The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-20
GRAND LODGE
OF PYTHIANISM
viii Assemble in Garfield Hall
This Morning.
1000 VISITORS IN CITY
Wichitan Is a Candidate for
Grand Chancellor.

This morning at $50 o'clock 100 Kan
sans whose motto is Friendship, Char
ity and BenevoIence," will assemble in
Garfield hall, where. as members of the
knights of Pythias, that chivalric order
which receives its inspiration from the
most ancient times. they will be well
coined to the Peerless Princess by the
| city's leading citizens
At that hour the welcome address to
the knights OF Pythias of Kansas VIII
! be delivered by Mayor 3. r Mclean.
! VINO VIII speak in behalf Of the municipal
government and the civic life Of the
city, and Otto Eckstein, himself 4 mem
Der of the Pythian order, viii welcome
| the visitors on behalf OF the two strong
lodges Of this city. The response will be
delivered by Tully Scott, who though
now citizen of the Centennial state,
still holds a warm place in the afTec-
| tons Of Kansas Pythianism, for until
his removal from this state he was one
OF the representatives Of the Kansas
Grand Lodge 10 the Supreme. Lodge OF
the World.
After the public reception Of the visit
ing Knights is concluded, a session OF
the Grand Lodge viii be held. To this
only past chanceliOrs are eligible and tho
session Will be held behind closed doors
The business TO be transacted by the
Grand Lodge is of great importance to
the order and will require all day Taoo-
day and Wednesday morning. The most
important thing outside of the election OF
officers which will come before the
Grand Lodge is the consideration Of a
proposition to donate $4,000 for the cree
ton OF a sanitariun at Hot Springs.
Ark. The federal government he's do
mated to the Arkansas lodge twenty acres
of land at that famous health resort and
the Arkansas body has proposed to the
Grand Lodges Of the other states that
sanitarium for the benefit Of mem
bers of the order be established at that
place. Kansas has been asked TO give
$4,000 10 the erection of the sanitarium.
Several minor matters of business will
be considered and the reports OF the Of
ficers for the past year will be read. The
reports viii be most gratifying. Though
the Knights of Pythias has been in
Kansas only since 1872 Il has a state
membership Of IS. 600, and there has been
a healthy increase the past year.
The principal business of the session
Wednesday morning VIII be the election
Of grand officers. For some of these
honors there is considerable friendly
rivalry and it is impossible TO forecast
what the result will be.
All the candidates for Office came in /
carry fFbNtludN anu spent TIE udE SINK ]
ing hands with their brother Knights {
and incidentally doing a little work in /
their own behalf J. F. kirker, OF this I
city, who is Il candidate for Grand 4
Chancellor, the highest Office in the gift |
of the Grand Lodge, has one advantage /
over S. o. Mcdowell. OF Columbus, who /
is a candidate for the same place. in
that he is chairman of the reception /
committee and consequently is making /
himself popular by the efficient manner (
in which he IS providing for the COM /
fort and entertainment Of the visitors
Mr. Mcdowell is also a popular man.
and he is now Vice-Chancellor and is
well known throughout the state.
Wichita has one citizen who is as sure
of reelection as that the sun rises to-
morrow. That man is A. c. Jobes. VINO
has been Grand Master of the Exchequer
for six years. and who has no opposition
FOR the place.
Gus J. Neubert. of Kansas City, was
on hand bright and early yesterday. For
over twenty years he has been Grand
Keeper of Records and Seals, and viii
be reelected TO that important position
without any opposition. There are few
lodge men in Kansas in any order who
have held one state Office for so long a
period as has Mr.. Neubert. Frank L.
Britton. of Usage City. is candidate for
the Office of Grand ViceCchancellor, and
yesterday II appeared as though he
would have no opposition for the place
George NJ Culver. who is now Grand
Master-at-Arms. is candidate for
Grand Prelate.
The hottest contest VIII be for the
office of Supreme Representative. When 4
Tully Scott left the state z. z. Murphy.
Of Leavenworth. was appointed 10 ill
the vacancy. and will be a candidate to
succeed himself. He came in yester-
day on an early train and met a large 4
number OF the Knights. J. II. Lyon,
general OF the Uniformed Rank.
IS also a candidate for Supreme Repre-
The other candidates are: c. !
e. Elliott. OF Wellington; John Atom. OF
l(ingman. and Gov. a. p. Riddle, Of
Governor Riddle 4. editor
4 the ~Sprig OF Myrtle. the official
organ Of the Kansas Pythiaaism
The term OF W. a. Ares of this city
Is Grand Tribune. expires this year.
There are three grand tribuaes. the
1ther two being Paul I. Nagle OF st.
Johns and Arthur Fuller OF Girard.
8esdes F. T. Murphy, on the board OF
Supreme Representatives there are w.
a. 5. Bird Of Topeka. and y. L. Hol-
DWELL, of Wichita
Three other officers 70 elect arc Grand
inner Guard and Grand Outer Guard.
Harry Rice. OF Clmarron. holds the for
ner Office and c II. Liscon. OF Kansas
Sity, holds the latter.