The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-04
THE PYTHIAN
CONVENTION
Visiting Knights Were on Monday
Accorded the Freedom
of the City.
A SYNOPSIS OF WORK DONE
The Local Lodge Provides for the
Entertainment of
Its Guests.

Last Monday was busy day for the
Knights of Pythias of this city on &C
count of the First district convention
that was held here. This district
embraces the Melrose, Glenwood, st.
Cloud, Alexandria and Sank Centre
lodges and the purpose of these con-
Ventions is to cultivate a closer fra
ternal relationship between the diff
ferent lodges of the state. At the
convention Monday each lodge of the
district was represented and the Sank
Centre knights extended their best
efforts to make the day one of profit
ana enjoyment to all.
Mayor Dubois being out of the city,
Geo. Fish was requested to deliver
the address of welcome, and this be
did in a manner that made all visiting
Knights feel that for the day the city
was theirs.
Early in the afternoon an informal
reception was held at Castle Hall and
Grand Chancellor James Robertson
favored the assemblage with a brief
ADDRESS in which he reviewed the pro-
gress and advantages of the order and
EXPLAINED tie gUOd to lie attained
from District conventions
After adjournment Of the afternoon
meeting the convention in body
visited the driving park to witness
ball game between Sank Centre and
Burtrum. The game was preceded
by horse race between two of Mr..
Henderson'S promising colts and, al
though the animals had not before
been worked out to any extent, they
put up quite spirited race. Mr..
Henderson drove one of the colts and
The other was handled by the regular
trainer, the latter winning out prob
ably because Mr.. HenderSen's lines
did not break.
',re ball game was not particularly
exciting. The Sank Centre tealu
played in good form, but the visitors
apparently lacked practice and MADE
80 great bid for victory. 1t w
clearly an off day for the BurtruM
boys and the score, as we remembtI
it, ended IA to 6 in favor of Sank Cen
tire.
After the ball game bowling game
was played between home and visitirc
NI4ig Its, the cIntest resulting in ia
vor of the home team. The local men
were not particularly desirious OF
winning from their guests, but actual
ly couldn't helt it.
At about eight o'clock the lodge
convened, the feature of the evening
being work in the second rank, with
Frank Mccormick as the subject for
initiation, reports from the several
lodges of the district and addresses
by Grand Chancellor Robertson and
others.
While the secret work was in pro-
gress ladies of the Rathbone Sisters
were buisily engaged in arranging re-
freshment tables in the adjoining
dining hall and when lodge work was
completed the doors were thrown
open and the large dining room, with
it's neatly arranged and well provided
tables, was taxed to its capacity by
the number present. The Rathbone
ladies have way of doing things in
the proper manner and the dainty
luncheon provided by them was great
ly appreciated both by the visitors
and the home Knights.
After having satisfied the inner
man the convention was entertained
by that master of wit, Bro. w. 1.
Nolan, of Minneapolis. Mr.. Nolan
has attained wide reputation as a
humorist and on this occasion he more
than sustained that reputation.
AS a whole the convention was very
much a success and we believe the
local Knights succeeded well in max
ing the day both pleasant and profit
able for the visitors.