Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-28
Largely Attended Meeting of the
Supreme Lodge Today.
SISTERHOODS ALSO REPRESENTED
Reports of Officers Show Flour
ishing Condition Of Order.
MAINE A BANNER STATE

DETROIT. Mich. August 2s.-Masonic
Temple today appeared transformed into
a temple Of Pythianism. Several largely
attended gatherings Of Pythians and branch
orders were in progress simultaneously
within the big structure. Chief of these
were the opening meetings of the Supreme
Lodge knights of Pythias and of the
Supreme Lodge of the Pythian Sisterhood.
The init al meeting Of the order of Rath-
bone Sis ers was postponed until tomorrow
Members of the two womens branches
jostled in the corridors of the temple with
a rather reserved amiability, and anybody
who had the temerity to suggest that the
question of union of the two orders might
possibly be discussed during the present bi-
ennial received polite dissent.
Supreme Chancellor Thomas @. Sample or
Allegheny, Pa, head Of the Pythian order.
presided over the Supreme Lodge meeting.
Keeper Wright's Report.
In his report r. l.. c. Wright of Atlanta,
Ga, supreme keeper OF records and seals,
gave the following: Total number of sub
ordinate lodges December 81, 1899, 6,I4o;
total membership, 4925o6; net gain during
'9S and go 80 lodges and 1,237 members.
Practically 80 per cent of the gain was IN
1899. Illinois led in the gains, with In
diana and Ohio close seconds Louisiana
suffered a net loss of 49,. The appropria-
tions at the Indianapolis biennial in 9S were
$685.; $50, of which sS3,S92 had been expended
at the close of the fiscal year. Subordt-
nate lodges had been organized in Hawaii,
Alaska, Cuba and Quebec. April i, 1889.
there was balance on hand of 1902. and
there has since been received from sale OF
supplies s26,s75, from Grand Lodge per
capita tax $31 106 from subordinate lodge
per capita tax 1870 total of 5,403. Re-
ceipts OF grand lodges were s4os,59o, and
with balance on hand the credits were
1851, ,210 Disbursements were 1913 .539
There has been expended for relief 1,S3o,-
515.69, and grand domains had on hand De-
cember 1. 1899. 81 ,s35 451. The total assets
of the grand domains are 1926, 1870. Lodges
outside of grand domains have expended for
relief s3,651; have cash on hand, 4,4S5, and
assets, s26, ,524.
The report of the supreme master of the
eXchequer shows a total of $3l,3Il Sol on
hand June 80, 1900.
'Hhe Pythian SisterhOOd.
In ths sixth biennial assembly of the
Pythan Ssterhood Supreme Lodge the
gavel was welded by Mrs. H. P. Libbey Of
Portland, Me-, supreme chancellor. In her
address she said that Maine is the banner
state in membership, having 222S members
in eight assemblies. Ohio is second. Mrs
Libbey reported the question of admission
of colored women to membership as having
been disposed of by debarring of a colored
woman from taking the second degree after
she had passed the first
Mrs. George w. Adams of Haverhill,
Mass, supreme keeper of records and seals
of the sisterhood, reported that nine states
have grand assemblies, seven of them I'M
der supervision of the Supreme Assembly.
Number of assemblies. 1872 gain of thirty
two, and an increase of membership of
2oOO- The present membership is given at
nearly 1000.
Mrs. L. A. Small of Pennington, n. H,
mistress of exchequer, reported some 81, ll0
on hand, all bills paid and receipts for two
years of about $4,000.