Daily Republican., 1882-05-02

Weiuus btEo0s 10 the u0pOt, when A0Out
2.3o O'Clock they took special tsaiI
, fur New Castle. g.
Accompanying Keokuk trihs were
Past Sachem H. q. Sch walmeyer, II
! 9. Pruott, j. z. Barr, g. II. Wood, T.
B. Fleming, Il. A. Stewart, Past Grand
Sachem u. M. Sprague and Past Sach
em L. L. Smith Of Mattahoon Tribe
The officers Of Keokuk Tribe, present
wele SSchem James d. Bruce, Senior
!, Sycamore J. B. Gray, Junior Sagamor.
Il. W. Nutter, Chiet of Records a,
Vandever, Keeper Of Wampum DR.. j
7. N. Blocksom and Prophet G. W
Wood.
| Accompanying Minqua Tribe were
Past Sachems Joseph Is. Underwood
Joseph l.. Dunham, Joseph W. Kearn
Lewis W. Smith of Chippewa Tribe
No. 81 Of Pennsylvania, W. s. McNail
OF WingohocklDg Tribe No. 81 Of Penn
sylvania and Samuel r. Hall.
1t was nearly8 O'Clock when they
arrived at their destination, and upon
disem barking from the cars were met
by the Seminole Tribe of New Castle
headed by the Elkton Cornet band
The line was formed under tbeChie
Marshalship Of the Great Mishinewa
William Il. Harrison, ass sted By
James Hodges and William Baymore
and marched over long route in tn.
following order:
Metropolitan Brass Band of Phila
delphia.
Minqua Tribe of Wilmington fol
lowed by the Great Council.
Elkton COrnet Band OF ElktUn, Nd
Seminole Tribe of New Castle.
| Citizens Brass Band Of Oxford, Pa.
keokuk Tribe of Wilmington
The procession arrived at the hail at
8 o'clock p. IN.
The room was packed with people,
and the assenblage WAS called to order
by Great Sachem Joshua NJ. Clay ton,
whom Great Chiet of Records of United
States Joshua Maris, Introduced to the
Great Sachem Daniel NJ. Caslow, Viii.
liam A. KINNEY James B. Lancaster,
William II. Terry, James II. White
lock, Samuel L. Lancaster and KlwoCd
5. Monckton, as the building commit
tee. They were congratulated by the
great sachem ON the successful issue OF
their efforts and Great Prophet JOSEPH
Pyle proceeded to dedicate the building
to the principles Of charity and benevO
lence, according to the ritual of tht
order.
Great CHIEF of Records Joshua Mari,
then requested Great S&chem Clayton
to perform his part of the dedicatory
ceremonies. Past Great Sachem Joseph
A Bond As Great Mesbiuewa of the
East, Past Sachem Joseph B. Under.
wood for the West, Joseph G. T4ylos
tor the North aud John Wall for the
South dedicated the hall according to
the usages of the order, and Great
Prophet Pyle advancing to the altal
sprinkled the water As prescribed by
the ritual and offered / rayer TO the
Great Spirit. The Great Prophet then
delivered an interesting address on the
principals of the order. He explained
the reason Of their being known as the
Improved Order of Red Men, and said
he thought the time had arrived tu
strike out the word "Improved, as the
necessity for its use had passed away.
The speaker dwelt in the highest terms
OF praise OF the North American Indian
of three centuries ago and said that be.
tore the red man was contaminated
with the pernicious Influences of the
pale face, and maddened by the wrongs
that were heaped upon him, he was all
gentlensss and love. and strictly tol
lowed the divine command Of our
Saviour to Glove thy neighbor as thy.
self"
| 1t was impossible to determine the
exact date OF the origin Of the order, as
somo authorities fixed it at Fort Mif.
film in 1912 and others at Annapolis iu
III, 1t was certain that for half a
century it had existed and that Mary.
land took the first sep for the organi.
cation of the Great Council of she Uni.
ted States. 1t WAS remarkable that
the first motion adopted was that a
prayer should be offered to the great
spirit. Their are now fourteen work.
ing tribes in Delawrre. with 100 mem.
bers in good standing.
The speaker said that the grouud on
which the hall was built was donated
to the order by Mr.. William Herbet Of
New Castle and paid a glowing tribute
To the liberality and public spiritedness
of that gentleman.
He congratulated Seminole Tribe that
it had never surrendered its charter,
and that although thirteen years have
passed, the council. fire is still. burning,
and that they had adopted 2ll mem Dcrs
and still have 123 in good standing.
The ceremonies closed with the honors
ofthe order
In the evening there was grand
dedication ball at the Opera House un.
der the auspices of Seminole Tribe.
William Jacquillard acted as Grand
Conductor and Wilson Baymore 81
Floor Manager with Charles Conyers,
Frank Patton, Thomas Walls, Charles
Herdmap, James 4 King, Geo. Walls.
d. Castlow and George Vantine as as
sistants. = Tho committee OF arrange
mems wore David Castlow, j. B. Lam
caster and James Whitelock. About
1873 couples participated in the grand
march, led by William d. Jacquillard
and Miss Amanda Hewitt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilson Baymore, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Conyefs, Charles Willets and
Miss Maggie Moran, and William
Haney and Miss Ella Coates. The ball
was great success and lasted until a
late hour this morning.
The Red Mems Hall is situated on
the corner OF Union aud Soutn streets,
and is a substantial three story brick
building. The second and third floors
will be used as meeting rooms for the
order, and the lower story will be
fitted up for stores. The furnishing Of
the rooms is not complete yet, but Sem
/ mole Tribe has purchased An Estey
organ.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
The city was profussly decorated
with flags and evergreens and In q
| number Of places the word Welcome"
| was displayed in large letters. The
| residence of Mr.. W. W. Wolfkill, on
| Union street, and that of ex.sheriff
william Herbert, corner OF Union and
Delaware street were handsomely
adorned with flags, evergreens and
notices.
The streets were thronged with visi-
fora from an early hour in the morning