The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-17
KNIGHTS IN PARADE
GREAT DAY FOR PYTHIANs IN
 LOUISVILLE.
Tn Heart of Throushbred Horse Coun- try rsor Mounts Were Furnfsh-
 ed-Mflitary Ball for the Uni- form Rank.

form rank Knights of Pythias. over ten thousand strong, passed in review before the people of Louisville today. over 100, 900 people lined the route of the parade, three miles in length and cheered the militant members of the order as they marched past in trim ser vice uniforms, or dress parade regalia, with scarlet p1umed and glittering trappings.
 Despite a drawback in the number and quality of the horses furnished the visitors which according to the gener- al stan prevented nearly 22.000 men from participating. the pagent was a gorgeous success. General Carrahan. commander in chief. was a very wrath full man when the hour for the parade drew near and he took note of the quality of the beasts offered for mounts.
 Look at that plug" he ejacu- lated, pointing to a sad-looking anil nal whose legs were garnished with nearly all the bumps mentioned in the horse book. If they expect me to ride him they are mistaken. They would egg me out of the parade 1t that brute could stagger through it. And this in the home of the through bred" M <
 Carnahan Gets -a Horse.
 AL the last mOmeut, GcH SuFndhdh was furnished with d suitable horse. but three cavalry companies and many officers were forced to enter the pa rade unmounted. while others did not participate at all.
 Nevertheless there wac a magnih- cent turnout, due largely to the num- bers and appearance of the Ohio. lndi- ana, Illinois and Kentucky brigades. The Philippine sa constabularys band, which led the parade was one or the features receiving a tremendous ova- tion all along the route. The list of the brigade in line was as follows:
 Kansas, Gen. Joseph H. Lyons; Illi- nois, Gen. James H. Barkley; Virginia. Gen Daniel J. Turner; Maine. Gen. Wes- ley c. Smith; California, GenS Charles F. McGlashen; Michigan. Gen. William H. Loomis; New Hampshire, Gen. c. Hoyt: Ohio, Gen Thomas W. Minshull New York Gen. Henry Buckingham; |; Pennsylvania. Gen. Laurence Thomas; Colorado, Gen. Henry w. Gibbons; Minnesota, Gen. Fred E. wheaton; Texas. Gen. John II. Tiller: Connectl- cut. Gen. Joseph S. Stokes; New Jersey, Gen. William E. Hitchcock; Wisconsin, Gen. Charlton G. Lisle; Massachusetts, Gen. Harry G. Windsor; Washington, Gen. Fremont c. Hummer; Oregon, Gen. John Atkin; Indiana/ Gen. Charles K. Jones; Kentucky. Gen. Thomas P. Sat terwhfte: Iowa, Gen. Jerome F. Kings bury; West Virginia. Gen. John Ewing; Missouri, Gen. J. T. Livingston; Geor- gia, Gen. Charles A. Cox; Tennessee, Gen. Charles R. Collins.
 Khorassans Choose Omcers.
 The Imperial Palace, Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan, today elected the following officers: Imperial Prince, w. N. Hadfield, Peoria. Ill.,; Imperial Basha, D. F. Summey, Charlotte. N. C.; Imperial Kadi, William Beatty, Toledo, O.; Imperial Secretary, H. w. Belding. St. Louis; Imperial Treasurer, c. B. Erase, Garden Grove, Ia.; Imperial Adool, c. V. Stansbury, Los Angeles, Cal. Imperial Ikfir, A. s. oBtkin, Nun cie, Ind; Imperial Azim, W. E. A. Faichney Watertown, N. r.; Imperial Trustee. F. R. Lander. Cleveland.
 Tonight the grand military ball of the uniform rank was given at the Horse Show building. where the knights and their ladies' to the number of sev- eral thousand danced and paraded. The Philippine constabulary band, which came over from the Worlds Fair for the day gave concert before a crowd of nearly 10000 people at Churchill Downs race course tonight and took a late train for St. Louis. The concerts, which are feature of the encampment, will be continued during the week by New York band.
 Number of Lodges.
 Louisville, Ky, Aug. 16.--The report of R. L. c. White, Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal. shows that the total number of subordinate Pythian lodges December 31. 1903, was 722s, and the total membership 5947S3 A net gain during the year of 163 lodges and 32.556 members. This Is the largest gain in membership during any year since 1892 The net gain during 1902 and 1903 com bined was 226 subordinate lodges and 54.745 members.
 There are 546 lodges in Illinois, 446 in Indiana, 400 in Iowa, 206 In Kansas