Show THE fraternities the biennial conclave at kansas city the utah general committee on oil the biennial conclave hripto trip to kansas cit city Y in angl august t by tho the knights of pythias met in the ile teed hotel yesterday afternoon and find d decided aided to contract willi with the ilio orande grande western colorado midland and burlington routes to take the knights of 1 pythias to kansas city they will furnish a special vestibule pullman train trainmen nen all composed of sir knights in full uniform and under the protecting c care re of sir knights Md mcallister Allister C gushing us ailing and I 1 maderia aderia Al hurrah for kansas city and the conclave cabonic weber lodge no 6 A F and AM A M worked the K E A degree thu thursday raday evenin evening 9 and rolled called olf off for the hot lot season ogden chapter no 2 II 11 A af M met last T thursday evening and also laid up for the u uncomfortable warm season kl III monto Command erv no 2 1 K T went down to bait salt lake city lad last tuesday desda evening accompanied by kents bandon band on a spec special ial kio grande train and were entertained I 1 by utah nol no 1 the tile occasion was the conferring of the K T degree on sir superintendent perin rin tendon t welby of th the e ilio grande ra d e western it j js n need 0 edless lesa to eav say that the boys had an elegant elegan t time sir was welby was afterwards presented with a ban handsome and valuable K KT T charm charni studded with diamonds the caledonians ns of ogden and bait salt lake have made arrangements for a grand time a at t their picnic at lake park friday june julie scotch games boating and bathing will bo be the order of the day valuable prizes will bo be given and a grand time is e expected p ed the grand lodge K of P convenes in park city june alst no 2 and no 9 K of P nominate nominal officer f and no 7 elects them this thi week every member should be at his post pot KNIGHTS OF THE f of the order in ohio now yorks condition tho the great camp and annual state conventions vent ions of the knights of tho the 9 of ohio will be held at lakeside the in moat ost popular summer resort in ohio tuesday and wednesday july 12 and 13 the sessions ces of the conventions will be held in bradley temple and a grand public entertainment tain ment and reception to tile supreme is officers will be held inthe in the auditorium on tuesday evening july 13 10 Z other benj enjoy oy ments merits will include an excursion to the islands and a grand ban banquet bet the tile alacca bce bee order in ohio numbers members and Is increasing rapidly the touts are largely located in lucas ottawa erie sandusky huron lorain and cuyahoga Cuya hoea hoga counties Ilund hundreds reds of knights with the their i r wives will attend the lakeside Lake sidd conventions tho the endowment account of new york state tor for 1801 1601 shows total amount received or from new york state on endowment ac count for 1891 CC less amount r re e tattled as two fifths of the general fund tc the great camp leaves seventy eight thousand dollars was paid on death claims and 1 I 1200 00 on d isa c claims giving a total of this shows that new york paid in excess of her receipts for the year hartford artford Il tent no 1 of the order in III connecticut has a membership of nearly many prominent citizens being on the tile rol roll 1 the tent is doing good work a and n d add ing to its numbers at each aeeti meeting g night the social features of the Il hartford artford 7 tent arc are ot of the most entertaining kind the list lust a affair being a complimentary ono one in honor of the lady friends of 0 the tent the present membership i COW including in the ladies branch of tin the order and the average cost per 1000 life benefits per year has been only 5 for each member since the organization of the order ten years ago over has been paid for death and disability benefits KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS the endowment rank now numbers helmet the endowment rank of the knights of pythias of the world in the quarter end ing march 31 increased its membership from 27 1 aw to and its Ws endowments in force to a gain of the receipts for the quarter were MI and the expenditures including the endowment fund 1 the amount on hand is total benefits paid to date the supreme temple pythian sisters of 0 f the world will hold its biennial session at kansas city august next at the same time ot of the IC of P supreme lodge convention and the uniformed rank conclave the supreme representatives from the grand temple of iowa are mrs if IV W dodd and mrs mm G B mcfall the knights of pythias of oakland la ia have purchased a lot and propose to erect a castle hall there will in all probability be visitors in kansas city at the great pythian conclave and sir knights with nodding plumes innumerable macon knights in georgia seem to be on the increase they are soon to have another lodge til fit that city indiana now has a membership of the order in wisconsin paid out last year 37 it lias has invested rA and holds a cash balance of nearly knights of honor the grand dictator of pennsylvania Pennsylva ula J W goheen at a public installation made an addams of special interest in which he be haid the K of II 11 Is the largest fraternity insurance order in III this country iu ill which monthly ase assessments scents uro tire levied from one supreme head of the 0 order having members and carryl carrying ng k a total insurance of fe and paying more than every year to widows and ad orp orphans bans at an tin average cost for the eight years of its history of 0 8 pr per year for 1000 insurance or less than 5 cents per day with a magnificent total paid in death death claims of over and over in sick benefits knight knights and ladles ladies of bonor th thero ere were certificates issued in 1891 jan I 1 there was a total membership of the beneficiary call last year amounted to at the first of the year there were in force certificates jewel lodge of boston has hits been made the recipient of a crayon portrait alt of the lato late S I 1 11 P gage iron biall from the semiannual statement just issued it appears that over claims for sickness finals etc were paid during luring the year lavi amounting to since tho the organization of 0 the order thero bu ha been paid to members the increase in membership has been quite up to the the hardest known woodis said to be cocus wood it turns the edge of any ax however well tempered so it is claimed pearls are very perishable they cannot be considered a first rate investment like diamonds diamonda after a alm time they decay 1 |