The age-herald., 1898-08-27
THE PYTHIANS ELECT OFFICERS Thomas G. Sample Chosen as Supreme i. Chancellor.
 VAGUE RUM0RS AfL0AT Concerning the Condition of the En- b dOWmtnt Rank. THE COMMITTEE OF INTERPRETATION To Look Into Charges Made Against
 the Supreme Officers is Not Yets Ready to Render E aReport.
THE COMMITTEE OF INvEsflGATIOI

Indianapolis. August 26.-The supreme lodge Knights of Pythias adjourned today s session at p. m., after having elected the following officers:
 Supreme chancellor Thomas G. Sample of Allegheny, Pa.
 Supreme vice-chanceilor, ogden H. Feth- CTS of Wisconsin.
 The other officers will be elected tomor- row. The men elected were on the slate of the present administration.
 At the first session of the supreme lodge on Tuesday a resolution was passed asking that a complete and detailed report of the condition of the endowment rank be made at once. The secretary explained that thls could not be done without sending to Chi cago for the data, and accordingly the su- preme lodge asked that this be done This morning Hinsey was on hand with his re- port. It was read and a motion was made that it be adopted.
 Representative Shievely moved that the report be printed. Friends of the official household objected to this step, and the debate waXed wal -n. RepresentaiVes Rlchie and Riddle and number of others sup ported MT. Shievey's motion, and it finally prevailed after over two hours had been sben, in discussion. Vague rumors were floating about among the supreme representative today as 10 tue condition of the endowment rank Inls Is fine insurance branch of the order and mas 5j .579 members, lying insurance amount ipg to $S9 ,261,oOO. Board of Control
 jThe statement of the board of control
 shows the resources to be $552, ,634.2o. It
 is charged that S91, ,91716 is entangied in the flffairs of a defunct national bank Of Fort Worth, Tex, and nothing but Judgment against bondsmen represents this money. l. Also that the S263 127.39 invested in a hotel sbuilding property at Chicago, which IS now Fin the hands of a receiver, is nothing more than a fifth lien on the property The ru- rhors are as yet vague and indefinite. This was the meaning of the resolution ihtroducea in the supreme lodge by Dr. Sutphen. of Ohio iThe committee appointed to investigate charges made against the supreme officers has been in session two days. but Is not kready to report. F The Rathbone Sisters to-day elected the following officers | Supreme Chief, Mrs. Janet Rubers, Kan 2sas City.
 Supreme Manager, Mrs. Hattie A. Ryder, Indianapolis.
 Supreme MlStreSS or lecoIuS anu Noiio spondence, Mrs. M. D. Woods, Kansas City.
 sSupreme Protector, Mrs. Florence J. Shoff, Corsicana, Tex.
 Camp Colgrove is almost thing Of the past The last formality was the award or Fsprizes to-day as follows: Class A. first prize S1,500-John Barr Glenn Company, Eau Claire, Wis
 Second prize, $1 $1,2OO-Terre Haute, Ind, Company No 3. Third prize, $1,OoO-Kalamazoo, Mich | Company No. g. E Fourth prize, sSOO-Lellow Cross Company No. s5, Alliance, Ohio. Fifth prize, $60O-Friendship Company No. 25, Covington, Ky. The prize for the best troop of cavalry was awarded to the Burns and Ushers, of | St. Joseph, Mo-, it having no competitors.