Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-08

morrow morning at 10 o'clock. when a pro-
| posed amendment to the constitution of the
! order will probably be taken under consfd-
| Grafton. 1t provides for change in the
| plan of taxation of the different Grand
Castles. According to the present law,
when the number Of members of 5urisdic-
ton amounts To 1000, the Grand Castle OF
that state ts required to pay only 500 to
the Supreme Castle annually thereafter. It
is proposed4to change this, so that each
Grand Castle will be required to pay to the
Supreme CastleJ4 cents per capita. regard
less Of the number of members the state
| may possesS If adopted this amendment
will. for instance, necessitate the payment
of s1,6So by Pennsylvania, instead OF $2So.
The advocates of the change declare that
| the present plan Is very unjust to small
jurisdictions.
Another matter of more than passing i'm
portance will be the annual election OF ON
GERS, which Isl booked to occur Thursday,
and a Star reporter was informed that a
spirited resistance will be made to the slate
of nominees that has been prepared. The
Supreme Castle will probably be In session
until Friday. although should night sessions
be held, which is far from likely, the END
might be reached by Thursday night Be
fore adjournment the scene OF the next an
nual meeting is to be selected ana IL, With
out any doubt, will he a western city.
a large representation OF the ladies' OF the
Golden Eagle are in attendance
Long before the time announced for the
castles to rendezvous the threatening
clouds disappeared and the day changed
to an ideal one for a parade. PENNSYLVANIA
formed on the right of the line, with the
other divisions in the following order: Dis
trict of Columbia, Maryland. delaware,
Ohio, New Jersey. Massachusetts, Name,
Connecticut and West Virginia Each di-
vision was headed by u band Of music, the
latter being with but few exceptions well
known local organizations rms parade
will be the last occasion that Lieut.. Gen.
I,Ol
branch of the order. The pageant was
niarshaled by Past Grand Chief e. l.. Toll
son OF this city.
Lieut. Gen. Siilz and Brig. Gen. II. P.
Raineclle were escorted to this city by the
Chosen Friends Commandery of Philadei-
phia. the officers of which are Geo. w.
Schultz, captain. and Walter H. Petty and
lily Metz, Heutenants. The band accom-
panying this commandery during the after
noon marched tC The Star office and sere-
naded the paper.
Doubt About the Drills.
From present appearances it is highly
probable that the competitive drills of the
sir knights will not materialize. The an
nouncen ent that the drills would take
place created not a little interest. especially
as d number of tempting prizes We're Of
fered.
just before the parade started this after
noon Lieut.. Gen. Gtilz stated to Star re-
Porter that he had not received up to that
time any entries in the drills. He added,
however, that some may be filed after the
parade is dismissed. In that event the cap
tains of the competing castles viii be per-
mtted to choose the drill ground. which
will PROBABLY be on the street in front of
the Arlington Hotel or on F street near
The Ebbitt House 1t Is necessary that the
drills take place this afternoon, if at all,
as many of the Communicates leave for
home this evening.