The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-27
knights of Pythias.

Tomorrow will be the great day in
the history of the order of knights of
Pythias in this domain. The event of
most interest is the dedication Of the
new castle hall in the Union block on
Main street. The Knights will occupy
the top floor of the building formerly
used by the Odd Fellows. The rooms,
seven in number, have been entirely
renovated, painted and decorated
throughout and are now as fine lodge
rooms as any in the city. The large
room to be used for degree work has
been decorated very lavishly: the fresco
work on the ceiling is most artistic and
was done by julius Meyer The por-
tiers are rich and gorgeous and the
pictures, notices and emblems on the
walls have a very pleasing effect, while
an immense and costly banner forms d
handsome background for the chancel-
lor commanders seat. The stations of
the other lodge officers are tastefully
and suitably arranged, and the floor Is
covered with rich velvet carpet:
The next largest room is the pam
ouetting hall, facing on Main street
II is handsomely fitted up and richly
carpeted. The other apartments are
ante rooms and rooms for keeping the
paraphernalia, which are neatly ana
commodiously arranged and the noors
covered with Brussels and velvet car
pets. .o
The furnishings of all the rooms are
new. very substantial and elegant
The furniture used in the old castle on
Richards streets was sold and entire
oa,v material nut in all the rooms.
The order has taken a ten years tease
On the castle hall and almost SLOUO
has been expended on the fittings ana
decorations so that the knights nave
a comfortable and elegant home where
all branches of the order in the city
will hold their meetings.
The dedicatory exercises on Tuesday
evening will be of an exceedingly IN
teresting nature the programme 1or
which will appear in The Herald OF
tomorrow morning. The Pythians are
to be congratulated on their good Ior-
time. energy and perseverance. 1t IS
understood that great amount OF
degree work is to be done right away,
every lodge having many new mem
hers to initiate just as soon as they
get settled down in the new quar-
tiers.
The dedication committee has spared
no pains in making elaborate arrange
ments for the occasion. The commit
tee is composed of F. A. Vincent e. g.
O'Donnell, T. NJ Patton, E. w. Duncan
and ]. B. Morton.
The parade will be one of the prin-
cipal feature of the day. 1t will be
under the direction of Captain w. w.
Hall. The procession will form in front
of the old hall on Richards street about
5:45 D. m. headed by the Knights of
Pythias band, consisting of thirty-seven
pieces lead by Anton Peterson. The
first piece that the band will play will
be the March of Pythias," composed
by the leader. The band will be fol-
lowed by the Grand lodge officers after
which will come the uniformed men,
one hundred in line, five hundred
Knights bringing up the rear.
The line of march is as follows:
From Richards street east on First
South to Main, north on Main to South
Temple, counter march down Main to
Third South, thence east on Third
South to the Knutsford, thence north
on State to Second South, thence west
on Second South to Main and down
Main to the new hall.
The gentlemen who have worked so
hard to make the dedication a success
are:
From Myrtle lodge No l, Messrs.
Horlick, Vincent and Meyer.
From Rocky Mountain No. 8, Messrs.
Kirkham, Patton and Senior.
From Calanthe No. 5, Messrs. Some
decker Morton and Osmond.
From Monitor No. IL, Messrs. Har-
rington, Erickson and O'Donnell.
From Zion No. Il, Ed. w. Duncan, c.
c. Slade and Shepherd.
AS was announced in last Mondays
Herald would be the case, none of the
subordinate lodges met with one ex-
ception. Calanthe had well attended
meeting at which one candidate was
knighted. The remainder of the week
was spent in removing the effects of
the lodges down to the new hall.
The knights are going to lose one of
their highly respected members in the
person of Captain w. w. Hall. Mr..
Hall is captain of the uniform rank of
this city. He will tender his resigna-
ton to that body tonight. Mr.. Hall,
who is going down to Mexico for the
benefit Of his health, has engaged a re-
sponsible man to carry on his busi-
ness during his absence.
G. C. John P. Meakin and G. K. R.