Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1910 — CARNAHAN STAUTE SITE. [ARTICLE]

CARNAHAN STAUTE SITE.

Courthouse Square at Lafayette Will Be the Place. Lafayette, Ind., Dec. 20.—A1l the Knights of Pythias lodges and G. A. R. posts in IMayette submitted a petition to the county commissioners at a special meeting yesterday, ’asking the erection of a monument to General JamesgjL Carnahan in the court hou“yard here. General Carnahan was the founder of the Uniform Rank of the Knights of Pythias, and at a state meeting in Indianapolis several weeks ago, the Pythians of Indiana voted in favor of the plan. It was decided to dedicate the monument during the state encampment of the Uniform Rank, which takes place here next August. AH the Pythian lodges of the state and the Uniform Rank companies will contribute to the fund which is expected to reach $50,000. The county commissioners granted the petition and the statute will stand either at the southeast or northwest corner of the courthouse yard.