The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-16
900 KNIGHTS
OF PYTHlAS
Will be in Wichita Next
Week.
TO ATTEND GRAND LODGE
J, F. Kirker a Candidate for
Supreme Chancellor

One thousand knights Of Pythias will
be in Wichita next week 10 attend the
grand lodge, which will be in session here
on Tuesday and Wednesday. The repre-
sentatives and visitors viii begin TO ar
rive Sunday and every train Monday will
bring in hundreds. Two hundred and
fifty OF those who attend viii be mem
bers of the Uniform Rank, and about
five companies will enter the comparative
drill for which prizes or Sl25, so and
$50 have been offered
All past chancellors who have not
yet received the grand lodge rank viii
have that conferred on them on Monday
night IN the Odd Fellows hall, over rs
and 100 North Main street. The grand
lodge sessions are secret and only past
chancellors are eligible to a seat III them.
The actual work Of the grand ledge
will begin IN Garfield han Tuesday
morning at $50 clock, when addresses
OF welcome will be delivered by Mayor
Mclean and Otto Eckstein. The response
VIII be delivered by Tully Scott OF Grip
pie Greek, Colo, who IS ex-supreme rep
resentative of Kansas TO the supreme
lodge. At O'Clock the grand lodge viii
hold a business session. Another SEES
sion will be held Wednesday morning.
will be a parade of the brigade OF the
Uniform Rank and the grand lodge, in
which 900 men viii be in line.
The parade viii form at the Carey hotel,
march west on Douglas avenue TO Mar
ket street. north on Market to Second
street, west on Second street to Main
street, south on Main street to Doug
las avenue, west on Douglas avenue
possibly TO the Missouri Pacific tracks,
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south on Main street to English street,
west on English street TO the square
where the street fair was held last year.
At this place the competitive drill VIII
be held The parade will be IN charge
Of B1gadier General J. H. Lyon of Leav-
enworth. assisted by his mounted stan
or about fifteen members A prize viii
be given 10 the lodge outside Of Wichita
having the largest representation in the
parade.
The Topeka Knights Of Pythias band
will be here Many prominent Pythians
have sibnided their intention 10 be pres
ent. Tracy r Bangs. the supreme vice
chancellor, which is the second Office in
the order. viii come from North Dakota;
Charles F. S. Neal of Chicago. president
Of the Endowment Rank of the order;
Union Hunt. supreme representative Of
Indiana, and Mayor Reed of Kansas City
supreme representative of Missouri, VIII
also be present
While the grand lodge is in session
the Rathbone Sisters which is the ladies'
auxiliary 10 the knights of Pythias, viii
hold their grand temple in the X. of p.
rooms. The visiting ladies viii be en-
tertained in the offices OF Mr.. J. T.
Kirker. in the Little-Reed block Some
open sessions OF the grand lodge viii
be held for the benefit of the visitors
The principal business Of the grand
lodge viii be the election of officers J. f
Ikirker OF this city and Oscar Mcdowell
from present indications, viii be candi-
dates for grand chancellor. The brigade
% the Uniform Rank viii also elect their
officers.
The Wichita Uniform Rank cannot en-
ter the competitive drill. because the drill
occurs in this city
The most vigorous workers have spells
OF tired feeling" now and then This
feeling is caused by arrangement in the
stomach. liver and bowels. A few doses
Of Pricl1ly Ash Bitters quickly corrects the
disorder and sends the blood tingling
through the veins, carrying life and re-
newed energy throughout the system.