The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-20
Brigad'er General Lyon, all officers and

brlgad'er General Lyon, al Objects dllu
Stairs being mounted.
| Colonel Amidon and staff followed al
! the head of the Third regiment, they be-
| ing given the place of honor in the par
ade among the regiments. The First
regiment followed. but without their
commanding officer. who unfortunately
was unable to be present.
The Second regiment Of the uniformed
Knights, followed in order, in charge Of
the lieutenant colonel A. B. Hedrick, and
staff mounted as were all the other Of
ficers. After these came the Second regi-
ment band, and the boys put up not on
ly a good appearance, but rendered fine
music as We'll. The Guthrie band boys
were more numerous, and were resplen-
dent in their dress suits, but they did
not surpdss the boys of the Second regi-
ment in the quality of their music.
The grand lodge officers followed on
foot. accompanied by the other MEM
bers Then came Colonel a. P. Riddle
in an open barouche. The colonel was
in excellent spirits TO a greater degree
than usual, and all along the line OF
march he bowed graciously and fire.
quently to his friends upon both sides OF
the street.
After the long line Of Pythian brothers
who do not belong TO the Uniform Rank,
the Grand Lodge Of Rathbone Sisters
came in carriages, and accompanying
them were many of the members of the
ladies' order
The parade formed upon North Fourth
avenue and passed south to Douglas
avenue, thence west 20 Market, thence
north TO Elm, west 70 Main, south TO
Douglas, east to Market, south to Will
lam, north TO Douglas. and passing the
Eagle Office a second time, proceeded on
east TO Fourth, thence north to the All
ditor'um where the parade started.
When the knights were on Douglas
avenue Immediately in front of the
Eagle Office at their first time Of pass
ng,they halted and formed in open order
upon either side Of the street, allowing
the Rathbone Sisters TO pass through
while every knight uncovered as they
passed through.
After returning to the Auditorium, the
Uniform Rank entered the building and
completed what little business remained
10 be finished. The Grand Lodge OF
Rathbone Sisters were driven TO the
east steps of the government building,
where they were photographed by Fred
Baldwin. the K. P. grand lodge were
photographed the day before at the same
place.
The parade was very pretty one; the
red plumes and shining accoutrements
of the Uniform Rank making a pretty
sight in the warm sunlight. which was
quite warm enough. The prancing and
curvetting horses in the line added just
enough variety TO the scene to make il
attractive.
LADIES WORK COMPLETED.
The Grand Tempe Of Rathbone Sisters
displayed a better capacity for business
than their masculine brethren ir. complet-
ing the work OF the grand temple before
they did. They may have had less of 1:
TO do. but nevertheless they finished up
sooner.
A, o'clock yesterday morning the
gran0 lodge met in the 1. o. Q. F. hall on
North Mair street, where all the meetings
Of the aides have been held, and went 20
work rhey continued in session nearly
all day but finished the work in hand in
time 10 take their place in the parade of
the Afternoon.
The routire work was quite ,engthy.
and consisted 70. tie greater part in al
tering the laws Of the order 50 as 10 con-
form with the changes made by the SUI
oreme Grand Temple which met in Cleve-
land last August There were no radical
changes ma =. tuf the ~o-S consumed
much time and IL was necessary TO go
over II carefully.
The election Of the rev officers % the
Grand Temple consumed a fair share of
the time, Of course. There were several
candidates in the field for each Of the
Offices, and although the contests were
lively. they we're marked for their alb
sence C ungenerous rivalry. Each one
seemed recdv TO sacrifice her individual
honors for the good OF the temple il occa-
sion demanded. The successful, candidates
we're as follows:
Gland Ch:sf-Mrs. Mamie HoIcratr Of
T"resa.
Grand Senior-Mrs. Clara NJ. Nicol OF
Co'by.
Grand Junior-Mrs. Mary A. Brown o. !
CnaauIe.
Grand Manager-Mrs. Ada Cuibertson |
o. Io,s.
Grand Mistress OF Records and Cores |
non ierce-Mrs. Mary V. Higgins ~ Bur |
.irg.on.
Grand Mistress % Finance-Mrs. Min |
ME Neisant OF LeavenTo-th.