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VOLUME XCII—-NO. 74. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SUPREME LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS OPENS ITS BIENNIAL SESSION AT THE PALACE HOTEL AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY BODY IS PHOTOGRAPHED WHILE MEETING 2 3 U YL~ = B R - FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, EVER TAKEN OF THAT BODY WHILE IN SESSION. ——p Pythians Frot All Points of the Compass Continiue to Arrive in San Francisco by Every Train and Serve to Increase the Vast Crowds Gathered in City and Enjoying Delights of the Carnival HE Pythian carnival is in fu swing. Thousands of visitors are enjoying the m a ed for them by the mittee an nds expected to arrive The Knights conti qua before to- ue to pour er and it m will have ar- morrow. into the city from every is believed the last of rived by to-morrow night. n1 While the number of those the city does not come up to the expectations of the executive committee, there are enough strangers in our midst to con- | vince all that the importance of Pyth- tan gathering has attracted widespread attention throughout th ate. By every train people are arriving in squads, all eager to witness the show. The result is that the local hotels are crowded to the “doors, as well as the quarters pre- pared by the committee for the visiting Knights. Nearly 2000 Pythians arrived in the city plying the information that is con- v demanded. It is believed that the exbibition will be productive ofim- mense good to the State. Many of the visitors have already announced their in- tention to settle permanently in Galifor- hey being convinced by personal ob- ion that it is second to none in the The illuminations, which are the most ive and beautiful ever seen: here, attracting thousands from near by towns. The San Franciscan who has not stared open mouthed at the magnificent aggregation of varicolored incandescent lamps surmounting the Court of Hondr at the intersection of Kearny, Third and Market streets would be regarded as a veritable curiosity, CROWDS THRONG STREETS. Last night the streets leading to the court were nearly impassable, and until 11 o'clock travel in the vieinity was in a dangerous state of congestion. The view are | from the court east or west on Market vesterday. The largest delegation was a | party of Michigan folk numbering 512 Special trains carrying parties from Ohio, New York and New Eampshire also arrived. The newcomers were taken in charge by the.reception committee and provided with quarters withcut the leas confusion. ATTRACTIONS ARE VARIED. The attractions offered to the visi varied and numerous. are thousands yesterday. %he visitors by street is a distinct revelation of the elec- trician’s art. The stately Cail building, the ferry tower, the City Hall dome, as well as the private illuminations, contri- bute to render the scene one of surpass- ing beauty, and one that will linger long in the memory. The mimetic representation of the bat- tle of Gettysburg attracted an immense gathering to the Pavilion last night. The e exhi tion of products at the !erry;;as viewed | illusion was complete and the maneuver- ing was accomplished with military pre- were impressed with the importance of | cision. It was the principal event on the California as a horticultural State, as evi- | Pythian programme of vesterday, but denced by the county products now be- | this, with the “Vanity Fair” show oppo- ing displayed. The ferry nave is con- stantly crowded and the attendants at the various exhibits have their hands full site the Pavilion, proved to be agreeable diversions for Pythians as well as the general public. The Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias met in the American dining-room of the Palace Hotel yesterday morning, and flat- tering reports concerning the order and its growth were received. By the cour- tesy of the lodge The Call was enabled to photograph the gathering, a reproduction of which appears on this page. This is the first time in the history of Pythian- ism that the Supreme Lodge has been | photographed while ‘in session, and The Call is the only newspaper to which the honor of making a photograph was ac- § corded. ) RATHBONE SISTERS MEET. The ladles of the Supreme Temple of Rathbone Sisters also met and were pho- tographed by The Call, as will be seen elsewhere in this issue. Considerable business was transacted. There is great interest shown by the public in the parade, which takes place this afternoon. The indicattehs are that the procession will be of imposing d{men- sicns, although it will not be as large as was at first expected. There will be sev- cral thousand uniformed Knights in line, ané many bands have been engaged. The procession will form on Van Ness avenue and will move promptly at 3:30 o'clock. The brigades, of which it Is expected twenty-five will be in line, will march in designated order, headed by the Kansas brigade, Brigadier General Joseph H. Lyons commanding. The line of march will be down Market street to Montgom- ery, along Montgomery to California, up California to Kearny, thehce to Market street and to the parade ground. Major General James R. Carnahan will review the column at Market street and City Hall avenue. At 8 o'clock this evening there will be exercises at the Pavilion. A, chorus of Hluminations Prove Attractive to Many Thousands. e £ ~ 600 voices will be heard. One of the fea- tures of the evening will be an exhibition drill by the Placerville artillery. L AL 5 S Admiring Throngs View Illumina- tions From Ferry Building. San Francisco was again transformed into a veritable wonderland last night by the magnificent display of lights which illuminated Market street from the ferry building to the City Hall. The effect was even more brilliant than on the preceding evening. ’ Thousands of pleasure seekers thronged the grand nave of the ferry building and were delighted by the wonderful electrical display. From there they wound their way up Market street to'the grand arch of honor at the corner of Market and Third streets. The grand arch was the center of ad- miring thousands. Traffic was almost im- possible at that point from 8 o’clock up to a late hour and squads of policemen were kept busy. Strangers from all over the State, attracted by the descriptions of the wonderful light effects, poured into the city last night for the express pur- pose of witnessing the grand spectacle; People marched along Market street during the greater part of the night and there were attractions to be seen all along the line. “The superb illumination of The Call building was greatly admired. The dome of the City Hall also presegted an imposing appearance. In fact the whole city was at its best last night. The clear condition of the atmosphere did much'to ald the light effect. Theillumination ‘is one of -the most attractive features of: the . present celebration and the crowds that have journeyed “here - from neighboring towns to see.it are well repaid for:their:trouble, > - Continued on Page Two. 1 —— Biennial Convention Meets as an Executive Body, Gives Supreme Rank to Forty-Two Past Grand Chancellors, Appoints Several Standing Committées and Listens to Many Official Reports HE blennfal convention of the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythiad was called to ‘order in the American dining-room of the Palace Hotel at 10 o‘clock | yesterday morning by Supreme Chancellor Ogden H. Fethers. Before proceeding to business W. C. Graves, on behalf of the executive comimittee, - de- livered a short address of welcome. The convention then went into execu- tive session, and the following forty-two past grand chancellors, representing twenty-seven different States, were glven le Supreme Rank. Alabama, J. B. Wadsworth and W. H. Wilder; Arizona, J. A. Krobloch P. A. Drachman and F. Fleishman; Arkansas, J. J. Doyne; British Columbia, J. E. Evans; California, W. H. Bod- fish, G. B. Kataenstein, Joseph Roey, L. P. Me- Carty, L. S. Calkins and W. J. Jeter; Colorado, Clyde C. Dawson; Connecticut, F. E. Cutler: Indiana, Daniel E. Storms; Maryland, A. C. Strite; Minnesota, A. J. Strobbart; Nebraska, W. W. Young; Nevada J. D. Toereyon, E. Winfrey and C. D. Zelgler; New Jersey, D. M. Currier; New Hampshire, DeWitt C. Cobb and J. Champton; New York, Charies W. Hinson; North Caroltna, Thomas S. Franklim; North Dakota, W. T. Sprake and H. D. Allert; Ohlo, Joseph Catrow and L. W. Ellenwood; Okla- homa, T. J. Leahy; Oregon, William M. Cake; South Carolina, Willlafa Geldsmith Jr.; Texas, H. H. Swink; Utah, F. W. Gardiner, J. P. Meakin and W. B. Wedell; Vermont, A. H. George; Washington, E. Weldon Young; Wyo- ming, William C. Moss. COMMITTEES APPOINTED. Supreme - Representative Linde of the grand domain of Pennsylvania presented the . Supreme Lodge and.the ‘supreme chancellor each with a gavel' made from the wood of the platform on which George ‘Washington was Inaugurated as Presi- dent of the United States, Two vacancies in' the Supreme Tribunal were reported, and J. F. Hitscher of Min- nesota and Tully Scott of:Colorado were appointed. < The reports of supreme officers were presented to the ‘convention. | - Supreme Charicellor Fethers in his an- | nual report eaid that on December 81, 171901, the .order had 540,138 affiliated Kmem- | Bers. To this should be added at'least 500,000 Who have been suspended for non- payment of dues or have taken withdraw- al cards, making a total of more than a million. During 1901 the figures were: Initiated, 55,202; reinstated, 7733; admit- ted by card, 7677; total, 70,616. During the same year 4915 died, 268 were expelled, $378 withdrew by card and 32,857 were sus- pended. The net gain for the year was 23.194. This marks the steady and perma- nent growth of the order. The report of I}TR. V. L. White, su- preme keeper of records and seals, show- ed tkat the actual number of subordinate lcdges December 31, 1901, was 7002, the net gain during the year being 142 lodges. The net galn in 1900 and 191 combined was 262 lodges and 47,632 members. He said that a-per capita tax of 6 cents per annum would produce_sufficient revenue to meet all requirements. The States fol- having over 10,000 members are as lows; California, 11,604; 41,108; 11,901; . Maine, Massachusetts, 17,188; Michigan, 13,41 ;- New Jersey, 13,230; New Ohio, €0,115; Pennsylvania, 42 - 108; Texas, 16,354 . GENERAL STATISTICS. . The report of the board:of control, en- dowment rank, showed, that: during the last two' fiscal yéars 19,347 applications were consjdered and- 1579 death claims, amouhting to $3,089,977, were paid. Since the organization of the rank %001 deathy clalms, aggregating $17,636,462, have beem pald. The receipts were: 1901, $1,381,178; 1502, $1,975,077. The disbursements weres 1901, $1,554,387; 1902, $2,010,388. The resources March 31, 1902, were $223,401, exclusive of a monthly payment due April 1 of $150,798. The labilities wers 3256,254. There were unpald’ March 31, 102, 114 claims, aggre- gating $250,000. The report of Major General James R. Carnahan, commander of the Uniform Rank, set forth that there are 358 compa~ nies In good standing, organized into ninety-nine regiments and twenty-four brigades. There are in addition twenty- five separate companies, and warrants have been issued for twenty-three more. The growth of the rank during the last two years, he said, had been most excel- lent. On motion it was decided to hold the sessions of the Supreme Lodge at 9:30 a m. and 2 p. m., commencing this morn= ing, but owing to the parade of the Uni- form Rank this afternoon the regular ses- sion will be omitted. ‘The convention this morning will listen | to the reports of officers of standing com= mittees. On Thursday morning the elec- tion of officers will occur. A communication from the Grand Lodge of British Columbia inviting the Supreme Lodge afid the Knights of Pythias to visit them in that domain was received and read. Cruiser Boston in Commission. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12—The cruiser Boston, one of the pieneers of the new navy, was put in commission at the Mare Island navy-yard yesterday, after having undergone a complete overhaul- ing. She will be attached to the Pacifia squadron.