The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-23
BRILLIANT EVENT
The K. of P. Grand Lodge Concludes a
Very Interesting Meeting.
BOHEMIAN HAS THE REMNANT
Anaconda Enters the Lists Merely
to Exhibit-Jacob Loeb Elected
for the Sixth Time Keeper
of Records and Seals.


Pythias grand lodge meeting closed |
this evening, and was followed by a !
grand ball at Renshaw hall in honor |
of the visiting knights. The hall was |
crowded with a brilliant assemblage
and IL was a grand event in every
sense of the word, and formed fitting
close to one of the most satisfactory
grand lodge meetings in the history OF
the order
The election of grand lodge officers
was the principal business transacted
at the forenoon session, and IL re-
| suited
, Grand chancellor. DR.. J. s. Ham
mond, Butte; grand vice chancellor. i.
]. Porter. Miles City; grand prelate. W.
L. Wright, Butte; grand keeper of rec
ords and seals. Jacob Loeb, Helena;
grand master of cXche'uer, Charles
Wegner. Great Falls; grand master-at-
arms. w. H. Orr, Helena; grand inner
guard. J. II. Lemly, Glendive; Grand
outer guard, J. II. Cummings. sand
Coulee; supreme representative, G. ,.
Whitney, Miles City; grand trustee,
John w. Stanton, Great talls; Sraha
X. of r. and S. Jacob Loeb was re-
| elected 10 that office for the sixth time
| The petition from the uniformed rank
| asking that the grand lodge meetings
| be held hereafter in the faii instead OF
| early in the summer la order 10 kNe
| them an opportunity for drill, was le-
ceived and discussed at cons'deraDle
length IL was decided to hold the
lodge meetings in the future ON Inc
fourth Tuesday in June OF each year.
| Bozeman was elected as the place Tor
, holding next years meeting.
The grand lodge statutes were re,
| ferred to committee, Whlch VIII
change them to conform with the re-
cent proceedings of the supreme Lodge
| and then present them 10 the grand
chancellor for FORMULATION.
The competitive drill for the cfam
pionship banner and cash prizes tcof
= Mace at the athletic grounds and va'
witnessed by all the grand lodge ON
| GERS and visiting members as well al
Q | nv a large crowd Of Butte people. lit
contest was between the AnacoEoa al
! vision, last years champions, anu lh
Eozeman company, and the latter VII
tualIv had a walk over. The condition
of the competition were that each dlVls
ion must consist Of "A men ana liNS oii'
GERS, and that each should nave 10 min
utes in which to execute the l'rescrloe
movements. The judges were MAJ
r. II. Cook, Capt T.. w. WyIne an
Adiutant George f. Marsh of the Mon
tana National Guard. The AnacCno
division entered the field with only
}. men and five officers, which Nlrtuali
barred them from the contest ana the
der to make a competition ana Tor Ut
benefit of the spectators. They ON
Ae drilled for about 20 minutes ana u
y. | Judges kept no record OF their perform
IN ance. -, -,
they were compelled to omit the al
nlaY movements, including the formln
of crosses, triangles and squares, al
most of the platoon movements. Wh'
n they did. however, they did very we
and their sword exercise was HS We.
fair The expressions of regret oN
rd the fact that the Smelter City knlgh
VS. did not have a full division were VI
versal. Had their company been II
there is no doubt that they would ma
to had much more credltaple snoWll
Nv. and pushed BoZeman hard for M
tz- The Knights from the Pride OF ia
Gallatin" then took the held win
full division and were received WI
TX | hearty applause. They went throu
-is' the different evolutions and moNemer
with military precision and complet
the list of maneuvers in 80 mlhuu
Their sword exercise was very neal
perfect, and the intricate display mo'
ments were admirably performed. IN
. made one trifiing mistake in torml
tn TO the front instead OF the rear
ay' All of the other evolutions were &c
through with in a manner whlch e.
L tied alike the praise or the Judges q
the aDplauSe of the spectators
manner in which Captain Steele hi
y. died his men also attracted gr
L deal of praise. and members or the
vision had good cause to be proud
him. The Bozeman knights are
rms looking and well drilled lot of men
fac they presented very soldierly appe
ance Before they were half
through with the movements II beca
18th apparent that they were the wlnn'
ing, and the Anaconda Knights chee
them as heartily as any one. AZ
close of their performance the Jud
awarded them the championship
r of | the remnant. Their total average
can $40. =
A. Walker presented the ban
IN the Bozeman division in
;fer eneecb. which was appropriately
'teIv sponded to by George +. Barnaby.
following is a list of the chamI
Bozeman division:
n. ID. steele, sir knight, captain
any p Newbury. sir knight. heuten'
inch Iobn i. ingram. sir knight, her
o of John T. DAZZLING. sir knight, gut
tab Tap,es w. brennan. sir knight. Sc
.tter nj. Sir knights w. Caldwell, w
Au- Rrandenburg. Ed. ID. Ellis, II. ). g
only ~ John Robertson. G. F. Fransh
ont, y A. Maxwell. II. II. Hodgson ia
I by McTaggart Frank Griffin, John
<av. W. B. Bessey. G.. W. Henke
I RAMSEY. W. Holloway, Jonas I
laiiy darson. Al Ristrom, W. G.. AleXan
ume G. T. Stahl. Ed T. Rich. c. +. 80
ltte' y. r. King, F. w. Nreeland.
Gar ~ -.
INTERESTING LETTER.