Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-08-11
Thousands Of knights Meet in
San Francisco.
FESTIVE ElkS IN SALT LAKE
Large Glass Of Naval Cadets to be
Graduated.
TypOGRApHICAL UNION MEETING.

San Francisco, Calf. Aug. Ill
Twenty-Five thousand members of the
order of the Knights of Pythias, about
half of whom are members of the uni
form rank, have arrived to attend the
biennial meeting of the various
branches of the order. 1t is estimated
that before the gathering is regularly
opened tomorrow $4,000 representa-
tives of the order will be in the city.
The week is to be crowded with events
of special interest to members. The
Union Ferry Depot has been converted
into a great exhibition hall filed with
the choicest fruits, flowers and other
products of California. Every county
of the state has an exhibit and here
the visitors congregate in throngs to
receive boxes of seedless raisins,
pieces of quartz and other free SOU
venirs of the gathering.
Members of the order who have at
tended all or most all of the previous
national gatherings declare with en-
thusiam that the decorations of San
Francisco eclipse all former displays.
On Market street alone there are If
teen courts of honor. Each of these
courts is brilliantly illuminated at
night with hundreds of colored cleo
trio lamps, the central feature of the
design being an immense Illuminated
emblem of the order. such as the
knight on horseback, the shield, 'hel-.
met or battle-ax. The grand court of
honor, at the intersection of Market,
Third, Kearney and Geary streets, is
masterpiece of electrical art and forms
the most brilliant display of the kind
ever seen on the coast. Other notable
features of the decorations are the
city hall dome, the dome Of the ferry
building and the Claus Spreckels
building.
Today the camp of the uniform rank,
with it's 1000 tents, was formally turn
ed over to James r. Carnahan, major
general of the order. The uniformed
members of the order appeared by
brigades before the headquarters of
the major general and saluted the
commanding officer. Another feature
of the day was the opening meeting
of the Imperial Palace of the Knights
of Khorassan, the spectacular branch
of the order. There was a costume
parade of the members, after which
the Imperial Palace went into sess-
ion behind closed doors, the presiding
officer being Imperial Prince, Frank
H. Clarke, of Detroit.
Governor Gage will formally well
ooD,a tho au,barS of tho ordar to fha
state at the opening of the supreme
lodge An unusual amount of business
is to come before the legislative body,
which is expected to be in session
several days after the uniform rank
has gone home. The annual reports
of the officers show the orders affairs
in general to be in satisfactory con-
dition. The question of revenue, the
officers say, is one of the most i'm
portant to come before the convention.
A number of changes proposed In the
laws of the order will also be discuss
ed. Among them is a proposition TO
have the officers of the subordinate
lodges chosen annually instead of
semi-annually; to make the maximum
fee for a transfer card a dollar; to
allow the supreme assembly OF the
uniformed rank to nominate its own
major-general, the supreme lodge to
confirm the choice and to allow the
grand lodges to lower the initiation
fees at their discretion.
In addition to these things an i'm
portant matter will be the report OF
the board of control of the insurance
branch of the order. 1t is asserted
that a year ago the affairs of the en-
dowment rank were in bad shape with
about 100000 worth of death claims
unpaid. Last July special meeting
was held and new officers were select
ed TO get things in shape. The reports
of these officers will show that since
July last nearly all of the outstanding
claims have been settled and that th'
affairs of the endowment rank arr
rapidly being put in excellent condi
tiOn.
Tomorrow will be an Oakland da!
on the weeks program and Thousands
of the knights and other visitors will
90 to that city where elaborate PLAN
have been made for reception AM
entertainment There will be literar,
+, exercises, a parade and other interest
ing features.