The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-29
THE GRAND PARADE.
The knights of Pythias Make q Dazzling
Show in Washington-Meeting of
Supreme Lodge.

Washington, August 2s-Wita just
enough cloudiness to lessen the effect Of
the SUMS brightness the Z. of P. had an
ideal day for their great parade. The
Knights made magnificent showing.
The parade assembled at Camp Washing
ton on Monument grounds at 4 O'Clock
and marched to Pennsylvania avenue.
There the procession turned and
marched in review past President Cleve-
land. Members of the citizens commit
tee on horseback led the parade followed
by the National Rifles, National Fenci-
bIes, champion prize militia of the
United States, the Corcoran Cadets and
other local military organizations. Then
came Major General Carnahan, COM
mander in chief of the Uniform rank,
riding at the head of his staff composed
of brigadier generals and colonels. Prec-
edence in line was according to the SEN
iority of commanding officers. The In
diana brigade occupied the right.
Among those in line was the First Maine
regiment, Colonel Horace W. Stewart.
About 5000 men were in line. They
made an excellent showing. The line Of
avenue from 18th street, down 18th
street, past the Treasury Department
building to Pennsylvania, thence east
ward to the Peace monument at the foot
of Capitol Hill, around the monument
and back to camp by the same route.
The column moved along the north side
of the avenue, and after turning Peace
monument came up the south side. Part
of the. time one part of the line was go-
ing in one direction and the second part
in an other.
The first meeting of the Supreme
Lodge, X. OF p. herestoday was not pro-
ductive of important business. Eighty
one mem bers were admitted. Supreme
Chancellor Blackwell was presented with
handsome gavel, inlaid with silver, by
the Idaho delegates, and gold and sill
ver ornament by Nevada's representa-
tives. The death of Congressman Shaw,
Past Supreme Chancellor, was referred to
in appropriate language, and suitable
resolutions were adopted. The Supreme
Lodge, as a further mark of respect, ad-
journed until tomorrow. The Supreme
. Assem- bly, of the Pythian Sisterhood met
today behind closed doors
In the annual report which he has lust
submitted, Chancellor Blackwell recon-
mends that German lodges be refused
permission to. o.trAnslate the ritual of the
order iuto erman. He declared the
lodges now using German rituals are in
rebellion, and. says Pythians should stand
on the platform of "America for Ameri-
cans :" He leaves to the Supreme Lodge
the settlement of the question: whether
the ban against Pythian sisters and the
Pythian Sisterhood shall be removed He
appears to favor the affirmative action,
He recommends that saloon keepers, bar
tenders and gamblers be refused admit
tance to the order. According to the re-
port the mem bership in the order July
j, 1894, ,was:- Grand lodges. 54; subordi.
nate lodges, 6262; total mum Der of men,
bers, 465, al; net increase of 72,020 dur
ing the past two. years.
Major General Carnahan says in his
annual report, the financial depression
has made difficult work of rsorganizing
new divisions of the Uniform Rank.
There has been a reasonably healthy
growth