Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-10
REVISION POSTPONE
Grand Lodge Of knights OF Pythia:
Postpone Action on New
Code
MEET AT cREsroN NEXT YEAR

Over Until the Next Annual Con.
clave-Permanen Location Question
Observation-Disclosures Elect Officers
Il Des Moines, Oct. 10.-Byta resolution
adopted yesterday morning the Crane
lodge of the Iowa knights of Pythias
postponed consideration of the new
code of the laws of the order until mex,
year. and sent back to the judiciary
4 committee it's report, together with all
propositions relating to the amendment
|of Pythian statutes. This carried with
lit the proposal to locate the annual
sessions of the GRAND. lodge permanent
lily in Des Moines. This plan having
been disposed of, the lodge voted, with
out a contest, to meet next year in
Creston.
The members Of the Judiciary COM
mittee vigorously opposed the plan to
lay over their report for a year. They
insisted that the committeeman. eleven
in number, had devoted much though,
and time to the report, and that a
years delay would result in every rep
resentative having code of his own
to propose, whose result would be that
no new statutory revision would be
possible.
In view of the decision to send back
| the report in order to give the lodgea
q year to think it over, the resolution
providing for the payment to Hill NJ.
Bell, OF Keokuk, the chairman of the
| judiciary committee, 500 extra COM
ipensation and to each member of the
committee $50 additional, was voted
down. Something handsome along this
line likely will be done at the Creston
lconclaye
The same fate met the Colfax sani-
tariun proposition. The committee,
of which Frank Y. Locke, of Sibley,
was chairman, reported that it had not
had the time to go thoroughly into the
proposal, especially with the view to
the legality of the proposed per capita
tax of 81 for two years with which
to build the institution. The proposi
ton was discussed at some length,
with respect to it, and it was then laid
over till the Creston session.
A resolution to reduce the per capita
tax from 40 cents to "a cents was re-
ported adversely by the trustees to
whom it had been referred. The re-
port Of the trustees was adopted
The report of Emory III. English,
chairman of the committee on fraternai
correspondence, was adopted, but thu
Grand lodge desires it to be under
stood that this adoption is not an en-.
dcrsement of the views therein ex
pressed relative to the. elimination OF
the endowment rank and uniform rank
branches of the order.
Il. Il. Coalscn, OF M;arengo, reported
for the committee on appeals and griey-
ances that there We're none to be con-
sidered. This is the first time thai
such d report mas been made and IL.
Illustrates the harmonious condition of
the order.
The officers We're installed at the close
of the grand lodge session. First the
list had been completed by the election
of f. De Ford, of Valley Junction. for
grand outer guard ii. j. Pfiiffner, Of
Emmetsburg, was the opposing candi-
date. The vote was 204 to 1877
After the installation Grand Chancel-
lor Gillett announced the appointment
of #. NJ. Molsberry, of Columbus juno
ton, as tribune to succeed John Spring.
err, OF Iowa City. But one tribune's
place was to be filed at this session.
The installation ceremonies were CAR
ried out by Past Grand Chancellor NJ.
Hilbert, OF LeMars, assisted by Past
Grand Chancellor John Cameron, OF
Davenport. acting as supreme prelute,
and Past Chancellor r. Z. Duncan as
supreme master-at-arrns. S. l.. Hill,
who had been elected prelate, was
called home by sickness early in the
day and was installed during the ses-
sion. The other ceremonies followed
the conclusion of the lodge business
late in the afternoon.
Mrs. Clara G. Hunter, of Newton, was
elected grand chief or the order OF
Rathbone Sisters yesterday. She re-
ceived 1l5 votes to 10 for Mrs. Mary j.
Winter, OF Cedar Rapids.
Mrs. Ella Welsh, of Otto, was elected
grand senior, succeeding Mrs Winter
Mrs. kief, of Colfax, and Mrs Matte
Johnston, of Knoxville, were also can
didates.
Mrs. Laura Skinner, of winterset.
was unanimously chosen grand Junior,
succeeding Mrs. Hortense Barry, OIL
Manchester.
Mrs. Abigail Biggs, OF Guthrie Cen
ter was elected grand manager, sue
ceeding Mrs. Matte Johnston. Annie
Lee Porter, of Prairie City. was a can
didate. The vote was 100 to 35.
Effie Parsons, of Marion, was elected
grand mistress Of the records and cor
respondence, succeeding Mrs. Hunter
over Mrs. Barry.
Mrs. Jennie Weeks, Of Eagle Grove,
was chosen grand protector by accia-
nation.
Mrs. Blanche Lichty. of vinton, was
chosen grand guard.
Mrs. Clara McQuiston. of Des Moines,
was reelected grand master Of finance
without opposition.
The officers were installed by the
supreme chief Mrs. Belle Qulnlan, OF |
Galesburg, Ill.
MUNICIPAL LEAGUE DINNER.
General Weaver in His Address Pleaded
p a. r 4 .