Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07
PYTHIANS CONE IN FORCE
Large Number Present Before Opening Of
the Grand Lodge.
CONTEST FOR OFFICES ABOUT OVER
Code Commission In Session COmpIet-
ina It's Lnbors-secretnry Moody
20 Make Two Speeches
in Iowa.
CFrom a star Correspondent


DIES MONIES, Oct. 6.-(Special. 1.-THE
leading candidates for positions In the
knights OF Pythias grand lodge Of Iowa are
on hand and also the grand officers. The
first meetings will occur tomorrow but the
grand lodge proper does not open until
Wednesday,. The selection OF officers for
the grand lodge has already been practi-
cally concluded and the SLATE" fixed. The
contest for grand chancellor is now re-
garded as practically over. The grand
chancellor will be o. NJ. Gillet Of Indepen-
dence. The other candidates for the chief
once In the order are Sherman Thompson.
OF Knoxville: John Springer. of low City;
Mr.. Hawkins, Of Cedar Rapids, and John
Hemingway of Hampton. For vice chan
cellor ]. T. Gutelius of Centerville. will be
elected. There are two candidates for grand
prelate. Henry s. Padgett Of Keokuk, and
s. L. Hill OF Weldon, but the first name is
far in the lead. II. ID. Walker Of Mt. Pleas
ant will be again elected grand keeper OF
records and seal. For master Of exohequer,
Will o'Connell Of Audubon. and d. A.
Fessler Of Riverside, are candidates. T. n.
Holmes Of Boone, and Mark Hills of Eden
are candidates for the position CT mas er-at-
arms. j.. s. Pingree Of Cherokee will be
elected inner guard and H. @. Palmer Of
Emmetsburg, outer guard.
Code Commission Finishes.
The Iowa code commission is IN session
In the city completing the work which was
assigned to 1t by the legislature. The COM
mission had charge Of the work Of pre-
pairing a new edition Of the code and a
code supplement. The latter is now being
distributed The code proper has not been
made ready but the. old plates will be
largely used. John r. Carter Of Sioux City
has been editor of the code While the an
notations were prepared by Judge McLain
Of the supreme court.
The supreme court for the October term
meets again tomorrow. There Is a class
Of % to be examined for admission to
the bar. 1t will be the first term in which
Judge Bishop has sat as a member Of the
supreme court.
Secretary Moody in Iowa.
Secretary Moody of the navy department
has been billed for twn political speeches
in Iowa by the republican national con-
gressional COMMITTEES. He Is to be in
Clinton next Saturday evening and Monday
evening in Des Moines. He will be given
a large audience here and this will be the
formal opening Of the campaign In this
city. .~i
Equal Suffrage ~ventfo
The thirty first annual convention of the
Iowa Equal Suffrage association is to be
held in Des Molnes beginning October 2s.
The national president, Mrs. Gait, is to
speak to the convention, but the program
has not yet been completed, Reports will
DO heard from oficers.L
LcgH Battle for Choppers.
The attorneys for the head officers in the
lodge Of Choppers went to Boone today
where they will make an effort to have dis
solved an Injunction issued by Judge Whit.
aker restraining them from removing "a
Des Moines the head officers Of the or
ganization. The injunction was issued after
the head officers had in fact removed &c
Des Moines, bringing with them the books
and papers. but some of the furniture had
not been removed. The attorneys for the
officials insist that It. will be very easy tc
end the. legal proceedings, but the Boone
members threaten not only to make trouble
for the head officers but to apply to the
secretary Of state for revocation Of the
charter Of the association because Of til
alleged violation.