The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-08-11
PYTHAIN KNIGHTS
AT FRISCO
Question Of Revenue Causes
Concern 10 the
Officers
az AssocIated Press.

NNNKNAAN~sArA
Of the Knights Of Pythias. about half
Of whom are members of the uniform
rank. have arrived to attend the BIZ
ennial meeting OF the various branch
es OF the order II is estimated that
before the gathering Is regularly op-
ened tomorrow $4,000 representatives
of the order w be In the city. The
week is to be crowded with events Of
special interest to members. The
Union Ferry depot has been convert
ed into great exhibition hall filled
with the choicest fruits. flowers ana
other products of California. Every
county OF the state has an exhibit
and here the visitors congregate in
throngs to receive boxes of seedless
reisins, pieces Of quartz and other free
souvenirs OF the gathering
Members Of the order who have at
tended all or most OF the previous
national gatherings declare with en-
thuslasm that the decorations of San
Francisco eclipse all rormer displays.
On Market street alone there are if
teen courts Of honor. Each Of thes
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, sucn as the
knight on horseback. the shield, he'll
met. or battle ak. The grand court
Of honor, at the intersection Of Mar
ket, srd, Kearny and Geary streets,
is a 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 spreck-
els building
Today the camp Of the uniform rank
with Is 1000 tents. was formally
turned over to James r. Carnahan,
major general Of the order Uniforms
ed members Of the order appeared by
brigades before the headquarters OF
tho Major general and salutd 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 session
behind closed doors, the presiding
officer being Imperial Prince Frank II
Clarke, Of Detroit
Governor Gage will formally wei
como the members of the order to
the state at The opening of the su
preme lodge. An unusual amount oi
busines is to come before the leg
islntiye body. which is expected to be
in session several days after the uni
form rank has gone home. The an
nuai reports OF the officers show the
orders affairs in general TO be IN
satisfactory condition. The question
or revenue, the officers say, is one Of
the most important to come before
the convention A number of changes
proposed the laws Of the order vii
also be discussed Among them Is {
proposition 10 have the officers Of tn
subordinate lodges chosen annual,
instead Of semi-annually, to make th'
Ina1imum fee for a transfer card 1
dollar: TO allow the supreme assembly
OF tho uniformed rank to nominate
its own major general. the supreme
lodge 70 confirm the choice and to al
low the grand lodges to lower The in
itIation fees at their discretion.
In addition to these things an i'm
poriant matter win be the report o
the board OF control OF the Insurance.
branch OF the order It is ASSERTED
that year ago the Affairs of the en-
dowment rank were in bad shape win
about $500 600 worth OF death claiml
unpaid. Last July a special meeting
was held and aew officers were Sc
lected to get things in shape again
The reports Of these officers vii
show that since July last nearly all o
the outstanding claims have been set
tied ana that the affairs Of the en-
dowment rank are rapidly being pu
In excellent condition.
Tomorrow win be an Oakland da'
on the weeks programme and thous
ands of the knights and other visitor
viii 80 to that city where elaborate
plans have been made for their re