The San Francisco call., 1898-08-27
INSURANCE MATTER TANGLED
SOME OF THE SUPREME OPEL
 GERS ARE ELECTED.
Many Prizes Issued at Camp Coi- grove to Companies and Com manders of the Uniform
 Division.
Special Dispatch to The Call

 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. Zo.-!ie Supreme Lodge, Knights or Fythias' adjourned to-day's session at cloch this evening, after having elected ,he following officers: Supreme chahceiioi' Thomas Grample, Allegheny, "a, su preme vice-chancellor, ogden n. e'i, CTS, Wisconsin. The other ofllcers "Hl be elected tomorrow. The men electeu were on the slate of the present admir- istration.
 Much of the morning session or the Supreme Lodge was devoted 10 the consideration of the report or Jonn A. Hinsey, supreme organizer or the Ell dowment Rank, on the condition or lndl organization.
 Representative Shively moved that the report be printed. Friends or the official household objected to this step and the debate WaXed warm. hepre- sentatives Ritchie. Riddle ana mum Der of others supported MT. Sh1Vely s
 motion and it finally prevailed, after about two hours had been spent Ill dlS- cusSion. MT. Hinsey said afterWaros that he was willing to have the report printed.
 Vague rumors were floating about among the supreme representatives as
 
 Rank. This is the insurance branch Of the order and has 53,575 members, car rying insurance amounting to $9g, ,26l, oo0. The statement of the board or control shows the resources to be $o23,3f6 o2. IL Is charged that $91,7 ,798 16 is entangled in the affairs of defunct National Bank of Fort Worth, Texas, and noth- ing but a judgment against bondsmen represents this money. Also that the S236, ,127 39 invested in a hotel which is now in the hands of a receiver, is noth- ing more than a fifth lien on the prop erty.
 The committee appointed to investi- gate the charges made against the Su- preme officers has been in session two days, but it is not yet ready to report.
 The Rathbone Sisters to-day elected the following officers: Supreme chief, Mrs. Jeanette J. s. Newbert, Kansas City; supreme senior, Mrs. L. K. Sher- man, Cleveland, Ohio; supreme junior, Mrs. Dell F. Chaser, Fort Madison; su- preme manager, Mrs. Hattie A. Ky der, Indianapolis; supreme mistress Of records and correspondence Mrs. M. D. Wood, Kansas City: supreme mistress of finance, Mrs. Alexine Murray, Le- ence I. Shoff, Corsicana, Texas; su- preme guard, Miss Maggie Hewitt, Portland, Me.
 The Rathbone Sisters, after a spirit ed controversy, adopted an insurance feature similar tV the endowment rank of the Knights of Pythias. The Sisters also voted to affiliate with the Ma tional Council of Women, and elected Mrs. Ida M. Weaver of Boise City, Idaho, delegate to attend the meet ing at Omaha in October.
 Camp Colgrove is almost a thing or the past. The last formality was the award of prizes to-day as follows: Class A, first prize, $500; John Barr Glen Company, Eau Claire, Wis; sec ond prize, $1200, Terre Haute Qnd) Company No. 3; third prize, 5000; Kal- amazoo fMich.) Company No. 3; fourth S5, Alliance. Ohio; fifth prize, $500, Friendship Company No. 25, Covington, Ky. The general prize, valued at S1OO, for the best company commander Of this class, was awarded to Captain Con Terge of the John Bar Glen Company. Class B, first prize, $500, Occur Alene Company. Lancaster, Ohio; second prize, s400, Vigo Company No. s. Terre Haute, Ind. third prize, 500. Alpha Company No. 45, Louisville, Ky; fourth prize, $2O0. Jeffersonville Qnd) Company.
 The Jewel prize, valued at s100, for the best company commander in class B, was awarded to Benjamin F. Gray, captain of the Louisville company. The prize for the best troop of cavalry was awarded to the Burns Hussars of St. Joseph, Mo-, it having no competitors. The prize of S100, offered by Major General Carnahan, for the company of of the Uniform Rank having the larg- est percentage of it's members in the | parade and in the inspectios and re- view was awarded to company No. 43 of the Missouri brigade.
 The Pythan Sisterhood elected the following officers this afternoon: Past supreme chancellor, Mrs. George w. Bemis, Worcester, Mass; supreme chancellor, Mrs. H. P. Libbey, West Brook, Me; supreme vice chancellor, Mrs. w. A. Dillworth, Lincoln, Neb. supreme prelate, Miss Annie Mueller. i Providence, R. l.; supreme mistress of i the exchequer, Mrs. L. A. Small, Farm | ington, N. H.; supreme keeper of re- cords and seal, Mrs. George ". Adams, 1 Haverhill, Mass; supreme mistress-at- arms, Mrs. Robert Smith, Richmond, Ohio; supreme inner guard; Miss D. s. Boyd, Plain City, Ohio; supreme outer guard. Mrs. w. N. Douglass, Jersey | City, N. J.