The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-08
KNIGHTS OF PYTHlAS.
Joint Installation of Officers and Adj
dresses by Orators of the Lodges.

Joint Installation of Officers and Adj
dresses by Orators of the Lodges.
The knights of Pythias of Butte held
a joint installation of officers at the
lodge rooms in West Broadway last
night. followed by banquet at which
over 200 sat down to bountiful spread.
The installations were conducted by
Deputy Grand Chancellor Sig. Schilling.
a large number of visiting Knights
were present, including a delegation of
about 20 from Anaconda and represent
tatives from Helena. Missoula, Great
Falls. Belt, Whitehall Boulder and
other places. Grand Chancellor John NJ.
Evans of Missoula, Grand Keeper of
Records and Seals Jacob Loeb of Hell
ena and Grand Trustee Schuck of Hell
ena were among the visitors. The Off
GERS of three lodges were installed as
follows:
Ivanhoe lodge No. 5-Comnander
chancellor. J. p. Hensler: vice chancel-
Tor, George McCutcheon; prelate, George
X. Davies master of the eXchequer
John G. Evans. master of finance, s. K.
White, master of arms. w. J. league:
master of work. Melvin Gregg: inside
guard, f. Fl. Walker; outside guard
w II. Roberts; keeper of records and
seal, j. X. Creighton: trustees. J. 5.
Hammond, James Tachell. F. H.
Walker
Oswego lodge No. 9-Commander
chancellor. j. r. Ross. vice chancellor,
I. r. Wilson; prelate. George Rowson:
master of work, Robert McCarroll:
keeper of records and seals, c. H.
Smith; master Of finance, George p.
Mennie: master of eXchequer, Andrew
Mattson; master at arms Henry Wal
ters: inner guard, Allen w. Giberson:
outer guard, w. L. Allen: retiring com
mander chancellor. Elmer Snavely.
Damon lodge No. Past chancellor,
NJ ittx. oh.
Howell: vice chancellor. john Morris
prelate, j. b. Cops: master Of ex-
chequer, Harry Blumkin; keeper of rec
ords and seals A. n. Yoder. master of
finance, Sig. Schilling: master of arms.
+. X. Cox; master of work. j. ID. Vac
cherie: inner guard George Forsythe,
outer Guard. William Moffett
After the installation the knights and
some invited guests attended the ban
quet. James b. Gallagher acted as
postmaster. DR. Holmes read an orr
ginal poem and Sam Mayer gave sew
eral recitations. after which Grand
Chancellor Evans delivered an able ad-
dress on the order and said that if he
should select a body of men with whom
he would feel more at home than with
another he would choose q body Of
Montana Pythians. He said no man
could be a Pythian and live up to the
precepts Of the order and not be a bel
ter citizen. The line between fraternal
societies and churches. he said. was
very narrow. Mr.. Evans spoke about
the sentiment embodied in the story of
Damon and Pythias and said il was
such a sentiment that impeled the peo-
pie of Montana a few days ago to re-
spond so quickly and literally to the
cry of suffering Cubans, and he said II
there We're more of such sentiment in
Butte there would be more murderers
hung in this community In his address
he referred to the Mosaic law of an eye
for an eye.
The speaker who followed him was
Rabbi Eisenberg, and he repudiated the
assertion often made that the eye for
an eye idea belonged to Moses but de-
clared il was a law of the brutal and
barbarous Romans. In the course of an
able address the rabbi also declared
that Christ never gave expression to
such a sentiment as Believe and be
save; doubt and be damned Such a
sentiment was antagonistic to the
teachings of Christ as was the eye for
an eye idea antagonistic to the teach
ings of Moses. The rabbi hoped for a
universal religion. united brotherhood
of man. and thought the Pythian
brotherhood was advancing along that
line. 1t was long after ] o'clock this
morning when the banquet was con
Guided.