Bisbee daily review., 1904-03-25
Dedicatory Exercises
 For Pythian Castle
BIG EVENT WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, APRIL
 4 AND 5.
Formal Dedication of Magnificent Structure Will Be Attended With
 Noteworthy and Appropriate Festlv- ities-fiundreds of Prominent Pyth- ians From Various Parts of the Ter. ritory VII. Be Here on the Occasion.

rftofy WIT. Be Here on the Occasion.
 Rathbone Lodge No. 10, Knights of Pythias, of Bisbee, has fixed the date for the formal dedication of its mag nificent castle for Tuesday. April 5, and on that day and the day previous, appropriate anG noteworthy proceed ings will be carried out for the occa- sion. It will doubtless be one of the most splendid events to be held in this city in a long time, and Rathbone Lodge will do its utmost to make the occasion one of the most pleasant for the hundreds of visitors who will come to Bisbee to attend the ceremonies and participate in the festivities.
 It is expected that there will be at least three hundred Knights of Pyth- ias from different parts of Arizona Territory in attendance at the dedica- tory exercises. Besides these there will doubtless also be a large number of friends of the visiting Knights which will swell the crowd to an enormous size.
 Tuesday evening is the time set for the formal dedication of the Pythian Castle, but the local and visiting Pythians will hold forth during Mon- day afternoon and evening with i'm portant proceedings among which will be a grand parade. The parade will be through the principal streets of the city, and will be made up of at least fifty candidates who are to be initiat- ed into the Dramatic Order of Knights of Korrassan. In the parade will also be large delegation of the D. o. K. K from Phoenix. who will arrive here on Sunday, and will do the initiating on Monday evening.
 The class of candidates to be initi- ated into the mysteries of the Dramat- ic Pythian Order will be made up of prominent men from Cananea. Tomb stone, Douglas and other parts of the Territory, and after the initiation on Monday evening there will be grand banquet fer candidates, initiating off cers and oficiers of Rathbone lodge. The Knights will have a general good time among themselves and intend making the event memorable.
 The dedicatory exercises on Tues day evening will be attended by all the local Knights. all visiting Knights and their wives. sisters and sweet hearts. The ceremonies will be con- ducted by officers of Rathbone Lodge. and the following will be in charge: H. W. Aiken, c. C.; Alex Bows, V. C.; George Marz, Prelate; J. B. Wright. M at A; s. A. Merritt. K. of R- and s. The dedication ceremonies will con- mence at about 7:30 o'clock. and at the conclusion there will be delivered addresses by some of the most prom inent members of the order in Arizona. Grand Chancellor c. M. Porter and Deputy Grand Chancellor James Far ley will be among the speakers of the occasion.
 At the conclusion of the dedicatory ceremonies a fine literary and musical program will be rendered. The pro- gram for the event has been in prepa- ration for several weeks. and much time and pains has been spent with view to making the entertainment pleasing and enjoyable. The mem bers of Lily Temple. No 3. of this city. have had charge of the arrange ments for the entertainment, and the ladies have been untiring in their ef- forts to provide a program that will be a rare treat to all attending A banquet will also be held on Tuesday evening, and will be served in the din ing parlors of Mrs. Corning, which are situated on the first floor of the Pyth- ian Castle. This will be general banquet in which all Pythians, their friends and families will participate.
 The Pythian Hall of Rathbone Ledge is now entirely complete and furnish ed, though it has not yet been occu- pied. The first meetings of the lodge to be held in the magnificent structure will be on the two evenings when the building will be formally dedicated. The cost of erecting the building is over 10000, and it provides the local Pythian Order one of the finest homes owned by any society in the Territo- ".