Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-05
UNIFORM RANK, KNIGHTS OF
PYTHIAs, TO ATTEND ENcAMP.
MENT AT DAVENPORT.
Grand Lodge Meeting Of the Knights
OF Pythias and Rathbone Sisters
Next Week-Tempe Of Rathbone
Nsisters to be Instituted Tonight.


The annual inspection Of the Uni
form Rank of Wapello lodge No. IL
knights of Pythias and installation o.
officers occurred last evening, o.
Garriott acting as inspecting officers
The following officers were installed
Captain-Theodore A. Stoessel.
First lieutenant-E. R. Mitchell.
Second lieutenant-W. H. Pallister
Recorder-Fred Dutro.
Treasurer-Seneca Cornell
To Attend Encampment.
1t is expected that fifteen or TWEEN
] ty members Of the company will at
tend the state encampment of the Uni
form Rank to be held in Davenport
next week at the time of the grand
lodge meeting. The Davenport com
pany has made extensive preparations
for the entertainment of the visitors
and it is expected that the encamp
ment will be one of the most success
| full ever held in Iowa.
To Institute Temple.
A temple Of Rathbone Sisters will
be instituted this evening at Castle
hall, corner of Main and Jefferson
streets. The preliminary arrange
ments were completed at meeting
held this afternoon. The Temple will
have about forty charter members
After the business meeting this even
ing there will be social session and
refreshments will be served.
May Abolish Sick Benefits.
Wapello lodge No. - and the Rath
bone Sisters will be well represent
ed at the grand lodge meetings of
their respective orders.
| One of the most important matters
to come before the grand lodge of the
knights of Pythias is to decide wheth
er the sick benefit Is to be abolished
entirely or whether it shall remain op
tional with the individual societies as
at present. The frequent abuse of this
sick benefit by different lodges has
brought the matter into prominence
again and it is very likely that it will
be abolished by the ruling of the
grand lodge.
The question Of permanent loca
ton for grand lodge meetings will
again appear this year for solution On
account of the extravaganza in form
err years on the part Of the lodges
which entertained the grand lodge, a
disastrous precedent of liberality has
been established and not many Iowa
towns are anxious to do the entertain
ing. Consequently permanent loca
ton is being advocated with the idea
of making the annual meeting a pure
| ly business matter
The Rathbone Sisters.
| The worly Of tho Do<bl>o,o c{.&o~n
convention opens Tuesday, August Z
with the public installation of officers
This will be the first public installa
ton in the history of the Rathbone
Sisters. The Columbus Junction off
GERS are the ones to be installed and
the ceremony will be under the direc
ton of Mrs. frankie Palmer of Des
Moines. On Wednesday and Thurs
day the business session of the grand
lodge will be held in the Columbian
hall. On Wednesday night the wo
men are planning moonlight excur.
sion on the Mississippi and on Thurs
day night they will attend the grand
ball given in honor of the visiting
Knights of Pythias and the members
of the uniform rank.
| n. W. Ws
Mary Hammond Hive No. 1858 will
meet in regular review Monday Au.
| gust T. A full attendance is desired
as trere is very important business to
come before the hive Meeting will
be called to order at o'clock sharp
L. A. of A. O., H.
The Ladies' Auxiliary to the A. o.
H. No. 2, will hold it's regular meet
ing on Monday evening, August Z in
the A. o. H. hall A full attendance
is desired.
Bankers Pioneer Association. :.
Benson Post No. 5, Bankers Pr
oneer association will hold it's regular
meeting this evening, Thursday in the
Odd Fellows hall on East Main
street. Let every member be pres
ent at this meeting.
Pass Resolutions.
Adelia lodge No. 337, Brotherhood
of American Woman has passed the
following resolutions of respect and
sympathy in the death of Mrs. Maggie
Fink:
Whereas, the angel of death has en-.
tered our lodge for the first time and
taken from us our esteemed sister
Mrs. Maggie Fink Therefore be it
Resolved that the sisters and broth
ers Of this lodge extend their sincere
sympathy to the bereaved husband
and children.
Resolved, that it is but just tribute
to the memory of the departed to say
that in regretting her removal from,
our midst we mourn for one who was
in every respect, worthy of our regard
Resolved that we sincerely condole
with the family of the deceased on the
dispensations with which it has pleas
ed Divine Providence to aff1ict them
and commend them for consolation tt
him, who orders all things for the
best, and whose chastisements ar,
meant in mercy Be it further
Resolved, that in memory of the de
parted,we drape our charter in mourn
ing for a period of thirty days and F;
copy of these resolutions be sent t
the Borrowing family,also published il
our county papers and copy b,
spread on our lodge records as a trib
ute to her memory.