The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-19
Indianapolis the Mecca of Pyth-
ians Next Week.
City Prepares to Entertain co.
900 Guests.
SUPREME LODGE MEET
RathbOne Sisters Will Assem-
BILE In Supreme Temple.
Program and Prizes For Com
petitiEe Drills.

which Knights of Pythias always look
forward with interest and which calls
together members Of the order from all
states Of the union and the most dis
tant territories wiH be inaugurated
here on Monday next with the meeting
OF the supreme lodge and the uniform
rank encampment and the biennial con-
vention of the Supreme Temple, Order
of Rathbone Sisters.
For three months local committees of
the order have been preparing for the
triune event, and advices from Knights
OF Pythias lodges throughout the coun-
try indicate that the attendance will be
the largest ever witnessed at such a
gathering. OF course, it is expected
that the adjoining states will send large
delegations Of sightseers, and the pro-
gramme for the encampment has been
arranged with a view to making it
specially attractive For the competi-
tive drills large prizes have been offer
co and so arranged by classes that
there Will be room for any uniform
rank to enter. The railroads are offer
ing inducements for attendance by Civ
ing special excursion rates, and it is
estimated that the feature days of the
event will bring not less than $4,000
people to this city.
Major General Carnahan, who is in
charge of the ARRANGEMENTS has is
sued orders which contain full direc-
lions and instructions for the encamp-
ment, and Haywood Park, an attractive
SflG just nOTLh the city, mas been
selected for the camping ground of the
sir knights, and will be known as
Camp COlgrOVe. The knights will be in
camp here one week, and tents have
been provided and camp outfits made
so that all may be supplied with every
possible convenience. The drill grounds
are just opposite the camp, and work
men are now engaged in smoothing
them off and removing everything that
would interfere in the least with the
movements Of the companies and regi-
ments.
Entertainments on a large scale have
been provided for, and receptions will
be given to the visitors by the other
secret societies here. The state sol
diers' and sailors monument will be
illuminated in accordance with designs
specially arranged for the occasion, and
nothing will be wanting either in dis
play or hospitality to make the week
an enjoyable one. The management
has prepared a beautiful souvenir badge
which will be of bronze and grOsgrain
silk ribbon and emblematic of the or
der, the city of Indianapolis and the
state of Indiana.
The great parade will occur on Tues
day and will be participated in by all
the brigades present, the column form
ing in order of seniority of the COM
manders of brigades and marching
through the city and around the sol
diers' monument, where it will be re-
viewed by the supreme chancellor, su-
preme and grand lodge officers, and
state, city and county officials. The
distance covered by the line of march
will be about two miles and along the
best shaded and smOOthest streets in
the city. In order to stimulate the
knights to attendance and participation
in the great parade several special
prizes have been offered, one of 800 by
General Carnahan to the company of
the uniform rank that attends the en-
campment and has the largest percent
age of it's entire membership in the
parade. This contest will not be open
to Indiana Communicates Brigadier
General James r. Ross offers a regula-
ton sword and belt to the commander
of the company in the Indiana brigade
who has the largest percentage OF his
company in line, and George A. Day
offers a regulation saber, belt and
sword knot to the regimenta1 COM
mander who has the largest percentage
of his regiment in line.
The competitive drill will begin on
Wednesday and continue from day to
day till all the companies entering have
been drilled. The several classes en-
brace all companies attending the en-
campment, all companies that have
never won prizes at a supreme lodge
encampment, all battalions consisting
of not less than four companies and
full complement of officers, and all cav
airy troops coming to the encampment.
A distance prize will be given to the
company of not less than tWenty-nine
officers and Sir knights travelling the
longest distance by most direct route
to attend the encampment. This prize
is s4OO. The prizes offered in the sew
eral drills are as follows:
Glass A-Open and free to all com
panies of the uniform rank: First prize,
for proficiency in drill, 81, 500; second
prize, for proficiency in drill $l,2OO;
third prize, for proficiency in drill 81
600; fourth prize, for proficiency IN drill,
$500; fifth prize, for proficiency in drill
$500; for best company commander,3eWeI
of honor, 800.
class B-Open to all companies that
have never won prize at a supreme
lodge encampment: First prize, for
for proficiency in drill, $500; third prize,
for proficiency in drill, $500; fourth
prize for proficiency in drill, $500; htth
prize, for proficiency in drill, 500; for
best company commander, JeWG oA
Battalion prize-For the best bait
talon drill by battalion consisting or
not less than four companies and fun
complement Of officers, $500, two or
more battalions to compete.
Cavalry prize-For the best troop or
cavalry participating in the competitive
drill $500; two or more troops TO com
pete and the same rules as to numbers
and participation in the general parade,
inspection and review are to be appleu
to infantry companies composing pat
While the drills will begin on Wed
nesday, it is not expected that they
will be completed before Saturday, as
there are LnlGIy-lLIGS COlA1I'ea1lASSs
battaIions and three troops of cavalry
entered The drills will be for points.
and the Carnahan drill regulations OF
the uniform rank will govern them.
The meeting of the supreme lodge
will bring to the city a large number
of prominent knights from all parts OF
the country outside of those VINO at
tend the encampment proper, ana the
assembling of the supreme temple OF
| the Rathbone Sisters will bring large
| delegation of ladies. Both viii elect OF
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