The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-24

Throwing Doubt on che Honesty Of the
Supreme OmeerS.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Aug. ss.-The
biennial encampment of the KnIghts OF
Pythias, in point of attendance, Is sue
cessful beyond expectation. The execu-
tive committee on last Friday estimated
the attendance at 10000. but to-day care
fuI estimates secured from railroad Off
clals show that since Saturday $4,000
people have been brought to the city.
The attendance exceeds that at the G.
A. R. encampment held here several
years ago. There are not as many mem
bers Of the uniform rank as expected,
but the members OF the subordinate
lodges are here in greater numbers than
at any meeting before. Officers at .the
Union avecommentedonth the fact
that there are about four rwomenandchiI-
dren to one man. A greater number of
people have passed through the Union
station gates than ever before in the
clty's history In the same time.
The great important feature Of to-
days programme was the big parade,
participated in by all the uniform rank
and subordinate lodges. Careful esti-
mates place the number of men in line
at $1,000, of which 10000 were members
of the uniform rank, led by Major GEN
eral carnahan. Governor Mount rode a
horse in the parade.
The weather was intensely hot and
several hundred, all told, were forced at
different times, to leave the parade. The
great body of men began to move from
Camp colgrove at 2:SO, reaching the re-
viewing stand at the court house on
Washington street at $3.50. It required
two hours for the parade, twelve men
abreast, to pass a given point. At the
court house the PythIan army was re-
Viewed by Supreme Chancellor Col
grove.
Supreme Lodge COnVsnss.
Next to the parade. the most import
ant event to-day was the cnnvenIng of
the supreme lodge in the house OF rep
resentatlves at o'clock. Welcoming
addresses were made by Governor
Mount and Major Taggart and Supreme
Chancellor colgrove, who spoke on be-
half of the lodge.
During the business session the reports
of the officers were distributed.
The Knights Of Khorasssn held no
session today on account OF the parade.
The supreme tribunal began It's sessions
and will continue throughout the week.
No cases OF Importance were considered
to-day.
The Rathbone held the first business
session to-day, with fun attendance,
and the reports OF officers were received.
This evening q reception was given at
the Hotel English by Supreme Chief Ida
NJ. Weaver. During the day there was
competitive eXempllhcations of ritualls-
tic work.
The Pythiar slsterhood viii not get
down TO work until tomorrow. The
prize driNs wils begin tomorrow at
Newby Oval, near Camp Colgrove, and
the uniform rank will be inspected.
Caused sensation.
The supreme lodge is in poor flnan-
clal condition, having less than $4,000
ON hand, and this fact has caused some
of the members TO severely crlticlse the
present supreme officers, and some OF
these charges found their way into the
public press, causing n great sensation.
The supreme lodge late this afternoon
appointed an investigation committee to
ascertain who furnished the charges to
the papers, and It Is the intention to eX-
pesl the offending member not only
from the supreme lodge but from the or
der. and there is talk OF suits against
the papers that printed the charges. 1t
ia this condition OF affairs that has
caused a determination on the part OF
the supreme lodge to change the man
ner Of raising revenues for the supreme
lodge. II Is the intention TO have passed
at the beginning OF each supreme lodge
meeting an appropriation bill similar TO
the bills passed by congress and the
state legislatures, and TO raise this
money q tax VIII be levied on each mem
Der Of the order. There is considerable
opposltion to this plan and hot hight
Is anticipated. The officers OF the su-
preme lodge will be elected Thursday
morning and hard fight Is being made
nEninSt the present inCumbents, but It
is Thought they will be reelected, except
that Charles II. Shvely, Of Richmond,
Ind, Is leading for the position OF vice
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