The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-25
KNIGHTS OF PYIAIAS.

Saprhns Lodge Getting Down 70 RaFh.
Investigating Charges AgalnGt SupteIns
nfli isS7i'-COmbeIli.Vs nFlItO.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Aug. A.-Ths
supreme lodge Knights OF Pythias went
into executive session at o'clock thls
morning and adjourned at 12 o'clock.
Much routine business was transacted,
committees were appointed and reports
were referred. The representatives have
begun to get ready for the hard work
which ls before them,
Representative Gale, Of Bassachu-
sctts, resigned from the investigating
committee, appointed yesterday. and
George NJ. Hanson, OF Maine, was ap-
pointed to fill the vacancy. Represents
tive Bangs. of North Dakota, was made
chairman of the committee and the
members adjourned to begin their work.
The committee was ordered to report to-
morrow morning and 1t has great
amount Of labor before II. An etfort
will be made to fnd out the author OF
the reports circulated against the ofli-
GERS of the supreme lodge, and all those
who It Ia thought can throw any light
on the subject will be summoned before
the committee. and asked to give any
information that they may have.
Supreme Chancellor colgrove ap-
pointed John Fl. Alexander, Of Virginia,
and William B. Gale. of Massachusetts,.
supreme tribuues. These appointments
are for six years Representative Gale
succeeds George zay. of Tennessee.
Supreme Chancellor Colgrove also ap-
pointed the following committee u cone
slider the question OF changes Of the SUI
preme trlbunal:Reprtsentatlye Kuehnte,
of Iowa; clazback. of Michigan; Far
rington, Of Maine; Bottom, of New IeF-
sey, and Weed. Of Wisconsin This
committee was asked to consider the re-
port of the supreme chancellor on the
supreme tribunal and go into the Ques-
tIon thoroughly, particularly the propo-
sltion to cut down the size Of the tribu-
nal to three members.
AT Camp colgrove to-day the drills
began. In class A the three companies
that drilled were No. .. of kalamazoo;
yellow Cross No. IS, Of Alliance, Ohio.
and No, 2s, Of Ottawa, Illinois. The
drills took place at Newly oval, near
Camp colgrove. The first prize In this
class is $500; second, 1920; third
81 900 and fourth $500.
This afternoon a cavalry drill was
put up by the st. Joseph. No, Hussare,
the only troop entered. The prize Y
$500 and Il ID a question whether 1t VIII
be awarded since there was no compe-
titlon. Several thousand people Wit
messed the drills. At the session Of the
Rathbone sisters to-day. twenty-siS
past grand chiefs took the supreme
Temple degree. At Masonic hall this at-
ternoon the Noblesvllle, Ind. temple and
paris temple, OF Cincinnati, competed
for the prizes in the exemptttfcaton Of
rittialistIc work. The Knights OF Khor-
assam elected the following officers to-
day:
ton, Philadelphia.
Imperial pFince-John A. Kinney, ,chl-
imperial Basha-Iames 6. owen, Ey-
'II Imperial Kadl-H. E. Parker tFs
N1leTSi imperial secretary-H. W. Bedding.
st, Louis.
den City, Iowa.
imperial Adool-A. ]. Hess, Sidney. Q.
Imperial Faklr-J. j. Sawyer, Coving-
In Imperial trustee, Cslx Charles
A. Poland, Columbus, Ohio.
Four years-H. Schahner. San Fran
cisco.
one of the big social events of the en-
campment was the public reception
given tonight in the state capital Gov
ernor Mount and-the other state officers
assisted. The attendance was large,
Killed tu n Glencfai Row.