The San Francisco call., 1895-05-24
UNIFORM RANK CHEERED
Spectators Fill the Sidewalks
and Windows of Alvarado
Street.
SUMMARY OF THE NEW LAWS.
The Rathbone Sisters Elect Their
New Officers and Adjourn for
the Year.

MONTERREY, CAL, May 2I-The streets
of Monterey were well filled with visitors
to-day. All morning conveyances of every
description poured into town from all
directions. Extra cars brought in hun
dreds from the immediate neighborhood.
The occasion for all this extra excitement
was the grand parade which was to take
place at 10 A. NJ.
The parade, which was nearly mile in
length, was big success, and the maneu-
vers of the Uniform Rank brought forth
great applause froz.i the thousands of spec
tators. Every inch of the sidewalk was
occupied, and people could be seen
crowded in the store doors and windows
along Alvarado street. The parade started
from the city plaza, marched to the lower
end of town, around the old custom-house,
and then back to headquarters.
At2 2P. NJ. the Grand Lodge convened for
the fourth day. The session throughout
the afternoon was the busiest yet held
and was prolonged two hours on account
of the long arguments and debates on i'm
portant subjects. The new constitution
was taken up and the following were some
of the new laws adopted:
The payment of weekly benefits was
made compulsory, the rates being left to
the discretion of the lodges, but the mini
mum rate being fixed at 81.
Hereafter the Grand Lodge will accept
no personal bonds from the grand officers,
but the bonds must be from some surety
company.
Those for grand keeper of the records
and seals was fixed at $4,000 and that of the
grand master at $4,000.
The mileage of the Grand Lodge dele
gates was raised to 10 cents, but the propo-
sition to pay 81 per diem was defeated.
A law was also passed that any member
being five months delinquent was entitled
to no vote or benefits.
In the adoption of the new constitution
all amendments to the same must lie over
a year, and must be acted upon by the sub.
ordinate lodges, whose representatives will
report their actions to the Grand Lodge.
II was resolved that the grand vice chan.
cellor shall assist the grand chancellor in
all his work SO as to divide the labors.
The subordinate lodges are allowed the
free use Of all funds, other than trust
funds, for the purchase of building sites
and the construction of lodge halls. The
lodge adjourned until 8 A. NJ. tomorrow.
The Rathbone Sisters spent most of the
day in drilling for the exemplitication OF
their work before the Grand Lodge OF
Knights of Pythias tonight. Conse-
quently little business was accomplished,
save the election of officers. There were
some pretty close ballots this year, but the
election was not as lively as that of the
knights.
The first session convened at $50 A. M.
The Grand Lodge degree was conferred on
Mrs. Rogers of Salinas.
The following officers were then elected
Grand chief, Mrs. NJ. H. Weldon of Grass
Valley, who was unanimously reelected
grand senior, Lydia Monroe of Riverside
grand junior, Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald; grand
manager, Mrs. Ada Merguire of Oakland,
reelected; grand mistress of records and
correspondence, Mrs. Louise Holmes, re.
elected; grand mistress of finance, Clarabel
Farno of Oakland.
The grand chief then appointed Juliet
Stibbens of Riverside grand protector and
Mrs. Kate Lewis grand outer guard.
For supreme representative Mrs. Mad.
dern of Oakland and Mrs. Katzenstein OF
Sacramento were elected, the former fol
four and the latter for two years.
A vote Of thanks to the executive COM
mittee was then rendered, and the fifth an
nual session of the Rathbone Sisters was
closed for the year.