Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-27

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fifteen knights of Pythias present for
| no one can be a member of the dramatic
| order unless a Pythian I'm good standing.
| National or imperial officers were selected,
| and imperial constitution and statutes
| adopted and the order started well on its
| way. The palace again assembled IN 1886
| at Cleveland. Ohio. Two-scorc temples
| were then represented. and IL was then
| determined that the meetings 81 the I'm
| perial Palace should be held bennially and.
i as far as possible. NJ the same time and
| place as the sessions OF the Supreme Lodge
| OF the knights Of Pythas. Two years
| later, in accordance with this plan. the
| palace met at Indianapolis. There were
eighty temples that reported. and they rep
/ resented a membership Of about 1000,
| knights The next meeting of the Imperial
| Palace will he held at Detroit Mich. i'm
| 1902 when an immense progross both In
| scope of work and in point of membership.
| viii be aitested.
John Adams Hinsey.
The head of the order that has So doomed
! up IS one Of the most important Of the
| fraternal organizations Of the country is
John Adams Hinsey of Chicago the i'm
! perial prince Mr.. Hinscy has been at the
! head Of the u. q. X. X. since It's inception
| four yeas ago aud was for many years
! the highest factotum Of the Knights of
| Pythias in the state of Wisconsin. He has
| long been member OF the supreme Lodge
| OF the PythianS. ana now Is president of
| the Endowment Rank. the insurance fea-
ture of the knights. He occupies an i'm
| portant office with The Chicago. Minneap-
| OILS and St Paul railroad and has been con-
| nected with that road for many years
| over forty years. He is about fifty-eight
years old. He enjoys national reputation
| among the Pythlans and is one Of the most
| jovial, gocd-hearted men in the whole or
! der. Mr.. lIinsey is afflicted with deafness
| and on all matters in the Pythian meetings
! he has to be spoken to In loud voice.
| Fellow Pythians tell story on him. how
| ever. that the only occasion when there
was an exception to this rule was at In
| dianapolis last year. He was sitting I'm
| his room at the Grand Hotel and II was
| very warm one OF the knights turned to
| another and suggested, almost in a whis-
| per, that they visit some place where cool
| drinks could be found. Yes" instantly
| interrupted the imperial prince. Il will
| join You in a minute" This is now one OF
| the stock stories of the knights.
other Officers.
John NJ Stratton Of Philadelphia is the
sublime venerable prince. He is a MEM
! Der OF the city council of Philadelphia and
| of the Supreme Lodge, X. p He is about
| forty-five years old. James G. owen, i'm
| perial basha, comes from Evansville. Ind.
He is about fifty years old and has for
many years done some active and energetic
| work for the order in the hoosier state. Ii.
| f. Parker, jr., imperial kadi comes from
| Galesburg, Ill, the college city OF that
| state. He is a hard-working. enthusiastic
!
| in the success Of the movement from its
| outset has brought many of his friends and
| acquaintances into the ranks. He has one
! of the largest tailoring establishments i'm
| Galesburg. and is known here extensively
| and throughout the country from his con-
| nectien with the National Association OF
| Merchant Tallors. He is thirty-eight years
| old. is married and is active in the social
| and club life of Galesburg.
| H. w Bedding Of st. Louis imperial. sec
| rotary, is another Of the active workers.
| His enthusiasm is evident in the following
| excerpt from a recent letter received here
| from him regarding the new temple at
| Washington: Il note with much pleasure
| the near organization of a temple at the
| capital city. / see no reason why il should
| not be big success. The eloquence that
| usually surrounds the palace of govern
| ment should be catching enough to give you
good material. Then ii being the home
| of the parent order is another reason why
| it should be a bowling success" c. b.
| Erase Of Garden Grove Iowa, is the way
| the imperial treasurer signs himself He
| is the adjutant of the first regiment of
| Uniform Rank, X. p, at Garden Grove.
! When Mr.. Eden. now assistant superin-
| tendent of the free delivery system of the
| Post Office Department. and well-known
| here. occupied that post he says he never
| had a cent in his hands for the reason the
| knights know how to make good use Of the
money. Whether Mr.. Erase tell SINH
| lar story is not on record.
Andrew ]. Hess Of Sidney. Ohio. is one
I of the most popular men of the order. He
| Is the imperial adOOl. chairman OF the
/ judiciary committee, Imperial Palace. and
| one of the original organizers Of the palace.
| He is brainy young lawyer Of the buck
| eye Chas. A Poland. imperial trustee,
comes from Columbus. Ohio. He is an edi-
| tor of several paDers-the knight. the X
| P. journal; the Masonic Chronicle and the
| Companion and American odd Fellow. He
| is manager Of the Secret Society Publish
| ing Company. The two other imperial trus-
| tees are c. s Kuntz of Charleston. w. Va,
and H Schaffner of San Francisco.
To BE Invited.
1t has been proposed to formally invite
| President Mckinley to join the organiza-
| ton. He is a charter member of the
| Knights of Pythias having Joined the
| largest lodge ever organized i'm the supreme
! jurisdiction, that at Columbus. while he
was governor. He. however, has had lit
tie time for participation in any Of the
meetings and accordingly no steps to this
end will he taken immedia tely, though later
on he may be urged to contribute his pres
ence.
The symbol of the order is a tiger partly
encircled by double star-decked crescent
with the initials beneath. The five points
in the stars that surround the uncowed
sacred Rama amdams head are pointed
out to be significant Of the five bones
that you must have mixed up in your bag
gage when the procession starts. The
sands on which the weary pilgrims-note-
worthy among whom Senator Mason
of Illinois and General Superintendent Au-
gust w. Machen of the free delivery sys-
tem-will travel to become charter men,
bers next Monday now in process of
heating in the ovens secreted in the depths
of the KhoraSsan caravans, where also the
pokers, to meet the popular supposition
and the convenience of the pilgrims,
being rapidly reduced to white heat.
The camels, long used to roam the Arabic
plains, being very carefully groomed,
and all plans made for making the initia-
ton of the host of candidates long-to-be-
remembered event. These are promised an
opportunity to see the Syietto, the desert
ghost on which no eye can rest and twinkle
not to hear the enchanting buzz Of the
singing mousers' song; to feel the thrill or
chill of pleasure if Meramus come not, and
to smell the mystic odorous incense Of
Mahatma.
The charter members of the new organi-
cation are follows:
A NJ. Allison, Motley Anderson, S. w.
Augenstein. G. w. Baumann. c. J. Bessler,
]. w. BiXler, q. W. Blackston, l.. f. Brad
ley, w S. Bradley, Charles L. Brooks, w.
H. ]. Brown, T. A. Bynum, J. W. Carter,
W. r. Carver. c. W. Clagett. ]. b. Conner,
Oscar H. Coumbe, A. Coswil w. n. Craw-
ford. ]. w. Cronie, +. b. Crown, r. ID.