Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-17

hnl8nk9 OF PytniaS. IL Wa9 IN keeping
with the eternal fitness Of things that
the order should have IT. origin In the
capital Of our country Just at the close
Of our Civil War. ItB ranks are COM
posed Of the best citizens of the towns
and cities throughout the whole Of the
United States and Canada. and no
other civic order has contributed 20
many OF Its ranks to our volunteer
soadiery. SBut the Pythian soldiers
have no immunity against Illness;
therefore, the knights of Chattanooga.
headed by Supreme Representative, DR.,
f. b. Wise. has opened Pythian hos
pital for the accommodation Of such
of their brothers as may become iii
while IN camp at Chickamauga Park.
While THE military hospitals are ably
providing for the sick, an auxiliary in
stitution on the infirmary plan, as the
Pythian hospital Is intended to be, Is
of great Importance. Away from the
noise incident to camp life, under the
ministrations Of trained nurses, sisters,
whose bright smiles and gentle touch
are the sunshine and elixir Of life, in
the midst Of brothers on whose friend
ship they can explicitly rely. even I'M
til DEATH the sick soldier IL the re-
cipient of those little delicate atten-
tions that are so largely conducive to
recovery and which make the whole
world kin.
well chosen-no better could be found
in the city-and the medical staff is
composed of prominent physicians. all
of them knights. The management
has petitioned the lodges of the State
for financial aid, and would be pleas
ed to receive assistance from members
Of the order throughout the supreme
domain, as the amount of good accom-
plished will depend largely upon the
voluntary offering made by brother
Knights with which to carry on the
work.
The Improvement of a permanent
character that are being made at
Camp Thomas would seem to indicate
that, at least. a large portion OF the
volunteer soldiery are likely to be
months, and so long as the soldiers re-
MAN,, the Pythian hospital will be
necessity.
The first patient admitted to the hos
pital was from far away Maine; others
have been. and are being cared for
from Dakota, Illinois. Ohio, Iowa.
Massachusetts, and Montana"
1t will be remembered that in 1897 the
departments of insurance Of the States
of Maine, Massachusetts,, Missouri and
Rhode Island, caused an investigation
to be made into the affairs of the Bay
State Beneficiary Association, and that
company made to be placed in the
hands Of receivers, as it was found to
be in a very bad condition. At that
time the company had 800 policy hold
ers in the State of Maine. with $685.
600 of insurance. Now it seems posi-
BILE that the creditors of the company
may receive larger dividends than was
expected,as suit has been brought by the
receivers for 100000 against each Of
the three sets Of directors who had OPP
Grated the company.
The Boston Transcript under the date
Of 'Augp$t2, contained in part the fol-
lowing in regard to the matter:
Receivers of the defunct Bay State
Beneficiary Association, yesterday,
took the long expected legal steps to
bring to account those whom they sus-
pect of having managed the affairs of
the association for private profit. rath-
er thanfor the benefit ofthe policy hold
ers. They filed three suits in equity at
Springfield. against the three sets of
managers in charge at different times.
their intention being to recover for the
benefit Of the policy holders about
$1OO, 1000, which they assert must have
been illegally diverted from the funds
Of the association, to the purses of the
men managing the association. Two
attachments Of $10O, 900 each have been
filed against the property Of r. w.
Parks of Westfield, who was the lead
ing spirit in the first and third boards
of directors.
1.-The receivers while they have been
in charge of the association, have gone
through the affairs very thoroughly.
and they have found strong evidences
that there have been q series of illegal
actions by which those interested in
the management have been benefited.
They claim that under the law by
which the company came into existence
the management had no more right to
dispose of the money outside the ac-
tual expenses than any other member:
yet they constantly did this, dividing
immeasurable sums among themselves,
and finally raising the assessments for
expense accounts and invading the
mortuary fund for their own benefit.
Beside 1t is claimed they put through
a scheme to freeze out the original
members of the company. The man.
agement has some strong documentary
proof in it's possession. The receivers
say this is a case where the parties
should be put on their defence. 1t
has seemed necessary to make all the