Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-07
IN PYTHIAN DOMAIN
ANNUAL REPORTS RECEIVED
FROM THE GRAND BODIES.
The Action Taken in the Several
Jurisdictions on Sanitarium Prop
osition-Growth Of Order.

The annual reports Of the Pythian grand
lodges Of nearly all the hfty-four grand
bodies in the supreme domain have been re-
ceived at grand lodge headquarters here.
The Pythian Grand Lodge of this district
mother domain Of the world-meets earlier
in the year than does any Of the other
Grand Lodges. Thus the reports when all
In will fully cover the operations of the Or
der for 1902 They show many differences
in practice and in opinion in the several do
mains, but evidence strong and healthy
growth The Pythian sanitarium PROPOSE
ton has been adopted by the Grand Lodges
of the District of Columbia, Georgia, Texas,
Missouri, Virginia, British Columbia, North
Dakota. Arkansas, Louisiana, Delaware
Oklahoma South Carolina, Tennessee, Colo
RADIO, Mississippi, Montana, West Virginia,
Connecticut, Washington and Florida, these
domains having a present membership Oh
100, 4O1 1t has been rejected in Arizona,
New Jersey, Iowa, Manitoba, Maritime
Provinces, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and
New Mexico. The resolution was With
drawn in the Grand Lodge or ILLINOIS.
membership 46,62S. The Grand Lodges OF
Maryland and North Carolina adopted 1t
subject to the referendum, and the subor-
dinate lodges refused to approve. In Kan
sas New Hampshire. Maine, Wisconsin,
Idaho, Ontario, Oregon, Rhode Isiand' IA
York and Indiana the resolution has been
laid over from time to time. Alabama,
Michigan, Vermont and Massachusetts
adopted it, and then rescinded the actlon.
No action has been taken in Utah, Indian
territory, Nebraska, Wyoming and Ken
lucky.
Orphans Home Movement.
The Pythian orphans home movement ap-
pears to be a growing one throughout the
supreme domain Ohio is the only domain
owning and maintaining one, but the fol-
lowing domains are, at present, either rails
ing funds to establish one, or have stand
ing committees instructed to devise ways
and means for the same: California, North
Carolina, Minnesota, Louisiana, Illinois,
Tennessee, Indiana, New York, Texas, New
Hampshire, Kentucky, New Jersey and
Missouri
All domains except Maine. Utah, Idaho.
Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri, Rhooe
Island, Pennsylvania, Washington, Arizona
and Indian Territory provide Tor com
mittee on fraternal review. In Ohio, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland the
Grand Lodge officers are elected by the past
chancellors, the ballots being cast by them
in their respective subordinate lodges In
Maryland this system has been In use since
1874. Interest in the military branch OF the
order is fostered by the maintenance Of
uniform rank committee in Minnesota, In
diana, California, Colorado, New Mexico,
Missouri, Virginia, Kansas, Oregon. Louisi-
ana, Illinois, New York, Kentucky, Mon
tana and District Of Columbia. This branch,
however, seems to be declining in the south.
The domains of Arkansas, South Carolina,
Massachusetts. Mississippi, Minnesota,
Oregon, Indiana, Pennsylvania, California,
Colorado, Montana, Missouri, Georgia,
North Dakota, New York. Kentucky, YER
mont and District Of Columbia made ap-
preparations to assist the uniform rank.
Grand Lodge conventions are one day long
in Maine. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Del
aware. Maritime Provinces, Rhode Island
session four days; fourteen domains hold
three-day conventions, while thirty-one do
mains complete their work in two days.
The judicial machinery Of Grand Lodge
government is operated by grand tribunals
In twenty-six domains. including the local
grand domain.