Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-05
Parade In Boston Amid
Cheers Of Thousands.
Business Sessions Of the
Grand Bodies Are Begun.
Reports Of the Officers Show
Gratifying Conditions.

0OStOIIp mug. 1-ANCdIly 1U,UUU IIl6IIl.
bers Of the Uniform Rank, Knights of
Pythias, Respondent in their uniforms
Of varied hues and led by bands play
ing martial airs, this afternoon march,
ed through the historic streets of BOs-
ton on their annual parade. 1t was a
grand spectacle. The weather was
ideal for a parade, just cool enough
and with the sky but slightly overcast.
The line formed on Commonwealth
avenue, near Beacon street. AS it
moved into the down town business
section Of the city the bands filled the
air with music. Banners were flying
from almost every Office building,
while many of the larger places were
decked in Pythian colors in honor of
the occasion. All along the line Of
march the Sir Knights were greeted
with cheers and hand clapping. At
the grandstands in Postoffice square
and on Boston common the demon
stration was especially pronounced.
The marching host composed some rs
ton of the country and one from
Canada.
Major General Arthur ]. Stobbart of
Indiana was at the head of the pro-
cession. His staff was composed Of
the following:
Brigadier General Chauncey B.
Hoyt of New Hampshire; chief of
staff Adjutant General Ernest V.
Lorenzo, of Minnesota; Acting Inspec-
tor General Charles D. Paffly Of Colo
rado Surgeon General James D.
Board of ST. Louis; Quartermaster
General c. M. Orr of Minnesota; Act
ing Chief Engineer Charles r. Collins
of Tennessee; Commissioner General
Fl. l.. Shenk Of Pennsylvania; Colonel
A. l.. Bush, Alabama; Colonel Frank
Goddsoe. ST John, N. b.: Colonel f. B.
Redfern, Rhode Island; Charles Cock
EFT, Ohio; Colonel J. r. Moulson. New
Brunswick; Colonel A. l.. Stauffacher.
Iowa. Colonel F. B. Schuyler, Mary
land; Colonel James Wiring. Maine;
Colonel N. J. Roberts. Vermont, and
Colonel Charles Dennis, Indiana.
At the stand on the common the
parade was reviewed by Lieutenant
Governor Eben S. Draper, members Of
the governors staff and Mayor George
A. Hibbard of Boston.
Boston, Aug 4.-The Knights of
Pythias, some 5000 strong. and the
Pythian Sisters, numbering about 500,
today faced the red letter day of their
conventions. The sessions were formal
ly opened this morning with an address
by D. Sidney Woodwork. representing
the Grand Lodge Of Massachusetts; ad
dresses of welcome by Governor Curtis
Guild, Jr. for the state. Mayor George
ha1 &c oft
George w Penniman. representing the
Grand Lodge of the Grand Domain of
Massachusetts. Supreme Chancellor
Charles A. Barnes of the Supreme
Lodge responded.
The exercises were held in the beauti-
full ball room of the Hotel Somerset.
The hall was packed to the doors. The
address of Governor Guild was ex-
ceptionally forcefuI and he kept his au-
dience keyed to the highest pitch OF
patriotism for nearly an hour. Follow
ing the speech making Past Chancellor
George t. Bragg. of Mystic Lodge.
Chelsea, Mass, presented the Grand
Lodge Knights of Pythias with gavcl
made from the old fighting ship Con-
stitution.
The next in order was the first busi-
ness of the convention. The annual re-
ports of the supreme chancellor, the
finance committee. the keeper of the
records and the exchequer were read
and formally accepted.
Supreme Chancellor Chas. A. Barnes
said:
You are the fountain head and the
source OF all authority to direct and leg
isate for the order of Knights OF Pyth-
las, fraternity which comprehends %
Grand Domains, nearly 5000 subordinate
lodges and over 100000 Individual men,
bers, scattered over a widely extended
territory.
Tine growth of this order has been phe-
nomenal, due, first to the character OF the
organization itself: second, TO the impress
sive, dignified but yet forcible way IN
which the fraternal lessons are fastened
upon the minds. hearts and characters
of the initiates; and third by the unsel1sh
devotion of those who. through this fra
ternity, have had their ideas of life and
their conception Of their duty to their
fellow men raised to higher and nobler
standards. Our order has attained such
membership that the natural accret'ons
will give US sufficient growth and. In my
Judgment, the especial efforts should now
be directed toward the moral standing
Of that membership Of the new initiates
We should endeavor to soon reach that
goal where to be Pythian Knight VIII
be a guarantee to the world that he who
has received that high honor is gentle
man in every sense of the word.
1.-The numerical growth has been all
that could be expected, considering the
antagonism in many quarters over the
addition to the Fifth Glass to the Insur-
snce Department. the feeling of envy of
the Fourth Glass members that they were
being Disseminated against. the question
able statements and conduct of many Of
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