursions, fireworks, with the grand
parade of Aug. % as the browning event.
The parade will form at the capitol with
about 10000 knights, 10 600 of whom will
wear the uniform and equipments The
next day will take place the prize drills, at
which $500 in prizes will be distributed
to the best drilled comDanies, the first
prize being 81 500
One feature of the encampment about
which little has been heard up to this
time, is the meeting of the supreme tenn
pie OF Pythian Sisters, which will be in
session concurrently with sessions of the
supreme lodge of the knights. The
Pythian Sisters is the name Of an organi-
cation that is of recent birth but which
"a 'N.OPCN "a PtNAJ SlLleC lu' AICSPotOlA'
1t is destined to be TO the main Pythian
order what the Woman's Relief Corps is
to the Grand Army of the Republic
The order of PYthian Sisters will come
before the supreme lodge at this session
with request for recognition as an aux
iliary body, and their request will be
granted provided certain differences
now existing between the Pythian Sis
tiers and the Pythian SisterhOod can be
Straigh tened out These two bodies have
been acting in rather an unsisterly fash
ion, and are at present rather antago-
nistic than otherwise. The Pythian
SisterhOod is a rebellious ofshoot of the
order ofPythian Sisters and claims equal
rights with The older organization.